Phonics &amp; Reading Foundations

Baseline Diagnostic Session

The initial diagnostic session where the tutor assesses the student's phonics knowledge, oral reading fluency, and reading comprehension.

Brylee Ware

Phonics Foundations Week 1

A week of 10-minute daily warm-up activities focusing on letter sounds, rhyming, and initial sound identification.

elizabethsolorzano

Alphabet Adventures

A foundational lesson introducing the shapes, sounds, and writing of the alphabet through tracing and recognition activities.

Kennedy Talbert

1/20

Fantastic Fish

A Kindergarten literacy lesson centered on the sight word 'Fish', featuring a catchy song, letter brainstorming, and a rainbow writing activity.

Deep Sea ABCs

A 1st-2nd grade lesson focused on practicing alphabetical order using the names of the five world oceans, featuring a SciShow Kids introductory video.

Fantastic F Exploration

A high-energy Pre-K lesson focused on identifying the letter F and its sound through a mystery box, a catchy song, and a creative collage activity.

Silly Sound Squad

A high-energy 1st-grade lesson introducing alliteration through a catchy animal song and a creative 'Alliteration Station' drawing and writing activity.

Candle C Hunt

A festive Pre-K lesson focused on identifying the letter 'C' through a birthday-themed video game and an active classroom hunt. Students practice deep breathing, visual discrimination, and recognizing that uppercase and lowercase C share the same shape.

Candle C Celebration

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson focused on identifying the letter 'C' through movement, music, and a birthday party-themed video. Students will practice forming the letter with their bodies and distinguishing it from other letters in a musical game.

Candle Countdown C

A festive kindergarten lesson focusing on distinguishing uppercase and lowercase C, featuring a birthday-themed video and a letter sorting activity.

Candle Party C Discrimination

A festive 1st-grade lesson focused on visual discrimination of the letter C from similar letters (O, Q, G) and identifying initial C sounds in party-themed vocabulary.

Celebration C

A high-energy, multisensory lesson for Pre-K and Kindergarten students focused on the letter C and the /k/ sound. Students will use breath control to blow cotton balls along with a catchy video and create blow-painted art to reinforce letter formation and phonics.

Alphabet Groove

A high-energy movement lesson for Pre-K students to master the alphabet sequence using auditory memorization and kinesthetic 'Freeze Dance' cues.

ABC Dash

A high-energy kindergarten small group lesson where students race against a catchy synth-pop beat to arrange magnetic or foam letters in A-Z order. This lesson uses rhythmic repetition and physical manipulatives to solidify alphabet sequence.

Alphabet Beat

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson using the 'Alphabet Song (What! What!)' to help students connect auditory letter names with their visual symbols through rhythmic tracking.

Can Power Lesson

A multi-sensory small group intervention lesson focused on mastering the sight word 'can' through playdough, song, movement, and rainbow writing.

Learn Letters A-ZUppercase and lowercase letter recognition, phonemic awareness, and foundational handwriting skills. Focuses on letter-shape formation and initial sound identification for early literacy development.

Letter Sound Safari

A multi-sensory Kindergarten phonics lesson that transforms letter-sound recognition into an exciting jungle adventure. Students use visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques to master foundational literacy skills.

melissa.pierce

Alphabet Adventures

A foundational lesson introducing the shapes, sounds, and writing of the alphabet through tracing and recognition activities.

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson using the 'Alphabet Song (What! What!)' to help students connect auditory letter names with their visual symbols through rhythmic tracking.

Kitten Letter Detectives

A kindergarten lesson focused on letter recognition using a gentle kitten-themed alphabet song. Students become 'Letter Detectives' to connect auditory letter names to visual symbols through song, movement, and visual aids.

Alphabet Party

An energetic Pre-K lesson introducing the letter 'A' through music, movement, and a fun interactive video. Students will practice letter recognition and sound identification while engaging in the 'Alphabet Dance Party'.

Alphabet Parade

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson focused on mastering the alphabet sequence through music, movement, and hands-on letter cards. Students participate in a 'Living Alphabet' activity where they synchronize their movements with a vibrant pop song.

Letter Legend

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson focused on identifying the first letter of one's own name through movement, music, and a classroom scavenger hunt.

Alphabet Beats

A high-energy, music-based lesson designed to improve letter recognition speed and fluency for 1st Grade students, featuring the 'Alphabet Beats' song and interactive 'Beat the Beat' activities.

Alphabet Spin and Dance

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson that teaches alphabet sequencing through music, spinning, and freestyle dancing. Students alternate between physical movements based on video cues to reinforce letter recognition and sequence.

Alphabet Party Groove

A high-energy Pre-K lesson that uses music and movement to help students memorize the alphabet sequence through a 'freeze dance' activity and body-shaping poses.

Alphabet Party Sequencing

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson focused on alphabet sequencing and identifying the next letter in the series through an 'ABC Party' theme. Students engage in auditory, kinesthetic, and visual learning with a dance-heavy video and a musical chairs activity.

Lowercase and Uppercase LettersLetter recognition and formation for all 26 uppercase and lowercase characters. Connects capital letters with their small counterparts to build alphabetic fluency.

Letter Sound Safari

A multi-sensory Kindergarten phonics lesson that transforms letter-sound recognition into an exciting jungle adventure. Students use visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques to master foundational literacy skills.

melissa.pierce

Alphabet Adventures

A foundational lesson introducing the shapes, sounds, and writing of the alphabet through tracing and recognition activities.

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson that teaches alphabet sequencing through music, spinning, and freestyle dancing. Students alternate between physical movements based on video cues to reinforce letter recognition and sequence.

ABC Party

A high-energy, auditory-focused lesson where Pre-K students associate letter sounds with their visual forms through an interactive 'ABC Party' video and movement activity.

Name Hero Lesson

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson where students identify their first initial through movement and a catchy alphabet pop song. Students will learn to recognize their letter within the sequence of the alphabet.

Daring D Carnival

A high-energy carnival-themed lesson where students learn the letter D through air writing, dancing, and forming Play-Doh shapes. Focused on fine motor skills and letter recognition for Pre-K and Kindergarten students.

Daring D Carnival

A fun, carnival-themed introductory lesson for Pre-K students to recognize the letter D and identify words that start with the /d/ sound through sensory play, music, and art.

Letter D Dash

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson focused on rapid recognition of the letter D, distinguishing it from visually similar letters like B and P through games and a carnival-themed video.

Daring D Discovery

A fun, carnival-themed lesson for Pre-K students to master the letter 'D' through music, movement, and a 'pop the balloon' video game. Students will learn to identify the uppercase 'D' and produce the /d/ sound while dancing and playing.

Consonants and VowelsDistinguishes between speech sounds and their written representations, focusing on vowel production and consonant articulation. Builds foundational phonics skills through syllable formation and sound-symbol correspondence.

Word Lab Doubling Rules

A comprehensive guide to the 1-1-1 doubling rule, helping students identify when to double the final consonant before adding -ing. Includes instructional slides, a practice worksheet, an exit ticket, and an answer key.

Ebrogna

Article Ace

A 3rd-grade grammar lesson focusing on the use of indefinite articles 'a' and 'an' based on phonetic vowel sounds rather than just spelling. Includes a warm-up, video discussion, phonetic sorting activity, and an exit ticket.

Mouth Mechanics

Students explore the physical connection between mouth position and irregular verb vowel shifts through a phonetic experiment and video analysis.

Alphabet Soup

A hands-on, high-energy literacy lesson where Pre-K students distinguish letters from symbols and collect them for a classroom 'Alphabet Soup'. Includes a music video integration and a tactile letter hunt activity.

Alphabet Rock Jam

A high-energy 1st-grade lesson where students practice rhythmic alphabet writing and reading, connecting letter sequences to their functional use in literacy.

Alphabet Jam

A high-energy 1st Grade lesson where students learn to distinguish between vowels and consonants through music, movement, and a sorting game called 'Vowel Valley' and 'Consonant Corner'.

Sound Boogie

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson where students explore letter sounds through music, movement, and a shaggy dancing creature. Students will learn that while creatures might dance, letters 'talk' by making unique sounds.

Vowel Vibes

A fun, interactive introduction to the letter 'A' as a vowel for Pre-K and Kindergarten students, featuring a catchy song and a hands-on letter hunt.

Doubling Detectives

A 3rd-grade grammar lesson focusing on the 'Double the Consonant' rule for CVC words when adding suffixes like -er and -est, featuring a detective-themed investigation.

Vowel Power A Discovery

A foundational phonics lesson for Kindergarten students to identify the letter 'A' as a vowel and recognize its shape in uppercase and lowercase forms. Students will engage with air-writing, interactive video viewing, and a hands-on 'Vowel Hunt' activity.

Vowel Glue

A fun, interactive introduction to the five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) for Pre-K and Kindergarten students using song, video, and a hands-on 'Vowel Glue' activity.

Pop Up Vowels

A high-energy 1st-grade remediation lesson focusing on alphabetical order and identifying vowels vs. consonants through movement and music. Students participate in a 'fitness-style' dance party while learning to distinguish between vowels and consonants.

Vowel Archer

A high-energy 1st-grade lesson introducing vowels using an archery-themed video game metaphor. Students practice identifying the letter 'A' as a vowel and create 'Wanted' posters for words where 'A' is the hero.

