Students dissect jokes to understand the mechanics of puns, identifying homophones and the 'setup + pivot' structure.
A math place value unit focusing on identifying digit values through the thousands place with interactive detective-themed worksheets and puzzles.
A structured, multi-part phonics intervention lesson focusing on compound words and syllable division rules (VCCV, VCV) for decoding 2-syllable and 3-syllable words.
A self-checking child-friendly answer key for the Tiger Robot Worksheet. It displays correct answers in red handwriting style with detective-themed grade stamp.
A structured reading intervention sequence at Douglas School combining targeted phonic lessons with the multisensory Nessy online literacy system.
A highly structured, 3-part phonics intervention lesson focusing on advanced syllable types, consonant blends, silent-e, vowel teams, r-controlled vowels, and consonant-le syllables through decodable texts and self-checking materials.
A student-facing decodable passage worksheet focusing on VCV syllable division (open vs. closed). Includes a decodable text 'Toby's Silent Robot', a fluency tracker, a VCV syllable sorting activity, and text-dependent comprehension questions.
A comprehensive 5-day phonics breakout sequence where students complete daily independent spelling missions to crack codes. Covering CVC, Silent E, Digraphs/Blends, R-controlled vowels, and Vowel Teams, each day represents a new adventure challenge.
A scaffolded unit designed to help 5th-grade developing and emerging students create a mock e-commerce book listing for a novel they have read. This lesson breaks down complex writing tasks like summaries, quotes, and editorial reviews into structured, bite-sized templates with built-in sentence frames.
A self-checking child-friendly answer key for the Rabbit Picnic Worksheet. It displays correct answers in red handwriting style with detective-themed grade stamp.
A comprehensive 4-week poetry curriculum designed for students requiring high structure and visual supports. It covers diverse poetry types (Haiku, Color, Acrostic, Couplets, Concrete, Free Verse, and Metaphor/Simile) with scaffolds like word banks, sentence frames, and graphic organizers.
Summer literacy communication and family engagement resources to help rising kindergarteners maintain and build reading skills over the summer break through play-based activities.
A student-facing decodable passage worksheet focusing on VCCV (double consonant) syllable division. Includes a decodable text 'The Rabbit's Picnic', a fluency tracker, a VCCV syllable division exercise, and comprehension questions.
