For reading and writing I like to write my own stories, and then read these to the kids as a hook to engage them into the sequence. Once reading the story, I will go through the particular topic of focus for the lesson. The topic could be about Conjunctions, Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, etc. I then go through with the students a teacher-directed powerpoint, teaching them about the topic, where afterwards in a teacher/student directed manner we unpack activities together.