Prompt Compass Activity Cards

A premium teacher facilitation guide for the Water Watch scripting lesson. Includes a step-by-step 55-minute pacing blueprint, model script discussion questions, scaffolding strategies for struggling writers, and an easy-to-use 3rd-grade performance rubric.

A two-page structured scripting worksheet for 3rd-grade students to convert their water research essays into a structured PSA video script. Page 1 features a model script analysis with a real broadcaster exemplar and a scripting toolkit full of sentence stems. Page 2 provides a side-by-side storyboard graphic organizer for drafting their lines and visual cues.

A comprehensive 1-page teacher instructional guide that outlines the lesson plan, text-dependent sensory questioning prompts, standard alignments, pacing milestones, and differentiation options for students during the And Then Comes Summer lesson.

A print-ready student worksheet designed to accompany the slideshow. It features a beautifully themed 4-box sensory graphic organizer (Sights, Sounds, Feelings, Tastes/Smells) and a guided sensory writing prompt for students to document their own favorite summer moments.

An interactive slideshow presentation containing guided sensory comprehension questions and discussion prompts for Tom Brenner's 'And Then Comes Summer'. Designed with large, accessible text and visual icons for projecting in the classroom.

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.