A hands-on lesson for 3rd graders to master prepositions of time and place using physical movement, video analysis, and a sorting activity. Students will explore how these phrases add specific detail to simple sentences.
Covers the climax and resolution, final character evolution, and a cumulative synthesis of the book's message.
Focuses on synthesizing themes of resilience and fragility as the community reacts to Winslow.
Explores Nora's character, Winslow's growth, and practices summarizing key plot events from the middle of the book.
Focuses on the introduction of Winslow and Louie, establishing the setting, and initial character analysis of Louie's motivations.
Students synthesize information from multiple texts to create a comprehensive comparison and write a final evidentiary paragraph.
Students learn about hurricanes and practice organizing information into a structured paragraph with a clear topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion.
Students explore the science of tornadoes while focusing on identifying key details and mastering domain-specific vocabulary.
A collection of short stories designed for verbal story retell, featuring story grammar elements and inferencing questions. Includes stories with kids, animals, and fantasy creatures at two different complexity levels.
A high-energy, 25-minute reading escape room where students act as secret agents to solve 'The Case of the Golden Trophy' using inference and key idea evaluation skills.
A comprehensive lesson designed to help students master the use of the five senses in their narrative writing, moving from simple descriptions to immersive storytelling.
A series of three ELA homework assignments based on the story 'Oakley’s Azure Acorn,' focusing on phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar.
A 20-minute mini-lesson introducing students to the basic structure of a simple sentence, focusing on identifying the subject (who or what) and the predicate (what is happening).
A reading comprehension lesson focusing on sequencing events through a DIBELS-style maze task featuring a story about building a secret fort.
A lesson focused on decoding and dividing multisyllabic words with closed syllables through a hands-on cut-and-paste activity.
A comprehensive lesson for 2nd-3rd graders on decoding unfamiliar words using context clues, prefixes, suffixes, and root words, all framed within an engaging detective theme.
A quiz assessing phonogram patterns (oke/ake), double consonant endings, and simple/compound sentence construction for a diverse range of primary reading levels.
A lesson focused on identifying the 'gist' of short informational texts using a detective-themed approach to help students synthesize key information into a single sentence.
A comprehensive mini-lesson on teaching students how to integrate internal monologue into their narrative writing to reveal character traits and react to plot events.
This lesson guides students through the process of crafting topic sentences that directly respond to a writing prompt about Wilma Rudolph's perseverance. It emphasizes the integration of prompt language, previews of text evidence, and the foundation for analytical explanation.
Students become POV Detectives to identify first-person and third-person points of view using evidence-based sorting and analysis.
A targeted small group lesson designed to help students slow down pivotal moments in their rainforest narratives by incorporating sensory details, internal monologue, and dialogue.
This lesson teaches students how to craft a strong paragraph by combining a clear focus statement with specific supporting details, using the fascinating world of frogs as a model.
Students identify a topic they are experts in (sport, hobby, or activity) and develop a focused research question to guide the writing of an informational paragraph.
A hands-on literacy center where students use building blocks to construct 'Word Towers' using prefixes, suffixes, and root words found in 'The Most Beautiful Roof in the World'. Students act as canopy architects, assembling complex scientific terms and documenting their meanings in a field log.
A comprehensive guide to the 1-1-1 doubling rule, helping students identify when to double the final consonant before adding -ing. Includes instructional slides, a practice worksheet, an exit ticket, and an answer key.
A fun, sky-themed lesson for Grade 3 students to master tricky homophones through visual presentation, a collaborative board game, and targeted practice.