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This is a graphic organizer designed to help students organize their approach to nonfiction texts. Students are exposed to a list of text features, text types, and text structures in order to choose which ones fit the text in front of them. Students are also able to identify author's purpose, key vocabulary, and take notes on key details to determine two main ideas. These features can all be aligned with the Common Core Standards for informational texts as well as with MAP NWEA.

This is a bundle of 4 graphic organizers. The first is a graphic organizer for students to take notes on an educational video. There is room to record three details and a main idea. There is also space for students to create a sketch and label it. This organizer is useful when leaving plans for a substitute...and the sketching portion keeps ALL students on task for the substitute. The second organizer is a simple four box organizer. This is intended to be used as the video organizer but for you

This is a simple graphic organizer I use with students learning to structure their five paragraph informational essays. It gives students sentence starters and transition words that align to the Common Core. Once students use this graphic organizer to site information and organize their information consistently, they will be able to write without the organizer. I see them use either the same or different transition words but understand the format in which to write to convey their ideas.

This is a graphic organizer designed to help students organize their approach to nonfiction texts. Students are exposed to a list of text features, text types, and text structures in order to choose which ones fit the text in front of them. Students are also able to identify author's purpose, key vocabulary, and take notes on key details to determine two main ideas. These features can all be aligned with the Common Core Standards for informational texts as well as with MAP NWEA.

This is a template for teaching how to write an acrostic poem. Attention: I created this the week before our school went to the see film Bears so the instructions tell students to write an acrostic about bears. Change the topic to whatever you like.

I created this rubric to help students monitor their progress towards developing strong organizational skills. Students are able to set a goal and record if they reached the goal each week. Organization becomes increasingly important as students reach the upper grades and identifying specific components of how to stay organized while allowing students to do a self-check on these components weekly helps them internalize them.

This document contains all of the "I can" kid-friendly standards for fifth grade and allows teachers or students to record when and how a student mastered each standard. It is also color-coded to match the MAP strand colors.

This is a simple graphic organizer I use with students learning to structure an informational paragraph. It gives students sentence starters and transition words that align to the Common Core. Once students use this graphic organizer to site information and organize their information consistently, they will be able to write without the organizer. I see them use either the same or different transition words but understand the format in which to write to convey their ideas.

This is a list of sentence stems for writing a simple informational paragraph. I often use this with the program Read Naturally instead of having students write an open-ended summary. This file is in Word format so you may edit it. Enjoy!

Easy tally system to track executive functioning success and prompts/additional supports needed.

This is a breakdown of pages 34 to the end (analyzing every few pages) in the book Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes. There are 3 more parts of this I posted. This is the 4th and final post.

This is a simple graphic organizer I use with students learning to structure their four paragraph opinion essays. It gives students sentence starters and transition words that align to the Common Core. Once students use this graphic organizer to site information and organize their information consistently, they will be able to write without the organizer. I see them use either the same or different transition words but understand the format in which to write to convey their ideas. I give them tw

Use this to keep track of progress monitoring goals weekly. X when you have inputted the information into a graph.

Get your caseload organized in ONE easy place. Fill this out at the start of the year, hang it up near your desk, and you will thank yourself!

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This is a very simple graphic organizer to help students learn to site evidence for a character's viewpoint in a story. Add pictures to make it more appealing!

This is a color-coded graphic organizer which supports students in writing four paragraphs about the food, landforms, location, and climate of a country. The file is in Word format so you may edit it. Enjoy!

This is a checklist for a poetry center to analyze a poem's syllables, tricky words, summarize it, and share with a partner.

This is a breakdown of chapter 1 in The Great Gastby. It includes analysis of quotes and provides background knowledge on the setting of the story.

Beginning of the year get to know you as a reader activity. Includes steps on how to complete the project as well as a peer and self reflections. Enjoy!