Class members can outline a topic or text with this graphic organizer. There are spaces provided for causes, details, and results.

Good, bad, thing, a lot, very. Really? Encourage young writers to use two graphic organizers to create a bank of better choices to replace weary, stale, flat, and boring words in their essays. Consider enlarging one of the templates to...

Reminders to keep calm are everywhere you look, but this one is particularly handy in the classroom. Simply print it out, hang it in a place that all kids can see it, and calmly point to it when someone talks out of turn: keep calm and...

An image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a line from his famous “I Have A Dream” speech will inspire your pupils to look beyond skin color and consider the character of others.

Clarify, connect, evaluate, predict, question. Laminate and display these colorful posers about the classroom to remind readers of the five basic strategies for comprehending all sorts of text. 

Keep class members focused during presentations with an accountability exercise that asks viewers to make note of what they have learned, and to craft questions they have about the PowerPoint, poster, report, or performance. The template...

Document parent contacts by logging the date, the student’s name, the parent or guardian’s name, and notes about the exchange on the provided template. Logs can be kept by course, class, or for individuals and are a great way to provide...

Designing a new lesson? Here’s a template that asks teachers to delineate instructional goals, performance objectives, the rationale, lesson content, instructional and evaluation procedures, and materials needed for the lesson.

Hold participants accountable for group discussions by asking members to take notes. After identifying the topic, the recorder indicates the speaker, the speaker’s opinion, and comments on this opinion. The matrix could also be given to...

A colorful image of a hamburger provides food for thought. Essay writers record their introduction on the bun top and the conclusion on the bottom portion of the bun. All the meat, the details, are recorded between the buns.

What’s the difference between primary and secondary source materials? Here’s a handout, designed as a reference for learners, that does a good job of distinguishing between primary and secondary source materials and providing examples of...

Learners use the provided worksheet to identify plot elements and then fill in these elements on a plot diagram. Also included is a template for a character map that asks readers to choose a character, identify two traits, and supply...

Here’s a template that asks users to record the part of speech, a definition, craft a showing sentence, and add or draw a picture of four vocabulary words--rubber, climate, realize, situation.

Here's a matrix designed to keep learners organized and on track with assignments. Users list the task, indicate when it is due, and check the assignment off when completed. A great first page in a class binder.

Are learners keeping up with their independent reading? After finishing a book, individuals record the title of the book, the author, the number of pages read, the date finished, and any comments they have on the text. The reading log...

A set of instructions and a 100-point grading rubric have been designed for writing lab reports. Appropriate for middle schoolers, this lays out what to include for each of the six steps in the scientific method: title, hypothesis,...

When learning about coronary anatomy, it is helpful to have a diagram. Here is a simple illustration of the heart ready to be labeled with the words at the bottom of the page. It could be used as a quiz, homework assignment, or completed...

A great handout to introduce genetics. Young geneticists will begin to examine which traits are prevalent in their own families, helping them begin to understand the concept of dominant and recessive genes. This is an excellent resource...

Learners will need to listen closely as you dictate a rhythm. They will use the worksheet to correctly write the dictated rhythm by placing note heads on the spaces provided.

There are no tasks attached to this link. However, this resource could be used to help young writers remember what to look for as they edit their work. They check for capitals, understanding, punctuation, and spelling. As they check...

This graphic organizer allows readers to visualize the introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement of a story by filling in five corresponding boxes with details from a story.

In this recycling activity worksheet, students identify 3 ways that they could personally conserve or recycle. Students record their ideas in the graphic organizer.

In this coat of arms template activity, students use the coat of arms blank template as their instructor directs them. The template includes 4 divided sections.

Use a graphic organizer or story web to show the relationship between plot and character. They note the setting, characters, title, author, conflict, and solution regarding short story or novel they have read.