Why Write Clearly

A 10-minute introductory lesson for 1st-4th graders exploring the importance of legible handwriting through a 'secret message' decoding activity and group discussion.

ABAlexandra Burns

Why Write Clearly

A 10-minute introductory lesson for 1st-4th graders exploring the importance of legible handwriting through a 'secret message' decoding activity and group discussion.

ABAlexandra Burns

Word Wizards

A 3-lesson phonics sequence focused on teaching Vowel-Consonant-e (V-e) syllables to late first and second graders. Using a whimsical 'Word Wizards' theme, it covers foundations, vowel expansion, and blends/digraphs, complete with guides, slides, practice pages, and assessments.

Lenny

Muffin Mayhem

A hilarious reader's theater lesson focused on oral reading fluency, character development, and textual comparison using a cast of runaway bakery goods.

npowers

Crumbs of Suspicion Script

A hilarious and theatrical reader's theater play script featuring the beloved characters Skylar, Matthew, Joshua, and Shanvika in a high-stakes midnight adventure. Design includes integrated comprehension and fluency discussion questions.

npowers

Phonics Breakout Series

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.

Michelle Low

Slo Mo Phonics Sliders

A foundational phonics lesson on continuous blending using words that start with continuant consonants (f, l, m, n, r, s, v, z) and end with stop consonants (p, t, k, b, d, g). Includes teacher scripts, slides, sorting centers, blending task cards, and decodable stories.

Lenny

Continuous Phonics Teacher Guide

A robust instructional guide for educators, outlining the science behind continuous blending, a script for direct instruction modeling, common student errors, and complete answer keys for the student materials.

Lenny

Word Builders

A foundational vocabulary and morphology unit designed specifically for high school newcomer ESL students. It focuses on breaking down unfamiliar English words into high-frequency prefixes, suffixes, and root words using heavy visual aids, scaffolded sentence stems, and highly collaborative activities.

Miguel Liendo Navarro

Grand Wizard Mastery

Focuses on V-e words with consonant blends and digraphs. Includes interactive partner games, teacher dictation scripts, and a multi-day mastery assessment.

Lenny

Slo Mo Decodable Passages

High-quality decodable reading passages focusing on CVC words with continuous-to-stop consonants. Includes fluency star tracker checklists, interactive word hunts, and simple reading comprehension checks with dotted writing lines.

Lenny

Phonics Power Sprint

An accelerated, high-impact review of Fundations Level 2 phonics concepts, consolidating Units 11-17 into an intensive curriculum. This sequence focuses on double vowel syllables (vowel teams), multi-syllabic words, and essential high-frequency heart words to build rapid decoding and spelling mastery.

npowers

Vowel Expansion Spell

Expands the silent-e rule to O_E, U_E, and E_E. Students compare short and long vowel pairs and practice decoding more complex spellings.

Lenny

Ending Stop Sorting Mats

Hands-on center sorting activity featuring 4 colorful sorting mats (for final stop sounds -p, -t, -d, -g) and 16 cut-out CVC word cards with continuous blending slider helpers.

Lenny

Why Write Clearly