Students explore how synonyms differ in intensity using 'paint chip' gradients to visualize degrees of meaning. The lesson focuses on ordering related adjectives and verbs from weakest to strongest.
A math place value unit focusing on identifying digit values through the thousands place with interactive detective-themed worksheets and puzzles.
A celebratory end-of-year lesson designed to honor student writing growth, showcase final projects, award special honors, and guide students through meaningful reflections on their journey as writers.
A printable year-end activity sheet featuring four large, beautiful cutout diamonds with ample writing space for students to share wisdom and advice with next year's incoming writers.
A structured reading intervention sequence at Douglas School combining targeted phonic lessons with the multisensory Nessy online literacy system.
A hockey-themed phonological awareness unit designed for third graders to practice isolating beginning, middle, and final consonant sounds, blends, and digraphs. Features engaging task cards and a student tracking sheet with a dry-erase friendly design.
A highly visual, vibrant presentation for the year-end writing celebration, designed to excite students, present awards, and guide reflections with geometric diamond motifs.
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.
A structured, multi-part phonics intervention lesson focusing on compound words and syllable division rules (VCCV, VCV) for decoding 2-syllable and 3-syllable words.
A teacher reference guide and answer key for the Puck Drop Phonemes task cards. Includes a short modeling script, an answer key table with pronunciation notes, and differentiation strategies.
A comprehensive 4-week poetry curriculum designed for students requiring high structure and visual supports. It covers diverse poetry types (Haiku, Color, Acrostic, Couplets, Concrete, Free Verse, and Metaphor/Simile) with scaffolds like word banks, sentence frames, and graphic organizers.
A highly structured, 3-part phonics intervention lesson focusing on advanced syllable types, consonant blends, silent-e, vowel teams, r-controlled vowels, and consonant-le syllables through decodable texts and self-checking materials.
A printable grid recording sheet for students to write down the isolated letters or phonemes for all 12 hockey task cards. Styled like hockey pucks with clean lines for handwriting.
