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Our mission is to empower students to become skilled readers, writers, and critical thinkers across all subject areas by integrating essential literacy skills into meaningful content learning.
We believe that literacy is not confined to English class—it is the foundation for understanding and communicating in every discipline. Through our curriculum, students develop the ability to:
Identify and utilize concrete examples to support their thinking and strengthen their arguments across all subjects.
Connect research and details to main ideas, building bridges between specific evidence and broader concepts.
Write effectively and fluidly in any situation, adapting their voice and style to meet the demands of different disciplines and audiences.
Apply critical reading skills—including inference, identifying main ideas, analyzing text structure, and evaluating sources—to unlock meaning in science texts, historical documents, mathematical problems, and beyond.
Build vocabulary in meaningful ways by encountering and using academic and domain-specific terms within rich contexts, connecting new words to prior knowledge and real-world applications.
Develop analysis skills through close reading of complex texts, learning to examine language, structure, and meaning with precision and depth across all disciplines
Our approach recognizes that when students learn to read like historians, write like scientists, and think like researchers, they don't just master content—they master the tools for lifelong learning. By embedding literacy instruction within authentic, engaging content from history, science, social studies, and other disciplines, we help students see reading and writing not as separate subjects, but as powerful instruments for exploring and understanding their world.
Through concrete examples, meaningful connections, and purposeful practice, we prepare students to communicate with confidence and think with clarity in any academic or professional context they encounter.
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Mega Bundle Now Prove It: Jory John "Food Group" Key Idea + Evidence + Theme
Featuring: The Bad Seed, The Cool Bean, The Couch Potato, The Sour Grape, The Smart Cookie, The Humble Pie, The Big Cheese, and The Good EggGet all 8 for one low price!Turn reading time into a masterclass in critical thinking with the Jory John 'Food Group' series! This Mega bundle moves students beyond simple recall and challenges them to prove their thinking using direct text evidence. Designed for Grades 3-5, this resource is 100% No-Prep—just print and teach. Each set focuses on the 'Now
2nd - 6th
Reading Strategies, Science of Reading, Writing
Now Prove It: Jory John "Food Group" Key Idea Supporting Evidence Theme Bundle 2
Featuring: The Smart Cookie, The Big Cheese, The Humble Pie, and The Good EggTurn reading time into a masterclass in critical thinking with the Jory John 'Food Group' series! This bundle moves students beyond simple recall and challenges them to prove their thinking using direct text evidence. Designed for Grades 3-5, this resource is 100% No-Prep—just print and teach. Each set focuses on the 'Now, Prove It!' method, where students match key ideas to the specific quotes that support them. Th
2nd - 6th
Reading Strategies, Science of Reading, Writing
Now Prove It: Jory John "Food Group" Key Idea Supporting Evidence Theme Bundle 1
Featuring: The Bad Seed, The Cool Bean, The Couch Potato, and The Sour GrapeTurn reading time into a masterclass in critical thinking with the Jory John 'Food Group' series! This bundle moves students beyond simple recall and challenges them to prove their thinking using direct text evidence. Designed for Grades 3-5, this resource is 100% No-Prep—just print and teach. Each set focuses on the 'Now, Prove It!' method, where students match key ideas to the specific quotes that support them. This
2nd - 6th
Reading Strategies, Science of Reading, Writing
Virginia Writing SOL IRW TestPrep Prompts Thesis Outline Practice1 Middle School
Writing assessments do not just test whether students can write — they test whether students know how to read a prompt. And that is exactly where most students fall apart. They dive straight into writing without identifying what the prompt is actually asking, and their responses miss the mark before they have written a single body paragraph. This resource gives students a repeatable four-step system they can use on any state or county writing assessment — including Virginia's IRW — to break dow
5th - 8th
Writing, Writing-Essays
Bundle Now Prove It Rylant Stray Inference Making Activity + Plot + WRITING
What’s Included✔ Plot Diagram ActivityStudents identify all major plot elements—exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution—using equal-sized sections that require careful judgment about what truly moves the story forward. ✔ Now, Prove It! — InferenceStudents examine 4 inferences from the story, match supporting quotes, and use guided sentence starters to prove their answers. This resource bridges the gap between discussion and formal written analysis. ✔
5th - 8th
Reading Strategies, Short Stories
Raymond's Run Plot Diagram + Evidence-Based Inference Practice + WRITING Bundle
What’s Included✔ Plot Diagram ActivityStudents identify all major plot elements—exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution—using equal-sized sections that require careful judgment about what truly moves the story forward. ✔ Now, Prove It! — InferenceStudents examine 4 inferences from the story, match supporting quotes, and use guided sentence starters to prove their answers. This resource bridges the gap between discussion and formal written analysis. ✔
5th - 9th
ELA Test Prep, Science of Reading, Writing
