Monthly live coaching for grades 3–5 teachers. Each month we take one great picture book and walk through a whole week of vocabulary, comprehension, discussion, writing, and tiered support, together.
Every month we pick one picture book unit and teach the whole week together on Google Meet, the second Tuesday at 7 PM ET. Here is what we are teaching this season.
Your last week of October is handled. A rabbit, a crayon that does his work for him, and a conversation about honesty your kids will still be talking about at recess.
Every class has the kid who always lets someone else shine. This one is for them. We teach the whole week live on Tuesday, November 10.
The one read-aloud I would never let a teacher skip. A Caldecott classic, a Black child's joyful winter, and a week your students will remember. We teach it live on Tuesday, December 8.
One book every month, taught live. Can't make it? The replay is waiting in your member Google Classroom within 48 hours.
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Explore a free sample of our classroom-ready literacy resources and get a closer look at the thoughtful instruction behind Tales of Patty Pepper.
A closer look at purposeful literacy instruction for grades 3–5.
5 original pages from the 47-page We Are the Gardeners Book Companion. A sample from Tales of Patty Pepper, not a complete membership unit.
In 2022, I was teaching We Are The Gardeners to my Grades 3–5 class. I shared a moment from that lesson on Instagram. Joanna Gaines saw it and sent books to every one of my students.
The Story Garden Club is built on that same idea. One book, taught with intention, can reach every reader in your room. The FLOW framework makes sure of it. Every unit is already built around that principle.
Are still spent building what you need for Monday. That should not be your life.
Are falling through because you barely have time for Tier 1, let alone two more plans built from nothing.
Has good intentions but nothing connects Monday to Friday or this week to last.
Are ready for real conversations about real books. You just need the structure to get there without building it yourself.
Takes longer than your teaching. You got into this work to teach, not to build from scratch forever.
Deserves a system that actually works. Not a pile of resources. A system.
The Story Garden Club is monthly live coaching for Grades 3–5 ELA teachers. Each month, we take one diverse picture book and map out Monday through Friday together. You leave with a plan for your Tier 1, 2, and 3 students and answers to your real questions. You do not have to figure it out alone. That is the whole point.
Every Story Garden session follows the same 4-part structure. Students learn the routine once. You save planning time every week.
Set the skill and vocabulary. Every unit opens with a clear literacy focus and 5 key words students need before the read-aloud.
Close read and discussion. Students go back into the text and talk about what they notice. Discussion prompts are ready to project.
Comprehension check across all three tiers. Tier 1 whole group. Tier 2 small group extension. Tier 3 intensive scaffold. All built in.
Written response with a structured prompt and exit ticket. Three levels of scaffolding so every student can access the task.
These are the units we teach from in our live sessions. Every one of them is in my TPT store, and in the club I show you how to teach it so every reader in your room gets there.
One live session every month. One book, one week, planned together. Open it Monday. Teach all week.
Every unit is built from the same belief: one great book, taught with intention, can reach every reader in the room.
Real books. Real classrooms. Real teaching.
A Grades 3–5 belonging and identity unit built around the 250th anniversary of America. One mentor text. A week of instruction. All three tiers, already built.
Three slides from a full week that is already built and ready to project. The full unit is in my TPT store.
Grab the companion guide, slide deck, and full unit in my TPT store. Then bring your questions to a live session and we will plan your week together.
"This activity went well with the book All Are Welcome during the first week of school. Great beginning of the year activity."
"This was a great compliment to the read aloud. Students found it very engaging."
"Great resource for 2nd grade ELs. They enjoyed the book and were engaged."
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