Two Bear Cubs Play Handout

A Grade 1 reading comprehension unit teaching students how to identify character feelings, actions, dialogue, and problems using the STORY elements framework with multi-tiered differentiated packets and paraprofessional guides.

A targeted phonics intervention lesson designed to help students hold and accurately blend final consonants in CVC words. Features explicit multi-sensory blending routines, systematic minimal pairs, and rapid exit checks to eliminate ending sound substitution.

A 2-page assessment featuring a student-facing exit ticket with clean oral reading word cards on Page 1, and a comprehensive teacher diagnostic scoring protocol and administration script on Page 2, optimized for printing and PDF download.

A two-day festive holiday countdown unit designed for the last two days before winter break. Day 1 centers on Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby with a phonics word bakery and gumdrop math, while Day 2 celebrates Caralyn Buehner's Snowmen at Christmas with s-blend snow hunts and snowball math games.

A winter-themed phonics lesson featuring interactive board games where students decode CVC and CVCe words with inflectional endings (-ed, -ing, plurals) alongside a comprehensive teacher progress monitoring tracker.

A hands-on guided practice blending mat and activity sheet featuring continuous sound sliders, tactile punch dots, and minimal contrast word ladders, optimized for printing and download.

A 3-stage decoding and recoding intervention sequence for emerging readers. Students progress from consonant blends (CCVC) to digraphs and CVCe silent-e patterns, shifting from choppy letter-by-letter sounding to fluid unit recoding and sentence accuracy.

A winter-themed phonics lesson featuring interactive board games and progress monitoring sheets targeting CVC and CVCe words with blends and digraphs. Students roll dice, navigate winter wonderland game tracks, and decode targeted phonics patterns while teachers track fluency and accuracy.

A structured phonics intervention guide detailing the multisensory Punch and Lock blending routine, optimized for clean PDF export and printing.

A 3-day structured literacy small-group sequence grounded in HMH instructional routines and the Science of Reading. Covers phonemic awareness, phonics decoding of VCe patterns, decodable fluency, and evidence-based comprehension.

A collection of autumn-themed phonics board games for practicing CVCe words with soft and hard c and g phonetic exceptions. Students roll dice, travel along winding seasonal tracks, and decode targeted words to reach the finish line.

A comprehensive two-page teacher progress monitoring and recording tool for assessing CVC and CVCe words with inflectional endings. Includes a small-group game observation tracker, error coding rubric, pronunciation guide, and an individual diagnostic probe.