Bundle Now Prove It + Plot Diagram for Cynthia Rylant's Stray Inference Practice
What’s Included✔ Plot Diagram ActivityStudents identify all major plot elements—exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution—using equal-sized sections that require careful judgment about what truly moves the story forward. ✔ Now, Prove It! — InferenceStudents examine 4 inferences from the story, match supporting quotes, and use guided sentence starters to prove their answers. This resource bridges the gap between discussion and formal written analysis. Wh
5th - 8th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, Short Stories
Now Prove It Raymond's Run Evidence-Based Inference Practice+Plot Diagram Bundle
What’s Included✔ Plot Diagram ActivityStudents identify all major plot elements—exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution—using equal-sized sections that require careful judgment about what truly moves the story forward. ✔ Now, Prove It! — InferenceStudents examine 4 inferences from the story, match supporting quotes, and use guided sentence starters to prove their answers. This resource bridges the gap between discussion and formal written analysis. Wh
5th - 9th
ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies, Short Stories
Now Prove It Rylant Stray Inference Practice + WRITING Evidence-Based Activity
The Problem:Students often make surface-level inferences or select quotes without fully understanding how evidence supports meaning. Class discussions stall, written responses lack precision, and students struggle to articulate the why behind their thinking. The Solution:Now, Prove It! teaches students to think critically about evidence by evaluating and matching carefully selected quotes to specific inference statements—then proving why the match works. Students learn to:Analyze evidence beyon
5th - 8th
Close Reading, Short Stories, Writing
Evidence-Based Inference Practice + WRITING ADD ON Now Prove It Raymond's Run
The Problem:Students often make surface-level inferences or select quotes without fully understanding how evidence supports meaning. Class discussions stall, written responses lack precision, and students struggle to articulate the why behind their thinking. The Solution:Now, Prove It! teaches students to think critically about evidence by evaluating and matching carefully selected quotes to specific inference statements—then proving why the match works. Students learn to:Analyze evidence beyon
5th - 9th
Science of Reading, Short Stories, Writing
The Marble Champ Plot Diagram+Theme Tracker Writing Response Activity Grade 5678
ProblemDoes teaching plot structure ever feel like you’re talking at students instead of engaging them? You define “inciting incident.” You explain “falling action.” They copy notes… and then still struggle to explain what the story is actually about. The issue isn’t your teaching. It’s that most plot activities stop at labeling. Students memorize terms without ever thinking through how those parts impact the narrative, conflict, characterization, and, most importantly, theme. The SolutionThis
5th - 8th
Close Reading, Short Stories, Writing
Sentence Types Builder Mega Bundle: Compound & Complex (Fiction + Nonfiction)
Help your students master sentence structure with this engaging, hands-on bundle! Perfect for warm-ups, centers, small-group instruction, or quick assessments, these three Sentence Builder sets give students repeated practice constructing clear, complete, and grammatically correct sentences. This bundle includes three full resources: 1️⃣ Compound Sentence Builder–Coordinating Conjunctions and Conjunctive Adverbs (semicolons) 2️⃣ Complex Sentence Builder – Fiction Edition 3️⃣ Complex Senten
4th - 12th
ELA Test Prep, Grammar
Now Prove It: Jory John Humble Pie Key Idea+Detail & Theme+Writing Grades 3 4 5
Struggling to teach theme without confusion, blank stares, or surface-level answers?If your students can retell the story but freeze when asked “What’s the theme?”, you’re not alone. Theme is one of the most abstract—and frustrating—ELA skills to teach in upper elementary. Students often confuse it with topic, key ideas, or details, and teachers are left reteaching the same concepts over and over. Now, Prove It: Picture Book Edition was designed to solve that exact problem. This scaffolded, ste
2nd - 6th
ELA Test Prep, Reading, Writing
Now Prove It: Couch Potato Key Idea Supporting Details Theme Writing Grade 3 4 5
Struggling to teach theme without confusion, blank stares, or surface-level answers?If your students can retell the story but freeze when asked “What’s the theme?”, you’re not alone. Theme is one of the most abstract—and frustrating—ELA skills to teach in upper elementary. Students often confuse it with topic, key ideas, or details, and teachers are left reteaching the same concepts over and over. Now, Prove It: Picture Book Edition was designed to solve that exact problem. This scaffolded, ste
2nd - 6th
Reading Strategies, Science of Reading, Writing
Now, Prove It The Good Egg Key Idea Supporting Details & Theme Grades 2 3 4
Struggling to teach theme without confusion, blank stares, or surface-level answers?If your students can retell the story but freeze when asked “What’s the theme?”, you’re not alone. Theme is one of the most abstract—and frustrating—ELA skills to teach in upper elementary. Students often confuse it with topic, key ideas, or details, and teachers are left reteaching the same concepts over and over. Now, Prove It: Picture Book Edition was designed to solve that exact problem. This scaffolded, ste
2nd - 6th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, Writing
Now Prove It The Sour Grape Key Idea Evidence Theme Writing for Grades 2 3 4 5
