Skill Builders Overview

Grammar Skill Builders

• Identifying parts of speech: Sentence Diagrams
• Using punctuation correctly
  • Harlem Renaissance (Comma Usage Worksheet)
  • History of the Dog (Comma Usage Worksheet)
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  • A Christmas Carol (Comma Usage Worksheet)
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• Practicing verb tenses
• Understanding subject-verb agreement
• Constructing complex sentences

Writing Skill Builders 

Hiset Essay Outline

Step by Step - Organization - Worksheet 1

Step by Step - Pro or Con - Worksheet 2

• HiSET Writing Practice
  • Man's Best Friend (How the Wolf became the Dog)
  • A Christmas Carol - Can People Really Change?
  • Online Learning Persuasive Prompt with Example Essay    (Informal Example)
  • Video Game Articles & Prompt
  • Wilderness Conservation Articles & Prompt
• Journal Prompts
  • Weekly Journal Check-In
  • Exit Ticket
  • De-Extinction Writing Prompt
  • Langston Hughes Scholastic Article - Journal Prompt 1
  • Langston Hughes Scholastic Article - Journal Prompt 2
  • Without Dreams Metaphors
  • Woolly Mammoth Journal
  • The History of Dogs - Journal Prompt
  • Intro. Christmas Carol Journal
  • A Christmas Carol - Journal Prompt
• Phonemic Awareness Activities
  • Langston Hughes Vocabulary - Phonemic Awareness
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  • Woolly Mammoth - Phonemic Awareness
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  • History of the Dog - Phonemic Awareness
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  • A Christmas Carol - Phonemic Awareness
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• ReadWorks
  • Article a Day Reflection

• Cursive Writing Practice Booklet
• Job Fair - Research
• Spelling Rules Bookmark

Reading Skill Builders

Phonics Instruction

Sound Rules to Create Word Ladders

VCE Word Ladder  (Lesson)

VCE Word Ladder   (Lesson2)

VCE Word Ladder Advanced  (Lesson 3) (Lesson 3 Modified - 8 Words)

• Latin Root Activities
  • Langston Hughes Scholastic Article Latin Roots
  • History of the Dog Latin Roots
  • Woolly Mammoth Latin Roots
  • A Christmas Carol Latin Roots
• Vocabulary Enrichment
  • A Christmas Carol Analogies
• Hiset Reading Skills
  • Mother to Son Text; Link to Video Read Aloud
  • Mother to Son (Figurative Language Worksheet) (Paired Text with Langston Hughes Article)
  • A Christmas Carol - Video

Puzzle Solutions

-3D Printed Puzzles

Instructional Resources & Other Soft Skills

• Breakout Box
• Breakout Box 2
• Class Daily Outline
• HiSET Skills List
• Framework for Lesson/Unit Plans
• Chat Prompt Resources
  -https://www.aiforeducation.io/
• SEL - Ruler Approach - Chatgpt Prompt
• RULER Worksheet Prompt - Chatgpt Prompt
• Vocabulary Teacher's Guide - Chatgpt Prompt
• Nonfiction Passage with Punctuation Practice - Chatgpt Prompt
• Example Essays - Chatgpt Prompt
• Quick HiSET Format & Transition Words
• Word Analysis Folder
  • Phonics Folder Front Cover
  • Phonemes Folder Help Sheet
• The Science of Reading  (Rough Notes)
• Foundations of Reading
• Foundations of Reading 2
• Transition Fair
  • Career Interest Survey
• Jeopardy
• Reading Jeopardy