A medical-themed lesson where 3rd-grade students become 'word surgeons' to dissect prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Includes a warm-up, video analysis, and a hands-on 'surgery' activity using complex words.
A lesson where students compare and contrast two informational texts about exploring extreme environments (Deep Space vs. Deep Sea). Students use a sorting activity and text evidence checklist to identify similarities and differences in how explorers stay safe and solve problems.
A hands-on lesson comparing and contrasting the extreme environments of space and the deep sea through the lens of astronaut and submariner experiences. Students will use direct evidence from paired texts to categorize facts and answer analytical questions.
A set of 20 engaging writing prompts tailored for a third-grade boy's interests in baseball, cats, and sharks, featuring slide-based instruction and printable prompt cards for a monthly journal.
A hands-on science and ELA lesson where students explore mystery scents and use descriptive olfactory details to document their observations.
A comprehensive collection of Dolch sight word resources for Pre-Primer through 3rd Grade. Includes structured flashcards with sentences and visuals, progress trackers, and a parent guide.
An Orton-Gillingham based lesson focusing on building and decoding words with 4-5 sounds, including CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC, and digraph blends using short vowels.
A comprehensive fluency lesson focusing on one-syllable silent e words (CVCE) across word, sentence, and paragraph levels. Includes direct instruction scripts, visual aids, and student practice materials.
A phonics-focused lesson reviewing the vowel teams ea, ew, aw, ou, al, and au through an engaging safari-themed adventure. Students will practice identifying, sorting, and using these sounds in context.
A lesson for 3rd grade students to practice identifying nouns and adjectives through the lens of Native American cultures and nature.
A comprehensive lesson for 3rd and 4th graders on the USE strategy (Understand, Slash, Evidence) to improve multiple-choice accuracy using fiction and science texts.
A decodable reading lesson centered on a story about getting lost at an amusement park, focusing on reading comprehension and safety rules.
A collection of activities focused on developing inference skills using spring-themed content for third-grade students.
A comprehensive lesson for 2nd and 3rd graders on using the present progressive tense. Students will learn the formula for adding -ing to verbs and use helping verbs to describe actions happening right now through a photography-themed exploration.
A lesson focused on morphology where students deconstruct words into prefixes, bases, and suffixes to determine their meanings using a word bank formula.
A week of targeted CVC practice covering blending, initial and final consonant changes, and automaticity.
A series of decodable sentences and activities focusing on closed syllables, VCe patterns, r-controlled vowels, and specific glue sounds (ost, ild, ank, unk). Students will practice blending and reading these patterns in context.
A comprehensive progress monitoring set for vowel teams ai, ay, ee, ea, and oa. Includes student-facing reading and spelling materials along with teacher-facing scoring and dictation guides.
A 5-day intensive review of Closed, Open, Magic E, Vowel Team, Bossy R, and Consonant -le syllable types, designed for 20-minute intervention blocks.
A foundational lesson on common prefixes (un-, re-, pre-, dis-) where students act as 'Word Architects' to build and deconstruct words.
A lesson where students become 'Sense Seekers' to identify sensory language in descriptive text through a mystery-themed game.
A comprehensive introduction to vowel teams using a sports-themed approach. Students will identify, read, and write words with various vowel teams, ranging from simple one-syllable words to more complex two-syllable terms.
A lesson focused on the art of writing sincere thank-you letters, covering the essential components and the emotional impact of expressing gratitude.
In this lesson, students practice identifying the main idea and supporting details in non-fiction texts about natural disasters. They will use a graphic organizer to map out the structure of a passage about earthquakes.
A fast-paced, interactive game where students become 'Sensory Spies' to track down descriptive language in high-interest short story snippets. Students compete to identify sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures hidden within case files.
A phonics-focused lesson targeting the /ee/ sound spelled with 'ee' and 'ea' through an engaging deep-sea exploration theme. Includes a high-interest reading passage, word sorting activities, and instructional support.
A 3rd-grade explicit instruction lesson on finding text evidence, following the 'I Do, We Do, You Do' model. Students learn to use a five-step checklist to answer questions about deep sea exploration, focusing on identifying keywords and locating proof in the text.
A comprehensive phonics lesson for bilingual students focusing on the specific vowel contrasts of Long E/Short I and Short A/Short E through multisensory, UDL-aligned activities.
A scaffolded writing lesson designed to help students transition from research notes to a structured three-paragraph essay about the snow leopard. It includes a visual graphic organizer and a sentence-starter drafting sheet.
A lesson focused on transforming animal research notes into cohesive, descriptive paragraphs using structured writing supports like outlines and paragraph frames.
A language therapy lesson focused on using the comparative adjectives 'better' and 'worse' to express opinions about animals and food through structured sentence frames.
A focused lesson on irregular plural nouns that undergo vowel shifts, designed for 4th-grade students to master common internal spelling changes.
A collection of reading passages designed to help 3rd-grade students practice making inferences and identifying textual evidence. Includes 12 detailed passages with multiple-choice questions.
A comprehensive lesson on r-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur) for 3rd-grade students, featuring a ranger-themed approach to "taming" the Bossy R. Includes direct instruction, blending practice, independent work, and formal assessment.
An advanced phonics lesson for 3rd grade focusing on multi-syllabic r-controlled vowel words, unstressed vowel sounds (ar, or as /er/), and adding suffixes to r-controlled base words.
A focused tool for tracking progress on Pre-Primer Dolch sight words, designed for easy assessment and data collection.
A comprehensive phonics lesson introducing the five r-controlled vowels (ar, er, ir, or, ur) through interactive forest-themed instruction and practice.
A comprehensive collection of 10 word search puzzles focusing on commonly confused words (homophones and near-homophones). Designed to improve vocabulary recognition and spelling through engaging "Case File" themed activities.