Phonics Detective Academy

A comprehensive diagnostic assessment sequence designed for the second week of first grade. Spanning two days, it evaluates Kindergarten readiness and first-grade baseline performance across English, Phonics, Writing, Math, and Science in structured 45-minute sessions.

A rapid-fire, high-energy 15-minute ESL lesson for 1st graders focusing on animal movement verbs (slither, glide, paddle, swim, fly, crawl, leap, survive) and comparing baby animals to their mothers using scaffolded sentence frames.

A single-page visual exit ticket for 1st-grade ESL students to match baby animals to their mothers and complete scaffolded movement sentences.

An engaging introductory phonics unit teaching first-grade students to identify, read, and write short and long vowel sounds with silent magic 'e'.

A comprehensive progress monitoring kit for English Language Learners (ELLs) across all four core language domains. Includes step-by-step teacher instructions, a printable class tracking matrix, a student self-monitoring journal, and quick formative assessment rubrics.

A comprehensive, minute-by-minute teacher guide for the 15-minute ESL lesson, including script, physical movement cues, and targeted language scaffolding.

A 10-lesson Stage 1 Year 2 English Component B program based on the book 'Luna Roo' by Adam Jackson and Adrian Lloyd. The sequence explicitly teaches simple and compound sentences enriched with descriptive adjectives focused on Luna's outback soccer matches, animal teammates, and dusty playing fields.

A focused foundational reading lesson centered on visual and physical blending strategies using CVC, CCVC, and CVCC flashcards with built-in blending cues and a corresponding data tracking system for educators and instructional assistants.

A highly scaffolded, visual, bilingual (English/Spanish) student self-monitoring journal page tailored for early language acquisition levels (L1-L2).

A 10-lesson English unit for NSW Year 2 Stage 1, focusing on the book 'Luna Roo'. Emphasises Component B: literature response, grammar, vocabulary, and text creation, integrating the spelling focus 'qu'.

An engaging 2nd-grade reading lesson where students become Word Detectives, using surrounding context clues to crack the case of unfamiliar vocabulary words. Includes visual slides, a handy student tracker, and a complete facilitation guide.

Quick formative assessment prompts and rubrics across listening, speaking, reading, and writing domains to facilitate easy, real-time feedback.