An instructional slide deck for the 'Sentence Surgeons' lesson, featuring mini-lessons on subject-verb agreement, comma rules, sentence combining, and the ARMS revision strategy with a clean medical theme.
A full-page anchor chart for the Y to i Rule, illustrating how to change final y to i before adding various suffixes, with a reminder about the -ing exception. Adjusted layout for better fit.
A full-page anchor chart for the 1-1-1 Doubling Rule, showing the three-step checklist for doubling final consonants before adding vowel suffixes. Adjusted layout for better fit.
A full-page anchor chart for the Plural Power rule, explaining the standard -s ending and the -es ending for words with "hissing" sounds. Adjusted layout for better fit.
A full-page anchor chart for the Silent e Drop rule, showing the step-by-step process of removing the silent e before adding vowel suffixes. Adjusted layout for better fit.
A STAAR-formatted assessment featuring 8 multiple-choice and two-part questions to evaluate students' mastery of author's purpose and craft across informational and literary texts.
A comprehensive 2-page STAAR Reading Language Arts (RLA) cheat sheet for Grades 3-4, featuring visually organized sections for genres, plot elements, author's craft, text features, and test-taking strategies like RACE and two-part questions.
A comprehensive facilitator guide for the 'Sentence Surgeons' lesson, including instructional scripts, pacing, and detailed answer explanations for the practice questions.
A student-facing activity sheet featuring two mentor texts, annotation checklists, and analysis questions to practice identifying author's purpose and craft.
A student practice worksheet featuring two themed passages (editing and revising) with 10 STAAR-format multiple-choice questions focusing on grammar, mechanics, and text organization.
A refined 2-page STAAR Math cheat sheet for Grades 3-4, featuring color-coded sections for place value, algebraic relationships, operations, fractions, geometry, measurement, and data analysis, with improved diagrams and higher-contrast text.
Instructional slide deck for teaching author's purpose and craft, featuring the PIE strategy, craft move definitions, an annotation key, and modeling with the 'Save the Sky' text.
A comprehensive facilitator guide for teachers, featuring a gradual release model, explicit PIE strategy instruction, and a complete answer key for the assessment.
A compact student reference card featuring key grammar rules for STAAR writing, including subject-verb agreement, pronoun usage, comma rules, sentence combining, and the ARMS revision strategy.