Letter A Power

A Kindergarten phonics lesson introducing the letter 'A' as a vowel. Students learn to identify the letter, produce its short sound, and distinguish it from other letters through a song, interactive video discussion, and a highlighting activity.

Vowel Power Play

A Kindergarten phonics lesson focused on identifying, reading, and writing CVC words with the short 'a' sound using the 'Short Vowel A Song' video.

Alphabet Woop

A high-energy lesson for 1st graders to distinguish between vowels and consonants through music, movement, and color-coded identification using the 'Alphabet Song (Woop Woop)'.

Vowel Team Training

A high-energy introductory lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to distinguish between consonants and vowels using the 'Teams' metaphor. Students will learn the Vowel Team chant and practice sorting animals by their starting vowel sounds.

Vowel Safari Expedition

A high-energy 1st-2nd grade lesson focusing on identifying and counting vowels (A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y) using a sports-team metaphor and an interactive classroom "safari." Students will use a video review game and a hands-on scavenger hunt to build spelling awareness.

Detective Y Phonics

A 1st-2nd grade phonics lesson focused on the letter 'Y' and its dual role as a consonant and a vowel based on its position in a word. Includes a video-guided explanation and a detective-themed sorting activity.

Letter Lab Name Analysis

Students will investigate the building blocks of words by analyzing their own names. They will identify vowels and consonants, apply the "Sometimes Y" rule, and represent their data visually using a bar graph.

Letter-Sound AssociationsGrapheme-phoneme mapping and blending techniques for early literacy. Strengthens decoding skills by connecting visual symbols to their corresponding spoken sounds.

The Azure Acorn Lesson

A series of three ELA homework assignments based on the story 'Oakley’s Azure Acorn,' focusing on phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar.

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Julie Johns

Baseline Diagnostic Session

The initial diagnostic session where the tutor assesses the student's phonics knowledge, oral reading fluency, and reading comprehension.

Brylee Ware

Phonics Foundations Week 1

A week of 10-minute daily warm-up activities focusing on letter sounds, rhyming, and initial sound identification.

elizabethsolorzano

Letter Sound Safari

A multi-sensory Kindergarten phonics lesson that transforms letter-sound recognition into an exciting jungle adventure. Students use visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques to master foundational literacy skills.

melissa.pierce

CVC Sound Lab

A foundational phonics lesson focused on segmenting and blending CVC words with short vowel sounds 'a', 'e', and 'u' using sound buttons and blending lines.

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victoria.lesniak

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Story Pilots

Week 3 emphasizes reading fluency and comprehension through reader's theater performances and story mapping.

mmaldonado

Word Voyagers

Week 2 targets vocabulary acquisition, sight word mastery, and sentence construction using competitive games and tactile building.

mmaldonado

Sound Explorers

Week 1 focuses on phonological awareness, letter recognition, and basic decoding skills through interactive drills and drawing activities.

mmaldonado

Alphabet Adventures

A foundational lesson introducing the shapes, sounds, and writing of the alphabet through tracing and recognition activities.

Kennedy Talbert

1/20

Fantastic Fish

A Kindergarten literacy lesson centered on the sight word 'Fish', featuring a catchy song, letter brainstorming, and a rainbow writing activity.

Alpha Animals

A fun, interactive Kindergarten lesson focusing on initial letter sounds and alliteration through animal names and silly sentences. Students will watch a catchy video, engage in oral practice, and create their own animal alliteration drawings.

Fantastic F Exploration

A high-energy Pre-K lesson focused on identifying the letter F and its sound through a mystery box, a catchy song, and a creative collage activity.

Silly Sound Squad

A high-energy 1st-grade lesson introducing alliteration through a catchy animal song and a creative 'Alliteration Station' drawing and writing activity.

Reptile Rhythms

A fun, phonics-focused lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade students that uses a catchy reptile song to practice the initial letter sounds C, S, and T. Students will watch, sing, sort, and identify starting sounds through interactive activities and colorful worksheets.

Candle Party C Discrimination

A festive 1st-grade lesson focused on visual discrimination of the letter C from similar letters (O, Q, G) and identifying initial C sounds in party-themed vocabulary.

Celebration C

A high-energy, multisensory lesson for Pre-K and Kindergarten students focused on the letter C and the /k/ sound. Students will use breath control to blow cotton balls along with a catchy video and create blow-painted art to reinforce letter formation and phonics.

Vowel Villains

A fun, investigation-themed lesson where students uncover the hidden pronunciation shifts in common irregular verbs like 'says', 'does', 'has', and 'is'. Students watch a Khan Academy video, analyze a reading passage, and practice peer-listening to master these 'weird' word sounds.

Can Power Lesson

A multi-sensory small group intervention lesson focused on mastering the sight word 'can' through playdough, song, movement, and rainbow writing.

Can Do Club

A high-energy phonics and sight word lesson for Pre-K and Kindergarten focused on the word 'can' and the -an word family. Students will learn to spell, read, and rhyme using movement and song.

Cheesy Sound Seekers

A fun, kindergarten-friendly phonics lesson focusing on the 'ck' digraph through a catchy video, a movement-based warm-up, and a 'detective' word hunt. Students learn that 'ck' makes the /k/ sound and never appears at the beginning of words.

Letter-Sound Associations: LowercaseIdentification of lowercase letter forms and their primary phonetic sounds. Strengthens foundational decoding skills through consistent visual-auditory mapping.

Phonics Foundations Week 1

A week of 10-minute daily warm-up activities focusing on letter sounds, rhyming, and initial sound identification.

elizabethsolorzano

Letter Sound Safari

A multi-sensory Kindergarten phonics lesson that transforms letter-sound recognition into an exciting jungle adventure. Students use visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques to master foundational literacy skills.

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson where students explore letter sounds through music, movement, and a shaggy dancing creature. Students will learn that while creatures might dance, letters 'talk' by making unique sounds.

Letter A Lab

A Kindergarten lesson focused on tactile letter formation and correct stroke directionality for the letter 'A' using sensory trays and video modeling.

Letter A Adventure

A Kindergarten lesson focused on transitioning from gross motor air writing to fine motor 'Rainbow Writing' for the letter A. Students use a specific stroke order guided by a rhythmic handwriting song to master both uppercase and lowercase forms.

Bullseye Short A

A high-energy Kindergarten phonics lesson focusing on identifying and spelling short /a/ sound CVC words through an archery-themed video game approach. Students will use physical movements and interactive games to master the 'a' vowel.

Wild Sounds

A high-energy Pre-K lesson that uses movement and animal associations to teach initial phonetic sounds for letters A-E. Students will engage with a puzzle-themed video and physical charades to solidify letter-sound connections.

The Qu Wedding

A charming phonics lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade that explores the inseparable bond between the letters Q and U through a 'wedding' theme, featuring a video from Scratch Garden and a creative arts activity.

X Marks the Spot

A 1st Grade phonics lesson focusing on identifying the 'X' (/ks/) sound at the end of words and distinguishing it from the 'S' sound at the beginning of words.

Best Friends Phonics

A fun, active phonics lesson for Kindergarten and 1st grade students to master the /kw/ sound through movement, music, and the 'best friends' rule of Q and U.

Puzzle Piece Phonics

A Pre-K phonics lesson introducing the sounds of letters A, B, and C using a puzzle metaphor and an interactive animal matching game. Students watch a video segment and practice identifying 'ah', 'buh', and 'kuh' sounds.

The QU Wedding

A playful K-1 phonics lesson exploring the unique relationship between the letters Q and U, using a 'wedding' or 'best friends' metaphor to teach the /kw/ sound and spelling rule. Students will watch an engaging video, participate in a puppet-making craft, and practice vocabulary words like quack, queen, and quiet.

The Descriptive Riddle

Using their completed graphic organizer as a script, students describe their object to a partner without naming it. The partner guesses the object, demonstrating the effectiveness of the detailed clues.

Adding Descriptive Labels

Students review their sensory maps and add simple labels or initial sounds to their drawings. Teachers support students in stretching out sounds to connect text to their visual planning.

My Object Investigation

Each student receives a unique object and independently draws details in the corresponding sections of their own 5-Senses graphic organizer, focusing on observation skills.

Mapping the Popcorn

The class collectively fills out a large sensory graphic organizer while observing fresh popcorn. The teacher models how to direct specific observations into the correct 'slice' of the diagram.

Letter-Sound Associations: UppercaseIdentification of uppercase letters and their corresponding primary phonemes. Builds foundational decoding skills through visual recognition and auditory association.

Phonics Foundations Week 1

A week of 10-minute daily warm-up activities focusing on letter sounds, rhyming, and initial sound identification.

elizabethsolorzano

Letter Sound Safari

A multi-sensory Kindergarten phonics lesson that transforms letter-sound recognition into an exciting jungle adventure. Students use visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques to master foundational literacy skills.

A high-energy, auditory-focused lesson where Pre-K students associate letter sounds with their visual forms through an interactive 'ABC Party' video and movement activity.

Alphabet Hero Academy

A high-energy Pre-K lesson focused on uppercase letter recognition using the 'Alphabet Song (Let's Go)' video, featuring movement, music, and interactive pointing activities.

Daring D Carnival

A high-energy carnival-themed lesson where students learn the letter D through air writing, dancing, and forming Play-Doh shapes. Focused on fine motor skills and letter recognition for Pre-K and Kindergarten students.

