A high-energy, detective-themed lesson exploring how gerunds function as nouns while maintaining their verb-like properties. Designed for advanced students to master identification and usage in various sentence roles.

A baseball-themed reading and writing lesson designed for a 4th grader reading at a 2nd-grade level. The lesson focuses on identifying key details and organizing a paragraph using a topic sentence, three details, and a conclusion.

A lesson exploring the arrival of the Manager in Chapter 1 of 'The Metamorphosis'. Students analyze the immediate dehumanization of Gregor by his family and superiors, focusing on word choice and the conflict between individual humanity and bureaucratic authority.

A collection of visual goal-tracking dashboards for grades 1-5, using a rocket launch theme to help students visualize their reading fluency targets for the year.

A deep dive into morphology and common word endings (-able, -ible, -ary, -ery, -ory, -ant, -ent), focusing on how Latin roots and base words determine spelling patterns.

A comprehensive ELA assessment featuring informational and literary texts about Southwest Native American tribes, aligned to 5th-6th grade standards. Students will analyze text structure, theme, and main ideas while exploring the cultures of the Pueblo and Diné people.

A sports-themed mystery story and comprehension activity designed for 3rd-4th grade reading levels, focusing on making inferences and identifying key details.

A mystery-themed reading comprehension lesson featuring a 2-page original fiction story and a comprehensive assessment focused on Tier 2 vocabulary and analytical skills.

A lesson focused on reading comprehension and identifying key details from a news article about a manatee rescue.

A comprehensive introduction to Reed-Kellogg sentence diagramming, covering subjects, verbs, direct objects, and prepositional phrases through a structural engineering lens.

Students learn to identify the theme or main message of a story by analyzing character choices and outcomes, framed through a "Cinema" or "Movie Theatre" lens to help ELL students distinguish between topic and theme.

A lesson focused on decoding VCCV and VCV syllable patterns, along with common prefixes and suffixes, through an engaging reading passage and comprehension check.

A series of tiered morning work activities designed to review present tense action verbs, compound sentences, and complex sentences for 5th-grade ELL students.