A vocabulary and word study lesson focused on suffixes and base words, themed around the Great Migration in the Serengeti. Students explore word structures while learning about one of nature's most incredible journeys.
Covers final y as a vowel, plural endings with -ies, common prefixes (re-, un-, dis-, mis-), and a comprehensive review of patterns from Sorts 13-50.
Focuses on complex consonant clusters including triple blends (scr, str, spr, thr, shr, squ), silent consonants (kn, wr, gn), and variations of hard/soft c and g. Students will practice these intricate spelling patterns through context.
This lesson explores diphthongs and ambiguous vowel patterns including oi, oy, oo, aw, au, wa, al, and ou/ow. Students will practice identifying these sounds through context and word searches.
A hands-on lesson for 3rd graders to master 'Show, Don't Tell' in narrative writing, focusing on sensory details and actions for common emotions.
A comprehensive spelling assessment tool designed to identify specific orthographic strengths and weaknesses across five key phonics and spelling patterns.
Investigation into r-controlled vowel patterns including ar, are, air, er, ear, eer, ir, ire, ier, or, ore, oar, and ur patterns.
A comprehensive progress monitoring collection featuring 5 distinct word sets (75 words total) for tracking mastery of vowel teams and diphthongs. Each set includes a student reading list and a multi-trial teacher tracking sheet.
Unit 9 Lesson 2 Do Now focusing on focused structure in a solar eclipse passage and editing dialogue punctuation and complex sentences in a formal letter.
Unit 9 Lesson 1 Do Now focusing on developing engaging ideas in a baking narrative and editing capitalization and spelling for a Texas state parks report.
Unit 8 Lesson 15 Do Now focusing on improving sentence variety in a science fair passage and editing adjectives and prepositions in a mountain climbing journal.
Unit 8 Lesson 14 Do Now focusing on passage organization for a sea turtle conservation story and editing compound sentences and pronouns in a school play description.
Unit 8 Lesson 13 Do Now focusing on adding details to a passage about a community garden and editing irregular verbs in a museum trip narrative.
A progress monitoring tool designed to assess a student's ability to decode words with initial and final s-blends, r-blends, and l-blends. This lesson includes a student reading list and a teacher scoring checklist.
A comprehensive phonics lesson focusing on identifying and matching 100 CVC words grouped by their short vowel sounds.
Review of CVVC patterns and introduction to open syllables with long a, o, u, and i patterns across Sorts 18-24.
Focuses on roots related to life (bio), death (mort), origin (gen), joining (junct), following (sec/sect), and law (jud, leg).
Covers Latin roots related to life and death, connection, law, and books. Includes roots like gen, mort, bio, ven, junct, spir, sec, jud, leg, mod, and biblio.
Foundational practice for Sorts 13-17, focusing on short and long vowel patterns including CVCe and CVVC for a, o, u, and e.
A comprehensive spelling packet focused on R-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur) with a Forest Ranger theme. Includes practice, games, and assessments.
The final sorts (38-56) covering advanced spelling patterns including silent consonants, prefixes, suffixes, and geography vocabulary.
Sorts 29-37 focusing on unaccented final syllables like -le, -er, -en, and final -y variations.
Sorts 22-28 exploring ambiguous vowels like oy/oi and ou/ow, as well as r-influenced vowel patterns.
Sorts 17-21 diving into long vowel patterns (a, i, o, u, e) within accented syllables.
Sorts 10-16 covering compound words and the foundational rules of syllable junctures in VCV and VCCV patterns.
The first 9 sorts focusing on review of vowel patterns in single-syllable words and adding -ing to different word patterns.
A comprehensive 5th-grade grammar review covering essential skills from parts of speech to complex sentence structure, designed with a fun, preppy aesthetic.
Covers Greek and Latin roots related to quantity (magni, min, poly), the body (cap, corp, dent, ped), and the elements (terr, astr, hydra).
Focuses on Latin roots related to hands (man), writing (scrib), belief (cred), and making (fac), as well as leading (duct), following (sequ), and turning (vert).