Daring D Discovery

A fun, carnival-themed lesson for Pre-K students to master the letter 'D' through music, movement, and a 'pop the balloon' video game. Students will learn to identify the uppercase 'D' and produce the /d/ sound while dancing and playing.

Sound Boogie

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson where students explore letter sounds through music, movement, and a shaggy dancing creature. Students will learn that while creatures might dance, letters 'talk' by making unique sounds.

Bubble Blast Letter B

A high-energy, multisensory lesson for Pre-K students to identify the uppercase letter B using bubbles, songs, and active movement.

Alphabet Beat

A high-energy, music-themed lesson where students identify and sequence uppercase letters from A to Z through a collaborative 'Alphabet Train' activity set to a rap beat.

Letter A Lab

A Kindergarten lesson focused on tactile letter formation and correct stroke directionality for the letter 'A' using sensory trays and video modeling.

Letter A Adventure

A Kindergarten lesson focused on transitioning from gross motor air writing to fine motor 'Rainbow Writing' for the letter A. Students use a specific stroke order guided by a rhythmic handwriting song to master both uppercase and lowercase forms.

Letter Grooves

An active, music-filled lesson where students identify letters through a high-energy game of musical chairs to the beat of a catchy alphabet song.

Aim for A

A high-energy, archery-themed lesson for Pre-K students to identify the uppercase letter A through air-tracing, a gamified video, and a physical letter hunt.

Alphabet Chunks

A 1st-grade ESL/remediation lesson where students create visual posters for specific 'chunks' of the alphabet to accompany a pop-style song, focusing on the connection between auditory rhythm and visual text.

Phonics Friends

A playful Pre-K phonics lesson where students interact with a cat puppet named Mr. Whiskers to practice letter-sound retrieval, using a 'puzzle piece' metaphor for reading.

Wild Sounds

A high-energy Pre-K lesson that uses movement and animal associations to teach initial phonetic sounds for letters A-E. Students will engage with a puzzle-themed video and physical charades to solidify letter-sound connections.

The Qu Wedding

A charming phonics lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade that explores the inseparable bond between the letters Q and U through a 'wedding' theme, featuring a video from Scratch Garden and a creative arts activity.

X Marks the Spot

A 1st Grade phonics lesson focusing on identifying the 'X' (/ks/) sound at the end of words and distinguishing it from the 'S' sound at the beginning of words.

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson where students explore letter sounds through music, movement, and a shaggy dancing creature. Students will learn that while creatures might dance, letters 'talk' by making unique sounds.

Letter Sound Soup

A playful Kindergarten lesson where students explore the alphabet and associate letters with their initial sounds through a video walk-through, hands-on 'Alphabet Soup' activity, and a collaborative class book.

Word Builders

A 1st Grade lesson introducing how individual letters combine to form sounds and words, featuring interactive building activities and a micro-lesson video.

Short A Showdown

A 1st Grade phonics lesson where students distinguish between short 'a' word families (-at and -ap) using music, movement, and a hands-on word sort.

Amazing A Lesson

A fun, interactive lesson for Pre-K students to identify the letter 'A' and its short vowel sound through songs, movement, and mystery objects.

Vowel Team Training

A high-energy introductory lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to distinguish between consonants and vowels using the 'Teams' metaphor. Students will learn the Vowel Team chant and practice sorting animals by their starting vowel sounds.

Sight Word Scouts

A 1st Grade lesson where students become 'Word Scouts' to categorize sight words by length and spelling patterns using a catchy song and hands-on sorting.

Shhh Secret Digraphs

A Kindergarten phonics lesson focused on identifying the /sh/ digraph at the beginning of words through a playful 'Quiet Mouse' warm-up and an interactive 'SH Shopping Spree' activity.

Shhh Seekers

A phonics lesson for 1st grade focusing on the /sh/ digraph, specifically distinguishing between its position at the beginning or end of words. Students use 'Head or Tail' paddles for active response and complete a cut-and-paste sorting activity.

RhymingPhonological awareness through the identification and generation of matching end sounds. Develops auditory discrimination skills and strengthens foundational reading readiness using word families.

Phonics Foundations Week 1

A week of 10-minute daily warm-up activities focusing on letter sounds, rhyming, and initial sound identification.

elizabethsolorzano

Totter Rhyme Time

A fun, active lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to explore synonyms (same-meaning words) and rhyming words through a catchy playground song about teeter-totters. Students will identify 'seesaw' as a synonym for 'teeter-totter' and practice rhyming with 'otter' through a hands-on sorting activity.

Can Do Club

A high-energy phonics and sight word lesson for Pre-K and Kindergarten focused on the word 'can' and the -an word family. Students will learn to spell, read, and rhyme using movement and song.

Click Clack Workshop

A fun, interactive phonics lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to master the 'ck' digraph and generate rhyming words through a video challenge and mini-book creation.

Buy Song Rhyme Time

A Kindergarten lesson focused on the sight word 'buy', using music, rhythm, and a hands-on rhyming sort activity to reinforce spelling and phonological awareness.

ABC Party Rhymes

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson using the 'ABC Party' song to help students distinguish between letters that rhyme with 'E' and those that do not. Students participate in a movement-based letter sorting activity and create a visual reference chart.

Clean Rhyme Time

A fun, high-energy lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to identify and produce rhymes for the word 'clean' using music, movement, and a hands-on sorting activity.

OULD Squad

A 2nd-grade phonics lesson focused on the 'ould' spelling pattern (could, would, should), featuring a musical mnemonic, word building, and a sorting activity to master the silent 'l'.

Rhyme Time Reels

A Kindergarten phonics lesson focusing on recognizing and generating long A rhyming words using a rhythmic song and collaborative brainstorming.

Does Word Detective

A 1st-grade phonics and sight word lesson focused on identifying and correctly pronouncing the irregular sight word 'does' through music, discussion, and a word-sorting activity.

Chilly Sight Word Cold

A 1st Grade literacy lesson focusing on the sight word 'cold' using music, context clues, and a hands-on sentence scramble activity featuring Arctic animals.

Rhythm Spellers

A rhythmic, high-energy literacy lesson where students use instruments and movement to master 3-letter sight words and identify word patterns.

All Star Words

A fun, hands-on lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to master the '-all' word family through music, movement, and a creative flower craft.

Superstar Sight Teacher Guide Teacher Resource

Sight Word Superstars

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson focused on recognizing 40 pre-primer sight words through music, movement, and a 'Beat the Teacher' game. Students will watch a rhythmic video, participate in action breaks, and practice reading words with partners.

Action Word Antics

An energetic Pre-K lesson that uses music and movement to teach high-frequency sight words and action verbs like jump, run, and play.

Short A Showdown

A 1st Grade phonics lesson where students distinguish between short 'a' word families (-at and -ap) using music, movement, and a hands-on word sort.

Vowel Power Play

A Kindergarten phonics lesson focused on identifying, reading, and writing CVC words with the short 'a' sound using the 'Short Vowel A Song' video.

Rap Battle Word Architects

A high-energy 1st-grade lesson using a hip-hop video to help students identify, sort, and categorize 100 sight words by letter count and spelling patterns.

Sight Word Rap

A high-energy 1st-grade lesson where students use a hip-hop video to identify sight words, practice automaticity, and write their own rhyming 'mini-raps'.

Sight Word Rap Battle

A high-energy, kinesthetic reading lesson for K-2 students using the 'Sight Words Rap' to build automaticity and word recognition through movement and music.

Blending And SegmentingPhonemic awareness techniques for merging individual sounds into whole words and isolating sounds within spoken language. Develops foundational decoding and encoding skills essential for early literacy.

Baseline Diagnostic Session

The initial diagnostic session where the tutor assesses the student's phonics knowledge, oral reading fluency, and reading comprehension.

Brylee Ware

Sight Word Superstar Certificate Award Material

Open Syllable Match Up

A set of engaging memory cards and supporting materials designed to help students master two-syllable words where both syllables are open. Students will match syllable pairs to form complete words, reinforcing phonics and decoding skills.

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A Kindergarten phonics lesson focused on identifying, reading, and writing CVC words with the short 'a' sound using the 'Short Vowel A Song' video.

Word Lab Rule Breakers

A 1st-grade phonics lesson focusing on distinguishing between phonetically regular 'Rule Follower' words and irregular 'Rule Breaker' sight words. Students use a catchy video to identify these differences and sort words into categories.

Potion Phonics

A whimsical, magic-themed phonics lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to master the 'ph' digraph. Students will watch a fun video, participate in a 'magic cauldron' experiment, and practice multi-sensory tracing.

Puzzle Phonics Blending

A Kindergarten phonics lesson that uses a puzzle metaphor to teach students how to blend CVC words like 'cab' and 'dig'. Students will interact with letter 'puzzle pieces' to build words.

Alphabet Action

A 1st Grade literacy lesson exploring how the alphabet connects reading and writing through a catchy song and a creative 'Monster Menu' writing activity.

CVC Detectives

A 1st Grade phonics lesson where students learn to blend CVC words using a puzzle-solving metaphor and an interactive 'Top, Middle, or Bottom' game. Students act as 'sound button' pushers and CVC detectives to identify and read three-letter words.

Phonics Puzzle Power

A Kindergarten lesson using a puzzle metaphor to teach phonics. Students will learn letter sounds through a video and a "Phonics Puzzle Hunt" active learning game.

