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Zoom, Zoom, Zoom

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in a pre-writing activity that reinforces organization in writing. They write a piece of narrative writing using the traits of organization.
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Who Works for Nonprofits?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore career opportunities in the nonprofit sector. In this character development and career lesson, students identify job opportunities in a nonprofit organization and research the necessary skills needed for these jobs. ...
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Bugs, Worms and Others

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore biology by conducting an outdoor research activity. In this insect identification lesson, students collaborate with classmates to examine organisms they find on a class field trip either in their school playground or a...
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Summer Shorts

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Want to use sequence maps in your narrative writing unit? Young writers work to create personal narratives about their summer vacation. They write a narrative of their vacation and create a display using summer clothing shapes made from...
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Creating a Story that "Stacks" on Itself and Repeats a Catch Phrase

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore language arts by reading a classic children's story in class. In this story structure lesson, students read the Judith Viorst book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Students discuss the...
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Verdi

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore language arts by answering study questions about a book they read. In this reading summary lesson, 3rd graders read the book Verdi by Janell Cannon and identify the plot, characters and sequence of the story....
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Organizer
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5 W's Circle Graphic Organizer

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students complete a 5 W's circle graphic organizer. They fill our the who, what, where, why, and when ovals around the center oval which is labeled for the topic.
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Strategies for Organization and Elaboration of Personal Narrative

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Personal narrative writing is usually a favorite form of writing for youngsters because they get to write about a personal experience. The lesson here asks pupils to take a piece of narrative writing and improve it by following...
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PPT
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Research

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This research PowerPoint provides questions to consider when selecting a research topic. Emerging writers consider their purpose for writing and the audience they are writing for, and then practice narrowing down a topic given a list of...
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Printables
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Access (1st Year) Pen Pal Format

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Help young writers make a good first impression on their pen pals with this personal letter template. Including sentence frames and word banks, this resource supports children as they learn to write personal descriptions using complete...
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Organizer
Shenendehowa Central Schools

A Very Special Biography About _________

For Students 1st - 4th
Prepare pupils for writing a biography by asking them to fill out this graphic organizer. Learners fill in eight bubbles about their chosen person.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: On-Demand Informational Writing

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Lesson 7 focuses on building academic vocabulary and writing an explanatory letter with supported textual evidence. For the first five minutes of the instructional activity, the educator reminds the class of how to read and refer to the...
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Working on the Slant

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Compare and contrast a major news story from various newspapers. How does the perspective change? Are certain things included in some of the stories and left out of others? Have pupils complete a graphic organizer to compare how...
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EngageNY

Paragraph Writing Instruction

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Writing a paragraph from details found directly in a text is the central focus of this thorough and explicit lesson plan. Using the stories Nasreen's Secret School and Rain School, third graders are lead step-by-step through the basics...
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Lesson Planet Article
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Keeping Yourself Organized During Writer's Workshop

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Writer's Workshop can be a wonderful way to develop a classroom of authors.
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Natural Inquirer Ecosystem Article Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discover new ways to preserve the ecosystem by completing graphic organizers.  In this environmental activity, students read an article from the Natural Inquirer in small groups and fill out a graphic organizer based on the...
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Organizer
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Problem-Solution Chart

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this using a graphic organizer to problem solve worksheet, students fill in the blanks on the chart to tell who, what and why the problem, solutions tried and their results, and the end results. Students write 8 answers. 
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Organizer
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The Five W's

For Students 1st - 4th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students answer the five w's in the provided spaces on the worksheet. There are five spaces on the worksheet to fill out. This is ideal to use as a reading comprehension tool.
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Ware County Schools

Simple Directions

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
When teaching someone how to do something, it's important to give clear directions. Your youngsters can practice their skills by completing these worksheets meant to help learners describe the steps in a process. It's not just any...
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Activity
Smekens Education Solutions, Inc.

Introducing the 6 Traits to Students

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
Put together an English language arts unit on the six traits of writing with this helpful collection of resources. From fun songs to differentiated writing exercises reinforcing each of the traits, great ideas are provided for developing...
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Organizer
Student Handouts

Process Steps

For Students K - 8th
A straightforward graphic organizer is a great way to outline steps for any subject. Kids fill out 10 steps to describe a process or brainstorm writing, with small arrows indicating that one step leads to the next.
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Nonprofits?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners distinguish the nonprofit sector from the for-profit sector. They define and give examples of nonprofit organizations, name and illustrate examples in the local community and compare and contrast nonprofits to the for-profit...
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Earthworms

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners observe and chart the body of earthworms. In this earthworm lesson plan, students each get their own earthworm to observe and play with. They then record the different body parts of an earthworm and the different behaviors they...
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Lesson: Proposal for a School Sculpture

For Teachers 1st - 6th
After discussing the artistic elements and design process needed to construct the modern sculpture, Lao Tzu, kids get logical. They consider the purposeful use of space in the sculpture, design a modern piece for a specific space at...

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