A lesson exploring the differences between short and long vowel sounds through a nautical-themed voyage. Includes direct instruction on vowel patterns and interactive practice.
The introductory unit focusing on short vowels, consonant blends, and foundational fluency routines.
Day 3 provides mixed practice for both 'ee' and 'ea' vowel teams, challenging students to differentiate between the two spellings in context while building complex sentences.
Day 2 introduces the 'ea' vowel team with a focus on nature and meals, featuring words like leaf, tea, and sea. Students engage in word mapping and decodable reading.
Day 1 focuses on the 'ee' vowel team using garden-themed vocabulary like seeds, trees, and bees. Students practice phonemic awareness, word blending, and sentence construction.
Focuses on two-syllable words containing 'ar' and 'or' r-controlled syllables, culminating in passage reading.
Focuses on one-syllable r-controlled words with 'ar' and 'or', including sound drills and sentence reading.
A lesson focused on sequencing events from the humorous story 'Paint It Purple'. Students will identify the order of objects the girl paints throughout the book.
A high-energy, arcade-themed phonics game where students master CVC words and progress to complex consonant blends like str, tr, er, ing, and qu. Students will identify, read, and write words to earn points in a competitive or collaborative setting.
A foundational phonics lesson focused on decoding one and two-syllable closed words. Students practice phoneme-grapheme mapping with Elkonin boxes and build fluency through targeted reading passages.
A comprehensive final review and celebration of skills, featuring mixed practice across phonics, grammar, and research to build confidence for assessment.
Explores more complex word patterns like digraphs and silent e, alongside pronouns and basic context clues to determine word meaning.
Introduces basic research and reference skills such as ABC order to the first letter, identifying parts of a book, and using a simple Table of Contents.
Shifts focus to sentence construction, focusing on capitalization of names and sentence starts, basic end punctuation, and identifying nouns and verbs.
Focuses on foundational phonics including CVC words, initial/final blends, and simple synonyms and antonyms. Students begin their quest by mastering the basic building blocks of words.
A collection of assessment materials covering chapters 9 through 12 of E.B. White's Stuart Little, designed for emerging readers.
A second-grade literacy lesson where students learn to craft compelling opinion pieces by debating the best classroom pet, focusing on stances, reasons, and linking words.