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Interactive Fiction (IF) a form of storytelling in which the reader participates in the narrative by making choices and navigating branching paths. It blends elements of literature and games so that the reader’s decisions influence the direction or outcome of the story. IF texts can be powerful tools for building literacy when they are intentionally aligned with the Science of Reading (SoR). The key is to use their built-in motivation, decision-making, and rereading loops to strengthen the very

ARMS and CUPS are well-known, powerful strategies for young writers to revise and edit their writing, particularly narratives. ARMS is an acronym for Add, Remove, Move, & Substitute, while CUPS stands for Captialization, Usage, Punctuation, & Spelling. This product contains my original and thorough overview of both strategies and a unique checklist for students which details each step of the revising and editing process. Give your students a precise, practical, and actionable method for editi

Most educators were presented with Bloom's Taxonomy - a hierarchy of learning- in their college preparatory classes. This tool is then used by teachers to design their lesson plans and scaffold instruction. However, most teachers miss out on the opportunity to share this knowledge with their students. Now you can use this powerful tool to lead your students to the understanding that there is a depth and breadth to knowledge, of which they were previously unaware. This presentation walks educat