Sensory Showdown

A high-interest writing unit that teaches students the TEXT opinion writing strategy through structured debates on topics like school recess and wild animal captivity.

A comprehensive 5th grade writing lesson designed to scaffold personal narratives using graphic organizers, visual storyboards, sensory word banks, and editing checklists.

A printable set of 4 large imagery station cards containing step-by-step instructions, physical exploration guidelines, sensory word banks, and vocabulary boosters. Designed to be printed, cut, and placed at the physical classroom stations.

A comprehensive 4th-grade grammar unit focused on building complete sentences. Students learn to distinguish sentences from fragments, use all four sentence types (statements, questions, commands, and exclamations), and analyze structures using complete subjects and complete predicates.

A comprehensive lesson exploring concrete and abstract nouns, action, linking, and helping verbs, and the rules of subject-verb agreement. Includes an interactive slide deck, a detailed lesson plan, and a print-ready student worksheet.

A 2-page printable student journal used by students to record sensory observations and draft descriptive sentences at 4 physical imagery stations. Includes warm-up activities and peer reflection.

A comprehensive first-week English curriculum for fourth grade focusing on the four types of sentences, fragments, and run-on sentences. Includes detailed teacher lesson plans, daily worksheets, a graphic organizer, exit tickets, and a weekly assessment.

A comprehensive ELA reading comprehension lesson focused on teaching students how to make logical inferences using text evidence and schema. Students act as 'Clue Catchers' to solve short mystery passages.

An interactive slide deck used by teachers to guide students through the Sensory Showdown lesson. It includes a hook activity contrasting telling vs. showing, a breakdown of the 5 senses, the descriptive writing formula, and station guidelines.

A 4-day instructional sequence on Active Reading, analyzing important details, conflict, and finding textual evidence.

A complete oral reading fluency assessment and tracking toolkit designed for small group instruction in 3rd grade. Includes two leveled passages (beginning fable and mid-year science nonfiction), teacher running records, student-facing reading copies, a master tracking sheet, and quick-use prompt cards.

A five-day integrated ELA, Social Studies, and Science unit for middle school multilingual learners exploring Adrienne Rich's 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers' and systemic racial disparities in the criminal justice system to contrast personal restriction with structural barriers.