Handout
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How to Study: Making an Oral Presentation

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Ten useful ideas for making oral presentations more effective and interesting. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4
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Story Arts: Storytelling Activities & Plot Structure Scenarios

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This collection of storytelling activities-developed by storyteller/author Heather Forest for her storytelling workshops with students, teachers, and librarians-can be expanded by educators into language arts lesson plans to support...
Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Three Little Javelinas

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Free Graphic Organizers for Planning and Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides free graphic organizers to use while planning and writing including webs, flow charts, essay maps, concept wheels, and more.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Free Graphic Organizers for Planning and Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides free graphic organizers to use while planning and writing including webs, flow charts, essay maps, concept wheels, and more.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: More Free Graphic Organizers for Teaching Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides free graphic organizers to use while planning and writing persuasive, expository, and fiction texts.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: More Free Graphic Organizers for Teaching Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides free graphic organizers to use while planning and writing persuasive, expository, and fiction texts.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Graphic Organizers for Teaching Writing: Story Planners

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides free graphic organizers to use while planning and writing stories.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Graphic Organizers: Customizable Graphic Organizers

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides free graphic organizers to use while planning and writing different types of texts.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Science Now! A Picture Is Worth

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A video clip asks students to explain how X-ray images communicate information. This is one in a series of creative writing prompts. [0:32]
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Literacy Head

Literacyhead: Images to Give Writers Ideas: Testing

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Let students write in response to these narrative images. You can also engage them in discussions about what is interesting in each picture or how the characters feel.
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Literacy Head

Literacyhead: Images to Give Writers Ideas: Storytelling

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A collection of images of people listening to and telling stories give your writers ideas. These paintings and illustrations point to the universal nature of telling and listening.
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Teach Hub: Classroom Management: Hold a Student Teacher Conference

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
Using classroom management to conduct conferences with your students is a great way for you to get to know them better. In addition to that, conferences provide a platform for students to plan and set goals, reflect upon their work, and...