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Grade 1 Informative Writing Lessons
Authored by the Tsehai Russell and Della Wright, CLR fellows, this resource provides a 5-day unit of informative writing lessons. Focus lessons related to facts and opinions and paragraph writing. This series is supported by the Academic...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Can Infer Meaning of a Word in Context [Pdf]
This activity contains two graphic organizers that will help students infer the meaning of words in context. Students can use these graphic organizers as they read nonfiction texts, particularly while reading in the content area.
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Scholastic
Scholastic Teaching Resources: Nonfiction Notepads [Pdf]
From Just-Right Reading Response Activity Sheets for Young Learners, this graphic organizer can be used when students read informational texts. As responses to nonfiction, students will write the following on each notepad response:...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Composing Cinquain Poems: A Quick Writing Activity
Students use themed graphic organizers to compose cinquain poems on topics common in the early elementary classroom.
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Contextual Redefinition [Pdf]
Classroom teachers will learn about contextual redefinitions, an engaging instructional strategy. Teachers will learn how to implement the strategy, understand how to measure progress with contextual redefinitions, find research that...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Meaning: Semantic Map
A lesson plan in which students complete a graphic organizer to learn a new word. Materials are included.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Nonfiction Pyramid
A printable pyramid for use with nonfiction texts while students identify the main ideas and supporting details within a text. Students also determine author's purpose and key vocabulary words. Directions on how to use this type of...
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Interactive Journals [Pdf]
Classroom teachers will learn about interactive vocabulary journals, engaging instructional strategy tools. They will learn how to implement interactive jounals, understand how to measure progress with interactive journals, find research...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
This instructional activity is part of a week-long unit. It focuses on the pre-reading phase of guided reading. It aims to activate prior knowledge, preview vocabulary, and set a purpose for reading. This book deals with a very sensitive...
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Frayer Model [Pdf]
Classroom teachers will learn about the Frayer Model, an engaging instructional strategy tool. Teachers will learn how to implement the Frayer Model, understand how to measure progress with the Frayer Model, find research that supports...
![Glencoe Literary Library: "Canterbury Tales" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/48307-819fd1cfa22448ccf4f0a4f159a9cf61.jpg?1661514582 "Glencoe Literary Library: \"Canterbury Tales\" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan")
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literary Library: "Canterbury Tales" Study Guide [Pdf]
An extensive, printable study guide for Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" from the Glencoe Literary Library. Includes biography, background information, and Before, During, and After Reading Activities using graphic organizers, literature...
abcteach
Abcteach: Information Book Report Form [Pdf]
Great printable form to help students write an informational book report. Includes space for new vocabulary words learned and other information retained from the work. Requires Adobe Reader.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Properties of Plane Shapes
I love graphic organizers. My students will increase their vocabularies by learning more 2D shape terms through the use of a graphic organizer.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Frayer Model
The Frayer Model is a strategy that uses a graphic organizer for vocabulary building. This technique requires students to (1) define the target vocabulary words or concepts, and (2) apply this information by generating examples and...
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Oceans of the World
A set of illustrated fact pages, and some activity sheets, on coral reefs, tidal pools, and ocean ecosystems. Find maps, graphic organizers, and a movie link to tidal zones. Hyperlinks to specialized vocabulary words are also provided....
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Semantic Maps for Word Learning [Pdf]
Classroom teachers will learn about semantic maps, an engaging instructional strategy tool. Teachers will learn how to implement semantic maps, understand how to measure progress with semantic maps, find research that supports semantic...
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Semantic Maps for Morphological Analysis [Pdf]
Classroom teachers will learn about semantic maps to break words into meaningful word parts, an engaging instructional strategy tool. Teachers will learn how to implement semantic maps, understand how to measure progress with semantic...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Letter F Kindergarten
[Free Registration/Login Required] A Christmas themed activity for studying the letter /f/. Includes a graphic organizer, identification of upper and lowercase /f/, identification of the initial sound in Christmas vocabulary words, and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Letter a Flipchart for Kindergarten
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learning Focused Curriculum Setup; Teaching for letter A includes activator, vocabulary, teacher guided lessons, graphic organizers, guided reading, and science tie-ins.
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Class Flow: Letter B Flipchart for Kindergarten
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teaching letter B through focused based curriculum and instruction. Includes activator, vocabulary, teacher guided instruction, handwriting, graphic organizer, guided reading, science-tie-ins and...
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Class Flow: Letter C Flipchart for Kindergarten
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teaching letter C through learning-focused based curriculum instruction. Includes activator, vocabulary, teacher guided instruction, handwriting, graphic organizer, guided reading, science-tie-ins and...
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Class Flow: Letter D Flipchart for Kindergarten
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teaching letter D through learning-focused based curriculum instruction. Includes activator, vocabulary, teacher guided instruction, handwriting, graphic organizer, guided reading, science-tie-ins and...
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Class Flow: Letter E Flipchart for Kindergarten
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teaching letter E through learning-focused based curriculum instruction.Includes activator, vocabulary, teacher guided instruction, handwriting, graphic organizer, guided reading, science-tie-ins and...
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Class Flow: Letter F Flipchart for Kindergarten
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teaching letter F through learning-focused based curriculum instruction. Includes activator, vocabulary, teacher guided instruction, handwriting, graphic organizer, guided reading, science-tie-ins and...