Word Builders Slides

A multi-day systematic phonics sequence introducing beginning consonant blends with short vowels. Students progress from initial L-blends and R-blends to S-blends, culminating in comprehensive mixed decoding, orthographic mapping, and decodable sentence reading.

An early elementary language and cognition lesson where K-2 students explore receptive sorting and expressive description by analyzing quirky objects through semantic features and multi-attribute classification.

A two-page student activity worksheet featuring a semantic feature matrix checklist, multi-attribute 'odd curio out' reasoning challenges, and an expressive design-a-curio prompt.

A three-part ESL orientation sequence designed to build confidence, low-stress speaking routines, and peer connections through personal introductions and interactive classroom games.

A supportive home-school language program designed to build core receptive and expressive communication skills through practical family strategies and structured home practice.

A hands-on, multi-attribute classification game featuring a printable two-tiered shopkeeper shelf mat and 12 illustrated cut-out curio item cards with semantic feature tags.

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 targeted foundational phonics lesson on dividing two-syllable words with the VC/CV pattern. Students learn to spot vowels, identify separating consonants, divide syllables, and blend closed syllable parts.

An interactive classroom slide deck introducing the Curiosity Shop storyline, the Four Wonder Keys of semantic features, guided curio inspections, and multi-attribute sorting challenges.

A three-part writing sequence for 3rd grade multilingual learners aligned to WIDA Levels 1-3 and ELD-SS.2-3.Explain.Expressive. Students learn to state an environmental claim, support it with visual evidence, and explain cause-and-effect reasoning using the CER framework.

Early literacy foundational resources combining speech articulation mouth cues with recognizable environmental print to build strong phonemic awareness and letter-sound mastery.