Certificate Street
World Environment Awareness Template
If you are celebrating World Environment Day with your environmentalists, here is a certificate template that you can print out if you are wanting to recognize individual achievements. There are spaces to enter the recipient's name,...
CMS Education
My Pen Pal
Written in two different languages, this resource offers pupils the opportunity to practice both their English and their Hebrew skills. Young writers respond to a couple of questions to get their ideas flowing. They then compose a letter...
This Reading Mama
Chain of Events
Ask your class to demonstrate their understanding of sequence. The graphic organizer provides five boxes for events and a few prompts to get kids started. Arrows point from one box to the next, demonstrating the progression of one item...
Teacher Printables
Concept Map
Prepare your class for a unit by introducing them to the main ideas and topic that will be covered. While you explain the concepts, have your class fill out this graphic organizer, which provides space to write in a topic and six related...
Teacherfiles
Monthly Newsletter - September
What's going on in your class? Spread the news with a fairly basic template that includes the month name, clipart for some color, and lines for writing all your class news. See the materials tab for the rest of the months of the year.
Student Handouts
Five-paragraph Essay Organizer
Some learners just feel more comfortable with very explicit directions. The directions on this template for a five-paragraph essay are very explicit and detail the content and order of each paragraph to be crafted. Color coding reveals...
Freeology
Cursive Letters
Learning cursive is challenging for many young learners. Support your class with developing this skill using this printable series of upper and lower case cursive letters.
Achievement Strategies
Fishbone for Main Ideas and Details
A key reading comprehension skill is the ability to identify the main idea and supporting details used in a passage of informational text. Here's a template that encourages young readers to practice this skill. They list the who, what,...
Austin Independent School District
Episodic Summary – Cause Effect
This cause/effect, color-coded template will require a great deal of explanation. Because no model is included, you might complete one as an example. However, once class members understand how to use the template, learners will be able...
Student Handouts
Gains and Losses
What was gained? Lost? By whom? Why or how? Gains and losses are the focus of a worksheet that asks learners to chart both short-term and long-term gains and losses. A great way for class members to see the consequences of events.
Student Handouts
Compromise, Resolution, and Synthesis
Provide your debaters with a graphic organizer that asks them to select a topic and then list for the first position key points and arguments, possible compromise and systhesis, and key points and arguments for their second position.
Teacher Printables
Character Web
Character webs are a great way for readers to collect information and observations about characters. Here’s a template that asks individuals to record the title and author of the book, the character’s name, and observations about the...
Teacher Printables
My Questioning Tower
Good readers think about what they are reading. They ask questions and make predictions before beginning a text. While reading, they summarize what has happened and note what they have discovered. After finishing, they check to see if...
Anchorage School District
Conclusions Wall Poster
Good endings, the ones that let readers know they haven’t lost the last page, can be hard to craft. Here’s a poster of hints that will make process easier for your young writers. The template includes suggestions for what to do, what not...
Anchorage School District
Transition and Closing Words
Provide young writers with a printable that lists suggestions for and examples of transitional sets and closing words. Also included are some suggestions for what to avoid in closing paragraphs.
Certificate Street
Reading Achievement Award
Grab some shiny gold seals, load up some zippy paper, use this template to print up a colorful certificate, and recognize individuals for reading achievement. A great way to acknowledge extra effort.
Mocha Bay Design
Monthly Expenses
Teach your class about finances and have them fill out real or simulated expenses on this sheet. Class members fill in amounts for rent, groceries, loans, car expenses, insurance, utilities, and more in order to determine the total cost...
Teacherfiles
Basic Story Map
Here’s an all-purpose story map template that readers can use to keep track of books read for class, of independent reading, and even for stories planned. Users identify the title, author, major characters, setting, and events from the...
K6edu.com
My __ Grade Writing Journal
Encourage your class to write their thoughts down. The journal is made up of a cover page, where a pupil can write their grade level and name, and pages for each month of the year.
Anchorage School District
Writing Effective Summaries
Drafting a strong first sentence for a summary is an important step. Writers can use the formula presented on this handout to get started. The resource lists three steps to put together a strong topic sentence, as well as tips and hints...
Anchorage School District
“Dressing Up” an Introduction
Are your pupils ready to move beyond a thesis statement by adding additional detail to their introductory paragraphs? Provide this handout to give your class some ideas for spiffing up their work. The page includes a sample paragraph...
Curated OER
Avoiding There Are Poster
Encourage precise writing and the use of detail by banning there are from student work. You can put up this simple poster, which includes an image of there are crossed out and an example of how to avoid using the forbidden words.
Teacherfiles
Medieval Stationery
Two different knights grace this stationery. There are lines provided for writing a story or summary and a box where pupils can mark down a title.
Teacherfiles
Detective Stationery
Inspire your investigators with fun stationery. On the page is colorful, detective-related clipart, lots of lines for writing, and a space to write in a title.