Stuck Like Glue

A Kindergarten phonics lesson introducing the partnership of letters Q and U, featuring a 'wedding' craft activity and the /kw/ sound.

Short VowelsPhonemic recognition and production of the five short vowel sounds within CVC word patterns. Builds foundational decoding skills for early readers through word blending and segmenting.

Word Lab Doubling Rules

A comprehensive guide to the 1-1-1 doubling rule, helping students identify when to double the final consonant before adding -ing. Includes instructional slides, a practice worksheet, an exit ticket, and an answer key.

Ebrogna

Baseline Diagnostic Session

The initial diagnostic session where the tutor assesses the student's phonics knowledge, oral reading fluency, and reading comprehension.

Brylee Ware

Sound Explorers

Week 1 focuses on phonological awareness, letter recognition, and basic decoding skills through interactive drills and drawing activities.

mmaldonado

Can Do Club

A high-energy phonics and sight word lesson for Pre-K and Kindergarten focused on the word 'can' and the -an word family. Students will learn to spell, read, and rhyme using movement and song.

The CK Workshop

A 1st Grade phonics lesson focusing on the 'ck' digraph rule, featuring a video exploration, a hands-on word-building workshop, and word family classification.

Click Clack Workshop

A fun, interactive phonics lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to master the 'ck' digraph and generate rhyming words through a video challenge and mini-book creation.

Cat Hat Nap Sequencing

A Pre-K lesson focusing on narrative sequencing and the short 'a' vowel sound through a catchy story about a cat, a hat, and a nap. Students will watch a video, practice sounds, and create a physical sequencing strip to retell the story.

Letter A Power

A Kindergarten phonics lesson introducing the letter 'A' as a vowel. Students learn to identify the letter, produce its short sound, and distinguish it from other letters through a song, interactive video discussion, and a highlighting activity.

A 1st-grade phonics lesson teaching the 'ck' vs 'k' spelling rule at the end of words, featuring the Scratch Garden Happy Cheese video and a hands-on sorting activity.

Vowel Team Training

A high-energy introductory lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to distinguish between consonants and vowels using the 'Teams' metaphor. Students will learn the Vowel Team chant and practice sorting animals by their starting vowel sounds.

Vowel Vibes

A vibrant, music-filled kindergarten lesson where students explore short and long vowel sounds through beatboxing, video analysis, and collaborative anchor chart creation.

Math Teacher

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Story Pilots

Week 3 emphasizes reading fluency and comprehension through reader's theater performances and story mapping.

mmaldonado

Word Voyagers

Week 2 targets vocabulary acquisition, sight word mastery, and sentence construction using competitive games and tactile building.

mmaldonado

Sound Explorers

Week 1 focuses on phonological awareness, letter recognition, and basic decoding skills through interactive drills and drawing activities.

mmaldonado

Clean Machine Sight Word Mastery

A fun, interactive lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to master the sight word 'clean' through music, movement, and rainbow writing.

Beach Scout Bring

A Kindergarten lesson focused on mastering the sight word 'bring' through a beach-themed treasure hunt, interactive video movement, and word-family comparison.

Authors Chair

Students share their completed narratives in an 'Author's Chair' celebration, practicing oral reading fluency.

Book Assembly

Students edit their work for spelling accuracy and assemble their pages into a final mini-book format.

Action Builders

Students draft action-oriented sentences using verbs with consonant blends to bring their characters to life.

Setting the Scene

Students design a setting for their story using descriptive blend words, focusing on adjectives and sensory details.

Character Creator

Students brainstorm and design story characters with names featuring initial consonant blends, practicing encoding in a creative context.

Grand Book Launch

The class celebrates their learning by assembling their book and taking turns in the 'Author's Chair' to read their work aloud to peers and guests.

Storybook Studio Drafts

Small groups collaborate to draft pages for a class book, brainstorming words and writing simple sentences featuring specific blend patterns.

Picture Your Blends

Students visualize blend words by drawing detailed pictures and labeling them, reinforcing the connection between phonetic patterns and concrete meanings.

Robot Repair Sentences

Students arrange mixed-up word cards with initial and final blends into coherent sentences, practicing syntax and reading fluency through a 'Silly Robot' game.

Ladders to Literacy

Students practice reading 'blend ladders' (lists of words sharing a blend) and find those same words hidden within simple sentences to bridge the gap between pattern recognition and reading for meaning.

Magic Word Basics

Focuses on high-frequency words, uppercase and lowercase letter formation, and an introduction to basic sentence structure and decoding VC/CVC words.

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kurtzm

A fun, kindergarten-friendly phonics lesson focusing on the 'ck' digraph through a catchy video, a movement-based warm-up, and a 'detective' word hunt. Students learn that 'ck' makes the /k/ sound and never appears at the beginning of words.

Spelling Surgery

A remedial small-group lesson for 2nd graders to master the 'ck' spelling rule through a fun 'Spelling Surgery' theme. Students act as doctors fixing 'sick' sentences and writing their own 'ck' stories.

Click Clack Rule

A 1st-grade phonics lesson teaching the 'ck' vs 'k' spelling rule at the end of words, featuring the Scratch Garden Happy Cheese video and a hands-on sorting activity.

Digraph Detectives

A 2nd-grade phonics lesson focusing on the 'TH' digraph in medial and ending positions, using a detective theme and a visual 'mustache' cue for voiced sounds. Includes a slide presentation with a Scratch Garden video, reading passages, and a 'Detective Notebook' worksheet.

Thunder Thinking

An interactive phonics lesson for 1st grade focused on the TH digraph. Students identify and generate unvoiced and voiced TH sounds through a high-energy video challenge, a movement-based sorting game, and reflective writing.

TH Digraph Showdown

A 1st Grade phonics lesson focusing on differentiating between voiced and unvoiced 'TH' digraphs using the 'mustache' and 'windy' mnemonics. Students will use tactile feedback and visual cues from a Scratch Garden video to sort words.

Thumb Thumpers

A Kindergarten phonics lesson focusing on the unvoiced 'TH' digraph (/θ/). Students will explore the sound through a video, mirror practice, and a creative 'TH Monster' drawing activity.

Wh Word Wonders

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson focused on the /w/ sound and the 'wh' digraph, featuring the "Happy Cheese" greeting, a silly video exploration, and a hands-on crafting activity to reinforce the "silent H" concept.

Silent H Secret

A fun, interactive lesson introducing the 'wh' digraph using a catchy video and a 'silent H hunt' activity. Students discover that the 'h' stays quiet while the 'w' does all the talking.

Shhh Secret Digraphs

A Kindergarten phonics lesson focused on identifying the /sh/ digraph at the beginning of words through a playful 'Quiet Mouse' warm-up and an interactive 'SH Shopping Spree' activity.

Shhh Seekers

A phonics lesson for 1st grade focusing on the /sh/ digraph, specifically distinguishing between its position at the beginning or end of words. Students use 'Head or Tail' paddles for active response and complete a cut-and-paste sorting activity.

Shhh Secret Lesson

A Pre-K phonics lesson introducing the 'sh' digraph through interactive games, a catchy video, and a creative 'SH Wand' craft to associate the letters with the 'quiet' sound.

A Pre-K phonics lesson introducing the 'sh' digraph through interactive games, a catchy video, and a creative 'SH Wand' craft to associate the letters with the 'quiet' sound.

Shhh Shark Digraphs

A targeted phonics lesson for 1st and 2nd grade ESL/Intervention students focused on identifying, reading, and writing words with the /sh/ digraph using a silly cheese-themed video and a detective-style reading activity.

The NG Kingdom

A 1st-grade phonics lesson focused on the 'ng' digraph. Students will watch a Scratch Garden video, brainstorm words, and write a creative 3-sentence story about a king's ring.

Digraph Detectives

A 1st Grade phonics lesson focusing on the 'ng' digraph through a detective-themed investigation. Students will watch a Scratch Garden video, hunt for 'ng' words in a story, and sort them by the sound's position.

Cheese Sound Mystery

A Kindergarten lesson introducing the 'ph' digraph through movement, a humorous video, and a classroom 'Sound Hunt' activity. Students learn to associate 'ph' with the /f/ sound using the 'Happy Cheese' character as a guide.

Potion Phonics

A whimsical, magic-themed phonics lesson for Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to master the 'ph' digraph. Students will watch a fun video, participate in a 'magic cauldron' experiment, and practice multi-sensory tracing.

Silent GH Detectives

A lesson focusing on words containing the 'ought' and 'aught' spelling patterns, exploring their meanings and syllable structures.

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Diana Gordon

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Spelling Surgery

A remedial small-group lesson for 2nd graders to master the 'ck' spelling rule through a fun 'Spelling Surgery' theme. Students act as doctors fixing 'sick' sentences and writing their own 'ck' stories.

Tricky Vowel Teams

Students explore the complex vowel teams 'eigh', 'ei', and 'ey' through a catchy song, collaborative sentence building, and word analysis.

Digraph Detectives

A 2nd-grade phonics lesson focusing on the 'TH' digraph in medial and ending positions, using a detective theme and a visual 'mustache' cue for voiced sounds. Includes a slide presentation with a Scratch Garden video, reading passages, and a 'Detective Notebook' worksheet.

