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1st grade writing-expository graphic organizers for Microsoft Word
Blank 4 Square (Writing)
A blank template for 4 square planning (writing).
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K - 12th
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Writing Main Idea Sentences for Expository Writing
A complete 3 day lesson, with activities, worksheets, homework, evaluations, and grading rubrics. This is the second in a series on teaching young students how to write exository style writing. The focus of this lesson is writing main idea sentences and including transition words. MaryBeth Grecsek
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Information Writing Checklist - Lucy Caulkins
This is an awesome checklist that I created to coordinate with the Lucy Caulkins information writing units. My kids did amazing with it. It works really well if you laminate them and allow kids to use dry erase markers, that way you don't need to keep making copies!
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1st - 4th
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Step Up to Writing 1 Paragraph Graphic Organizer/Checklist Primary
Use this graphic organizer/checklist to help your students include all they need to write a good paragraph.
Print - cut 4/pg
Grades:
1st - 5th
Cloud and Sun Writing Template
This file includes a cloud writing template and a sun writing template.
The cloud writing template was used for weather forecasting, where the students wrote their weather forecast and then drew a picture of their forecast. The template was also used for a thank you letter (adjusted to include a dear____ and sincerely, _____).
The sun writing template was used for a cinquain poem on summer. It can be adjusted for other poetry writing.
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K - 8th
Friendly Letter - Graphic Organizer/Prewriting
I use a lot of graphic organizers in my writing class. "Chunking" the lesson into digestible bites really helps my third graders understand the concept. This is a graphic organizer for writing a friendly letter that I use as a prewriting strategy. It helps my students make the connection between the boxes and to how long their letter is going to look like. After filling out this organizer, I then show them how easy it is to put everything together in a draft by simply taking out the boxes! My st
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1st - 7th
5 Stages of Writing Posters and Graphic Organizer
This product includes 5 posters detailing the 5 stages of writing: Pre-writing, Drafting, Revising, Editing and Publishing. Each poster includes detailed steps and picture cues for students to follow. It also includes a pre-writing plan graphic organizer for students to use when beginning a new writing project in Writer's Workshop. This is a great teaching tool for writing lessons designed to take students from generating a writing idea to publishing the completed writing project. The poster
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1st - 5th
Primary Biography Interview Sheet- planning/research sheet
Students can use this to gather basic information on a person whom they would like to write a biography about.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Blank Venn Diagram
My students think I am the queen of Venn Diagrams, and get tired of filling them out. But I guarantee that after a year in my class, every student can identify material in text that is comparing different items or events and they can pull out specific points of comparison or contrast. With all this practice, most can also write excellent comparison paragraphs.
This download is a simple blank Venn Diagram with space for an overall title and spaces for the two things that are being compared.
Grades:
1st - 12th
Non-Fiction Writing Workshop
Looking to synthesize Katie Wood Ray's work and Lucy Caulkin's work, as it relates to non-fiction writing in the classroom? Looking for a refresher or about to give your staff the "quick and easy" version of the workshop and why focusing on non-fiction writing in your classroom maximizes learning? This is for you!
Grades:
1st - 5th
Non Fiction Summary Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer is great for helping students summarize narrative non fiction text. I recommend using with historical and current events.
Grades:
1st - 12th
Small Moment Revising Checklist
These are checklist for small moments stories that were created based on the Lucy Calkins curriculum.
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1st - 3rd
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2nd Grade Expository Writing about the Seasons ~ customized Graphic Organizer
The SMART MAP takes the writer through each part of the expository composition about their favorite season. Using the letters S-M-A-R-T to trigor their memory and create a comfortable format for getting all of those fabulous ideas out of their head and onto the paper.
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1st - 3rd
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Five Senses Organizer
A fun graphic organizer that focuses students on the senses. Use it for descriptive writing, poetry, adjectives, and adverbs. Great motivator for reluctant writers.
Five Senses Graphic Organizer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Grades:
K - 7th
Graphic Organizer - Who? What? Where? (Characters, Plot, Setting)
This is a Graphic Organizer created to help students identify the Who? (Characters), What? (Plot), and Where? (Setting) of a story. The Graphic Organizer is split into two sections: one section for writing and one section for a picture. This is great for students to use because it can be completed in several different ways. This is also a useful tool for independent centers, homework, and in conjunction with traveling books.
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PreK - 3rd
Nonfiction Writing Graphic Organizers
The perfect tool to help you visual learners plan their nonfiction or informational writing piece. This Microsoft Word document includes two different organizers. The first allows the students to create subtopics and jot down corresponding notes while they research. The second organizer has the students transform their notes on each subtopic into sentences. When I use these organizer, each student receives one copy of the Non-Fiction Note Organizer and four copies of the Non-fiction Subtopic Pla
Grades:
1st - 5th
Writing Log (Progress Data Tracker)
This documentation form is a great way to differentiate your writing instruction and keep track of each student’s individual progress. It is also a great resource for RTI! I use this form during writing workshop when I conference with the student about their writing. It allows our entire class to work on the same type of writing from the Common Core (argumentative, explanatory/informative, narrative) at their own individual level. Each student has a couple of different skills they focus on to
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1st - 4th
Circle Map and Flow Map Writing Template
Does your school use Write from the Beginning? Use these templates to get your students started! Each week I introduce a new writing prompt and use these graphic organizers to help students brainstorm and organize their ideas. To use the circle map, students write their topic in the middle. Then, they brainstorm everything related to that topic they want to write about. To use the flow map, students choose 3 ideas about their topic and write them in the middle boxes. Underneath each box, student
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K - 8th
Give Me 5 : Writing Checklist for revising and editing
Students need tangible steps for revising and editing. These are the 5 steps I use to help students writing come alive! Steps can be modified based on grade level. I used all 5 with fourth graders.
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1st - 8th
Informative Writing is a TREAT!
Here is a graphic organizer I made that you can use to help your students write an informative paragraph. You can easily adapt it to older grades and have them fill out the graphic organizer for every paragraph. This TREAT idea credit goes to Tiffany Pace.
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1st - 12th
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Three 3 Paragraph Graphic Organizer Expository
Three paragraph graphic organizer for expository writing. Color coded and scaffolded.
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1st - 4th
Minilessons for Writing Grades K-2
This set of minilessons will provide teachers with the tools to create great beginning writers. The minilessons cover both interactive writing and independent writing lessons. Students will learn to use graphic organizers and structures to create original writing both creative and expository. Teachers will also recieve tips on classroom management, policies and procedures, and classroom structures which will enhance writer's workshop and differentiated instruction in writing. This resource will
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PreK - 2nd
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Informative Writing Graphic Organizer
I've added a reference portion to this graphic organizer. I want my students to learn that they must give credit to the author who they learned their information from.
Grades:
1st - 6th
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