Those Shoes Discussion Slides

A three-part multi-day phonics sequence guiding students from foundational CVC short-vowel sorting through complex blends, digraphs, and tricky vowel contrasts. Each day equips educators with instructional slides, hands-on student sorting mats, and detailed teacher facilitation guides.

A foundational reading and emotional literacy lesson based on Julie Danneberg's *First Day Jitters*. Students explore, compare, and orally articulate character emotions before and after the surprise teacher reveal using modeled think-alouds, partner talk frames, and targeted oral assessment.

A five-page printable worksheet for subject and predicate practice with two full-width handwriting lines provided for every rewrite exercise. Designed with high-contrast black lines, clear checkboxes, and readable Open Sans typography.

A comprehensive multi-day phonics and reading fluency unit targeting the /th/ and /r/ sounds across initial, medial, final, and mixed positions for third-grade readers.

A September-themed phonics enrichment lesson for second grade exploring /oi/, /ou/, and dual /oo/ sound patterns through autumn orchard adventures, harvest riddles, and woodland writing challenges.

A 2-up printable oral exit ticket and quick conferring slip where students select or illustrate character feelings before and after the reveal with a teacher oral scoring rubric.

A two-part 1st grade procedural writing sequence aligned with Indiana Academic Standards and WIDA 2020 ELD frameworks. Multilingual learners progress from labeling ingredients and tools to composing a complete five-step how-to story about baking a cake.

A comprehensive two-part unit where students prepare thoughtful interview questions across leadership, career journey, student experience, and community priorities for a Q&A talk with their principal, followed by an analytical reflection sheet.

A visual partner discussion mat with emotion word banks, story clue prompts, and structured oral sentence frames to guide students in comparing Sarah's feelings.

A three-part second-grade writing sequence guiding students from engaging hooks and rich sensory descriptions to drafting a complete five-sentence comparative paragraph.

Students consolidate phonics mastery through 5-way sorting matrices, tricky vowel minimal pair contrasts, and mystery decodable word challenges.

A comprehensive 2-page teacher facilitation guide providing scripted modeling think-alouds, stopping points for First Day Jitters, oral sentence frames, and an assessment checklist.