TH Digraph Showdown

A 1st Grade phonics lesson focusing on differentiating between voiced and unvoiced 'TH' digraphs using the 'mustache' and 'windy' mnemonics. Students will use tactile feedback and visual cues from a Scratch Garden video to sort words.

Thumb Thumpers

A Kindergarten phonics lesson focusing on the unvoiced 'TH' digraph (/θ/). Students will explore the sound through a video, mirror practice, and a creative 'TH Monster' drawing activity.

Word Wizards Sight Words

A 1st/2nd grade intervention lesson focused on mastering 5 high-frequency sight words through rhythmic spelling, interactive video viewing, and bingo. Students practice recognizing, spelling, and writing 'would', 'their', 'does', 'write', and 'because'.

Silent H Secret

A fun, interactive lesson introducing the 'wh' digraph using a catchy video and a 'silent H hunt' activity. Students discover that the 'h' stays quiet while the 'w' does all the talking.

OULD Squad

A 2nd-grade phonics lesson focused on the 'ould' spelling pattern (could, would, should), featuring a musical mnemonic, word building, and a sorting activity to master the silent 'l'.

Silent W Detectives

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Silent Tickle Phonics

A tactile phonics lesson for 1st graders focusing on the 'wr' digraph. Students use 'air writing' and sensory materials like sand or shaving cream to reinforce the concept of the silent 'W' through the 'Tickle Test' metaphor.

The Silent W Secret

A fun, interactive phonics lesson for 1st graders focusing on the silent 'w' in 'wr' digraphs, featuring a 'ghost letter' theme and a kinesthetic sorting activity.

Silent W Mystery

Students will learn to identify and use the 'wr' digraph where the 'w' is silent. The lesson includes a homophone hook, an interactive video, a creative writing activity, and an illustration extension.

Shhh Secret Digraphs

A Kindergarten phonics lesson focused on identifying the /sh/ digraph at the beginning of words through a playful 'Quiet Mouse' warm-up and an interactive 'SH Shopping Spree' activity.

Shhh Secret Lesson

A Pre-K phonics lesson introducing the 'sh' digraph through interactive games, a catchy video, and a creative 'SH Wand' craft to associate the letters with the 'quiet' sound.

Shhh Shark Digraphs

A targeted phonics lesson for 1st and 2nd grade ESL/Intervention students focused on identifying, reading, and writing words with the /sh/ digraph using a silly cheese-themed video and a detective-style reading activity.

Digraph Detectives

A 1st Grade phonics lesson focusing on the 'ng' digraph through a detective-themed investigation. Students will watch a Scratch Garden video, hunt for 'ng' words in a story, and sort them by the sound's position.

Long Vowel SoundsPhonetic identification of long vowel patterns including silent e, vowel teams, and open syllables. Strengthens decoding skills and reading fluency through targeted practice with vowel sounds.

Magic E Academy

A comprehensive lesson focused on teaching the silent e (VCE) rule through the 'Magic E Academy' theme, including visual instruction and hands-on practice.

KW

Kellie Walsh

Magic E Duel

A fun, fast-paced card game lesson for 1st graders to practice reading and identifying Vowel-Consonant-E (VCE) words. Students match colors or vowel sounds to reinforce long vowel patterns.

KW

Kellie Walsh

Magic Word Mastery

A quiz assessing phonogram patterns (oke/ake), double consonant endings, and simple/compound sentence construction for a diverse range of primary reading levels.

Connor Green

Open Syllable Odyssey

A lesson focused on identifying and reading open syllables in 2nd grade, featuring a robot-themed reading passage and comprehension activities.

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Krista Olson

Vowel Team Voyage

A word study lesson focused on the vowel patterns 'ue', 'ew', and 'tu' representing /u/ and /ju/ sounds, including syllable division and definitions.

DG

Diana Gordon

Syllable Safari Assessment

A comprehensive assessment focused on second-grade phonics standards, including long/short vowels, closed syllables, sight words 'car', 'carry', and 'every', and sentence structure.

Connor Green

Magic E Workshop

A comprehensive overview of Fundations Level 1, Unit 10, Week 3, focusing on vowel-consonant-e (v-e) syllables, blending, and dictation.

BP

Beth Phillips

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Open Syllable Match Up

A set of engaging memory cards and supporting materials designed to help students master two-syllable words where both syllables are open. Students will match syllable pairs to form complete words, reinforcing phonics and decoding skills.

CD

Cari Doherty

Long E Express

A 1st Grade phonics lesson focusing on identifying and reading 'ee' and 'ea' vowel teams using a train-themed journey. Students explore the long E sound through a video, T-chart discussion, and a hands-on word sorting activity.

Team E Express

A 1st Grade phonics lesson focusing on Long E vowel teams (ee, ea, ey) through a 'vowel team train' theme. Students will watch an educational video, practice choral reading, and create their own train car filled with Long E words.

Vowel Team Train

A 2nd grade lesson focused on distinguishing the 'ey' vowel team at the end of words from 'ee' and 'ea' in the middle of words, featuring a catchy phonics song and a detective-themed sorting activity.

Vowel Team Detectives

A phonics lesson for 2nd grade focusing on the Long E vowel teams 'ei' and 'ie', exploring the 'I before E' rule and its common exceptions.

Vowel Team Express

Students board the Vowel Team Express to master the Long E sound. This lesson uses a fast-paced train-themed video and a competitive spelling relay to help 2nd graders differentiate between ee, ea, ey, ei, and ie spellings.

Vowel Team Tracks

Students learn to identify and sort six different vowel teams that make the Long A sound (ai, ay, ea, ey, ei, eigh) using a train-themed metaphor.

Rule Breaker Vowels

A 2nd-grade phonics lesson focusing on words where the 'ea' vowel team breaks the 'Long E' rule to make a 'Long A' sound, featuring the 'Great Steak' words.

Tricky Vowel Teams

Students explore the complex vowel teams 'eigh', 'ei', and 'ey' through a catchy song, collaborative sentence building, and word analysis.

Double R Detectives

A 1st Grade phonics lesson focusing on double consonants (rr) and the 'y' as a vowel sound ending, featuring the 'Carry' sight word song.

Long A Adventure

A 1st-grade phonics lesson focusing on distinguishing between 'a_e' and 'ai' spelling patterns for the long A sound, featuring a desert-themed video and interactive sorting.

Rhyme Time Reels

A Kindergarten phonics lesson focusing on recognizing and generating long A rhyming words using a rhythmic song and collaborative brainstorming.

Snake Tale Sequence

A 1st-grade literacy lesson focusing on narrative sequencing and long 'A' vocabulary through a story about a brave mouse and a snake.

A 1st-grade literacy lesson focusing on narrative sequencing and long 'A' vocabulary through a story about a brave mouse and a snake.

Vowel Team Train

A 2nd-grade phonics lesson focusing on the /yoo/ sound made by vowel teams 'ue' and 'eu', featuring a 'Vowel Team Train' theme and a scavenger hunt activity.

Vowel Team Junction

A 2nd-grade phonics lesson focusing on complex vowel teams (ie, igh, ue, eu) and the 'rule-breaking' role of consonants in vowel sounds, featuring the Vowel Team Train motif.

Bright Ideas with IGH

A 45-minute phonics lesson for 3rd grade students focused on the 'igh' trigraph. Students will watch a video, brainstorm '-ight' rhyming families using a lightbulb anchor chart, and write silly poems to reinforce spelling fluency and homophone awareness.

Vowel Team Train

A 3rd-grade phonics and vocabulary lesson exploring vowel teams (ie, igh, ue, eu) through a catchy song, with a focus on 'statue', 'feud', and 'eulogy'.

Vowel Magic

A 1st Grade phonics lesson focusing on the "Long Vowels Say Their Name" rule, featuring a catchy video, interactive 'Magic E' wand activity, and a quick auditory exit ticket.

Pattern Detectives

Students investigate spelling patterns and rhyming families using high-frequency sight words, featuring a catchy instructional song and collaborative word sorting.

A Kindergarten phonics lesson focused on identifying, reading, and writing CVC words with the short 'a' sound using the 'Short Vowel A Song' video.

Vowel Vanish Lab

In this 3rd grade lesson, students explore the 'Vowel Vanish' pattern where double vowels (ee/ea) shorten to a single 'e' when moving from present to past tense, ending in a 't' sound. The lesson includes a word-building warm-up, a Khan Academy video analysis, and a spelling equation activity.

Vowel Magic

A 1st Grade phonics lesson focusing on the "Long Vowels Say Their Name" rule, featuring a catchy video, interactive 'Magic E' wand activity, and a quick auditory exit ticket.

Vowel Vibes

A vibrant, music-filled kindergarten lesson where students explore short and long vowel sounds through beatboxing, video analysis, and collaborative anchor chart creation.

Vowel Vibes

A high-energy, musical lesson for Pre-K and Kindergarten students to explore short and long vowel sounds through mimicry, rhythm, and interactive play. Students will use auditory discrimination to distinguish between vowel sounds and participate in a beanbag game.

Lily Pad Leap

A 1st Grade phonics lesson that uses physical movement and a catchy song to help students distinguish between short and long vowel sounds. Students will jump to lily pads to categorize sounds and practice the "vowel says its name" rule.

Frog Vowel Sort

Students learn to distinguish between short and long vowel sounds through a catchy frog-themed song and a hands-on sorting activity using 'short' and 'tall' frog characters.

