Unlock Literary Potential


Engage, Educate, and Inspire

Bring literature to life with resources that transform your language arts instruction.

Gay Miller

Simplify Your Planning

Make planning effortless with ready-to-use resources.

Amplify Your Impact

Engage students and enhance learning outcomes.

Focus on Teaching, Not Prepping

Spend more time teaching and less time preparing.

Do You Struggle With...

Motivating Students

Finding engaging materials that capture your students' interest can be tough.

Time-Consuming Prep

Spending hours preparing lessons and activities instead of focusing on teaching.

Keeping Students on Track

Ensuring every student stays focused and on task throughout the lesson.

Discover Your Teaching Essentials


TPT Shop


Explore a wide range of resources designed to enhance your classroom, including novel studies, reading skill units, and more.

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Boom Learning Shop


Engage your students with interactive digital activities on Boom Learning. Perfect for self-paced learning and immediate feedback.

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Blog


Dive into my blog for teaching strategies, book lists, and resources to enhance literacy instruction in your classroom.

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What Teachers Are Saying


"I am always looking for engaging Language activities for my students to participate in. These concepts and the activities that go along with them, are fun and informative. They encourage my students to remain on task and take responsibility for completing their activities on time."

- Heidi H.

"This novel study was really easy to implement and use with my students. I love that it was all set up for me, and was really cute. Lots of options to use with the different groups for differentiation too!"

- Teaching Struggling Learners

"This was a great resource to supplement the reading of the book Holes. Students found the questions engaging, challenging, and made them think."

- Brittany W.

"I don't even know where to begin, other than 'Big Bang for your BUCK!' This product is loaded with so much. You did an amazing job organizing this product to include a table of contents, organized digital resources and so much more! You rock!"

- Kimberlee B.

Meet Your Guide


Gay Miller

Hello! My name is Gay Miller, and I am here to help upper elementary teachers find teaching materials that will make lesson planning quick and easy by providing "Monday Morning Ready" language arts units and activities for students.

You're in the right place if you:

  • Love novel studies
  • Are looking for new ideas to try in your classroom
  • Want learning to be fun with games and hands-on activities
  • Like teaching difficult skills with the aid of animated shorts
  • Love using organizers to help students plan out answers
  • Love video lessons

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Gay Miller

Places to Visit

 


Animals

Are your students struggling with writing papers? Check out a great short research project. Students use a template to research details about their selected animals. Best yet, materials are included, so you can replicate this project in your classroom .

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Apples

Who said using apple theme lessons had to be for little kids? Check out these fun activities for upper elementary students including creative writing, classroom friendly recipes, book study resources,  and more.     

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Chocolate

Americans consume 2.8 billion pounds of chocolate each year. This averages over 11 pounds per person, So, why not include this high-interest topic in your lesson plans? Want to know how? Look here.   

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Christmas

Are you wondering what to do when the holdiay season has students bounching in their seats? Check out Christmas Jeopardy, Compare and Contrast Christmas, I Have Who Has, as well as other great holiday activities.  

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Dogs

Do your students love dogs? Create high-interest lessons by including these incredible dog stories, games, and activities in your plans. Your students will especially love "Name that Dog." Clues are provided for famous dogs. Your students must guess who they are.   

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Seasonal

Are you looking for some ideas to add some pizzaz to your school year?  Back-to-School, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Black History Month are just a few of the resources and teaching ideas you'll find here.

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