Wind and Wilds

A comprehensive 5-day DBQ writing unit for 6th-grade ELA students in Tempe, AZ. Students analyze the innovative irrigation canals of the ancient Hohokam people to write an evidence-based historical argument.

A structured 60-minute tutoring workbook and tutor guide for incoming 7th graders, integrating a word ladder warmup, fiction analysis, objective summarizing, pronoun agreement, run-on corrections, and multi-step math word problems.

A comprehensive 2-page tutor guide and answer key for the Clue Trackers lesson, featuring standard alignments, session scheduling, scaffolding guidelines, and fully worked ELA and math solutions.

A five-lesson literary analysis and SAT prep sequence based on Rob Buyea's 'Because of Mr. Terupt'. Students practice textual evidence analysis and vocabulary-in-context skills through character-driven writing prompts.

A highly engaging 60-minute tutoring session designed for incoming fifth graders, focusing on mastering fiction summarization, reading comprehension, and key grammar skills. Through a detective-themed adventure, students solve word ladders, crack grammar codes, and dissect a mystery text using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then framework.

A comprehensive 4-page student tutoring packet for incoming 7th graders, featuring a word ladder warmup, grammar editing, pronoun agreement, reading comprehension, objective summarizing, and multi-step math problems with a sleek detective casefile theme.

An 8-week reading comprehension curriculum designed for entering fifth graders, featuring high-interest adventure themes like wilderness survival, deep-sea exploration, cyber defense, and volcanology. It focuses on critical reading comprehension skills like inferences, cause and effect, summarizing, and context clues with high-contrast, large print student packets.

A creative, writing-focused lesson exploring Wyoming's harsh winters, high-altitude landscapes, wildlife adaptations, and engineering solutions like giant wooden snow fences. Students draft a thrilling narrative about surviving a sudden blizzard and an informative paragraph about highway safety and ecology.

A 2-page teacher-facing tutoring roadmap and master answer key. Page 1 provides a 60-minute step-by-step coaching script, pacing guide, and pedagogical prompts. Page 2 provides a complete answer key and student summary exemplars for all exercises.

The 'Stadium Readers Club' is a high-interest, sports-themed reading intervention program designed specifically for reluctant entering 5th graders. It integrates phonics, word study, and reading comprehension across a 6-week schedule, utilizing the child's passion for the New York Yankees, New York Knicks, and soccer.

A 2-page detective-themed student reading and summarizing packet. Page 1 features a compelling mystery story and three reading comprehension questions. Page 2 provides a structured graphic organizer utilizing the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then framework and a final summary drafting area.

A detective-themed student warmup worksheet featuring a 5-step word ladder and a sentence repair grammar exercise. Perfectly sized for a single printable page, it engages incoming 5th graders with clear visual layouts, handwriting-ready answer boxes, and thematic icons.