A comprehensive literary study unit based on selected verse chapters from Andrea Davis Pinkney's 'The Red Pencil', exploring Amira's experiences of trauma, silence, and healing inside the Kalma refugee camp in Darfur, Sudan.
A comprehensive 3rd-grade grammar unit covering essential noun, adjective, verb, and adverb suffixes. Through engaging matching, fill-in-the-blank, and sentence writing exercises, students learn to identify, decode, and use these word parts in worksheets and a workbook.
A comprehensive 3rd-grade grammar unit covering essential Greek and Latin roots: dict, duct, fect, fract, junct, struct, min, and spec. Through engaging matching, fill-in-the-blank, and sentence writing exercises, students learn to identify, decode, and use these word parts in worksheets and a workbook.
An advanced set of decodable stories and linguistic labs designed for 6th-grade students to analyze complex syllable structures, including final-stressed doubling rules, consonant-le, open syllables, and r-controlled vowels. Features text-dependent higher-order thinking analysis.
A focused spelling lesson on the doubling rule for suffixes and the -ge/-dge ending rule, using a secret agent theme to engage students.
A comprehensive 3rd-grade grammar unit covering essential prefixes: un-, im-/in-/ir-, dis-, non-, re-, mis-, and pre-. Through an engaging 'Prefix Patrol' detective theme, students learn to identify, decode, and use these word parts in worksheets and cumulative review keys.
A complete Chapters 42-46 companion study for the climax and conclusion of Amal Unbound, featuring a 5-page student reading guide, a comprehensive teacher answer key, and a paper-saving student answer sheet.
A complete Chapters 37-41 companion study for the novel Amal Unbound, featuring a 5-page student reading guide, a comprehensive teacher answer key, and a paper-saving student answer sheet.
A comprehensive 13-day summer school curriculum framework for 6th-8th graders aligned with Lexia Aspire literacy principles. Focuses on word study (morphology), syntax, reading fluency (prosody and phrasing), and deep comprehension (text structure and text evidence-based inferences).
A colorful, K-2 sentence-building lesson where students use color-coded word cards to construct creative sentences. Students learn to identify and color-code nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, sight words, and punctuation.
A 9th-grade reading comprehension and critical thinking lesson featuring a sports biography of Marshall 'Major' Taylor and a coming-of-age fiction passage. Students engage with side-by-side guided reading questions and complete a comparative analysis.
A comprehensive end-of-unit assessment for Pam Muñoz Ryan's Esperanza Rising, containing a 34-point student exam and a complete teacher answer key and grading guide.
A high-interest reading comprehension lesson exploring bioethics, genetic engineering, and consequences through the sci-fi thriller, 'The Monster of Blackstone City'.