A Lively Classroom

This 4-week unit covers Black History Month through the lens of looking for heroes and allies. Students will look at different historical figures from the Civil Rights' Movement to identify what makes them heroes as well as the allies who helped them accomplish what they did. This unit encourages students to be heroes and fight for justice and allies who support and encourage others. This unit includes: 4 weeks of lessons to cover the whole monthKey vocabulary with Frayer ModelsA readers' theat

Can you survive the Oregon Trail? In this immersive role playing game, students form a covered wagon family and try their luck as they traverse the Oregon Trail! Each stop along the way requires students to make decisions and roll dice to see how they fare on their journey. Students love this putting themselves in the pioneers' shoes and seeing how they do as they travel to from the Mississippi River all the way to Oregon City. Aligns with CKLA 2nd grade Westward Expansion unit.

Immerse students in history with this readers' theater script of the Brown vs. Board of Education landmark case. Readers' theater is proven to increase both reading fluency and comprehension, and students develop a greater understanding of the history involved. This script is great as a classroom exercise, or for older kids putting on a production for younger students. This product includes: Character assignment sheet for teachersReading level differentiationScript with 7 different scenesCharac

This adorable bee themed display is perfect for Spring! Welcome students into your class with one of 2 bee puns and 3 different ways to display students names / pictures. This display is fully editable, so you can add students names to the document and then print.

This fun play on the Gingerbread Man's catch phrase is sure to brighten students' day as they enter your classroom. Use the gingerbread cut-outs to add students' pictures for extra fun!

Practice synonyms with these fun matching game cards! Each deck contains 20 sets of winter themed synonyms for students to match. This game works great as a center. Version A contains sentences on the cards for context clues. Version B contains just the words.

These MAZE cards were created to encourage MAZE practice in a fun way! MAZE is an assessment through DIBELS to gauge comprehension and reading fluency, and it's often one of the assessments students need the most help with. Even if your school does not do DIBELS, this is still a great way to practice comprehension and fluency together. Students play in a small group by reading the short passage. Each passage has a word missing with 3 choices in bold of what could go in the blank. The first stude

This fast-paced game is a great way for students to practice nonsense words, both as preparation for DIBELS testing and to improve students' overall decoding fluency. These cards contain: Closed syllables (CVC) Magic E syllables (CVCe) R-controlled syllables (CVrC) This game works well both as an intervention as well as an independent center.

Word sorts are a great way to help students understand decoding. These word sorts are great for whole groups, small groups, independent centers, homework, and reading interventions.

Word sorts are a great way to help students understand decoding. These word sorts are great for whole groups, small groups, independent centers, homework, and reading interventions.

Blank Phonics lesson plan template - compatible with ANY phonics curriculum including ARC, Letterland, UFLI, CKLA, etc. This lesson plan template follows a predictable weekly pattern which is helpful both for students and teachers, and features all components of the science of reading including phonemic awareness, sound drills, heart words, direct phonics instruction, dictation, connect to text, and connect to meaning.

This slide show was created to help students become proficient with Zoom. In the notes for each slide are fun activities and games they can play to help them master all the buttons and help them get to know one another. It is geared for lower elementary school.

These MAZE cards were created to encourage MAZE practice in a fun way! MAZE is an assessment through DIBELS to gauge comprehension and reading fluency, and it's often one of the assessments students need the most help with. Even if your school does not do DIBELS, this is still a great way to practice comprehension and fluency together. Students play in a small group by reading the short passage. Each passage has a word missing with 3 choices in bold of what could go in the blank. The first st

These journals are perfect for small group enrichment. Students all have a different job to do as they read through the chapters of their books. This helps facilitate strong discussions amongst students and a deeper comprehension of the story Jobs during reading:Amazing Artist Word Wizard Character Connoisseur Super Summarizer Discussion Director Crazy Connections After reading:Predictions Psychic Character Development Literary Critic While I've typically used these for literature, they also wo

Onset and rime sliders are a great way to get students to blend words to decode. Students will use parts of the word they already know to read new words. This product contains 48 word families that are included in American Reading Company, as well as a blank set of cards for any more word families you may need.

Key Details & Main Idea: Help students look for key details in a text by thinking about finding answers to who, what, where, when, why, and how. While a book likely will not have answers to all of the questions, this organizer helps them understand what kind of information can be a key detail. From there they can determine the main idea. GREAT for students who struggle with finding key details. Text Feature Information: As you read a book, students can collect information they learn from

Start your Open House with this awesome door display! This display is great for a robotics or STEM theme, a STEM or science class, etc. There are 3 ways to display students names and/or pictures so they feel welcome and know they're in the right place by Open House and the first day of school.

Our Cinderella unit is one of my favorite units! In this unit students use informational text to learn about the continents, and then use literature to compare and contrast Cinderella stories from around the world. This helps children realize how similar people are and helps them to celebrate our differences.

Online learning can be fun! Mad Libs game is all about the virus and quarantine - so it's relative to students now. Mad Libs is also a great way for students to learn parts of speech in a way that is fun and absolutely unforgettable. This product is editable, so you can type student's word suggestions in as they go.

Use this virtual calendar for your morning meetings.