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KWL Chart
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students complete a KWL chart with information about what they know, what they want to know, and what they have learned about an assigned topic.
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Venn Diagram
In this Venn diagram worksheet, learners 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, learners 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 4
In this addition worksheet, students write addition sentences that equal 4. Students use the 5 spaces surrounding the number four in the center of the graphic organizer and create equations with 4 as the sum.
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Facts That Add to 5
In this addition worksheet, learners 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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Animal Characteristics
Young scholars create a graphic organizer to study animal characteristics. In this animal characteristics lesson plan, students use a program in Microsoft Word to create a brainstorm about different animal characteristics.
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Causes of World War I Worksheet
In this World War I instructional activity, students complete a graphic organizer with details about the long and short term causes of the war.
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Story Mapping
Students prewrite a story using graphic organizers. In this prewriting lesson plan, students create a story map before they start their writing.
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KWL Chart
In this graphic organizer, students organize information into three columns. The columns include information about what they know, what they want to learn, and what they learned.
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Earth: Mini Book/KWL graphic organizer
In this Earth mini book worksheet, 1st graders will fold their paper to make a KWL mini book. Students will then write a sentence or two about what they know, want to know and learned about Earth.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements, Root-O!
Young readers get to the root of unfamiliar vocabulary with a collaborative learning activity. Given a deck of root word cards and copies of a graphic organizer, pairs of students take turns flipping over cards and brainstorming...
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Biography Worksheet
The design of good graphic organizers indicate the relative importance of the information collected. This biography graphic organizer is a good one because the focus is more on events in the subject's life, the whys and whats, rather...
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8-Sentence Accordion Paragraph Practice
Organization can take a paragraph from mundane to first-rate. Try out a graphic organizer for an accordion-style paragraph, which includes a topic sentence, three reasons with details and transitions, three explanations, and a concluding...
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Websites I Love
Log your favorite websites on a fun graphic organizer, or have your class write down the great websites they discover. The worksheet is organized into sections for math, reading, writing, research, and fun.
Council for Economic Education
Teaching Economics Using Children's Literature: The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree is a great way to cover multiple concepts in an elementary school classroom. Throughout this lesson, they learn about economic principles such as scarcity and goods, science principles like renewable...
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Using Fairy Tales to Debate Ethics
Is trickery ever justified? Is it okay to steal from someone who has stolen from you? Puss, from Puss in Boots, and Jack, from Jack and the Beanstalk, might have some ideas about these ethical questions. After listening to a series of...
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Sort It Out
Elementary schoolers engage in a game of logical reasoning called Secret Sort. A Venn diagram is used as a way to sort objects. This resource would be a great way to introduce the Venn diagram (maybe the most famous, and most-useful...
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Say Hi to Haibun Fun
Young scholars examine the Japanese writing form of Haibun. They identify the elements of Japanese prose and poetry, analyze a haibun for writing devices, complete a graphic organizer, and compose an original haibun as a form of journal...
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Separate Is Not Equal
Based on discussion, analysis of primary source documents, and with the help of a graphic organizer, young historians discover the steps that were taken to eliminate segregation in public schools in the United States. This lesson from...
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My Favorite Activity (Grades K-2)
Scholars discuss the many ways they use persuasion in their everyday lives and brainstorm specific ideas for encouraging someone to do something. With the list of persuasive techniques they made, young writers complete a graphic...
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New American Poetry-Whitman & Dickinson
In this poetry unit worksheet packet, students complete several activities designed to review key poetry concepts. All worksheets focus on a comparison of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. Students respond to poems, complete short answer...
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Orbital Diagrams
In this orbital diagram worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by determining the orbital diagram for the 22 elements given.
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Character Wheel
Explore a story's character by using this character wheel. Kids will love this graphic organizer. It's easy to use, and there are spaces to write character traits and textual evidence that supports those traits. This is a great middle...
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A Monster of a Metaphor
What do Jeep advertisements and Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath have in common? They both employ the art of the extended metaphor! Using the Six-Trait Writing model, learners begin to work on their own extended metaphors. Development...