Wannabe Wordplay

A classroom-friendly morphology lesson utilizing an adapted, G-rated version of the Spice Girls' hit song 'Wannabe'. Students practice active listening to complete a cloze lyric sheet, break down words into prefixes, suffixes, and base words, and analyze how these morphemes change meanings.

MLMiguel Liendo Navarro

Wannabe Wordplay

MLMiguel Liendo Navarro

Sight Word Decoder Sequence

A 3-part comprehensive curriculum sequence mapping and teaching 150 high-frequency sight words phonetically. Includes three progressive mastery levels covering closed syllables, open syllables, silent E, vowel teams, r-controlled, and heart word decoding.

Nicole Thomson

French Fry Fiasco

A humorous and heartwarming lesson exploring Firoozeh Dumas's memoir through an easy-to-read comic format, pairing visual storytelling with close reading support and cause-and-effect mapping.

Patrick l

French Fry Fiasco Advanced Comic

An advanced, higher-Lexile graphic novel version of Firoozeh Dumas's 'My Achilles' Meal' memoir, featuring richer vocabulary, more complex sentence structures, and deeper close-reading analysis for upper elementary students.

Patrick l

Literacy Essentials

A 3-week foundational reading and vocabulary unit for 7th-grade intervention. Students master dictionary reference tools, high-leverage affixes, and root words while developing evidence-based reading analysis skills.

knessa

French Fry Trap

A reading passage and matching high-support worksheet for the memoir 'My Achilles\' Meal' by Firoozeh Dumas, adapted to a supportive Lexile level (400L-600L) with visual aids and scaffolds.

Patrick l

French Fry Fiasco Teacher Guide

A structured 2-page teacher reference guide and complete answer key for the 'French Fry Fiasco Comic & Guide', detailing lesson plans, common student misconceptions, and ready-to-use discussion prompts.

Patrick l

Word Cartography

A comprehensive, year-long 30-minute intervention curriculum designed to close the 7th-grade reading achievement gap. It blends systemic academic vocabulary acquisition, structured context clue strategies, and rigorous informational text navigation.

knessa

Potato Downfall

A simplified reading lesson based on Firoozeh Dumas's memoir 'My Achilles\' Meal', adapted for mid-elementary readers. Includes built-in comprehension check-in questions and a teacher guide with answer keys.

Patrick l

French Fry Fiasco Comic & Guide

An adapted, lower-Lexile graphic novel version of Firoozeh Dumas's 'My Achilles' Meal' memoir, complete with a comprehension guide, vocabulary spotlight, and a cause-and-effect graphic organizer designed for elementary students.

Patrick l

Text Tactics

A targeted 7th-grade RLA intervention sequence designed for rapid 30-minute sessions. It equips students with durable, reusable tools for finding central ideas and decoding context clues.

knessa

The Walkout Dilemma

A 5th-grade ELA lesson exploring the multi-layered perspectives of strikes and labor rights through structured Socratic debate and evidence-based opinion writing.

Lenny

French Fry Trap Assessment Key

A supportive 2-page Assessment Key for the standard French Fry Trap Comprehension Questions, offering correct multiple-choice answers, question rationales, and exemplar short-answer grading guides.

Wannabe Wordplay