A lesson focused on mastering transition words and phrases to improve writing flow and coherence across narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive styles.
A lesson teaching students how to introduce, cite, and explain evidence from articles and poems in short constructed responses. Students will master the 'ICE' method and learn specific formatting for different source types.
Students investigate the "oo" vowel team, discovering that this "double agent" can make two different sounds (as in 'moon' and 'foot'). They will sort evidence and use context clues to master these words.
Instruction and assessment tools for 3rd-grade students to master the art of narrative storytelling.
Early literacy activities focusing on high-frequency sight words for kindergarten students.
Essential safety protocols, personal protective equipment (PPE), and emergency procedures for a high school chemistry laboratory.
A 6th-grade research project on Ancient Egypt where students investigate daily life, pharaohs, and cultural contributions.
A vocabulary lesson focused on using context clues within fantasy and adventure stories to define unknown words, designed for 3rd grade.
A collection of 20 creative writing prompts designed for 3rd graders, covering descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive styles. Includes a slide deck for instruction and printable writing templates.
A comprehensive reading comprehension unit for 3rd graders focused on main idea, sequencing, cause and effect, and making inferences through a 'Reading Detectives' theme.
A comprehensive speech and language lesson for 8th graders focused on morphology, word relationships, and parts of speech using a 'Linguistic Lab' mechanical theme.
This lesson covers the pivotal events of the November journal entries in Tangerine, focusing on the citrus freeze, Luis Cruz's tragic end, and Paul's emerging courage.