Free Downloadable Resources

Give your students a SHOT! Download these 6 soccer themed word searches to help students master nouns. Includes Common Nouns, Abstract Nouns (ideas), Compound, and Collective Nouns.

Introducing all the Word Birds with short little stories that students love! Each bird is introduced separately and the story gives a little insight into their unique personality.

Learn a little bit about each of our feathered friends. Students quickly internalize each bird's unique personality and learn who is friends with whom, and why they don't all get along. They may be small in stature, but they play a huge role in helping students understand the different jobs that each part of speech plays. Headbands and bowties do matter and make understanding complicated concepts, such as possessives or gerunds, easy eggs to crack.

The surprising details of what students should know and when they should know it. For example, by third grade, students are expected to "Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences." Could you, as a teacher, explain the difference in how the word kitchen is used in the following sentences? "The new house has a huge kitchen," and "A blue bird hit the kitchen window." Understanding the difference yourself doesn't count (it is a lot more difficult to explain these concepts to young students)!

This is how we approach mastery based learning. Everything is incredibly well scaffolded. The materials offer a broad range of engaging, multisensory activities that allow flexibility and creative, so students can fly high all by themselves.

Once students master syntax and structure, grammar rules start to make sense (well most of them).