A phonics-based lesson focusing on CVC and consonant digraph decoding through a decodable story about a pet dog, introducing the heart words: woman, friend, and because.
An advanced application lesson where students manipulate VSE words and practice distinguishing the /s/ and /z/ sounds in varied contexts.
A structured literacy lesson focused on the letter C /k/ and glued sounds -an and -am, using the decodable text 'The Cat Can'. This lesson follows a backwards planning approach to ensure students can decode and encode CVC words and nasalized vowels.
A cumulative review of all long and short vowel patterns (A, E, I, O, U) within a complex "System Sync" text reaching higher Lexile levels.
Covers short /u/ and /e/ versus their long VCe counterparts, incorporating advanced phoneme-grapheme mapping.
Explores short /o/ and long /o/ (VCe) patterns with a focus on multisyllabic word decoding and fluency.
Focuses on short /i/ and long /i/ (VCe) patterns, featuring encoding drills and a mission-based reading passage.
Focuses on discriminating between short /a/ (CVC) and long /a/ (VCe) patterns through phoneme-grapheme mapping and targeted decoding of an encrypted message text.
A comprehensive set of resources designed to prepare students for the IREAD assessment by providing reading strategies and anxiety-reduction techniques through a "Mission: IREAD" secret agent theme.
A detective-themed review of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Students act as grammar sleuths to sort evidence and solve sentence-based case files.
Focuses on constructing complete narrative paragraphs with a topic sentence, details, and a conclusion, followed by a rigorous 'inspection' for mechanics.
A comprehensive set of handwriting practice materials focusing on uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and simple sentences with a fun hero-themed design.
Focuses on the 1-1-1 doubling rule for adding suffixes -ed and -ing. Students will read about Edwin's busy day, practicing words like 'dropped', 'jogging', 'tripped', and 'sitting' while building vocabulary for words like 'exhausted'.
A comprehensive phonemic awareness lesson focusing on identifying beginning sounds, blending, segmenting, and manipulating phonemes through a detective-themed 'Sound Squad' approach.
A comprehensive introduction to decoding strategies and phonics patterns, themed as a secret agent mission to 'crack the code' of reading. Students will learn to use strategies like Stretchy Snake and Chunky Monkey while practicing digraphs, blends, and silent e.
Focuses on the long 'a' vowel teams 'ai' and 'ay'. Students read about Gail's trip to her brother's farm on a Sunday, practicing words like 'trail', 'snail', 'spray', and 'clay' while learning syllable division rules for vowel teams.