Story Detectives

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 3rd-grade reading comprehension lesson focused on identifying the fiction genre. Students learn to recognize make-believe story elements, such as talking animal characters and imaginative plots, to prove a text is fiction.

A one-page interactive worksheet for 3rd graders to practice identifying fiction using book covers. It features three custom-designed book covers with visual and text elements, guiding students to analyze titles, illustrations, and descriptions to determine the genre and record their evidence.

A complete four-day reading and creative arts sequence for grades K-3. Each day focuses on a popular Halloween story paired with an interactive hands-on activity like making masks, color-by-number worksheets, skeleton assembly crafts, and candy mazes.

A third-grade reading comprehension lesson focused on CCSS RL.3.2, analyzing how character actions and details teach the moral of the story 'Fresh Coat'. Students analyze how Leo's choices and changing feelings lead to a valuable community lesson.

A three-page reading comprehension worksheet for 3rd graders. It features a six-paragraph story about Echo Cave, each followed by immediate comprehension checks and expanded writing sections. Key story elements are highlighted with color-coded visual icons (Character, Setting, Plot, and Fiction Clues) with dedicated spaces for students to explain how they know the text is fiction, concluding with a Final Case File synthesis.

A comprehensive assessment bundle for vowel and consonant digraphs and blends, designed for second and third-grade students. Includes student pages with clear spacing, teacher tracking sheets, and a robust scoring rubric.

A 3rd-grade reading comprehension and inferencing lesson set at Western Intermediate. Students help Mrs. Lushin and Mrs. Graves solve the mystery of the missing golden cupcakes by analyzing clues and suspect alibis.

A teacher-facing answer key containing correct answers and detailed evidence-based rationales for 'Fresh Coat' with Dysart Schools district branding. Aligned with exactly 5 multiple-choice questions matching the student assessment.

A third-grade reading comprehension unit focused on CCSS RL.3.2, teaching students to determine the central message, lesson, or moral of stories and explain how it is conveyed through character actions and details.