An introductory lesson exploring who William Shakespeare was and diving into three of his famous tales: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, and Macbeth, adapted for young learners.
A lesson designed to help students analyze and sequence fairy tales, focusing on identifying the conflict, resolution, and underlying theme through structured graphic organizers.
A collection of versatile graphic organizers designed to help students analyze fiction and nonfiction picture books. Each organizer focuses on a specific reading skill, providing a structured framework for student response.
A simplified introduction to the story of Prince Hamlet, focusing on themes of family, mystery, and making difficult choices, adapted for a 2nd grade audience.
Focused on informational texts, this lesson explores how paragraphs organize facts and how alliteration, personification, and hyperbole can make non-fiction more engaging.
Focused on narrative texts, this lesson teaches students how paragraphs build a story's sequence and how similes, idioms, and onomatopoeia create vivid mental images.
A toolkit of success criteria and structured practice materials for IMSE Orton-Gillingham dictation routines, focusing on word mapping and sentence conventions.
A foundational phonics lesson focusing on identifying, reading, and writing words with initial and final blends using short vowels. Students will 'build' words and practice reading them in context through a construction-themed series of activities.