What We Do When We Read
Part 1 of a middle-school independent-reading unit that teaches students to metacognate about their own reading through a reading survey, personal reading history, and a poem-based reading-strategies lesson.
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Part 1 of a middle-school independent-reading unit that teaches students to metacognate about their own reading through a reading survey, personal reading history, and a poem-based reading-strategies lesson.
Editable week-long preschool lesson plan template built around Dr. Seuss books, covering circle time, movement, art, science, language/literacy, math, construction, and dramatic play for each day of the week.
Participate in teacher-led activities drawn from the guide: sensory table exploration, art projects (e.g. handprint/thumbprint butterflies, coffee-filter butterflies, paint-blot butterflies, pipecleaner butterflies), cooking activities (e.g. grape caterpillars, butterfly sandwiches, pretzel butterflies), circle-time…
Use a short illustrated phonics story ('Dan's Dog Runs') to reinforce final consonant blends/double consonant endings and build spelling practice in context.
A week-long back-to-school morning work packet combining self-expression writing, daily language/phonics conventions practice, and independent reading tracking, themed around 'All About Me'.
An early phonics decodable reader reviewing 'oo' and 'ee' sounds (per file text) through a story about a dog named Jiff who won't go to sleep, with mention of a shop/money talking point.
Independent work booklet teaching a second set of everyday action-verb vocabulary through a series of literacy and critical-thinking activities.
Students read an anchor chart explaining when to use 'ea' vs 'ee' for the long e sound, trace and write word-family words, match pictures to words, match word halves, write a short story about eating using a word bank, complete an ABC-order list, fill in sentence blanks, write words for pictures, solve a crossword and word search, and…
A 37-activity print-and-go book companion for the picture book 'Scarecrow' by Cynthia Rylant, covering reading comprehension, literary analysis, vocabulary, and creative response.
Illustrated 'Bridging Book Two' story teaching a specific UK phonics/spelling feature (initial consonant blends and consonant digraphs) through the alien character Zoggy who 'spies' words containing the target sounds.
A single combined Word worksheet packet of six sports-themed short fiction stories, each followed by comprehension questions, a vocabulary or word-puzzle exercise, a writing prompt, and an extension activity, for practicing reading comprehension.
A set of self-checking fold-and-reveal cards for practicing blending and reading r-controlled vowel ("bossy R") words.
A UK phonics worksheet teaching the 'er', 'ur', and 'ir' spelling sounds through a matching activity, a narrative passage, sound sorting, word lists, and look-cover-write-check spelling tests; one title in a 22-part Zoggy phonics series.
Farm-themed vocabulary/matching card decks designed for classic card games (Memory, Go Fish) to build early literacy and vocabulary skills.
Children participate in teacher-led activities across the day: sensory table play, art projects (leis, grass skirts, coconut rubbings, camouflage vests, handprint animals, etc.), circle-time discussions, math activities (banana/monkey counting, sorting animal crackers), movement games (Limbo, Monkey in the Middle…
Across units, students sort items into categories, match related concepts, put steps in sequence, and complete 'Quick Check' vocabulary/short-answer/drawing tasks; unit tests and exit tickets check understanding of each lesson.
An art lesson using a dice-based drawing game to guide students through creating a crab illustration, paired with literacy and reflective writing tasks.
A PowerPoint set of six sports-themed short fiction stories, each as its own slide deck with comprehension questions, a vocabulary or word-puzzle exercise, a writing prompt, an extension activity, and an answer key, for practicing reading comprehension.
Complete 27 lessons of comprehension and vocabulary worksheets (15 items/questions each), complete mystery-vocabulary context-clue pages, color score data-bar-graph charts, complete 'Mighty Silverback' simile-search lessons, take 14 exit quizzes and 13 spelling quizzes, complete 11 extended writing prompts (informative, opinion,…
This novel-study unit brings together comprehension packets, vocabulary practice and assessments for Jerry Spinelli’s Maniac Magee. Chapter-grouped tasks let you plan reading discussions, while writing prompts and reference tools support students’ responses. Use the included answer keys and progress charts to review understanding and decide which skills need more attention.
Read poems in groups of five per lesson and answer 10 comprehension questions, complete English skill items (identifying nouns/verbs/adjectives), complete 2 mystery vocabulary/definition items per lesson, fill out a student score sheet, take a 5-point multiple choice exit quiz after every 5 poems, complete a themed reflection writing…
A single combined PDF worksheet packet of sports-themed short fiction stories, each followed by comprehension questions, a vocabulary or word-puzzle exercise, a writing prompt, and an extension activity, for practicing reading comprehension.
An English-language foldable mini-book craft that teaches the Genesis 1 creation story (the seven days of creation), for use in elementary religion classes or Bible-based lessons.
Practice pencil control by tracing printed lines on activity pages.