A collection of resources to encourage and track reading progress over the summer break for K-3 students, including a parent letter and activity suggestions.
A lesson focused on identifying characters, setting, problem, and solution in fiction, and main idea and details in nonfiction using decodable text.
A focused lesson on termites using simplified text and visual supports for Grade 1 students, based on the CKLA reader 'The Green Fern Zoo'.
A comprehensive toolkit for teachers to track, document, and support student English language proficiency growth using TELPAS criteria across all four domains.
Reviewing all skills and creating a sustainable long-term maintenance plan for continued success.
Developing a step-by-step framework for solving school-based problems and managing frustration.
Learning strategies to improve sustained attention and ignore distractions in the classroom environment.
Mastering the use of planners and logs to ensure homework completion and efficient time management.
Focusing on physical organization strategies for desks, backpacks, and personal spaces using the 'Clear Hangar' method.
Introduction to executive functioning as the 'brain's pilot' and setting personal mission goals for the 6-week program.
A lesson focused on decoding closed syllables featuring the 'sh' digraph in CVC words. Students will practice word recognition, reading fluency, and comprehension through a themed decodable passage.
A foundational lesson on Wilson Step 1.2 focusing on CVC word segmenting, blending, and sentence construction using sound tapping techniques.
A follow-up lesson focusing on complex sentence structures, including comma placement in compound sentences and starting sentences with subordinating conjunctions. Introduces advanced conjunctions like 'although', 'while', and 'unless'.
A lesson on using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to build complex sentences. Students learn to use conjunctions as 'bridges' to connect their ideas together clearly.
A focused lesson on beginning and ending consonant blends and common digraphs (sh, th, wh, ch, ck, ph, ng, nk) using short vowel words. Students "construct" words in a workshop-themed environment.
A social story and visual support system designed to teach students about personal space, consent, and appropriate behavior during unstructured hallway transitions.
An introduction to the building blocks of language, teaching second graders the difference between words that can stand alone (free roots) and those that need a 'buddy' (bound roots).
A focused toolkit designed to help students with ADHD improve their executive functioning through visual reminders and self-monitoring strategies.