A 15-minute small group fluency lesson focused on phrasing (scooping) and prosody (expression) for 5th graders reading at a 4th grade level.
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.
An interactive vocabulary lesson targeting the words jersey, thrilled, blazing, pointless, and mythology through word puzzles, creative riddles, and cooperative learning games.
A complete 1-page teacher reference guide containing answer keys, riddle decoders, and lesson pacing tips for the Vocab Quest.
A spelling bridge program for rising fifth graders, reviewing essential third and fourth-grade spelling patterns. Focuses on inflected endings, syllable junctures, silent letters, and complex vowels through structured worksheets and hands-on sorting cards.
An energetic, basketball-themed reading and phonics lesson focusing on identifying, reading, and spelling words with initial and final consonant blends. Students will build fluency and decoding skills through sports-related stories.
A 2-page engaging student activity workbook for vocabulary practice. Features creative riddles, sentence completion challenges, and collaborative game scorecards.
A five-lesson literary analysis and SAT prep sequence based on Rob Buyea's 'Because of Mr. Terupt'. Students practice textual evidence analysis and vocabulary-in-context skills through character-driven writing prompts.
A 90-minute professional development workshop designed for Pre-K to Grade 4 school administrators. This session covers the foundational literacy frameworks of the American Reading Company (ARC)—including IRLA, ENIL, and the 100 Book Challenge—with a heavy emphasis on multi-tiered instructional coaching, scaffolded practices for Special Education and English Language Learners, and administrative look-fors.
A comprehensive teacher answer key and grading guide for 'The Championship Shot' blends worksheet. Includes sorted lists of initial and final blends.
An 8-week reading comprehension curriculum designed for entering fifth graders, featuring high-interest adventure themes like wilderness survival, deep-sea exploration, cyber defense, and volcanology. It focuses on critical reading comprehension skills like inferences, cause and effect, summarizing, and context clues with high-contrast, large print student packets.
A dynamic grammar and writing lesson where students stretch simple sentences into rich, complex ones using adverbs, prepositional phrases, and subordinating clauses.
A basketball-themed reading passage ('The Fast Break') followed by a blend identification and spelling completion worksheet. Packed with initial and final consonant blends.
