Students discover sentence-ending punctuation as 'stop seeds' and capital letters as 'tall trees.' They learn how to start and stop sentences to keep their garden neat and tidy.
A playful, multi-day grammar adventure designed specifically for early learners aged 5-6. Young 'gardeners' learn to plant, grow, and nurture basic sentences by mastering uppercase letters, naming words, action words, and punctuation seeds.
Students explore action words (verbs) as climbing vines that bring life to naming seeds. Through garden-themed exercises, they identify physical actions and match them with naming words.
Vibrant, garden-themed 4-slide deck for ages 5-6 explaining capitalization (tall trees) and punctuation (stop seeds). Features simple interactive examples and large text size.
A dual-module news broadcast unit where students learn speaking, scriptwriting, and filming skills. Module 1 masters core phonics standards (vowel teams and past-tense ed pronunciation), while Module 2 develops essential Social-Emotional Learning skills including reading the room and identifying emotional Zones of Regulation.
Students discover naming words (nouns) for people, places, and things. Using a playful garden theme, they learn to classify these seeds as the essential building blocks for growing sentences.
A comprehensive teacher guide for Lesson 3 (Punctuation Seeds). Includes instructions on teaching capitalization as 'tall trees' and punctuation as 'stop seeds', lesson scripts, and differentiation tips.
A math place value unit focusing on identifying digit values through the thousands place with interactive detective-themed worksheets and puzzles.
A structured reading intervention sequence at Douglas School combining targeted phonic lessons with the multisensory Nessy online literacy system.
A 3-lesson phonics sequence focused on teaching Vowel-Consonant-e (V-e) syllables to late first and second graders. Using a whimsical 'Word Wizards' theme, it covers foundations, vowel expansion, and blends/digraphs, complete with guides, slides, practice pages, and assessments.
A comprehensive 5-day phonics breakout sequence where students complete daily independent spelling missions to crack codes. Covering CVC, Silent E, Digraphs/Blends, R-controlled vowels, and Vowel Teams, each day represents a new adventure challenge.
