Students dissect jokes to understand the mechanics of puns, identifying homophones and the 'setup + pivot' structure.
A lesson focused on building comparison and contrast skills by analyzing two popular video games, Roblox and Minecraft, using a Venn diagram.
A beginner's look at space through storytelling and comprehension, focusing on identifying key details and themes in a fictional text.
A reading comprehension lesson focused on a fictional story about forest animals sharing, designed for early 3rd-grade readers.
Una lección enfocada en desarrollar habilidades para la Respuesta Escrita Larga (ECR) en español, centrada en el género argumentativo para la prueba STAAR. Incluye un pasaje de lectura, un organizador gráfico de planificación y una guía de calificación detallada.
A comprehensive lesson on comma usage, themed as a forensic investigation to help students identify and correct common punctuation errors.
A collection of universal supports and teaching tools designed to aid differentiation and provide scaffolding for all students throughout the 'Cosmic Chronicles' unit.
An analysis of the novel's rising action, the climactic confrontation with IT, and the resolution of the Murry family's struggle.
A deep dive into the underlying themes of love vs. conformity and the potent symbolism of light and shadow throughout the journey.
An exploration of the Murry household and the initial tesseract travel, focusing on character traits, the atmospheric setting of Camazotz, and the third-person limited point of view.
A quick, engaging lesson focused on decoding and using multisyllabic words through a detective-themed activity.
A collection of three thematic reading passages for 3rd-grade students, focusing on animals, friendship, and community helpers. Each story includes comprehension questions targeting sequencing and identifying the main idea.
A comprehensive lesson on identifying prepositions and prepositional phrases, exploring their roles as adjective or adverbial modifiers within sentences using a construction-themed approach.
A 30-minute lesson where 4th-grade students learn to transform feedback into 'feed-forward' action. Through a quick-write activity and peer exchange, students practice giving specific, kind, and helpful suggestions to improve their writing.