Vowel Voice

A high-energy lesson using music and visual metaphors to teach students how long vowels 'say their name' in two-syllable words. Students analyze word patterns from the Scratch Garden vowel song and apply their knowledge through brainstorming and creative writing.

Vowel Detectives

A high-energy phonics lesson for 1st grade students to master the difference between short and long vowel sounds using catchy music, visual metaphors, and hands-on word work.

Vowel Zoo Safari

A fun, animal-themed lesson where 1st and 2nd graders explore short and long vowel sounds by creating their very own 'Vowel Zoo' booklet. Students learn the 'says its name' rule for long vowels and identify unique animal examples for each sound.

A fun, animal-themed lesson where 1st and 2nd graders explore short and long vowel sounds by creating their very own 'Vowel Zoo' booklet. Students learn the 'says its name' rule for long vowels and identify unique animal examples for each sound.

Froggy Phonics Jump

A high-energy lesson for Pre-K and Kindergarten students to master short and long vowel sounds through movement, song, and interactive games centered around the 'Short Frog' and 'Long Frog' characters.

Comic Strip Capers

Students apply their knowledge to create a comic strip where a homophone misunderstanding drives the humor.

Precision Writing Lab

Students write short paragraphs using multiple homophone pairs and engage in peer editing for spelling precision.

Sketching Sounds

Students create visual representations of homophone pairs to reinforce the link between spelling and semantic meaning.

Context Clue Clash

Students use context clues to select the correct homophone spelling within sentences, exploring how meaning dictates orthography.

Sound Alike Matchup

Students identify homophones through auditory and visual matching, then classify them by their specific long vowel patterns.

The Master Word File

The culminating project where students organize their learned strategies and tricky words into a personalized, portable word wall for use in future writing assignments.

Alien Translation Workshop

Students apply their spelling strategies in a writing workshop setting, focusing on proofreading and correcting 'red flag' words in a fun 'alien translation' context.

Mnemonic Memory Machines

Students invent and share mnemonic devices, acronyms, and rhymes to memorize the spelling of non-decodable 'heart words.' They collaborate to build a library of memory aids.

Homophone Detectives

Focusing on common homophones, students learn to link spelling to meaning through visual cues and context clues. They practice distinguishing between 'there/their/they're' and other tricky pairs.

Word Surgery Analysis

Students analyze high-frequency words by 'dissecting' them to find the parts that don't follow phonics rules. They use orthographic mapping to visualize the relationship between sounds and letters.

A high-energy phonics lesson for 1st grade students to master the difference between short and long vowel sounds using catchy music, visual metaphors, and hands-on word work.

My Own Silent E Sentence

Culminating writing activity where students use their knowledge of Silent E to author their own original sentences.

Illustrating the Meaning

Students demonstrate reading comprehension by illustrating sentences containing Silent E words.

Sentence Scramble Puzzles

Interactive sentence building activity where students arrange scrambled words with CVCe patterns into logical sentences.

Decodable Reader Circle

Small group guided reading session using a decodable book focused on long vowel 'a' and 'i' patterns.

Spot the E in Sentences

Students identify and highlight Silent E words within simple sentences to practice scanning and recognizing patterns in context.

Word Chain Blueprint

A culminating assessment where students construct and explain word chains that manipulate short and long vowel sounds.

Vowel Velocity Drills

High-intensity fluency drills and partner practice to build automatic recognition of CVC and CVCe patterns in reading.

Meaning Mutation Lab

Students explore how vowel patterns change word meanings, using context clues to choose between short and long vowel minimal pairs.

Magic E Mechanism

Students act as word detectives to discover how the 'silent e' acts as a mechanism to change vowel sounds from short to long.

Auditory Sound Lab

Students build phonemic awareness by audibly categorizing short (clipped) and long (stretched) vowel sounds in spoken words before seeing any text.

Vowel SoundsIdentification and pronunciation of long and short vowel sounds within common word patterns. Supports phonemic awareness and decoding skills through targeted practice with CVC and CVCe structures.

Magic E Duel

A fun, fast-paced card game lesson for 1st graders to practice reading and identifying Vowel-Consonant-E (VCE) words. Students match colors or vowel sounds to reinforce long vowel patterns.

KW

Kellie Walsh

Magic Word Mastery

A quiz assessing phonogram patterns (oke/ake), double consonant endings, and simple/compound sentence construction for a diverse range of primary reading levels.

Connor Green

Schwa Shipwreck Hunt

A fun, interactive phonics lesson centered around a 'Battleship' style game where Grade 3 students identify and read multisyllabic words containing the schwa sound. Students practice decoding and identifying the unstressed vowel sound in a nautical-themed setting.

English Language Arts Teacher

amagalhaes

Syllable Safari Assessment

A comprehensive assessment focused on second-grade phonics standards, including long/short vowels, closed syllables, sight words 'car', 'carry', and 'every', and sentence structure.

Connor Green

Magic E Workshop

A comprehensive overview of Fundations Level 1, Unit 10, Week 3, focusing on vowel-consonant-e (v-e) syllables, blending, and dictation.

BP

A Kindergarten phonics lesson focusing on recognizing and generating long A rhyming words using a rhythmic song and collaborative brainstorming.

Vowel Groove

A high-energy Pre-K lesson focusing on the long 'A' sound through music, 'Letter Yoga' movement, and a rhythmic freeze-dance video. Students develop phonemic awareness by identifying the 'A' sound in words like snake, brave, and rain.

Vowel Glue

A fun, interactive introduction to the five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) for Pre-K and Kindergarten students using song, video, and a hands-on 'Vowel Glue' activity.

Pop Up Vowels

A high-energy 1st-grade remediation lesson focusing on alphabetical order and identifying vowels vs. consonants through movement and music. Students participate in a 'fitness-style' dance party while learning to distinguish between vowels and consonants.

Vowel Archer

A high-energy 1st-grade lesson introducing vowels using an archery-themed video game metaphor. Students practice identifying the letter 'A' as a vowel and create 'Wanted' posters for words where 'A' is the hero.

Students board the Vowel Team Express to master the Long E sound. This lesson uses a fast-paced train-themed video and a competitive spelling relay to help 2nd graders differentiate between ee, ea, ey, ei, and ie spellings.

Bright Ideas with IGH

A 45-minute phonics lesson for 3rd grade students focused on the 'igh' trigraph. Students will watch a video, brainstorm '-ight' rhyming families using a lightbulb anchor chart, and write silly poems to reinforce spelling fluency and homophone awareness.

R-Controlled VowelsIdentification and pronunciation of vowel-r combinations including ar, er, ir, or, and ur. Strengthens decoding and spelling skills by examining how the letter 'r' modifies preceding vowel sounds.

Fluency Showcase

Students perform a final fluency recording of a complex text, self-evaluating their accuracy, rate, and expression.

Tongue Twisters and Variant Vowels

Students create and perform original tongue twisters using variant vowel patterns to build muscle memory and articulation speed.

Analyzing Mood and Vowel Sounds

Students explore how broad vowel sounds (aw, au, ou) influence the mood of a text compared to bright, short vowels.

The Final Inspection

Students serve as Chief Architects to edit a technical document and perform oral reading fluency checks to demonstrate mastery of multisyllabic vowel patterns.

Readers Theater The R Controlled Script

Students perform a script rich in r-controlled vowels, focusing on articulation, pacing, and oral expression.

Scientific Vocabulary Decoding

A NASA-themed simulation where students decode academic and scientific vocabulary containing variant vowels like 'au', 'aw', and 'al'.

Rhythm and Rhyme with Diphthongs

Students analyze poems featuring 'oi/oy' and 'ou/ow' rhymes, practicing oral reading to maintain meter and prosody.

Compound Structure Variations

Students analyze compound words that feature complex vowel patterns in both components, reinforcing the stability of these patterns in longer word structures.

Constructing R-Controlled Affixes

Students explore how r-controlled affixes (-er, -or) transform base verbs into nouns, focusing on the spelling and pronunciation of these patterns in multisyllabic job titles.

Architectural Blueprints Syllables

Students learn the VC/CV and V/CV syllable division rules to isolate vowel teams within multisyllabic words, focusing on identifying diphthongs like 'oi' and 'oy' in words like 'poison' and 'turmoil'.

The Exhibition Gallery

Students finalize their descriptive writing and illustrations for a gallery walk presentation of their phonics mastery.

Spelling Code Checkers

Students swap drafts to proofread for r-controlled vowel accuracy and use spelling generalizations to provide peer feedback.

The R Landscape Drafts

Students draft descriptive paragraphs about specific settings, applying their knowledge of all five r-controlled vowel patterns.

Sentence Sculpting Lab

Students practice sentence expansion and combining, focusing on correct spelling of r-controlled vowels while painting vivid mental pictures.

Word Hunter Expedition

Students brainstorm and categorize descriptive words containing ar, er, ir, or, and ur to create personal word walls for descriptive writing.

Students learn the VC/CV and V/CV syllable division rules to isolate vowel teams within multisyllabic words, focusing on identifying diphthongs like 'oi' and 'oy' in words like 'poison' and 'turmoil'.

Grand Premiere

The sequence culminates in the publication of individual booklets and a celebratory Author's Chair presentation.

Storyboard Studio

Students draft a short narrative by combining their characters and settings into a storyboard format, focusing on variant vowel spelling.

