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Eric Carle Biography Organizer OrganizerEric Carle Biography Organizer Organizer
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1st - 2nd
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English Language Arts
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Eric Carle Biography Organizer

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Discover the life of renowned children's author, Eric Carle, with a biographical, graphic organizer. Scholars read an informational text and locate details such as Carle's birthday, siblings, favorite books, and write a reflection about what they learned.  

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

eric carle, biographies, biography writing, biographical writing, responding to reading, Writing, informational texts, details

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Make copies and bend them together to create an Eric Carle activity packet 
  • Gather a collection of books written by Eric Carle, read, and have them available for pupils to browse when time permits 
  • Create an Eric Carle bulletin board; display finished products along with books and pictures by the author 

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires several copies per child taking part in the assignment 

Pros

  • When used alone, the page can showcase information about any author 
  • Lines allow pupils to write neatly on the page
  • Provides space for a small illustation 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.1.1 RI.2.1 W.1.8 W.2.8

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