A 5-lesson unit for 4th graders on using prepositions and prepositional phrases to describe spatial relationships, culminating in a creative map-making and navigation project.
A 4-week book club sequence for Sharon Creech's 'Saving Winslow', focusing on character analysis, summarizing, synthesizing, and vocabulary through bi-weekly sessions.
A 2-week small group reading unit focused on realistic fiction. Students practice summarizing, identifying text evidence, synthesizing information, and writing structured paragraph responses using four urban-themed short stories.
A small-group literacy unit focused on mastering informational texts through text-based questioning, vocabulary development, and structured paragraph writing (Topic Sentence, Details, Concluding Sentence) centered on the theme of extreme weather.
A comprehensive book club unit for fourth grade students focused on "Out of My Mind" by Sharon Draper, structured for a 3-day weekly cadence over six weeks. The unit focuses on summarizing, synthesizing, and vocabulary development, culminating in an inclusion-focused school campaign project.
A comprehensive book club unit for Kate DiCamillo's 'The Tiger Rising', exploring themes of emotional repression and friendship through three distinct chapter groups with a focus on synthesizing, vocabulary, and summarizing.
A comprehensive 25-lesson book club unit for 'The Tiger Rising' by Kate DiCamillo, focusing on summarizing, synthesizing, and vocabulary development through the lens of a Florida woods field journal.
A series of detective-themed spelling units for 4th grade, focusing on complex digraphs, blends, and vowel patterns through investigative activities.
A week-long ELA homework series centered around a narrative about a squirrel's search for a rare acorn. The materials are differentiated for Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, and 4th Grade learners.
A comprehensive 4th-grade grammar unit focusing on the four primary parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Through an adventure-themed quest, students master identifying and using these word classes in their writing.
A lesson sequence focused on the narrative craft of writing high-stakes introductions for interactive survival stories, specifically leading to biological defense mechanism choices.
A comprehensive baseline reading assessment sequence designed for virtual tutoring environments. It includes tools for phonics screening, fluency checks, and comprehension evaluation to establish a student's starting point.
A comprehensive unit on informational text structures, using an architectural theme to help students visualize how authors build their ideas. Students will master Cause and Effect, Description, Sequence, and Problem and Solution.
A unit focused on teaching story sequencing across different primary grade levels, from simple 3-step events to complex narrative order.
A thematic unit centered on winter and snow, exploring grammar, functional language, and descriptive comparison skills.
A comprehensive 4-part grammar unit for 4th grade focusing on verb tenses (Simple and Continuous) through the lens of a Time Travel Academy. Students learn to navigate the 'Now Zone', 'Yesterday Yard', and 'Tomorrow Trail' to master grammar.