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Guide students toward a five-line limerick using a rhyme-pattern poster, example poem, and four writing organizers. The organizers offer different amounts of support, from labeled rhyme lines to guided openings and endings. Choose the version that matches students’ needs, with both printable and editable formats available.
A CLOSE reading unit teaching the California Gold Rush through nonfiction reading passages, vocabulary, and graphic organizers for grades 4-5 social studies.
A set of graphic organizers and templates for retelling the story of Little Red Riding Hood, supporting sequencing and story-element identification skills.
Guides students through independent biographical research on Booker T. Washington and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
A literature-based teaching unit built around the picture book "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth, combining a Jane Goodall biography study with vocabulary, comprehension, and craft activities.
A CLOSE reading unit teaching the history and role of California missions through nonfiction reading passages, vocabulary, and graphic organizers for grade 4 social studies.
Book A of a 4-book reading-comprehension series pairing short reading selections (from past issues of Highlights for Children) with a matched graphic organizer and a 3-part worksheet (comprehension questions, Analyze and Write, Think and Write) to teach systematic thinking and reading strategies for grades 2-3.
Help history students organize, take notes on, and review key facts about major world religions in a sorting/graphic organizer format
A step-by-step opinion writing unit built around researching US First Ladies, using 'would you rather' prompts to scaffold research-based opinion essays
A picture-book companion of print-and-go response activities for the book Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln, used before/during/after a read-aloud.
Introduce the packet’s five-seven-five approach to haiku through a nature-themed model, then let students gather ideas and draft three lines. Syllable-labeled planning pages offer support before learners move to open writing layouts. Finished-poem templates include a byline, providing a place to present a revised version after reading it aloud and checking the intended syllable counts.
Free download A short early-reading passage paired with a main-idea-and-details graphic organizer, used to practice identifying the main idea and supporting details of a story.
A meme-based graphic organizer activity for connecting popular meme templates to any piece of literature (short story, novel, play, or historical text) being studied.
Interpret sayings presented in a Benjamin Franklin activity and connect them with biographical research. Students translate eighteen entries into modern language, write two sayings of their own, and organize information about Franklin. Sample interpretations and teacher directions support discussion without requiring every student response to use identical wording.
A 5-day homeschool/co-op unit study on great white sharks combining video-based instruction, reading, and graphic-organizer worksheets covering shark facts, life cycle, habitat and ocean conservation.
Introduce free verse with the reference poster, then use the supplied writing pages to help students draft a poem in their own voice. Several organizer and lined-page choices give you options for planning and recording ideas. Invite students to read a draft aloud and consider where line breaks help communicate its meaning.
A comprehensive Social Studies teaching unit on Native Americans and early peoples of North America, combining guided/close reading passages with comprehension and vocabulary activities.
A set of digital (or print) graphic-organizer writing templates giving students cause-and-effect writing prompts across 10 varied topics, each supported by a word bank.
Differentiated reading packet teaching Georgia's role in the Civil War (Sherman's campaigns, the Battle of Chickamauga, capture of Atlanta, Andersonville Prison, the Union blockade) via two leveled passages and comprehension activities.
A comprehensive reading-comprehension companion packet of activities to accompany Laurie Wallmark's picture book biography 'Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code,' covering story elements, character analysis, and theme.
Give teachers a large set of print-and-go reading-comprehension activities to use alongside a read-aloud of the picture book Brave Irene by William Steig.
A comprehensive nonfiction "CLOSE Reading" literacy unit on weather (topics: what weather is, the water cycle, clouds, types of weather, meteorology/forecasting) with supporting vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities.
A simple graphic-organizer activity to help students prepare for a class discussion by recording main ideas, questions, and interesting points from required reading/material.
A slide presentation and paired student notes handout teaching the causes and course of World War I with emphasis on America's involvement (isolationism, the Lusitania, the Zimmermann Telegram, U.S. entry into the war).