Tracy Aranda

I created this product when our 2nd graders were required to compose a narrative procedure. This organizer will help you guide your students through the process of composing a 7-paragraph essay that includes: introduction, materials, procedures, and conclusion. It is a Word document, so you should be able to adjust the guiding questions and statements to your needs. I hope you find this useful.

This is a two-page file that will allow your students to make a four page/flap flipbook, detailing four steps need to make/do something. I am using this with my 2nd graders to explain how silk is made (Core Knowledge curriculum). The first page contains the labels to put on each of the flaps of your 4-part flipbook (vertical/portrait). The second page contains writing boxes to go inside each flap. **The font I used is ComicSans, regardless of what the thumbnail shows.**

This is a visual presentation and graphic organizer of 3 types of connections that help us deepen our understanding of a text. It focuses on text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world.

An OREO style opinion writing graphic organizer that can be used as a booklet, or stretched out to show all the layers.

I created this graphic organizer for my 2nd graders, when we were assigned a narrative procedure. This product will allow your students to construct a 7 paragraph essay that includes: Introductory paragraph, Materials paragraph, Procedure paragraphs (4: first, next, then, last), and Concluding paragraph. Each paragraph has a guiding question or statement. I plan to use this with my kids, so I made it as user-friendly as possible. It is a Word document, so you may adjust it as needed. Hope you fi

This is a three page organizer to help students compose a 5-paragraph informational essay, that is based on the Common Core State Standards. I created this for third grade CCSS W.2: informational/explanatory. It has the standard and its components listed at the top. It includes an introductory paragraph, three evidence paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph.

A chart of key reading strategies used by students. The sreader is at the center of it all, using two types of reading strategies: strategies that allow them to sustain their reading by recognizing and fixing errors, and strategies that allow them to expand their comprehension of what they are reading. I plan to enlarge it an post it in my own classroom, as well as hand out individual copies.