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Say goodbye to endless prep. My upper elementary and middle school ELA plans are designed to save time, help you teach with confidence, and make learning fun again.

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I help 6th grade ELA teachers feel confident, prepared, and successful in the classroom by sharing simple yet engaging & research-based lesson plans.

Streamline Instruction

Get clarity on what to teach with this free handbook—a genre-centered roadmap that simplifies lesson planning.

Decorate with Purpose

Bring figurative language to life with this free set of posters designed to support & reinforce key terms.

Grammar Made Simple

Overwhelmed with grammar? This guide will break down the essentials and give you the tools to teach with confidence.

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Grab Your Free Elements of Fiction Doodle Notes

Help your students visually organize key fiction concepts with a free set of doodle notes! My best-selling notes aim to help you simplify character types, plot structure, conflict, and more while reinforcing understanding in a fun and effective way

Morphology Blueprint

The Middle-Grade Teacher’s Morphology Blueprint (or The Morphology Blueprint) – The Morphology Blueprint gives you the framework, the vocabulary, the scope & sequence, and the weekly routine to make morphology instruction simple and sustainable. And it’s free.

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Streamline Instruction

Get clarity on what’s most essential to teach with this free handbook, a genre-centered roadmap that will simplify your lesson planning!

Decorate with Purpose

Bring figurative language to life with this free set of modern boho posters designed to support & reinforce key terms!

Step into Grammar

If your students need foundational grammar instruction, but you aren’t sure where to start, this guide is for you! These grammar cheat sheets will help you understand the basic progression of the parts of speech, the parts of a sentence, and the different sentence types. 

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