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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 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!

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

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!

This is a SIMPLE graphic organizer for students to cite examples of figurative language as they read. I have posters/other resources for students with definitions of types of figurative language to look for (similes, metaphors, idioms, etc.) and students fill in the organizer with the type of figurative language and example from the text. Students may struggle at first but once they get the hang of this, they will want to have one by there side whenever they read!

This is a breakdown of chapter 2 in The Great Gastby. It includes analysis of quotes and contains guiding questions to help students comprehend the text.

These questions allow students to reflect on the week. They allow students to feel pride in achievements while making plans to improve for the week ahead. Done consistently, I have seen this help produce great results with students.

This is a reference for students of the syllable types, short and long vowels, and a list of punctuation marks. I used this with older students but it could be used with younger students.

This is an explanation and graphic organizer for students to create a synonym poem. A synonym poem takes one word and dissects it using synonyms. The last line is a phrase describing the original word. A simple poem structure but a great activity to teach synonyms and get students to feel successful writing poetry.