Organizer
Curated OER

Revision Checklist for the Accordion Essay

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Encourage your class to revise their writing and check over their work by requiring them to complete an organization checklist. The checklist, created specifically for a accordion-style essay, asks writers to look over their formatting,...
Printables
Curated OER

Prewriting Web

For Teachers 4th - 12th
To accomplish great things, and to produce great essays, writers plan. Introduce your young writers to the prewriting stage of the writing process with a template that asks them to brainstorm and list as many ideas as possible....
Organizer
National Geographic

Steps in a Process Diagram

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Start at step one with this straightforward graphic organizer! Learners write down five steps in a process to complete the worksheet. Arrows point from one box to the next to show the relationship between steps.
Organizer
Do2Learn

Processing Cause and Effect

For Students 5th - 9th
Examine one cause and its effect in-depth. To complete this graphic organizer, learners write down a topic, the cause, the effect, and a brief analysis of the cause and effect relationship. 
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Achievement Strategies

CCSS Unit Design Template for Art

For Teachers K - 12th
Art classes, like any lab class, require extensive preplanning and set-up time. Use this planning template in the quiet before the storm to identify the equipment and materials that will be needed, the procedures and processes...
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Achievement Strategies

ACT College Readiness Standards

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here is a template offering a comprehensive outline of ACT skill categories, what standards are expected to be mastered, and blank spaces for you to include how you plan to address those standards within your curriculum.
Printables
Achievement Strategies

CCSS Unit Design Template for PE

For Teachers K - 12th
From baseball and tennis to capture the flag and four-square, here is a great document that will help you design your next unit on a sport-related activity. 
Printables
Achievement Strategies

Unit/Chapter Design Template

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
A thorough lesson plan template allows teachers to design balanced and standards-based lessons for any grade. The template includes spaces for unit vocabulary and concepts, objectives, and additional resources.
Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Essay Writing Rubrics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of essay assessment rubrics are provide on this learning module. Several rubrics for narrative essays, persuasive essays, and research papers are provided on this site.
Website
LD Online

Ld Online: Teaching Expressive Writing to Ld Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Author provides a research-based instructional essay on three components that consistently led to improved outcomes: adhering to a basic framework, teaching critical steps in the writing process, and providing feedback.
Article
Other

Multimedia Schools: Moving Every Child Ahead the Big6

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article looks at applying the Big6 process to issues raised by No Child Left Behind legislation. The goal of the Big6 process is to improve performance by improving thinking through application of information technology skills. This...
Professional Doc
Other

Pare: Scoring Rubrics: What, When and How?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover more about scoring rubrics when you explore this informative article. The author describes the different types of scoring rubrics and begins to explain why scoring rubrics are useful and provides a process for developing scoring...