Simply Dillard

Bring science and art together with this Constellation Research Project! Students explore the stars through an engaging informational passage, comprehension questions, and 19 constellation research articles before creating their own starry night painting. Perfect for 4th–5th grade, this cross-curricular project builds research, writing, and creativity — and makes a beautiful classroom display!

Looking for meaningful, ready-to-use phonics practice that aligns with the 95 Percent Group Phonics Lessons? This resource provides homework activities for Lessons 1–7, designed to reinforce the skills your students are learning in class while keeping practice engaging, structured, and effective. Each lesson includes:Morpheme Mapping – Students break words into syllables and practice using them in context.Morphology Practice – Build vocabulary and comprehension by exploring prefixes, roots, an

Looking for meaningful, ready-to-use phonics practice that aligns with the 95 Percent Group Phonics Lessons? This resource provides homework activities for Lessons 15-20, designed to reinforce the skills your students are learning in class while keeping practice engaging, structured, and effective. Each lesson includes:Morpheme Mapping – Students break words into syllables and practice using them in contextMorphology Practice – Build vocabulary and comprehension by exploring prefixes, roots, a

Looking for meaningful, ready-to-use phonics practice that aligns with the 95 Percent Group Phonics Lessons? This resource provides homework activities for Lessons 8-14, designed to reinforce the skills your students are learning in class while keeping practice engaging, structured, and effective. Each lesson includes:Morpheme Mapping – Students break words into syllables and practice using them in context.Morphology Practice – Build vocabulary and comprehension by exploring prefixes, roots, a

Bring the magic of the holidays into your literacy block with this engaging set of seven holiday-themed phonics and word study centers. Students practice syllable types, prefixes, suffixes, roots, morphology, multisyllabic word division and missing vowels through hands-on task cards, recording sheets and adorable seasonal characters. Each center includes clear visual directions, themed word cards and student-friendly activities perfect for small groups, stations and independent practice. This r

Looking for a high-engagement science project that builds real understanding of adaptations?This Animal Adaptations Research Project guides students from scientific analysis to creative application as they transform real animal adaptations into superhero powers rooted in structure and function. Rigor meets creativity in this NGSS-aligned cross-curricular project. This resource includes: ✔ Informational passage: What Are Adaptations? ✔ Comprehension question set ✔ Structured animal research org

Bring meaningful science investigation into your classroom with this engaging Walking Rainbow Lab that goes beyond observation and into real data analysis, graphing, and evidence-based writing! Students investigate the driving question: How quickly does water move through a paper towel?This two-day NGSS-aligned lab integrates: Hands-on investigationMeasurable data collectionGraphing resultsInformational text readingClaim-Evidence-Reasoning writingScientific vocabulary developmentThis is not ju

A real world weather and climate investigation for grades 4 to 5Turn your students into meteorologists as they track real global weather, analyze patterns, research climate, and construct scientific explanations. In this multi day investigation, students are assigned unique locations around the world. Each day, they collect and record authentic weather data, connect measurements to weather tools, and discuss emerging patterns. After building a strong data set, students research climate and use e

Bring Earth science to life with this cross-curricular extreme weather research project! In this engaging investigation, students explore how different types of weather hazards form, impact communities, and how scientists and engineers design solutions to reduce damage.Students read informational texts, analyze weather data, research real-world disasters, and design their own weather hazard safety solution using scientific reasoning. This project blends science, reading comprehension, engine

Scientific Inquiry Picture of the Day: Unit 1 – Stars and PlanetsThis resource provides a ready-to-use daily science routine that helps students think like scientists through short, consistent inquiry experiences. Each day, students observe a real space image and engage in discussion, questioning, and pattern noticing. These slides work as science warm-ups, bell ringers, lesson openers, or science notebook prompts and fit easily into any Earth and space science unit. What students will do Observ

