A comprehensive unit on donuts that combines informational and fictional texts to practice foundational reading skills, vocabulary, and comprehension strategies modeled after IREAD-3.
A comprehensive, detective-themed 2-day phonics unit for 4th graders to master the hard and soft sounds of 'c' and 'g' using structured inquiry, visual anchor charts, and scaffolded practice worksheets.
A complete lesson exploring identity, expectations, and self-acceptance through the character of Lenny from Shark Tale. Students analyze Lenny's traits and conflict, engage in guided discussion, and compose a creative story about staying true to oneself.
A creative story writing template that guides students to write their own story inspired by Lenny's journey, focusing on a character hiding a secret trait or passion that goes against family expectations.
A comprehensive summer ELA bridge program for rising fourth graders, focusing on essential reading comprehension, vocabulary, and word study skills through engaging high-interest topics.
Students investigate the letter 'g', discovering when it makes its hard /g/ sound versus its soft /j/ sound, followed by interactive detective decoding and contextual word-sorting practice.
A student character analysis worksheet exploring Lenny's traits, his relationship with his father, and the contrast between his shark nature and dolphin disguise. Includes quote analysis and reflective prompts.
A comprehensive vocabulary mastery sequence designed to help English learners and early readers build a core foundation of 300 high-frequency words. Organized across three themed modules, each featuring a complete 100-word student study packet with definitions, contextual examples, and handwriting lines, paired with high-impact instructional presentation slides.
Students investigate the letter 'c', discovering the rule for when it makes its hard /k/ sound versus its soft /s/ sound, followed by interactive detective practice and word-sorting activities.
A 5-slide visual presentation deck introducing Lenny from Shark Tale, exploring his traits, conflict, and the dolphin disguise, and launching the writing activity.
A series of immersive reading comprehension units for fourth graders. Students master key informational text skills, including main idea, supporting details, and context clues, across highly engaging scientific frontiers.
A 35-minute small group reading lesson designed for five 3rd-grade students who are below benchmark in decoding. The lesson focuses on consonant blends and digraphs (str, spl, sh, ch), fluency modeling, and identifying the main idea of a non-fiction text about hermit crabs.
