A 10-slide presentation deck introducing figurative language concepts (Simile, Metaphor, Personification, etc.) with scrambled review questions on each slide to reinforce learning.

The first page of a 1st-grade decodable book about Ancient Mesopotamia. It features a simplified CVC/sight word text focusing on a clay 'pad' (tablet) and includes the curriculum illustration.

A quick assessment tool for the end of the unit. Students reflect on new knowledge gained from informational texts and interpret the emotional weight of Ivan's self-given title. Formatted with two tickets per page for efficient printing.

A comprehensive 3-part answer key covering the Mall Memoirs, Wild Life Report, and Truth or Tale worksheets. Provides expected student responses for fiction analysis, informational text comprehension, and synthesis questions.

A comparison activity that integrates reading literature and informational texts. Students use a Venn diagram to compare Ivan from the novel with real-world gorilla facts and reflect on the central message of the story.

Day 3 visual presentation focused on integrating fiction and non-fiction by comparing Ivan's fictional life at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall with real-world gorilla habitats and behaviors.

Student worksheet focused on informational reading about gorillas. Includes a passage, main idea organizer, evidence-based response section, and technical vocabulary matching.

Day 2 visual presentation focused on non-fiction information about gorillas. Includes slides on silverback behavior, scientific vocabulary (troop, herbivore, habitat), and a hook for the real-life story of Ivan.

Student worksheet for analyzing Ivan's perspective and vocabulary in 'The One and Only Ivan'. Includes sections for character inference, sketching domain concepts, and recounting story details.

Day 1 visual presentation for introducing Ivan's perspective. Includes character quotes, vocabulary exploration of 'domain', and discussion prompts focused on point of view.

A comprehensive 2-page teacher guide for a 3-day integrated ELA unit. It includes daily objectives, materials lists, step-by-step instructional procedures, discussion prompts, and differentiation strategies for teaching 'The One and Only Ivan' and informational texts about gorillas.

A teacher guide for Lesson 4 focused on joint attention and exploration routines using the core words 'Open' and 'Look'.

A student activity sheet for joint attention exploration, featuring large visual prompts for 'Open' and 'Look' alongside a mystery box tracking area.

A teacher guide for Lesson 3 focusing on social interactions, turn-taking, and transition management using core words 'Mine', 'You', 'Turn', and 'Finished'.

Visual aids for turn-taking, waiting, and finishing activities, specifically designed to support the core words 'Mine', 'You', 'Turn', and 'Finished'.

A teacher resource guide focused on modeling preferences and self-advocacy (Like, Don't Like, Help), featuring the 'Oops Strategy' and sensory exploration activities.

An engaging student worksheet for categorizing preferences into 'Like' and 'Don't Like', featuring 8 cut-out sensory and activity cards to practice commenting and self-advocacy.

A teacher-facing instructional guide for Lesson 1, detailing specific play routines and modeling strategies for the core words 'Go', 'Stop', 'More', and 'Want'.

Essential visual supports for daily routines, featuring a First-Then-Next schedule strip, a customizable choice board, and 12 fringe vocabulary cut-out cards for activities and needs.

A high-contrast, color-coded communication board featuring 12 essential core words plus functional pragmatics like 'Yes', 'No', and 'Listen to Me' to support emerging AAC users.

A sentence completion worksheet where students use CVC and CVCe unit vocabulary to fill in blanks, accompanied by visual prompts and a "draw and write" challenge.