A 2-page instructional guide for teachers containing step-by-step facilitation plans, modeling guides for the sentence frames, a completed exemplar based on the novel Holes, and an asset-based 5th-grade writing rubric.
A reading intervention unit targeting the critical spelling changes that occur at suffix boundaries, designed for older struggling readers. The sequence covers final consonant doubling and silent-e dropping logic.
A scaffolded unit designed to help 5th-grade developing and emerging students create a mock e-commerce book listing for a novel they have read. This lesson breaks down complex writing tasks like summaries, quotes, and editorial reviews into structured, bite-sized templates with built-in sentence frames.
A 1-page student-facing draft worksheet designed for Grade 5 developing writers. It provides generous writing space (2 dashed lines per section) and clear color-coded sentence starters for each part of the Somebody (Red), Wanted (Yellow), But (Blue), So (Orange), Then (Green) summary framework.
A structured reading intervention sequence at Douglas School combining targeted phonic lessons with the multisensory Nessy online literacy system.
A structured high school reading intervention sequence focusing on silent consonants, orthographic markers, pluralization rules, and academic spelling structures.
A phonics intervention unit for high school readers focusing on short oo patterns, sound contrasts, and spelling application.
A comprehensive 5-day phonics breakout sequence where students complete daily independent spelling missions to crack codes. Covering CVC, Silent E, Digraphs/Blends, R-controlled vowels, and Vowel Teams, each day represents a new adventure challenge.
A foundational vocabulary and morphology unit designed specifically for high school newcomer ESL students. It focuses on breaking down unfamiliar English words into high-frequency prefixes, suffixes, and root words using heavy visual aids, scaffolded sentence stems, and highly collaborative activities.
A comprehensive 4-week poetry curriculum designed for students requiring high structure and visual supports. It covers diverse poetry types (Haiku, Color, Acrostic, Couplets, Concrete, Free Verse, and Metaphor/Simile) with scaffolds like word banks, sentence frames, and graphic organizers.
