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Curated OER

Bingo!

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice and reinforce phonics and/or math skills by creating Bingo! game using computer spreadsheet. Students incorporate phonics or math skills class has been practicing onto Bingo! cards, which can be printed and made...
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Curated OER

Mapping National and Geographic Identity

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze geographic maps. In this map analysis lesson, students analyze the symbols in geographic maps and the impact of cultural, historical, and political concepts. Students compare and contrast maps in various mediums by...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rice (Gohan) Observations

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate rice or gohan as it's called in Japan in a couple of experiments. They tally the results.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

RNA and Gene Expression

For Students 9th - 10th
In this RNA and gene expression worksheet, students match the letter of the description that best matches the term as it relates to gene expression. Students also answer questions as it relates to the process of transcription and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify how objects can be sorted or classified for easy access. In this sorting activity, students will investigate how letters, numbers, and symbols are used in sorting and classifying.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Community Celebrations

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are introduced to cultural history and diversity that is present in the community in which they live by examining secular and sacred celebrations. Students create scrapbooks to chronicle their family's celebrations.
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Other

Kim's Korner: Six Trait Analytic Writing Model

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Check out this comprehensive website featuring ideas for teaching writing based on the six trait analytic writing model.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Traits of Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to videos, images, and a rubric about the six traits of writing: ideas, voice, organization, word choice, fluency, and conventions.
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Lesson Plan
Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: 'Jeffrey and Sloth' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teaching guide for Jeffrey and Sloth, a story written by Kari-Lynn Winters, provides a synopsis of the story, discussion questions and teaching ideas. The book is about the experience of writer's block and how to overcome it. The...
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Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: 6+1 Traits

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This site focuses on the 6+1 TraitTM Writing framework.
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Rubric
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Rubric: Six Trait Assessment for Beginning Writers

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Teachers will find this rubric useful in the classroom as a means of assessing student writing skills. It has a printer friendly version.
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Website
Other

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: 6+1 Traits

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on the 6+1 TraitTM Writing framework.
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Lesson Plan
TES Global

Tes: Creative Writing Lesson Plan: Speed Writing

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] During this guided creative writing lesson plan, students will develop written pieces and writing stamina. Students will write for short timed periods with the goal of writing progressively more...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Six Traits of Writing Organization

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson reinforces the importance of ensuring that purpose and pattern match well.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Onomatopoeia Adventures

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, by Linda Williams, is used as a mentor text to highlight the trait of word choice. Onamatopoeia is the focus content for this lesson. After the reading of the text,...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Oh, Messy Cheetos!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, sentence fluency is the focus. The mentor text entitled Mrs. Wishy Washy is used to help learners explore how using repetition techniques can enhance the meaning of a story. After reading the text, students will write...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: We Saw Him at the Zoo

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, the mentor text utilized is Deborah Guarino's book, Is Your Mama a Llama?, with the focus of sentence fluency. Each student will think of an animal that that has the same initial sound as his/her name. Using the...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing a Roundabout Story

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text to highlight the trait of organization. The content focus of the instructional activity is to highlight that authors' story structures can be...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Some Animals Don't Do That!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
For this lesson plan, Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text for to highlight the trait of idea development. The content focus of the lesson is to highlight what topics cannot do. Students generate a list of...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: I Have a Dream

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A great cross-curricular activity, students will create a diamante poem based on their feelings regarding Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Unique Metaphor Collections

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, the first chapter of the novel Girl with a Pearl Earring is used as a mentor text. Students will identify metaphors and then create their own unique metaphorical descriptions that they will begin to collect in their...
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Handout
Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School District: Children's Book Titles to Teach Traits [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
A list of children's book titles and authors that offer good examples for students to follow when learning to write both narrative and expository texts. Being arranged according to the six traits of good writing makes it easy to find the...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: A Call for Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The world is an ever changing place, and through this lesson learners will have a chance to send a call out for change. Using Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" as an inspiration and a model, students will brainstorm change,...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Writing With Pizazz

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps the students with the first step in the Six Traits Writing Process-- gathering ideas. Students are encouraged to analyze writing samples and brainstorm possible personal writing...

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