An integrated literacy lesson where students master four key reading skills: analyzing character traits, evaluating author evidence, identifying main ideas, and understanding cause and effect through an engaging 'Evidence Agency' theme.

Students will explore the complex debate surrounding wolf reintroduction in national parks, analyzing two conflicting perspectives to understand how authors shape information and support their claims with evidence.

A comprehensive ELA lesson focused on identifying main ideas in space-themed informational texts, explaining scientific procedures, and summarizing fictional narratives about friendship.

A lesson focused on enhancing inference skills using a high-interest context of game design and virtual worlds. Students will analyze character motivations and technical challenges within a Roblox-inspired narrative.

A visual, tactile approach to sentence structure using color-coded "blocks" to represent parts of speech. Students learn to sculpt sentences from basic patterns to complex masterpieces, reducing cognitive load through visual patterns.

A lesson focused on developing inference skills through a high-interest text about beauty and self-expression. Students will use textual clues to draw conclusions about settings, actions, and feelings.

A high-energy, game-based lesson designed to reinforce RI.9 standards. Students engage in a multi-modal 'Double Take' challenge involving a board game, bingo, and a scavenger hunt to analyze how different authors present the same non-fiction topics.

A lesson for 4th graders comparing the picture book 'Santiago Saw Things Differently' with primary sources from Santiago Ramón y Cajal's life. Students analyze how authors use historical facts to create narrative stories and explore the intersection of art and science.

A set of 20 short articles (two for each of the 10 debate topics) to provide students with evidence for their classroom arguments.

A high-energy, tropical-themed review of main idea and supporting details, designed for the day before spring break. Students complete an 'Island Escape' challenge to 'earn' their break.

A lesson focusing on Chapter 18 of 'The Westing Game', exploring the themes of surveillance, hidden identities, and the burgeoning relationship between Turtle Wexler and Flora Baumbach.

A 5th-grade reading comprehension lesson focused on identifying the main idea of paragraphs and a whole passage using the history and impact of Super Mario Bros.

A lesson focused on distinguishing between main ideas in informational paragraphs and central themes in short fictional stories. Students will practice identifying key details and synthesizing them into a core message.

A structured writing lesson designed for 4th-grade students on IEPs, focusing on the mechanics and structure of a narrative paragraph through an 'Adventure Quest' theme. Students will learn to construct paragraphs with a topic sentence, three supporting details, and a clincher while maintaining proper grammar and punctuation.

A comprehensive lesson focusing on common suffixes, their meanings, and application through specific vocabulary and descriptive reading passages about contemporary figures.

This lesson guides students through the process of analyzing three distinct sources—a video and two articles—to plan a 4-paragraph research essay on the theme of resilience. Students will learn to identify key evidence, craft author's claims, and strategically group sources for effective comparison and contrast.

A deep dive into Chapter 11 of 'A Long Walk to Water', focusing on the ethical dilemmas and survival challenges faced by Salva in the Akobo Desert and the technological shift in Nya's village.

A lesson on the past progressive tense (was/were + verb-ing) focused on describing ongoing and interrupted actions in the past through a detective mystery theme.

A scaffolded introductory lesson on using common prefixes (un-, re-, dis-, mis-) to decode word meanings, featuring hands-on sorting activities and visual organizers.

A comprehensive 30-45 minute lesson on the past perfect tense, featuring explicit instructions, a time-travel themed worksheet, and a detailed teacher guide. This lesson helps students understand how to sequence two past events using the 'past before the past' structure.

A 30-45 minute lesson focused on decoding multisyllabic words using morphology (prefixes, suffixes, and root words). Students will learn to 'mine' for meaning by breaking words into their component parts.

A lesson focused on introducing topics clearly and grouping related cause-and-effect information into cohesive paragraphs. Students will learn to use topic sentences to set the stage for detailed explanations of why things happen.