A comprehensive unit designed for middle schoolers to sharpen their reading comprehension skills, focusing on identifying main ideas, supporting details, and author's purpose through engaging informational texts.
A series of lessons focused on mastering the identification of themes in literature, moving from basic recognition to distinguishing themes from plot details and subjective opinions.
A series of engaging phonics lessons focusing on common digraphs through a detective-themed investigation. Students become 'Digraph Detectives' to identify, sort, and read words containing sh, ch, th, and wh.
A comprehensive reteach sequence for 8th Grade ELA standards RI 8.5 and RI 8.6, focusing on analyzing text structures and author's purpose/point of view using the 'Architect's Blueprint' theme.
A beginner writer's workshop unit for Pre-K students focused on developing narrative skills through drawing and dictation about ocean animals. Students explore character, setting, and sequence in their first 'written' stories.
A 16-lesson sequence covering the latter half of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, beginning with Gregor's first injury and concluding with the family's resolution after his death. Each lesson focuses on key literary elements: Conflict, Key Details, Characterization, and Theme.
A literature unit exploring modern memoirs from different global perspectives, focusing on resilience, identity, and social challenges.
A two-day unit designed to help middle and high school students identify dystopian elements in their book club novels and prepare for a structured writing response. The unit uses a high-engagement 'System Override' theme to help students become 'detectives' of their fictional worlds.
A multi-part literary journey through 'The Crossover' by Kwame Alexander, analyzing poetic forms, character evolution, and the deep parallels between basketball strategy and life's challenges.
A series of Grade 4 ELA lessons focused on mastering the skill of making inferences through engaging mystery stories. Each lesson covers the inference equation, vocabulary, and evidence-based comprehension.
A focused phonics unit targeting the long 'o' silent 'e' pattern (o_e) and high-frequency heart words 'brother', 'mother', and 'father' through narrative reading and orthographic mapping.
A comprehensive unit for 'Flipped' by Wendelin Van Draanen, exploring the evolving perspectives of Bryce Loski and Juli Baker as they navigate family secrets, social pressure, and personal growth.
A focused phonics unit targeting the long 'a' silent 'e' pattern (a_e) and high-frequency heart words through narrative reading and orthographic mapping.
A series of introductory reading assessments for five memoirs frequently taught in 7th-grade classrooms, focusing on the first 40 pages of each book. Each assessment balances literal comprehension with thematic inference, designed with accessible language and formatted for IEP/ESL support.
A celebratory series of activities leading up to Mother's Day, focusing on expressing appreciation and developing creative writing skills through a magazine-style project.
A comprehensive game-based assessment for 7th-grade reading standards, blending a competitive board game with a collaborative escape room challenge. Students navigate a fictional lost library by analyzing classic literary excerpts and historical biographies.
A month-long journaling program designed for third-grade students, focusing on personal interests like baseball, animals, and sharks to build narrative, persuasive, and opinion writing skills.
A 5-day reading intervention sequence for 3rd-grade English Language Learners, focusing on the six syllable types using Orton Gillingham routines. Includes direct instruction slides, a comprehensive teacher guide, and a final oral reading fluency assessment.
A comprehensive remedial reading sequence for 'Surviving the Applewhites' that maintains a consistent daily structure while progressing through the novel's plot, themes, and vocabulary.
A 26-day 7th Grade ELA unit exploring conflict, character motivation, and inferences using the StudySync 'Conflicts and Clashes' curriculum.
A deep dive into the cognitive benefits of struggle and confusion based on the text 'The Value of Being Confused.' This sequence focuses on shifting student mindsets regarding learning hurdles and analyzing authorial point of view.
A progressive phonics sequence covering r-controlled vowels across primary grades, from foundational single-syllable words to advanced multi-syllabic patterns and spelling rules.
A collection of vocabulary-focused lessons for five influential memoirs often studied in middle school. Each lesson covers the first four chapters of the book, providing definitions and context-based practice.
A comprehensive vocabulary and idiom study sequence covering the first four chapters of five diverse memoirs: Born a Crime, Red Scarf Girl, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, The Distance Between Us, and I Will Always Write Back. This unit focuses on character development, cultural context, and figurative language.
A comprehensive sequence focused on sentence expansion using the Hochman Method (The Writing Revolution). Students move from distinguishing fragments to expanding kernel sentences with 'Who, What, Where, When, Why' and logical conjunctions.