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Becoming an Art Critic: Graphic Organizer

For Teachers 7th - 12th
You don't need to be planning a museum tour to take advantage of this graphic organizer that teaches kids how to read a work of art. The student version directs viewers' attention to the content, color, and composition, while the teacher...
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Web Graphic Organizer

For Students 4th - 6th
In this science/Arctic worksheet, students utilize a graphic organizer to plan out their Arctic report/project by placing key words on each line to help them organize their thoughts.
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Food Spider Map: Graphic Organizer

For Students 4th - 6th
In this food spider map worksheet, students utilize a food spider map graphic organizer to plan their report or project about food. Students list eight facts about food on the lines provided.
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Vitamin D and Me

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create a graphic organizer showing the importance of Vitamin D intake. In this Vitamin D lesson, Students list problems with Vitamin D deficiency and create poster boards in small groups. Individually, students will create menus...
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Story Elements Map

For Students 7th - 8th
In this excellent story elements map worksheet, students view and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using a graphic organizer to help structure stories and compositions. To my eye, this graphic organizer will help students...
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Verdi

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore language arts by answering study questions about a book they read. In this reading summary lesson, 3rd graders read the book Verdi by Janell Cannon and identify the plot, characters and sequence of the story....
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Creating a Story that "Stacks" on Itself and Repeats a Catch Phrase

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners explore language arts by reading a classic children's story in class. In this story structure activity, students read the Judith Viorst book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Learners discuss the...
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Graphic Arts

For Students 5th - 12th
In this graphic arts learning exercise, learners use their workbook to answer short answer questions about graphic arts and design. Students complete 7 questions total to get their merit badge.
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My Secret War: The WWII Diary of Madeline Beck: Lesson 6

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore women's rights by discussing the events of WWII. In this American work force lesson, 5th graders identify the events that led to World War II and how women helped fight the war through non-violent efforts. Students...
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Strong Descriptive Writing: James and the Giant Peach

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Support your writers! Clear procedures and appropriate support make this a superb resource for elementary writing instruction. Ready your class to compose original descriptive paragraphs inspired by the episode in Roald Dahl's James and...
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KWL Graphic Organizer

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students fill in a KWL chart. They organize information using the "what I know, what I want to know, and what I learned" sections of the chart.
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Story Telling through Photography

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Use this writing and photography lesson plan in your descriptive writing unit. Elementary and middle schoolers write and create a story line incorporating photos from Inspiration or their own personal photos. They experiment with...
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Archeologists For a Day

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to a reading about fossils and go on a hunt for items with fossil characteristics.  In this cross curricular fossil lesson, students will examine their fossil finds and create a graphic organizer.  Students...
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Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One...

For Teachers K - 2nd
Explore language arts by reading two similar stories in order to compare and contrast them in class. Young readers read two Aunt Isabel books, by Kate Duke, and discuss the main characters, plot, and setting. They complete a graphic...
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Student Published Books

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a graphic organizer after it is modeled by the teacher.  In this graphic organizer lesson plan, 5th graders complete a graphic organizer describing chapter 1 of a book.  Graphic organizers will be revised...
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Swimming with Crabs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore Earth science by completing several graphic organizer activities in class. In this oceanography lesson, students research ocean inhabitants such as blue crab and oysters. Students complete graphic organizers about the...
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Venn Diagrams: Contrasts in Color

For Teachers K - 12th
Compare and contrast two topics with your class. They will pick a topic of their choosing, create color-coded Venn diagram to visually organize their information, share diagrams with classmates, and write well-organized essay on...
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Human Body Activity

For Students 2nd
In this human body worksheet, 2nd graders experiment making a full-sized human body portrait. Students discuss the human body organs and their functions. Students follow and complete 8 precise directives in making a human body portrait.
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Venn Diagram with Critical Attributes

For Students 2nd - 12th
In this Venn diagram graphic organizer worksheet, students compare and contrast an item using the overlapping diagram. Students also list critical attributes in the space provided.
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Writing Original Adventures About Imaginary Sidekicks

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore storytelling by conceptualizing a story with classmates. In this publishing instructional activity, students identify the idea development process and discuss word choice when writing a story. Students utilize a graphic...
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Brainstorming Famous Songs and Musical Styles

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
Use a graphic organizer to help students think and write about songs and music. From famous singers to styles and songs, students will brainstorm for each of these categories.
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Theater Units for Lower and Upper Elementary Levels

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Introduce middle schoolers to playwriting and the elements of drama with a six-session storytelling unit that encourages kids to expand their acting and writing skills. The 12-page packet includes overviews of the lessons,...
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Prewriting 2 Getting Ideas

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read a poem or short paragraph and have students picture it in their minds. They relate the topic to something in their experience and illustrate, 4th graders generate questions with a graphic organizer, use Prewriting2...
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Making and Breaking the Grid

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the grid in terms of a method of organization in our society as well as graphic design. In this "Making and Breaking the Grid" lesson, students design solutions to common problems and draw conclusions about patterns and...

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