A 3-day unit exploring diverse cultural folktales and myths to master CCSS RL.2.2. Students will read traditional tales from West Africa, Indigenous America, and Japan to recount stories and determine their central messages.
A reading and morphology sequence that helps students master suffix structures through highly engaging controlled stories, multi-read fluency tracking, and word hunting exercises.
Students explore the traditional Japanese folktale 'Momotaro, the Peach Boy'. They learn to recount story events and analyze how Momotaro's kindness helps him gather loyal companions to achieve a common goal, teaching a moral about courage and cooperation.
A 1-page printable student worksheet for Lesson 3 to recount 'Momotaro, the Peach Boy' and explain the lesson of kindness, featuring a cross-cultural unit matching exercise.
A systematic short vowel intervention program that uses the Vowel Locksmith metaphor to halt word-guessing, progressing from simple CVC to complex consonant blends.
Students explore the Indigenous American cultural myth 'How Coyote Placed the Stars'. They learn to recount story events and analyze Coyote's mischievous actions to determine a moral about patience, teamwork, and respecting natural order.
An instructional slide deck for Lesson 3 to guide students through recounting 'Momotaro, the Peach Boy' and understanding the values of kindness and cooperation, featuring a cross-cultural unit review.
A comprehensive 12-part series designed to master 240 high-frequency words through sentence construction, mechanics practice, and proofreading.
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.
A 3-part comprehensive curriculum sequence mapping and teaching 150 high-frequency sight words phonetically. Includes three progressive mastery levels covering closed syllables, open syllables, silent E, vowel teams, r-controlled, and heart word decoding.
A comprehensive, two-day phonics sequence focusing on the double vowel syllable patterns au and aw, alongside orthographic mapping for the heart words August, laugh, and daughter.
A comprehensive sequence of condensed lessons for Fundations Level 2, focusing on double vowel syllables, diphthongs, and high-frequency heart words across units 13, 14, 15, and 16.
A dual-module news broadcast unit where students learn speaking, scriptwriting, and filming skills. Module 1 masters core phonics standards (vowel teams and past-tense ed pronunciation), while Module 2 develops essential Social-Emotional Learning skills including reading the room and identifying emotional Zones of Regulation.
