Teaches accuracy and self-correction, helping students recognize and fix reading 'crashes' to ensure a smooth landing.

Focuses on increasing reading rate through repeated reading techniques and 'pace-setting' strategies.

Students learn to group words into meaningful phrases (scooping) and use punctuation as flight signals for pausing and expression.

A foundational phonics lesson focused on blending short vowels and common digraphs (sh, ch, th) using Elkonin boxes and visual matching activities.

A high-energy fluency lesson where students decode 'alien languages' (nonsense words) to master phonics patterns. Focuses on CVC and CVCe structures through guided modeling and small-group card games.

A comprehensive quiz covering the four foundational parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns. Includes matching, multiple choice, identification, and creative fill-in-the-blank questions.

A fun, phonics-focused lesson on long /a/ vowel teams and magic -e spelling patterns. Students will practice identifying and reading words with -ai, -ay, -eigh, -ea, and a-e patterns through a high-energy bingo game.

A collection of realistic fiction reading passages designed for assessing reading levels from 2nd through 5th grade. These texts feature age-appropriate themes for older students while maintaining accessible vocabulary and structure for struggling readers.

A small group phonics lesson focused on identifying and mapping various spelling patterns for Long A and Long E sounds through sorting and dictation.

A focused lesson on closed syllable exceptions (-ost, -ild, -ind, -olt, -old), featuring decodable passages, instructional slides, and teacher support materials designed for grades 1-3.

A collection of decodable reading passages for Grade 2 students focusing on the role of pollinators in nature, aligned with EL Education Module 3. Includes tracking tools for fluency assessment.

A quick diagnostic assessment to identify student mastery of irregular plural noun forms including vowel shifts, -f to -ves endings, and nouns with no change.

A mini-lesson focused on replacing 'telling' adjectives with 'showing' character actions to create more vivid and engaging narrative writing. Students will learn to use physical behaviors as evidence of internal emotions and traits.

A lesson focused on 'decoding' writing prompts by identifying the core task and highlighting essential keywords across diverse topics like animal habitats and social-emotional learning.

The final mission where detectives apply all their skills to crack the ultimate code and earn their Phonics Detective Badge.

Detectives learn to break down big, multi-syllabic words and track down suffixes at the end of word 'trails'.

A mystery involving the Silent E and its team of vowels that change the 'identities' of words.

Detectives use blueprints to understand how consonants work together in blends and digraphs to create unique sounds.

Detectives investigate the 'Lineup of Sounds' to master individual letter sounds and build CVC words using vowel clues.

The final training phase where sleuths break down complex multi-syllabic words and analyze suffixes to solve big linguistic cases.

Detectives study vowel teams to understand how pairs of vowels collaborate to make specific long sounds.

A surveillance mission into the silent but powerful 'e' and how it changes short vowels into long ones.

Detectives investigate how two letters work together to create new sounds (digraphs) or blend their sounds together (blends).

Students learn to decode CVC words by identifying beginning, middle, and ending sounds, treating each word as a piece of phonetic evidence to be examined.

A cumulative review and assessment of all safari phonics skills, culminating in the 'Safari Summit' celebration.

Investigating r-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur) at 'Bossy R Ridge' and how the letter R changes vowel sounds.

Discovering how the 'Magic e' transforms short vowels into long vowels at the 'Magic e Oasis'. Focuses on the VCe pattern.

Exploring digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh) and common blends in the 'Digraph Den'. Students practice identifying these multi-letter sounds in words.