A lesson exploring simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole through the lens of popular media and everyday school experiences. Students identify and analyze figurative language in familiar contexts.

A comprehensive data analysis presentation for administrators, tracking student growth across Grade 6 NC Check-In cycles with a focus on vocabulary, informational text mastery, and overall test trends.

A comprehensive set of foundational literacy materials focused on 27 key sight words and nouns, covering word recognition, handwriting, sentence structure, and phonics.

A cumulative review of all R-controlled vowels (ar, or, ore, er, ir, ur) through games and mixed decoding practice.

The final common /er/ spelling, 'ur' as in 'surf' and 'burn'. Practice with all /er/ variations.

Learning the /er/ sound spelled with 'ir' as in 'bird' and 'dirt'. Comparing with 'er' words.

Focusing on the /er/ sound as in 'fern' and 'her'. Introduction to the first of the three common /er/ spellings.

Learning the /or/ sound at the end of words with the 'ore' grapheme, like 'shore' and 'more'.

Exploring the /or/ sound as in 'fork' and 'storm'. Students learn to identify and decode words with 'or'.

Introduction to the /ar/ sound as in 'star' and 'park'. Students practice blending and reading words with the 'ar' grapheme.

A lively, kinesthetic lesson where K-3 students personify punctuation marks through movement and creative writing to understand how they shape the voice of a sentence.

A foundational literacy lesson focusing on decoding CVC and CVCE words through a short story about a boy and his pet. Students will practice reading fluency and inferring character feelings based on story events.

A lesson focused on analyzing and producing high-quality short responses for the NYS 8th Grade ELA exam using the topic of climate change. Students will compare exemplar and non-exemplar responses to understand rubric criteria.

A foundational literacy lesson for K-1 students focused on identifying the main idea and supporting details using a 'Story Detective' theme.

This lesson teaches 6th-grade students how to summarize their research on Japan, Italy, and Portugal using the 5 W's strategy. Students will learn to distill complex information into concise summaries that capture the essence of their travel destinations.

A comprehensive set of foundational literacy materials focused on 27 key sight words and nouns, covering word recognition, handwriting, sentence structure, and phonics.

A magical introduction to using 'will' for future tense, where students become 'Future Forecasters' to predict what happens next.

A 1st-grade lesson focused on using the future tense 'will' to talk about upcoming plans and dreams. Students will learn to structure sentences and organize their thoughts about the future.

A high-level reading comprehension lesson focused on endangered species, specifically the snow leopard. Students will analyze complex text for main ideas, nuanced vocabulary, and figurative language.

A lesson focused on sentence construction, teaching students to transform fragments and simple sentences into sophisticated compound and complex sentences using a construction-themed framework.

A comprehensive phonics lesson on Vowel-Consonant-e (VCe) patterns for single and multi-syllabic words, using a detective-themed approach to investigate the "Silent E" rule.

An 8th-grade ELA lesson focused on identifying and evaluating an author's claim within a non-fiction text about social media's impact on teenagers. Students will analyze evidence, reasoning, and central arguments.

An 8th-grade ESL lesson where students learn about journalism and create their own digital newspaper using guided templates and sentence frames.

A multi-day lesson where students research, interview, and write for a classroom newspaper, practicing various informational writing styles and media literacy.