A small group lesson focusing on the 'Show, Don't Tell' technique for character emotions, using Peter Pan as a mentor text. Students will learn to replace flat emotional statements with descriptive actions and sensory details.

In this sort, we continue to look at words where adding -ion requires dropping the e or changing other final letters.

When adding -ion or -ian, we often drop the final e or change the final t or c to ss or s.

A phonics-focused lesson for multilingual learners to identify and sort long and short vowel sounds using nature-themed vocabulary and imagery.

An introduction to poetry through Shel Silverstein's 'Runny Babbit', focusing on spoonerisms, rhythm, and the joy of nonsense.

Students explore Texas folklore through the Legend of the Bluebonnet, identifying narrative elements of origin myths before creating their own wildflower legends.

A library lesson for 3rd and 4th graders exploring contrasting perspectives through the book 'A Tale of Two Beasts' by Fiona Roberton. Students will analyze how the same events are described differently by the two main characters (the girl and the beast) to understand the importance of considering multiple viewpoints.

A library lesson for 3rd and 4th graders exploring perspective and point of view through the fractured fairy tale 'The True Story of the Three Little Pigs' by Jon Scieszka. Students will compare the classic tale with the wolf's version to understand how a narrator's bias affects a story.

A playful lesson centered on the book 'Underwear Wolf', focusing on character design through a creative craft and story retelling through comic-style illustration. Students explore fashion for a wolf and reimagine his forest adventures.

A collaborative storytelling lesson where students use visual prompts to navigate through the elements of a story, focusing on sequencing and descriptive language.

A set of multi-level reading comprehension materials focused on a sports theme, suitable for a week of homework or differentiated classroom use.

A multi-day lesson exploring morphology and syllable division through the lens of Westward Expansion. Students learn to decode complex words with prefixes and suffixes while building vocabulary related to pioneer life.

A comprehensive lesson on initial s-blends featuring two engaging stories set at a grocery store and summer camp. Students will identify, read, and use s-blend words through interactive slides and fill-in-the-blank activities.

A narrative writing lesson where students write about a real-life interaction with an insect, focusing on sequencing events and using past tense verbs. Aligned with Grade 2 WIDA Language Arts standards.

A multi-sensory writing lesson designed to help students with diverse learning needs expand their descriptive language through physical objects and visual prompts. Students will explore the five senses to build complex sentences and narrative structures.

A creative writing and social-emotional learning lesson where students design a unique bug and describe its feelings and personality using simple English sentence structures. Designed for WIDA Level 2 Emerging learners.

An integrated literacy center where students investigate narrative texts to uncover central messages and supporting evidence through hands-on exploration and application.

A mystery-themed literacy lesson where students become 'Perspective Detectives' to decode character emotions and viewpoints through visual and textual cues. Students learn to use body language, dialogue, and actions to infer how characters see the world.

A mystery-themed lesson where students become 'Word Detectives' to uncover the meanings of Tier 2 vocabulary using synonym, antonym, and definition context clues.

A comprehensive study unit designed to prepare 3rd-grade students for the Ohio State Test (OST) in Reading Informational Text, Writing, and Language. Students take on the role of investigative reporters to master evidence-based reading and informative writing.

A reading comprehension lesson centered on a short story about friends visiting a pond, focusing on identifying key details using 'Wh' questions.

Day 2 focuses on irregular nouns ending in -f or -fe that change to -ves, as well as unique endings like child to children.

Day 1 focuses on irregular nouns that change their internal vowels (like man to men) and nouns that do not change at all (like sheep to sheep).

A lesson focusing on the 'Broad U' sound (/uː/), including identification of the sound and distinguishing it from short and long U variations.

A reading comprehension assessment focused on identifying factual and inferential information and supporting it with text-based evidence, specifically designed for 3rd-grade level goals.

A lesson focused on developing inferential and critical thinking skills for 3rd-grade readers, using a detective-themed approach to "solve" stories by looking for clues.

A high-energy lesson on the science of roller coasters, focusing on citing text evidence (RI.1) and understanding domain-specific vocabulary (RI.4). Students will explore how gravity and momentum power their favorite rides.

A whole-group game where students use their classroom word wall to solve word mysteries and practice spelling irregular heart words. Students become 'Heart Word Detectives' to find words based on teacher clues.

A foundational lesson focused on Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF) using CVC words. Students practice blending individual sounds into 'silly' words through a playful Monster Lab theme to build decoding automaticity.

The suffix -ion turns a verb into a noun without changing the spelling of the base word.

Introduction to action suffixes -en, -ize, and -ify, which mean "to make" or "to cause to be."

Mastering character and quality suffixes: -ful, -ous, and -ious, meaning "full of" or "possessing."

Mastering the adjective suffixes -al, -ial, and -ic, meaning "relating to" or "having the characteristics of."

The suffixes -ty and -ity turn adjectives into nouns, meaning "the state or condition of being...".

Mastering suffixes related to places, things, or qualities: -ary, -ery, and -ory.

Mastering suffixes related to states and conditions: -ment, -less, and -ness.

Focusing on suffixes that indicate people and professions: -er, -or, -ian, and -ist.

Mastering comparative and superlative suffixes: -er, -est, -ier, and -iest.