Alphabet Explorer Workbook

A two-part foundational early first-grade CKLA narrative writing sequence. Week 1 introduces shared and interactive fable retelling with King Log and King Crane and tiered readiness groups. Week 2 progresses to student-led retelling and opinion book reports with Mr. Mowse.

A kindergarten structured literacy lesson introducing high-frequency words through explicit sound-spelling mapping, heart word analysis, and interactive classroom routines.

A comprehensive 3-page 1st grade Autumn reading comprehension and word study packet featuring an engaging fictional story ('The Secret Chestnut Patch'), inferencing and main idea/detail organizers, and phonics activities targeting two-syllable digraph words (th, sh, ch, tch) and inflectional endings (-ed, -ing, -y).

A Grade 1 reading comprehension unit teaching students how to identify character feelings, actions, dialogue, and problems using the STORY elements framework with multi-tiered differentiated packets and paraprofessional guides.

A comprehensive UFLI-aligned foundational reading lesson for Lesson 98 covering silent letter combinations kn /n/, wr /r/, and mb /m/. Students discover orthographic patterns through systematic explicit instruction, three full-length decodable stories, a timed fluency passage with comprehension checks, and a diagnostic verbal exit ticket.

A portrait phonics worksheet with 12 open numbered boxes sized for six-letter Magic e words, followed by eight primary writing lines featuring solid black top and bottom lines with a single blue dotted midline.

A two-day festive holiday countdown unit designed for the last two days before winter break. Day 1 centers on Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby with a phonics word bakery and gumdrop math, while Day 2 celebrates Caralyn Buehner's Snowmen at Christmas with s-blend snow hunts and snowball math games.

An explicit, systematic phonics lesson for UFLI Lesson 96 focusing on diphthongs /ow/ spelled 'ou' and 'ow'. Includes instructional routines, spelling generalizations, three extended decodable stories, a timed fluency reader with text-dependent comprehension questions, and an oral exit ticket check.

A printable early-elementary phonics practice worksheet featuring CVC words, Magic E (CVCe) words, and vowel team 'ee' words. Students identify pictures, write words on primary handwriting lines without a word bank, and classify each vowel pattern.

A 3-stage decoding and recoding intervention sequence for emerging readers. Students progress from consonant blends (CCVC) to digraphs and CVCe silent-e patterns, shifting from choppy letter-by-letter sounding to fluid unit recoding and sentence accuracy.

An engaging early phonics lesson exploring how the silent or 'magic' e transforms short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. Students discover CVC to CVCe word transformations through interactive slides, guided phonics routines, and multi-tiered practice activities.

An engaging, vibrant 8-slide instructional presentation for teaching phonics blending with digraphs and trigraphs at both beginning and ending word positions. Includes phoneme-grapheme mapping, sound buttons, multi-sensory blending steps, guided practice challenges, and a whole-class rapid-fire blitz.