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Reading Short Stories

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this story comprehension worksheet, students fill out an organizer, making a prediction about a story before reading, and writing about what led them to this prediction. Students then complete another organizer, writing about setting,...
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Chain of Events

For Students 5th - 6th
In this sequence of events worksheet, students use the chain link graphic organizer to write the sequence of events in order. Students write the topic or draw a picture of it in the center space.
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Reading Response

For Students 5th - 6th
In this reading response worksheet, students complete a journal or response to a section or reading by filling out the title of the book, the author, the pages read, and a summary.
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Hamburger Paragraph

For Students 4th - 5th
In this paragraph format worksheet, students use the hamburger picture to help them write a paragraph of 6-8 sentences. Students use the hamburger shape to help them format their sentences.
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Vocabulary Bookmark

For Students 6th - 7th
In this literary devices worksheet, students use the bookmark format to help them when reading and looking for literary devices. Students define the devices and use the questions to help them find the devices within the text.
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Timeline

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this timeline worksheet, learners complete the graphic organizer that helps them organize the date or time of events in a story. Students also list a description for the events.
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Timeline

For Students 5th - 6th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students use the timeline graphic organizer to organize events from a text in the order they occur in the story.
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Revising With Precision

For Students 5th - 6th
In this revisions worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences, 15 total, with "vivid and precise" word. Students are instructed that they may use a thesaurus. 
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Play Reporters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers are given an article from a local newspaper. They summarize the article and participate in a broadcast over the articles.
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Eureka!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners chose a book they are interested in. They are given specific instructions to complete a project. They are tested on the book's material.
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Quidditch Sports Report

For Teachers 7th - 8th
The learners pretend they are the school newspaper's sports reporter, they write an article on quidditch. Students create a newspaper layout for the story that includes headings, newspaper branding and logos, advertising and accompanying...
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Chain of Events Flow Chart

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this chain of events flow chart, students fill out a diagram of 7 total events, showing the flow of how one events leads to another.
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Characterization

For Students 5th - 7th
In this characterization worksheet, students complete the bubble chart for a character they have read about in a book. Students write the name of the character in the center, use one bubble for what the character says about him or...
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Sequence Ladder

For Students 4th - 5th
For this sequence of events worksheet, students complete the graphic organizer that lists the order of events for a story from first, next, then, and last.
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See and Hear T-Graph

For Students 4th - 5th
In this brainstorming worksheet, students brainstorm for a topic to write about using the graphic organizer. Students then list what they would see or hear for the topic.
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Cause and Effect

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this cause and effect worksheet, students read the descriptions and determine the cause and effect for each example. Students select the correct word to complete the 5 examples.
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See Spot Run

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students identify several properties of water as a universal substance, describe the composition of several complex color mixtures and separate the components of dye using chromatographic technique.
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You Don't Even Look Aboriginal

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students view and respond to artwork and demonstrate understanding of different viewpoints about identity. Students then collect images of family members and symbols from magazines that represent their home and workplace, and create...
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Cultural Music Festival

For Teachers K - 6th
Students participate in planning a multi-cultural community event. In this cultural music lesson, parents, community members, and teachers provide time, music, advertisement, and refreshments to create a community multi-cultural music...
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New York on the Pacific Coast

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the interaction and consequences of contact among different ethnic groups. Students examine a timeline and the important historical events in American History. They discuss immigration and migration.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Director's Choice

For Students 9th - 10th
The director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum applies her analytical skills in explaining the formal and aesthetic qualities of her favorite American masterworks from the Smithsonian's collection of American art.