Week 18 – 95 Percent Phonics Core Program® Companion BundleDive into discovery with this engaging Week 18 companion resource, thoughtfully aligned with the 95 Percent Phonics Core Program®. This week focuses on vowel teams and complex multisyllable words, giving students the opportunity to strengthen decoding and fluency skills while exploring the hidden wonders of our planet through rich, meaningful text. Students will connect with the fascinating nonfiction text “Exploring Earth’s Hidden

Week 24 continues the Lexicon Lab, a focused series of lessons designed to help students revisit, strengthen, and apply their word study knowledge in meaningful, connected ways. Rather than introducing new phonics patterns, this lesson deepens students’ understanding of morphology, vocabulary, and word construction, encouraging them to analyze how words are built and how meaning is shaped. In this week’s lesson, students work with engaging texts to explore the relationship between language, mea

Week 23 continues the Lexicon Lab, a focused series of lessons designed to help students revisit, strengthen, and apply their word study knowledge in meaningful, connected ways. Rather than introducing new phonics patterns, this lesson deepens students’ understanding of morphology, vocabulary, and word construction, encouraging them to analyze how words are built and how meaning is shaped. In this week’s lesson, students work with engaging texts to explore the relationship between language, mea

Week 19 – 95 Percent Phonics Core Program® Companion Bundle Bring science, phonics, and poetry together with this engaging Week 19 companion resource, thoughtfully aligned with the 95 Percent Phonics Core Program®. This week focuses on vowel teams and complex multisyllable words, giving students the opportunity to strengthen decoding and fluency skills while exploring the beauty and complexity of ocean ecosystems through vivid, descriptive text. Students will connect with the beautifully written

Week 22 continues the Lexicon Lab, a focused series of lessons designed to help students revisit, strengthen, and apply their word study knowledge in meaningful, connected ways. Rather than introducing new phonics patterns, this lesson deepens students’ understanding of morphology, vocabulary, and word construction, encouraging them to analyze how words are built and how meaning is shaped. In this week’s lesson, students work with engaging texts to explore the relationship between language, mea

Week 21 launches students into the Lexicon Lab, a special series of ten lessons in which learners revisit, strengthen, and apply their word study knowledge at a deeper, more meaningful level. Instead of introducing new phonics patterns, the Lexicon Lab focuses on morphology, vocabulary, and word construction, giving students the opportunity to explore how words work from the inside out. In this week’s lesson, students engage with the high-interest theme of drone light shows, using the nonfiction

Scientific Inquiry Picture of the Day: Unit 4 – Weather & ClimateThis resource provides a ready-to-use daily science routine that helps students think like scientists through short, consistent inquiry experiences. Each day, students observe a real space image and engage in discussion, questioning, and pattern noticing. These slides work as science warm-ups, bell ringers, lesson openers, or science notebook prompts and fit easily into your weather and climate unit. What students will doObserve an

Scientific Inquiry Picture of the Day: Unit 2 – Earth, Moon, and StarsThis resource provides a ready-to-use daily science routine that helps students think like scientists through short, consistent inquiry experiences. Each day, students observe a real space image and engage in discussion, questioning, and pattern noticing. These slides work as science warm-ups, bell ringers, lesson openers, or science notebook prompts and fit easily into any Earth and space science unit. What students will doOb

Scientific Inquiry Picture of the Day: Unit 3 – Water CycleThis resource provides a ready-to-use daily science routine that helps students think like scientists through short, consistent inquiry experiences. Each day, students observe a real space image and engage in discussion, questioning, and pattern noticing. These slides work as science warm-ups, bell ringers, lesson openers, or science notebook prompts and fit easily into any water cycle unit. What students will doObserve and analyze space

Bring your phonics lessons to life with this engaging Week 14 companion resource, designed to align seamlessly with the 95 Percent Phonics Core Program®. This week focuses on closed, silent-e, and open multisyllable patterns while exploring fascinating animal adaptations that help creatures survive extreme cold. Students will connect with the nonfiction passage, “Frozen Frogs and Other Cold Curiosities,” discovering how animals use hibernation, slowed metabolism, insulation, and other incred