Check out this great template to plane writing a well-organized summary. Presented in color-coded way, and found in a variety of formats including blank spaces, lined spaces and bullet points, this graphic organizer helps students develop their paragraphs before approaching their final draft. With a space for a title, the template then transitions to a section for the topic sentence, and then three supporting ideas or facts and then closing with a concluding summary sentence. This highly structured format will support both high students and struggling students as they learn to streamline the process.

Check out this awesome graphic organizer that pushes students to compare and contrast two topics. Presented in a different format than the typical Venn diagram, this template allows students to keep their thoughts organized and streamlined. It also allows for ample room for similarities as opposed to the small overlap in the double circles. This variety pack comes in a few different formats with lines and spacing to best meet student needs. Be sure to check out our other graphic organizers as well!

Embedded with directions, this variety pack includes 13 different templates that can take your poetry and back to school celebration to the next level. With multiple forms to choose from for differentiation purposes, this pack includes various words that are affiliated with the beginning of the year. Students will love the color and simplicity. This is a great way to promote engagement while teaching acrostic poems and building on students' interests! Be sure to check out my other acrostic poem template packets as well!

Check out this alternative brainstorming graphic organizer that pushes students to think through topics and ideas an a different way. The identified topic begins at the top, and then students think of different ideas related to it. Though students don't need to fill up the whole chart, the idea is that they think about different words starting with different letters. This forces them to diversify their answers. The template includes one line for each letter of the alphabet. Be sure to check out some of our other brainstorming templates as well!

Check out this awesome graphic organizer that can be used to facilitate your conversation roundtables with varying group sizes. Set up to support a conversation between anywhere from 2 people to 8 students. It is clearly labeled and structured with colors to help students organize their thoughts, ideas, and conversations. Embedded in the template is a section for the topic, essential question, notes from peers, and summary. Be sure to check out our other templates including our version 1 that is set up for differentiating to students' needs.

Check out this awesome graphic organizer that can be used to facilitate your conversation roundtables. Set up to support a conversation between four people. It is clearly labeled and structured with colors to help students organize their thoughts, ideas, and conversations. Embedded in the template is a section for the topic, essential question, notes from peers, and summary. This template is presented in a variety of formats to best fit students' needs including blank space, lines, bullets and more. Be sure to check out our other templates including our version 2 that is set up for different sized groups!

Build you students vocabulary with this awesome anchor chart that can be used a sa poster, reference guide, printable, and so much more. With 15 common words such as good, big, sad, little, laughed, scared, ran and much more, this reference guide provides 15 alternatives for each of these words. Whether it be improving writing skills, talking skills, or taking students to the next level, this poster can do it! It is also presented in a well-organized student friendly format to best meet the needs of the kiddos in your classroom!

Check out this awesome alternative graphic organizer. The circle has the prompt of something that is still going on around your head. The triangle has something pointed that is still standing out, and the square has the prompt of something that you agreed with. This is a great way to present HOT questions based on a reading in a new and innovative way. Students can draw a representation in the shape as well. Take your reading skills and strategies to the next level! Also, be sure to check out our other graphic organizers as well!

This 12 question assessment covers students understanding of setting and characters. There are three separate parts to this assessment that can easily be used for a quiz, test, homework, study guide, independent work or small group work. It starts off with asking for the simple definitions of each key word. It then transitions to written scenarios where students identify the implied or directly stated character(s) and setting and finishes off with two pictures that student analyze for the setting and character. This simple assessment will offer the teacher valuable insight into students' understanding of what a setting is and what the characters are.

Check out this awesome interactive project, in which students can cut out pieces of paper from the bottom and glue/tape them into two categoires. Under the cause category, students will line up the prompt with the correlating effect. This is a great way for students to simply make these connections in a fun and engaging way. This can traverse into reading skills, comprehension and so much more! An answer key is included for your convenience.

Check out this fun and engaging addition to your centers! This fun and simple task card prompts students to expand their vocabulary. With clear directions, this 4 step activity prompts students to read, identify vocabulary words, define the words based on resources available to them (dictionaries, context clues, technology, etc.), and then share their identified words with other group mates. This very important skill will teach students to learn the words the struggle with rather than skimming past them and not understanding.

Check out this simple three step graphic organizer. Starting with a brainstorm web in which students jot down ideas related to a topic, students will then transition to narrowing their focus down to three main ideas followed by the final step of identifying the main idea writing prompt requiring supporting details to rationalize that choice. This is a great way to push students to identify the main idea of a reading, jot down their ideas, and narrow their focus for writing. It can easily be adapted for a variety of purposes. Be sure to check out my other graphic organizer templates as well!

Check out this fun and simple graphic organizer that students can use to brainstorm a number of things. This clear and focused form allows students to develop their skills in narrowing the focus, being creative, organizing their thoughts, and so much more. This comes in a variety of formats to be applied with different grade levels, different students, and whatever else differentiation purposes you need. Be sure to check out our other graphic organizers as well!

Check out this student-friendly form for students and their families to fill out as students read at home. This simple form adds another level of accountability as well as incentive for students to stick to their at home reading promise to you. Included in the columns, is the date, title, time spent, student signature and parent signature. This can easily be implemented weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc!

Take your classroom communication to the next level with these accountability posters that pushes your students to challenge each others thoughts and ideas in a respectful and responsible way. Whether it be adding on to thinking, pushing back against ideas, questions understandings, or echoing and summarizing thoughts, these posters can do wonders for the oral communication development for all grade levels. Whether they are printed and laminated, hung around the room, or the mini versions attached are distributed to children, accountable talk posters will turn your classroom into a bunch of higher level thinking and talkers!

Check out this differentiated pack of templates that are to be used for acrostic poems. Presented in a fun and student-friendly design, each of the pages comes with a different amount of lines. These allows for different words to be used, implementation with different grades, or simply differentiation. Be creative and take your lesson on poems to a new level!