This graphic organiser, ‘The Key to Fluency for Olivia’ asks students to evaluate the book Olivia by Ian Falconer, then use the information to give a book talk to try to convince others to read it.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Order of the Day’ asks students to place events and important facts in sequential order as they occur in a textbook.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Order of the Day for Volcanoes’ asks students to write the events from the non-fiction text, Danger! Volcanoes by Seymour Simon in sequential order.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Solution Scoop’ asks students to identify and evaluate the problems and solutions in a story.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Solution Scoop for The Pain and the Great One’ asks students to read The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume, then identify problems and solutions found in the book and create other solutions for the two siblings.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Tail End of a Word’ asks students to sort words into various categories based on their endings.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Tail End of a Word for -ible and -able’ helps students to learn the rule for adding -ible and -able word endings in order to sort the words into the correct categories.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Word Burger’ allows students to learn new vocabulary words from a piece of literature by using the rivet technique.
This graphic organiser, ‘Think Pair Share’ is a fantastic resource to differentiate teaching instruction. It offers a less threatening environment that values individual input in class discussions. By outlining ideas in this table students can share their own thoughts, learn how to listen to others’ and then summarize both of their understandings in order to …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Thoughts on Fluency’ gives students the opportunity to create original pictures based on literature to demonstrate their comprehension of the text.
This graphic organiser, ‘Thoughts on Fluency for A Closet Full of Shoes’ asks students to draw images after hearing a read aloud of the poem A Closet Full of Shoes, taken from the book A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein.
This graphic organiser, ‘Three Times a Charm’ encourages students to re-read passages to improve their comprehension of the material.
This graphic organiser, ‘Three Times a Charm for Canyons’ encourages students to re-read passages from Canyons by Gary Paulsen to improve their comprehension of the material.
This graphic organiser, ‘Timeline’ provides a vertical timeline with space for students to explore four key events. The timeline starts with a definite beginning however, includes and arrow at the end to demonstrate the continuum beyond the spaces provided. For example, this timeline can be used to plot and detail significant events of a student’s …More
This worksheet, ‘Traits of Jesus Christ’ provides students with the opportunity to mind map and brainstorm specific character qualities of Jesus. It is a great resource to prompt further discussion and to supplement Christian studies, in particular during Easter.
This graphic organiser, ‘Triple Venn Diagram’ helps students separate ideas that are similar and different in two stories. It then provides space for students to add their own stories.
This graphic organiser, ‘Triple Venn Diagram for Three Pigs’ asks students to compare and contrast three versions of The Three Little Pigs and identify the similarities and differences.
This graphic organiser, ‘Triple Venn Diagram’ consists of three overlapping circles and is a great resource to help students visualise the relationship between three concepts. It can be used to compare and contrast differences and similarities in characteristics between ideas (for example, characters, countries, stories or shapes etc.). It can be used to compare and …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Venn Diagram’ consists of two overlapping circles and is a great resource to help students visualise the relationship between concepts. It can be used to compare and contrast differences and similarities in characteristics between ideas (for example, characters, countries, stories or shapes etc.). It can also be used across all learning areas …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Visualisation Wheel’ provides a structure with which students can recall and record the images and descriptions that come to mind as they read.
This graphic organiser, ‘Vocabulary Diagram’ enables students to break down individual words into multiple parts.
This graphic organiser, ‘Vocabulary Diagram for Anne of Green Gables’ enables students to break down words they recognise into parts, using Greek and Latin roots, synonyms, antonyms, prefixes, suffixes and associated words to deepen their understanding of Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.
This graphic organiser, ‘Vocabulary Rating’ helps students to determine whether or not they recognise certain words used in the text prior to reading and to respond strategically to unknown words they encounter.
This graphic organiser, ‘Vocabulary Rating for From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler’ helps students determine whether or not they recognise certain words used in the text prior to reading and to respond strategically to unknown words they encounter in the book From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler by …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Vowel Charts’ provides students with the opportunity for word play, using middle-vowel sounds and anchors, they can manipulate beginning and ending sounds to create new words.
This graphic organiser, ‘Vowel Charts for Hop on Pop’ helps students to identify the middle-vowel sounds of words and think of additional words with the same middle vowel sounds.
This graphic organiser, ‘We Are Family’ ask students to distinguish between words with the same ending sounds and words with different ending sounds.
This graphic organiser, ‘We Are Family for Dr Seuss’ asks students to find word families in the book Green Eggs and Ham and other books by Dr Seuss.
This graphic organiser, ‘Who Am I?’ asks students to research various people by reading biographies and applying the information they find to their own lives.
This graphic organiser, ‘Who Am I? for Scientists’ asks students to read biographies of important scientists and create a Who Am I? game.
This graphic organiser, ‘Why That Ending?’ provides a structure with which students can summarise the plot of the story, record the ending of the story and then create their own endings.
This graphic organiser, ‘Why That Ending? for Wild Things’ asks students to evaluate the plot and the ending of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and create new endings.
This graphic organiser, ‘Word Characteristics’ provides a graphical mind map that students can use to organise information and understand the meaning of new vocabulary. The resource prompts students to identify the new word, describe it using examples and non-examples and then create or find the definition. It can be used when exploring new topics and …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Word Dominoes’ helps students to increase their vocabulary and comprehension by using context clues to define words.
This graphic organiser, ‘Word Dominoes for Mister Seahorse’ helps students to increase their vocabulary and comprehension by using context clues to define words found in Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle.
This graphic organiser, ‘Word Parts’ asks students to identify and generate words that are related by word parts.
This graphic organiser, ‘Word Parts for A Wrinkle in Time’ allows students to recognise patterns in words through the study of origins and derivations in A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle.
This graphic organiser, ‘Word Parts Into Words’ helps students activate their prior knowledge about the word parts and apply their understanding to new words.
This graphic organiser, ‘Word Parts Into Words for A Wrinkle in Time’ asks students to use phonemes and syllabication to determine how to pronounce unfamiliar words from A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle.
This graphic organiser, ‘Word Slices’ asks students to use similarities to classify words into categories, then explore the definitions of the words and examine how words relate to each other.
This graphic organiser, ‘Word Slices for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs’ asks students to sort vocabulary words from Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett into related categories.
This graphic organiser, ‘Word Splash’ asks students to look a key words from a text and predict outcomes prior to reading.
This graphic organiser, ‘Y Chart’ prompts students to use higher-order thinking skills to analyse and organise the relative parts of information. The Y shape splits the diagram into three sections of feels like, sounds like and looks like to help students explore a concept in detail. This resource can be used across all learning areas …More