ClassFlow
Class Flow: Graphic Organizer Samples
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart consists of many sample graphic organizers, including graphs, charts, webs, etc. These can be used in many different subject areas.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Same and Different Ways of Thinking [Pdf]
A graphic organizer for students to use when comparing the thoughts of two different characters. A blank organizer and a completed sample are provided.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Problem Solving [Pdf]
A graphic organizer students can use to think about or solve a problem from three different points of view. A blank copy and a completed sample are both provided.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: With Your Own Two Hands
Students work to develop strong ideas by listening to songs like "With My Own Two Hands" by Ben Harper, "Year of the Rat" by Badly Drawn Boy, and "Waiting on the World to Change" by John Mayer. After brainstorming and completing graphic...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Floating Down a River
Students read Jan Brett's Daisy Comes Home paying attention to all the details Brett adds to her story. Then students write their own stories of traveling down a river and add specific details of their own. Teacher and students...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Weird Animal Adventures: Tuesday
After reading the picture book Tuesday by David Weisner, students write stories about strange animals and their nighttime adventures. Teacher and student instructions are provided along with student samples, an interactive idea...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Fracturing Tales Through Titles
Students read The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman and then write their own fractured fairy tales using first-person point of view and dialogue. Teacher and student instructions are provided along with student writing samples, an...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Nash Ing the Animals
After reading several animal poems by Ogden Nash, students imitate Nash's writing style to write animal poems of their own. Teacher instructions, printable graphic organizers, student instructions, student writing samples, and an idea...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Question and Answer Books
Beginning writers work through a Writing Workshop format to create Question and Answer books. A series of mini-lessons, graphic organizers, possible texts, and samples of student work are all provided.
PBS
Pbs: Mathline Creature Feature Lesson Plan [Pdf]
An interdisciplinary math, science, and language arts lesson plan that engages students in an exploration of statistics. Through a study of various forest climates, students utilize data collection and analysis, classification, and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: What a Character
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses ways that authors reveal character traits. Students learn to find examples in the literature to demonstrate that character traits. A sample assessment, graphic organizer and web...