Captain's Log Teacher Guide

Visual, printable speaking cards for small-group and partner discussion. Divided into physical appearance, emotions, actions, and lifestyle categories, featuring cut-out guides and structured prompt support.

A multi-page scaffolded graphic organizer packet for student work. Features a visual Mirror Venn Diagram with icon guides and a second page with dotted writing lines and feeling word banks tailored for 1st-grade ELL writers.

A complete, step-by-step facilitation guide for teachers. Includes explicit ELL-specific learning standards, targeted vocabulary lists, direct-instruction scripting, collaborative practice steps, and a detailed differentiation framework.

An interactive visual presentation for projecting during instruction. Highly visual with large typography (minimum 24px) and clear layouts designed to guide first-grade English language learners through comparison modeling, interactive checks, and partner talks.

A highly visual, color-coded classroom anchor chart designed for 1st-grade ELL students. It features simple symbols, color-coded sentence frames, and clear examples to help students speak and write about similarities and differences between a character and themselves.

A 2-page visual aid packet. Page 1 is a colorful, high-contrast anchor chart poster defining similes and metaphors. Page 2 includes 6 visual vocabulary cards for easy classroom printing and cut-outs.

An updated 4-page student-facing workbook for Week 4. Page 1 is a final Portfolio Cover Page. Page 2 is a side-by-side Simile and Metaphor builder. Page 3 introduces the Ode, a complex figurative tribute poem celebrating an everyday object. Page 4 is a Gallery Walk peer review sheet.

A 2-page visual aid packet. Page 1 is a colorful, high-contrast anchor chart poster defining concrete and free verse poetry. Page 2 includes 6 visual vocabulary cards for easy classroom printing and cut-outs.

An updated 4-page student workbook for Week 3. Page 1 is a concrete shape canvas. Page 2 is a sensory feeling map. Page 3 is a structured free verse drafting sheet with visual prompt blocks. Page 4 introduces the Diamante, a challenging 7-line diamond poem comparing opposites.

A 2-page visual aid packet. Page 1 is a colorful, high-contrast anchor chart poster defining acrostic and couplet poetry. Page 2 includes 6 visual vocabulary cards for easy classroom printing and cut-outs.

An updated 4-page student workbook for Week 2. Page 1 is an acrostic builder. Page 2 is a couplet rhyming workshop. Page 3 is a visual beat-counting grid. Page 4 is a Limerick Laboratory scaffolding the advanced AABBA bouncing meter.

A 2-page visual aid packet. Page 1 is a colorful, high-contrast anchor chart poster defining sensory poetry, haiku, and color poems. Page 2 includes 6 visual vocabulary cards for easy classroom printing and cut-outs.