A lesson focused on identifying and citing evidence from functional texts, such as manuals and agreements, to support a specific argument. Students will practice finding two pieces of evidence and explaining their relevance.
A comprehensive set of reading comprehension check-in quizzes for five popular middle-grade novels. Each novel features two specialized quizzes—one focusing on initial character introductions and the other on major plot resolutions.
A foundational phonics lesson centered around sorting words by their phonetic connections, including vowel patterns, digraphs, blends, and complex spelling rules. Includes a master reference guide for teachers and a clean, versatile student sorting activity sheet.
A 2-page print-ready student sorting worksheet. Page 1 features a beautifully structured 4-column Phonetic Sorting Board with Name/Date lines, and Page 2 contains 24 clean, dotted cut-out word cards featuring targeted phonetic patterns (CVC, CVCe, digraphs, and blends).
A Tier 2 reading comprehension intervention sequence designed for sixth-grade students. This three-session program utilizes a structured, scaffolded approach to help students identify key details, filter out distracting information, and craft precise main idea summaries.
A scaffolded literary analysis of Shirley Jackson's classic short story 'The Lottery', exploring the themes of blind tradition and social conformity. This lesson bundle features interactive presentation slides, scaffolded worksheets with direct text chunks and sentence starter support, a targeted exit ticket, and a teacher's facilitation guide.
A comprehensive 2-page master sorting guide for teachers, mapping out phonics categories (vowels, digraphs, blends, diphthongs, and silent letters) with an extensive word repository and pedagogical strategies.
A spy-themed 4-day parts of speech review sequence for 6th and 7th graders. Students become secret agents in the 'Syntax Syndicate', cracking codes and completing missions to master nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections, culminating in a collaborative classroom escape room.
A highly supportive, adapted literature study of Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery.' This lesson contains a simplified, guided text with margin prompts, interactive slide deck, heavy vocabulary scaffolding cards, leveled task cards, a structured assessment, and a comprehensive teacher guide.
A differentiated 2-page comprehension check for 'The Lottery'. Features multiple-choice questions with reduced answer choices (3 options instead of 4), direct paragraph and line number clues, and two scaffolded short response prompts with writing lines.
A comprehensive literary research unit designed to guide students through a structural and character analysis of classic and regional fairy tales. Students assume the role of folklore investigators, tracking standard tropes, character motivations, helper archetypes, and plot designs, culminating in an analytical presentation.
A reading and analysis lesson for the first two chapters of 'Freak the Mighty' by Rodman Philbrick. Students explore character traits, narrative point of view, physical settings, and make initial plot predictions.
A 3-page printable Student Reading Handout containing key chronological passages from Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'. Features clear typography, paragraph numbers for easy reference, line-by-line annotations space, and vocabulary callouts for struggling readers.
