Finding North

This vocabulary organizer is a research-based strategy to support higher retention of vocabulary terms. The model comes from the book Learning in the Fast Lane, by Suzy Pepper Rollins. Based on the idea of creating a visual organizer that uses Terms, Definitions, and a Picture for each word, I have created multiple TIP sheets for my students' use. This is the TIP sheet I have created for them to use for poetry. I find it to be a powerful tool for students when they are taught how to use it and

This notebook can be used or adapted for student use during Guided Accountable Independent Reading time or book group/club use. Questions, prompts, and interactive reading tasks. nonfiction notebook by Justine Parks is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Use with any fictional story to assist students' identification and internalization of story structure as they read

Lesson for students grades 3-6 on building stamina when reading.