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Write Design: Graphic Organizers
This site explores what graphic organizers are and why they are such valuable instructional tools. Five main types of organizers are addressed: webs, charts, trees, chains, and sketches.
Other
Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Compare and Contrast
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "compare and contrast" mold, including the Venn diagram, T-chart, and the compare/contrast matrix.
Other
Appalachian State University: Sets and Bags
This page provides extensive information about sets and bags. Includes descriptive set notation and examples.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Venn Diagram, 3 Circles
A printable Venn Diagram with three circles to use when comparing and contrasting three things or topics. Directions on how to use this graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Venn Diagram Rubric
A printable three-leveled rubric for evaluating a Venn diagram in the areas of test support of comparisons, placement of statements, and number of quality statements. Directions on how to use this rubric as well as lists of teaching...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Write Talks: Students Discover Real Writers/audiences/purposes
There's a world of writers out there, and in this lesson students discover them as they listen to presentations from local writers and learn about what, why, and how they write in their day-to-day lives.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Flying to Freedom: Tar Beach & the People Could Fly
Comparing and contrasting works and looking for underlying themes and messages are at the heart of this multicultural lesson plan. Provides links to several background resources, and suggestions for assessment.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Dr. Seuss Lesson Plans
What is your favorite Dr. Seuss story? Web English Teacher may be offering you resources to teach it right here! Also contains links to biographical information.
Cut the Knot
Cut the Knot!: Mathematics: The Science of Patterns
A book excerpt, this page discusses John Venn's "simple, geometric method for checking the validity of syllogisms," with diagrams, examples, and related links.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Independent Author Study Evaluation
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an author study evaluation rubric. Students will be assessed on oral communication skills, author information, and a Venn Diagram.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Book Sorting: Using Observation and Comprehension
Critical thinking, comprehension and analysis skills are the focus of this physical activity. Good beginning to teaching different ways of looking at things.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Introducing the Venn Diagram in the Kindergarten Classroom
Contains plans for short lessons that introduce the use of Venn Diagrams to kindergarten students. Uses interactive Venn Diagram exercises to make the concept easy to understand. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Basic Counting Rules
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers how to define and apply the Fundamental Counting Principle.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Combinations Grades 10 12
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers how to define and calculate combinations of objects and recognize the difference between a combination and a permutation.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Venn Diagrams Grades 10 12
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers how to use Venn diagrams to solve probability problems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Venn Diagrams Grades 9 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the definition of Venn diagrams and how to use them.
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)
Educaplus: Diagramas De Venn
In this activity you will work with a Venn Diagram. You will have three different activities to choose from. The red color indicates that the number has been misplaced and the green color that the placement is correct.
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Education Oasis: Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizers
This site contains several downloadable graphic organizers for comparing and contrasting reading topics.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Judy Blume's Biography
Discover more about the life and work of Judy Blume with this resource. Students and teachers will gain a different perspective of this author after exploring this resource.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Venn Diagrams Grade 6
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use Venn Diagrams in order to solve problems with common factors.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Feline Facts
[Free Registration/Login Required] Classification web to sort and group ideas about cats. Students pull facts from behind cat photo and place into proper place on web. Use with any reading books related to cats.
Utah Education Network
Uen: 1st Grade Act. 12: The Little House
This lesson introduces students to cycles and patterns. Students will engage in shared reading. Students will learn word patterns and repetition in language cycles. Students will learn that time in math and cycles of change in science...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Venn Diagrams
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the definition of Venn diagrams and how to use them.