Judith S. Gould and Evan Jay Gould devised a graphic organizer that helps us to teach us how to write the typical 5-sentence paragraph. They call it the Four-Square Graphic Organizer, although it is really a 5-Square Organizer (or 5-Rectangle Organizer).
As you teach your class, even in Grade 1, to go from simple pictures and one-word captions to full-sentence paragraphs, you can apply the method to Mathematics. Note that the Math solution CAN be written entirely in sentences, but we d