An introduction to poetry through Shel Silverstein's 'Runny Babbit', focusing on spoonerisms, rhythm, and the joy of nonsense.
A high-engagement punctuation and mechanics lesson where students become detectives solving 'crimes' of missing commas and misplaced periods in high-interest narratives.
A lesson focused on crafting strong persuasive arguments about recycling, specifically helping ELL students develop topic sentences and clear supporting reasons.
A collection of assessment materials covering chapters 9 through 12 of E.B. White's Stuart Little, designed for emerging readers.
A lesson focused on identifying and tracking character habits in the novel 'Two Roads', helping students understand how recurring actions reveal personality and values.
Prepares students for their final oral presentation, focusing on slide design, public speaking, and final grammar checks.
Refines the narrative structure and focuses on the precise use of articles (a, an, the) for clarity and flow.
Explores setting and descriptive detail using prepositional phrases to ground narratives in a specific time and place.
Focuses on identifying personal narrative topics and mastering subject-verb agreement to ensure clear story foundations.
A biography research project focused on influential athletes who changed the world. Students use a sports-themed packet to document their subject's career milestones, social impact, and personal mindset.
A focused lesson on identifying nouns, verbs, and adverbs using classroom-themed sentences. Students practice identifying parts of speech through circling and underlining activities.
Mastering number prefixes for four, five, and one hundred: quad-, quint-, pent-, and cent-.
Introduction to number prefixes: mono-, uni-, bi-, and tri-, indicating one, two, and three.
In this sort, related words may have multiple sounds that change. Listen for shifts in both the vowel and the consonant sounds (e.g., produce to production).
Focusing on vowel alternations where adding the suffix -ion shifts the sound from long or short to a schwa.
A lesson focused on identifying and citing evidence from functional texts, such as manuals and agreements, to support a specific argument. Students will practice finding two pieces of evidence and explaining their relevance.
Introduction to vowel alternations where vowel sounds shift from long or short to the quiet schwa sound as the stress of the word moves.
A lesson focused on teaching students how to make logical inferences and identify implicit meanings using high-interest sports narratives.
Introduction to vowel alternations where vowel sounds shift between long, short, and schwa sounds (e.g., nature becomes natural).
Focusing on vowel alternations where a long vowel sound shifts to a short vowel or a schwa sound (the "uh" sound) when a suffix is added.
Introduction to vowel alternations where a long vowel sound shifts to a short vowel sound when a suffix is added (e.g., please becomes pleasant).