Atmospheric Adventures

Focusing on /au/ and /aw/, students create atmospheric settings for their stories, from haunted houses to autumn dawns.

Royal and Rowdy Characters

Students use /oi/ and /oy/ words to design and describe original characters like royal princes or noisy droids.

Word Wall of Wow

Students explore /oi/, /oy/, /au/, and /aw/ sounds, comparing boring sentences with exciting ones to build a 'Word Wall of Wow' for their future stories.

Author Celebration

Students finalize, illustrate, and present their 'Sound Specialist' stories during a classroom book launch party.

Pattern Detectives

Using 'Detective Glasses,' students peer-edit drafts to hunt for diphthong patterns and verify spelling accuracy.

Story Architects

Students draft creative stories using a targeted list of diphthong words, guided by 'Story Dice' prompts and planning organizers.

Vocab Voyagers

Students explore sophisticated diphthong vocabulary through Frayer models and a mystery object descriptive challenge.

Syllable Surgeons

Students learn to treat diphthongs as single units when dividing multisyllabic words, acting as 'Word Surgeons' to analyze structure.

Students explore /oi/, /oy/, /au/, and /aw/ sounds, comparing boring sentences with exciting ones to build a 'Word Wall of Wow' for their future stories.

Syllable Surgeons

Students learn to treat diphthongs as single units when dividing multisyllabic words, acting as 'Word Surgeons' to analyze structure.

Soft G And CPhonemic patterns for the soft sounds of 'g' and 'c' triggered by the vowels e, i, and y. Strengthens reading fluency and spelling accuracy through word-level analysis.

Sonic Sounds

A lesson where students learn to distinguish between letters and sounds and master the art of alliteration using a DJ-inspired theme. Includes a sound sorting activity and a creative menu-writing project.

Suffix Application Workshop

Students integrate all learned rules by editing a text with suffix errors and creating a personal spelling rule reference card.

Irregular Plural Patterns

Examines nouns with irregular plural spellings, particularly -f/-fe to -ves changes and Latin plurals.

Changing Y to I

Students practice the rule of changing a final 'y' to 'i' before adding suffixes and the specific rules for pluralizing words ending in 'y'.

Silent E Shift

Covers the rule of dropping the final silent 'e' when adding a suffix starting with a vowel, including exceptions for soft 'c' and 'g' sounds.

Doubling Consonants Rule

Students learn the specific conditions (1 syllable, 1 vowel, 1 consonant) that require doubling the final consonant before adding a vowel suffix.

Sight WordsHigh-frequency word recognition and spelling strategies for non-decodable terms. Strengthens reading fluency through systematic practice with Dolch and Fry word lists.

The Azure Acorn Lesson

A series of three ELA homework assignments based on the story 'Oakley’s Azure Acorn,' focusing on phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar.

JJ

Julie Johns

Word Wizards

A fun and engaging introduction to Dolch Pre-Primer sight words through tracing, writing, and word-finding activities designed for Kindergarten students.

amy.freeman

District Administrator

Syllable Safari Assessment

A comprehensive assessment focused on second-grade phonics standards, including long/short vowels, closed syllables, sight words 'car', 'carry', and 'every', and sentence structure.

Connor Green

Sight Word Superstars

A comprehensive lesson for kindergarteners to master Dolch Pre-Primer and Primer sight words through interactive slides, tracing practice, and word recognition games.

KC

Korleen Cosgrove

School Administrator

Fantastic Fish

A Kindergarten literacy lesson centered on the sight word 'Fish', featuring a catchy song, letter brainstorming, and a rainbow writing activity.

Sight Word Speedsters

A fast-paced literacy lesson focusing on 1st Grade sight word fluency using the 'Sight Word Songs Collection' video. Students engage in choral reading, high-speed word recognition drills, and peer-assisted fluency practice.

Sentence Builders

A 1st Grade lesson focused on using Primer sight words to build and recognize complete sentences using a digital flashcard system and hands-on word scrambling.

Word Detective Mission

A 2-grade literacy lesson where students become 'Word Detectives' to identify and track sight words in their own reading books using video drills and hands-on investigation.

Sight Word Superstars

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson introducing Pre-Primer sight words through a catchy song, choral response viewing, and a physical 'Sight Word Hopscotch' activity. Students will build foundational reading fluency by recognizing high-frequency words that don't always follow phonetic rules.

Fluency Flow Green Level

A remedial literacy lesson for 1st-grade students focused on building reading fluency through choral reading, video modeling, and 'Fluency Phone' practice using sight words from the Green Section.

Sight Word Mission

A 1st-grade lesson focused on recognizing sight words and using them to build original sentences, featuring a video-based word hunt and a creative writing activity.

Sight Word Spectrum

A foundational literacy lesson where Kindergarten and 1st Grade students use visual color cues from a music video to categorize and memorize common sight words.

Sight Word Symphony

A high-energy Pre-K lesson that uses music, movement, and video to help students recognize common sight words and understand their role in reading.

Can Power Lesson

A multi-sensory small group intervention lesson focused on mastering the sight word 'can' through playdough, song, movement, and rainbow writing.

Action Stars

A high-energy Pre-K lesson focused on identifying the sight word 'can' and performing action verbs through music, movement, and a 'Teacher Says' game.

A foundational literacy lesson where Kindergarten and 1st Grade students use visual color cues from a music video to categorize and memorize common sight words.

Sight Word Sprint

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson focused on recognizing and reading 5 core sight words through music, movement, and play. Students will use the 'Blue' list words: the, to, and, a, I.

Sight Word Symphony

A high-energy Pre-K lesson that uses music, movement, and video to help students recognize common sight words and understand their role in reading.

Vowel Villains

A fun, investigation-themed lesson where students uncover the hidden pronunciation shifts in common irregular verbs like 'says', 'does', 'has', and 'is'. Students watch a Khan Academy video, analyze a reading passage, and practice peer-listening to master these 'weird' word sounds.

Can Power Lesson

A multi-sensory small group intervention lesson focused on mastering the sight word 'can' through playdough, song, movement, and rainbow writing.

Action Stars

A high-energy Pre-K lesson focused on identifying the sight word 'can' and performing action verbs through music, movement, and a 'Teacher Says' game.

Syllable Snip

A lesson focused on decoding and dividing multisyllabic words with closed syllables through a hands-on cut-and-paste activity.

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Marea Mullen

Magic Word Mastery

A quiz assessing phonogram patterns (oke/ake), double consonant endings, and simple/compound sentence construction for a diverse range of primary reading levels.

Connor Green

Word Wizards

A fun and engaging introduction to Dolch Pre-Primer sight words through tracing, writing, and word-finding activities designed for Kindergarten students.

amy.freeman

District Administrator

Open Syllable Odyssey

A lesson focused on identifying and reading open syllables in 2nd grade, featuring a robot-themed reading passage and comprehension activities.

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Krista Olson

Radio Theater Phrasing

A 15-minute small group fluency lesson focused on phrasing (scooping) and prosody (expression) for 5th graders reading at a 4th grade level.

English Language Arts Teacher

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Word Lab Doubling Rules

A comprehensive guide to the 1-1-1 doubling rule, helping students identify when to double the final consonant before adding -ing. Includes instructional slides, a practice worksheet, an exit ticket, and an answer key.

Ebrogna

Sound Explorers

Week 1 focuses on phonological awareness, letter recognition, and basic decoding skills through interactive drills and drawing activities.

mmaldonado

Apex Predator

An exploration of the biology and behavior of the Great White Shark, focusing on vocabulary development and anatomical features through an underwater explorer lens.

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Diana Gordon

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Open Syllable Match Up

A set of engaging memory cards and supporting materials designed to help students master two-syllable words where both syllables are open. Students will match syllable pairs to form complete words, reinforcing phonics and decoding skills.

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Cari Doherty

Syllable Stomp

A Kindergarten phonological awareness lesson focused on syllable segmentation using playground vocabulary and a catchy teeter-totter song. Students will clap, stomp, and color their way through word parts.

Syllable Hop

A high-energy Kindergarten lesson using gross motor movement to teach syllable segmentation, featuring a catchy video and a physical 'Syllable Hopscotch' activity.

Beat Bouncers

A high-energy Pre-K lesson where students explore the concept of syllables as beats using the 'Syllables!' Scratch Garden video and rhythm instruments. Students practice segmenting animal names through clapping and tapping.

Syllable Superstars

A fun, high-energy Kindergarten lesson introducing syllables as 'beats' in words, featuring interactive clapping, a catchy video, and a hands-on picture sorting activity.

Beat Detective Syllables

A 1st-grade phonics lesson where students become 'Beat Detectives' to hunt for words with different syllable counts in their books. Includes a rhythmic warm-up, a catchy video, and a hands-on word hunt activity.

Word Detective Decoding

A 2nd-grade lesson on decoding compound words by looking for smaller words inside larger ones, featuring a detective-themed 'Magnifying Glass Hunt' activity.

Sight Word Shakers

A high-energy lesson for Pre-K and Early Kindergarten students to master Primer sight words through music, call-and-response, and 'Sight Word Yoga' movements.

Word Glue Decoding

Students will learn to decode multi-syllabic compound words using the 'glued together' strategy through an interactive video and a hands-on word detective activity.

