What you need to know about Presidents’ Day… easy comprehension page on the history of Presidents’ Day. It’s great for all grade levels, and you could easily do this page as a whole class under a document camera. Click here for the free printable PDF: President’s Day PDF
It’s nice to have some literacy-related graphic organizers ready (for a crazy day, an emergency sub folder, etc.). Here’s one that asks students to analyze their favorite character in a story. This could lead to a paragraph, picture or some other enrichment activity.
Click here to download the Character analysis graphic organizer.
This page is just what it sounds like: a graphic organizer set up to compare 2 characters. Add this to your collection of go-to’s when you’re not sure just what to do with that reading group… Easy-peasy!
Click here to download the Character analysis venn diagram graphic organizer
As an elementary school teacher, you’re never really done reviewing parts of speech. So how about doing a parts of speech graphic organizer as a literacy block assignment? This graphic organizer is simple enough to work for both lower and upper grades. Enjoy!
Click here to get the PDF of the parts of speech in the story graphic organizer.
It’s nice to have some literacy graphic organizers to use during centers, guided reading, story writing, etc. So here’s another one. It’s great for younger grades, since it doesn’t ask too much. Students can fill in sections for characters, setting, beginning, middle and end of the story.
Click here for the plot summary graphic organizer- easy.
When I was working in a 2nd grade classroom recently, the teacher and I came up with this simple story summary graphic organizer for the kids to complete on a decodable book during literacy centers time. It’s got the basics of the story: who, what, where, when, why.
Click here to get the Story summary graphic organizer- easy.
I recently found these little paper/brad projects. My 2nd grade teacher used to to one every week (or day… I don’t remember which) and I absolutely loved them! She had tons of them, but I only found 4. So here they are, just for memory’s sake…
Here’s an idea I got from a 2nd grade teacher. First, save this Microsoft Word file of letter/sound cards to your computer. Then read the directions below.
Click here to download the sound cards.
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