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Plant Cycles
Students identify plants parts and their functions. In this plant cycle lesson, students examine parts of plants and how the parts help them survive in its environment. Students use graphic organizers, the internet, books and...
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Swimming With the Crabs
For this expository writing worksheet, students read an article about crabs and a graphic organizer with crab facts. Students fill in a graphic organizer, including their specific topic about crabs and details to support their topic.
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Retelling Problems and Solutions in Chronological Order
First graders discover how to retell problems and solutions in a story in chronological order. In this chronological order lesson, 1st graders use graphic organizers to record information. Students then use this information to sequence...
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Identifying Theme of a Fable
Third graders understand how to find the theme of a fable. In this theme lesson, 3rd graders use graphic organizers to record the events of a fable. Students use that information to determine the lesson of the story. Students do a guided...
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Just the Facts, Ma'am
Students use tables of content, chapter titles, and key words as a strategy for organizing non-fiction information. They write a paragraph with a partner using information from a graphic organizer.
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The Story of Me
Pupils are given the preset graphic organizer using "Kidspiration". They create a graphic organizer about them and then use the graphic organizer to write their personal narrative.
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The Main Man
Students explore visualizing stories by completing a graphic organizer. In this reading strategy lesson, students read the story Pecos Bill by Steven Kellog and identify the setting, main characters and their interpretations. Students...
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Snapshots of a Short Story
First graders will be creating and filling in a graphic organizer using Kidspiration, as a pre-writing activity for their short story piece. They then use their graphic organizers to write their entire short story. Once written, the...
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Printable Poem Starter: Write a Limerick for St. Patrick's Day
This shamrock-shaped graphic organizer helps students set up a limerick based on a few sample lines. Students are prompted on which lines should rhyme, and how many syllables each line should have. Once they are finished, the shamrocks...
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Printable Poem Starter: Write a Limerick for St. Patrick's Day
This shamrock-shaped graphic organizer helps students set up a limerick based on a few sample lines. Students are prompted on which lines should rhyme, and how many syllables each line should have. Once they are finished, the shamrocks...
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America's Civil Rights Movement, Cubing
Students explore cubing as a graphic organizer to better explain the key concepts of the Civil Rights Movement and take positions on key concepts regarding the Movement.
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Venn Diagram
In this Venn diagram worksheet, students use a blank graphic organizer to list the differing characteristics of two issues in the outer circles. Students list the shared characteristics in the middle area.
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Give 'em a Hand
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students use the shape of the hand to find the who, what, where, when, and why for a text. Students write their answers in the fingers.
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Facts That Add to 5
In this addition worksheet, students write addition sentences that equal 5. Students use the 5 spaces surrounding the number four in the center of the graphic organizer and create equations with 5 as the sum.
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Making Sense in Social Studies
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students respond to 2 questions by writing in the thesis and proof as well as completing a summary paragraph.
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Describe Your Favorite City and Country
In this ESL activity activity, students describe their favorite city and country as they complete the graphic organizer with 16 adjectives.
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Describe Your Favorite Country and Its Sights
In this ESL activity worksheet, students describe their favorite country and its sights as they complete the graphic organizer with 16 adjectives.
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Give One - Get One
In this give one, get one graphic organizer worksheet, students explore a topic of their choice as they record up to 12 details pertaining to it.
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Writing Original Adventures About Imaginary Sidekicks
Students explore storytelling by conceptualizing a story with classmates. In this publishing instructional activity, students identify the idea development process and discuss word choice when writing a story. Students utilize a graphic...
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How Do Scientists Classify Organisms?
In this classification worksheet, students write in examples of the 6 kingdoms: archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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How Do We Use Water?
In this water use worksheet, students brainstorm different ways people use water and then complete 3 fill in the blank statements about how people can keep water clean. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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How Do Animals Use Their Parts?
In this animal adaptations worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by filling in the body part that completes the animal adaptation statement. This worksheet has 6 examples to fill in.
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Translate and Evaluate
Hopefully nothing gets lost in translation. Pupils translate between verbal phrases and algebraic expressions. They then use candy to determine what values to substitute into the expressions.
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Water Uses and Children's Lives in East Africa
Students identify how water use is part of life and culture. Students record their daily water usage and compare results with classmates. Students complete the graphic organizer on water and children. Students compose an essay, which...