Students learn the VC/CV and V/CV syllable division rules to isolate vowel teams within multisyllabic words, focusing on identifying diphthongs like 'oi' and 'oy' in words like 'poison' and 'turmoil'.

Creating the Syllable Book

Students select words, categorize them by syllable count, and illustrate them for a class book. They must circle the vowels in each syllable of their chosen words.

Segmenting Compound Words

Students practice splitting compound words into two distinct CVC syllables. They cut word strips apart and put them back together, identifying the vowel in each part.

Closed Syllable Patterns

Students learn about 'closed syllables' where a vowel is shut in by a consonant, making the vowel short. They create 'doors' with paper to physically close a syllable.

Spotting the Vowel in the Beat

Students investigate the rule that 'every syllable has a talking vowel.' They look at written words with one and two syllables, highlighting the vowels to verify the rule.

Syllable Rhythms and Beats

Students explore the concept of syllables as 'beats' in a word using names and classroom objects. They clap, stomp, and use rhythm sticks to count the segments in spoken language.

Author Celebration

Students finalize, illustrate, and present their 'Sound Specialist' stories during a classroom book launch party.

Pattern Detectives

Using 'Detective Glasses,' students peer-edit drafts to hunt for diphthong patterns and verify spelling accuracy.

Story Architects

Students draft creative stories using a targeted list of diphthong words, guided by 'Story Dice' prompts and planning organizers.

Beat Detective Syllables

A 1st-grade phonics lesson where students become 'Beat Detectives' to hunt for words with different syllable counts in their books. Includes a rhythmic warm-up, a catchy video, and a hands-on word hunt activity.

Sticky Word Secrets

A fun, interactive lesson where 2nd and 3rd graders explore how compound words 'glue' two meanings together to create something entirely new, often with hilarious literal results.

Word Detective Decoding

A 2nd-grade lesson on decoding compound words by looking for smaller words inside larger ones, featuring a detective-themed 'Magnifying Glass Hunt' activity.

Vowel Voice

A high-energy lesson using music and visual metaphors to teach students how long vowels 'say their name' in two-syllable words. Students analyze word patterns from the Scratch Garden vowel song and apply their knowledge through brainstorming and creative writing.

Word Glue Decoding

Students will learn to decode multi-syllabic compound words using the 'glued together' strategy through an interactive video and a hands-on word detective activity.

Word Glue Factory

A fun, hands-on lesson where 1st graders become 'factory workers' to manufacture compound words using the 'Glue Analogy'. Includes a video-guided discussion and a physical cutting and pasting activity.

Field Report Application

The capstone lesson where students apply morphological analysis to authentic informational texts, using their skills to unlock professional jargon and academic language.

Monster Word Deconstruction

A workshop-style lesson where students deconstruct 'monster words' with multiple affixes, focusing on structural analysis and shifting syllable stress.

Greek Form Fusion

Students explore Greek combining forms often found in science and math, learning how these 'word bricks' snap together to build complex vocabulary.

Latin Root Laboratory

An investigation into Latin roots within academic texts, teaching students to recognize the meaningful core of multisyllabic words to aid pronunciation and comprehension.

Prefix Suffix Sleuths

Students act as word sleuths to identify and isolate common prefixes and suffixes, using a 'box and underline' strategy to simplify decoding.

Secret Case Files

Students apply their detective skills to highlight and decode words with un- and re- within short reading passages. They practice covering the prefix, reading the base word, and then combining them to determine meaning. The lesson assesses their ability to transfer isolated skills to reading fluency.

Word Transformers

Students experiment with swapping prefixes on base words that can accept both (e.g., tie: retie vs. untie). They discuss how the meaning shifts dramatically based on the prefix used. Small groups create mini-posters illustrating the difference between the two modified words.

The Not Box

Focus shifts to the prefix un-, teaching students it means 'not' or the opposite of the base word. Students play a game where they must 'undo' actions, such as 'untying' a shoe or 'unzipping' a jacket. They practice matching base words with 'un' to create antonyms.

Again Again

Students explore the prefix re- meaning 'again' or 'back.' They perform actions like 're-stacking' cups or 're-reading' a line of text to experience the meaning physically. A class chart is created listing common classroom actions that can be repeated.

Phoneme ManipulationAdding, deleting, and substituting individual sounds within spoken words to develop advanced phonological awareness. Strengthens the mental processing required for decoding and encoding complex language structures.

Sonic Vibes

In this interactive lesson, students explore the difference between letters and sounds, discover the 44 phonemes of English, and learn about sound devices like alliteration, consonance, and assonance through a radio-themed video and a sorting activity.

Mirror World

Students explore palindromes and reverse spelling through the 'Tebahpla' song and a creative activity where they transform into aliens using their backwards names.

Sound System Remix

A small-group intervention lesson focusing on the distinction between vowel and consonant sounds through the lens of poetic sound devices like alliteration, assonance, and consonance. Students use a 'DJ mixer' metaphor to identify and 'remix' sound patterns in poetry.

Choral Reading and Performance

The sequence culminates in a group performance where students use their voices and bodies to demonstrate their mastery of rhythm and expression.

Fast and Slow Rhythms

By comparing 'tortoise' and 'hare' poems, students discover how word choice and line length create fast and slow tempos in verse.

Noticing Line Breaks

Students learn that line breaks in poetry are like breath marks, signaling when to pause and how to flow through a verse.

Clapping Syllables in Verse

Students use 'robot talk' and 'chin drops' to segment words into syllables within poetic lines, understanding how syllables contribute to the overall rhythm.

Feeling the Beat

Students explore the 'heartbeat' of poetry by marching, stomping, and clapping to strong-beat poems. They learn to distinguish between the steady beat and the rhythm of the words.

Sound Book Studio

Students select their best sound word or alliterative phrase to illustrate. These pages are compiled into a class book that focuses purely on the musicality and sound effects of language.

Funny Friend Factory

Students create characters with names that use alliteration (e.g., 'Silly Snake,' 'Bouncing Bear') and describe what they do using words starting with the same sound.

Giant Ear Journey

Students go on a 'listening walk' to identify sounds in the school environment. They attempt to spell these sounds phonetically, creating their own onomatopoeic words.

Twisted Tongue Travels

Focusing on tongue twisters and poems with repeated beginning sounds, students practice the 'mouth feel' of alliteration. They highlight repeated letters in large text to connect the visual letter to the spoken sound.

Pop and Pow Lab

Students investigate onomatopoeia by identifying words that mimic sounds in poems and the real world. They explore why poets use these 'sound words' to bring their writing to life.

Showtime Performance

Students perform short rhymes using body percussion and clear articulation of rhyming pairs.

Word Trains

Students create strings of rhyming words and sort images into rhyme families to reinforce phonemic awareness.

Rhyme Puzzles

Students predict the final word of a poem based on rhyme and context, transitioning from identification to generation.

Beat Boxers

Students explore the heartbeat of poetry by marching and clapping to the steady beat and rhythm of rhythmic poems.

Rhyme Detectives

Students become 'Rhyme Detectives' as they listen to nursery rhymes to identify word pairs that sound the same at the end.

Author Spotlight

Students share their finished decodable books in an 'Author's Chair' session, celebrating their ability to read words they wrote themselves.

Building the Book

Students organize their story pages in a logical order and assemble them into a physical mini-book, practicing book-handling skills.

Decodable TextsPhonics-based reading materials aligned with specific sound-spelling patterns taught in a systematic sequence. Strengthens decoding skills and reading fluency by ensuring students practice only the phoneme-grapheme correspondences they have learned.

The Azure Acorn Lesson

A series of three ELA homework assignments based on the story 'Oakley’s Azure Acorn,' focusing on phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and grammar.

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Julie Johns

Open Syllable Odyssey

A lesson focused on identifying and reading open syllables in 2nd grade, featuring a robot-themed reading passage and comprehension activities.

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A 2nd-grade lesson exploring the 'ph' digraph through a 'Digraph Detective' mystery theme, featuring the Scratch Garden phonics video and hands-on word hunting.

Comparative Review of Publishers

Students apply their rubrics to conduct comparative reviews of major decodable publishers, resulting in a professional recommendation report for simulated district adoption.

Developing a Selection Rubric

Teams develop a comprehensive selection rubric for district adoption, prioritizing phonetic accuracy, engagement, durability, and representation.

Cultural Responsiveness and Representation

Students conduct equity audits of decodable series, evaluating characters, settings, and storylines for diverse representation and cultural responsiveness.

Visual Supports and Illustration Analysis

This lesson analyzes the function of illustrations in decodable texts, distinguishing between those that support mental modeling and those that inadvertently encourage guessing strategies.

Beyond the Code Narrative Structure

Students evaluate decodable texts for narrative coherence and story grammar, moving beyond simple phonetic control to identify texts that engage readers through compelling narratives.

Author Spotlight

Students share their finished decodable books in an 'Author's Chair' session, celebrating their ability to read words they wrote themselves.

Building the Book

Students organize their story pages in a logical order and assemble them into a physical mini-book, practicing book-handling skills.

Capturing the Story

Students add text to their illustrations by sounding out and writing decodable captions, connecting the encoding process directly to decoding.

Characters in Action

Students identify decodable action verbs and draw pictures of their character performing these actions to prepare the visual context for their books.

Naming Our Friend

Students collaborate to create a character for a story using only known letter sounds. They discuss what the character looks like and draw their interpretation.