Media Detectives

A 30-minute media literacy lesson for 2nd-grade students in the library. Students learn to become 'Media Detectives' by distinguishing facts from opinions, identifying advertisements (including toy unboxing videos), and knowing when to ask a trusted adult for help.

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Media Detectives

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Word Builders 300

A comprehensive vocabulary mastery sequence designed to help English learners and early readers build a core foundation of 300 high-frequency words. Organized across three themed modules, each featuring a complete 100-word student study packet with definitions, contextual examples, and handwriting lines, paired with high-impact instructional presentation slides.

Lenny

Search Squad

A quick, high-energy 20-minute lesson introducing 2nd and 3rd graders to the 'Core Four' reference tools: dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, and encyclopedia. Students learn to match their informational needs to the correct resource through an interactive, projection-friendly classroom game.

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Search Squad Teacher Guide

A comprehensive teacher facilitation guide with strict 20-minute pacing, classroom discussion scripts, game master instructions, and complete answer keys for the worksheet and slide showdown.

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Sight Word Decoder Sequence

A 3-part comprehensive curriculum sequence mapping and teaching 150 high-frequency sight words phonetically. Includes three progressive mastery levels covering closed syllables, open syllables, silent E, vowel teams, r-controlled, and heart word decoding.

Nicole Thomson

Nature and Surroundings

Explores vocabulary for physical landscapes, weather, animals, plants, time intervals, spatial directions, and essential adjectives. Includes a 100-word student study workbook and a vocabulary presentation deck.

Lenny

Search Squad Worksheet

A printable student activity worksheet designed as a detective 'Field Guide'. Includes a 'Core Four Match-Up' and three 'Case Files' with handwriting-sized, light-colored response boxes.

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Autumn Phonics Quest

A comprehensive, two-day phonics sequence focusing on the double vowel syllable patterns au and aw, alongside orthographic mapping for the heart words August, laugh, and daughter.

npowers

Learning and Living

Covers vocabulary related to school environments, academic tools, actions, daily routines, food, health, and recreational activities. Features a 100-word study packet and an instructional slide deck.

Lenny

Search Squad Slides

Visual lesson slides introducing the Core Four reference tools (dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, encyclopedia) with clear, kid-friendly examples and an interactive 'Fact Finder Showdown' practice game.

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D-Syllable Mastery

A comprehensive sequence of condensed lessons for Fundations Level 2, focusing on double vowel syllables, diphthongs, and high-frequency heart words across units 13, 14, 15, and 16.

npowers

Connections and Community

Focuses on the foundational vocabulary for people, family relationships, emotions, jobs, and community structures. Includes a 100-word student study packet and a vocabulary presentation deck.

Lenny