Struggling to teach theme without confusion, blank stares, or surface-level answers?If your students can retell the story but freeze when asked “What’s the theme?”, you’re not alone. Theme is one of the most abstract—and frustrating—ELA skills to teach in upper elementary. Students often confuse it with topic, key ideas, or details, and teachers are left reteaching the same concepts over and over. Now, Prove It: Picture Book Edition was designed to solve that exact problem. This scaffolded, ste
2nd - 6th
Close Reading, ELA Test Prep, Writing
Now, Prove It: The Smart Cookie Key Idea, Details, Theme, Writing Grades 3 4 5
Struggling to teach theme without confusion, blank stares, or surface-level answers?If your students can retell the story but freeze when asked “What’s the theme?”, you’re not alone. Theme is one of the most abstract—and frustrating—ELA skills to teach in upper elementary. Students often confuse it with topic, key ideas, or details, and teachers are left reteaching the same concepts over and over. Now, Prove It: Picture Book Edition was designed to solve that exact problem. This scaffolded, ste
2nd - 6th
Reading Strategies, Science of Reading, Writing
Now Prove It The Big Cheese Key Idea Evidence Match Theme Writing Grades 3 4 5
Struggling to teach theme without confusion, blank stares, or surface-level answers?If your students can retell the story but freeze when asked “What’s the theme?”, you’re not alone. Theme is one of the most abstract—and frustrating—ELA skills to teach in upper elementary. Students often confuse it with topic, key ideas, or details, and teachers are left reteaching the same concepts over and over. Now, Prove It: Picture Book Edition was designed to solve that exact problem. This scaffolded, ste
2nd - 6th
ELA Test Prep, Science of Reading, Writing
Plot Diagram + Theme Tracker Activity Practice for Lynette Samuel's The Satchel
ProblemDoes teaching plot structure ever feel like you’re talking at students instead of engaging them? You define “inciting incident.” You explain “falling action.” They copy notes… and then still struggle to explain what the story is actually about. The issue isn’t your teaching. It’s that most plot activities stop at labeling. Students memorize terms without ever thinking through how those parts impact the narrative, conflict, characterization, and, most importantly, theme. The SolutionThis
5th - 8th
ELA Test Prep, Short Stories, Writing
Now Prove It Stray (Rylant) Inference Practice Activity Reading Comprehension
The Problem: Students often make surface-level inferences or select quotes without fully understanding how evidence supports meaning. Class discussions stall, written responses lack precision, and students struggle to articulate the why behind their thinking. The Solution: Now, Prove It! teaches students to think critically about evidence by evaluating and matching carefully selected quotes to specific inference statements—then proving why the match works. In this version, students analyze Cyn
5th - 8th
ELA Test Prep, Reading Strategies, Short Stories
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About the store
Experience
Our mission is to empower students to become skilled readers, writers, and critical thinkers across all subject areas by integrating essential literacy skills into meaningful content learning.
We believe that literacy is not confined to English class—it is the foundation for understanding and communicating in every discipline. Through our curriculum, students develop the ability to:
Identify and utilize concrete examples to support their thinking and strengthen their arguments across all subjects.
Connect research and details to main ideas, building bridges between specific evidence and broader concepts.
Write effectively and fluidly in any situation, adapting their voice and style to meet the demands of different disciplines and audiences.
Apply critical reading skills—including inference, identifying main ideas, analyzing text structure, and evaluating sources—to unlock meaning in science texts, historical documents, mathematical problems, and beyond.
Build vocabulary in meaningful ways by encountering and using academic and domain-specific terms within rich contexts, connecting new words to prior knowledge and real-world applications.
Develop analysis skills through close reading of complex texts, learning to examine language, structure, and meaning with precision and depth across all disciplines
Our approach recognizes that when students learn to read like historians, write like scientists, and think like researchers, they don't just master content—they master the tools for lifelong learning. By embedding literacy instruction within authentic, engaging content from history, science, social studies, and other disciplines, we help students see reading and writing not as separate subjects, but as powerful instruments for exploring and understanding their world.
Through concrete examples, meaningful connections, and purposeful practice, we prepare students to communicate with confidence and think with clarity in any academic or professional context they encounter.
Teaching style
I believe in teaching that goes beyond worksheets and rote learning. My classroom is built on meaningful literacy—where students read to understand, write to think, and speak to explore ideas. I design resources that help students engage deeply with content, think critically, and communicate clearly across all subject areas.
My own education history
BS in Elementary Education with minor in English
M.ed. in English Education
Additional Graduate work in Children's Literature
Additional biographical information
Began as an elementary teacher. Taught for 15 years in college and early college. Spent 4 years in high school classroom. Currently a middle school teacher.
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