Core lessons don’t always click for every student—and that’s okay! These lessons offer fresh, focused approaches to help kids grasp critical skills and start mastering them right away, ensuring every student gets the support they need to succeed.
Our lesson plans make evidence-based literacy instruction easy! Grounded in the Science of Reading, they’re standards-aligned, include professional development, and cover every literacy domain—even writing.
Footsteps2Brilliance Essential Lessons™ make teaching easy, no matter your experience. With ready-to-use, evidence-based routines, these lessons help teachers and students succeed. The structured plans ensure knowledge is introduced, practiced, and retained naturally, building student confidence and simplifying your work!
Each Essential Lesson presents a reusable routine
Dictation ensures students practice decoding AND encoding
Standards Alignment Content and Language Objectives
Lesson Notes offer guidance on effective strategies, recommended sequences, and tips to avoid confusion
All materials are available on a resource page
Think Alouds foster metacognition by modeling and encouraging students to verbalize their thinking
Optional Extension & Differentiation activities deepen students’ understanding and/or meet diverse student needs.
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