English Language Arts
Mother's Day Simile Writing Worksheet
Let your students get creative with their writing for Mother's Day and use this worksheet to help your students describe their moms using similes. This is a great way to introduce similes, or to help your students practice using them in writing.
Bubble Map | Large
Help students visualize concepts with a Bubble Map!
Start with a central concept or idea in the middle section, then assign a copy to each student so they can fill in the surrounding bubbles with relative concepts or definitions. Or, collaborate as a whole class with one master copy!
This template is our large version, here is a smaller one.
Frayer Model
Introduce a Frayer Model to your class with this fun template!
Frayer Models are great tools for students to better understand new and important concepts by listing examples, non-examples, facts, and definitions.
This activity can be assigned as an individual or group activity, or as a teacher model.
Venn Diagram | 2 Circles
Compare and contrast two concepts with a Venn Diagram!
Download this template to start brainstorming with your class today.
T-Chart
Compare and contrast two concepts with a T-chart!
Download this template to start brainstorming with your class today.
Main Idea & Supporting Details | Purple
Guide students as they learn to identify main ideas and supporting details with this simple template!
This type of identification process is a foundational skill for all learning. Using this template provides a helpful framework for students at the beginning of their reading and learning journey.
Included in this purple template is a blank space for any main idea, plus three featured details. Make use of this activity for independent reading or learning, and for class-wide collaboration.
Comic Strip | Blank
Get students exploring a new style of writing with a Comic Strip activity!
This blank comic strip template is great for getting creative with classroom assignments that require narrative structure, such as comic drawing and storyboard plotting.
Complete with five blank boxes for drawing, and speech and thought bubbles for dialogue; you'll be giving your students a fresh way to express their learning and understanding. Hello voice and choice!
Somebody Wanted But So | Detailed
Summarize and identify key elements of a story or historical event with this Somebody-Wanted-But-So template!
This is a super useful activity for students, during or after a reading exercise, to help them solidify their learnings. This detailed template also provides a framework to helps students identify main ideas, cause and effect relationships, differences between characters, make generalizations, and discover different points of view.
Mother's Day Writing Template
Let your students give their mother something to be thankful for this year with a letter filled with love, gratitude, and appreciation that she can save in a keepsake scrapbook or put on the fridge.
This blank writing template with colorful flowers makes it easy to add words and photos for each student to personalize and make their own.
Sequence Chart | Small
Assign Sequence Charts to students to help them visualise and simplify the steps in a complex process, or a timeline of events, etc.
It can also be used to plan lessons or to take down notes during a lesson!
This chart is our smaller version for more basic lessons; find our larger version here.
Comic Strip | Blue & Red
Get students exploring a new style of writing with a Comic Strip activity!
This red and blue comic strip template is great for getting creative with classroom assignments that require narrative structure, such as comic drawing and storyboard plotting.
Complete with six blank boxes for drawing, and speech and thought bubbles for dialogue; you'll be giving your students a fresh way to express their learning and understanding. Hello voice and choice!
Notice and Wonder Notes
Give your students a way to reflect deeper with a Notice and Wonder Notes template!
Start by providing your students with a link to any sort of visual resource to reflect on – this could be a photo, video, or piece of art.
Students are then prompted to write things they notice about the visual, and what questions those thoughts inspire! Finding the answers can then be assigned as personal tasks, or something to collaborate on as a class (especially if there are any common themes that arise).
Main Idea & Supporting Details | Blue
Guide students as they learn to identify main ideas and supporting details with this simple template!
This type of identification process is a foundational skill for all learning. Using this template provides a helpful framework for students at the beginning of their reading and learning journey.
Included in this blue template is a blank space for any main idea, plus three featured details. Make use of this activity for independent reading or learning, and for class-wide collaboration.
Sequence Chart | Large
Assign Sequence Charts to students to help them visualise and simplify the steps in a complex process, or a timeline of events, etc.
It can also be used to plan lessons or to take down notes during a lesson!
This chart is our larger version for more detailed lessons; find our smaller version here.
SOAPStone
Want to give your students some support while deciphering literature or creating their own creative writing pieces? Try this SOAPSTone template!
With six sections covering Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, and Tone, students can use this prompted template to develop a greater sense of understanding for what the author of the text intended. Plus, through asking these questions, it also helps unlock and document how the audience might react, too.
Give it a try with your class!
Cause & Effect | Bowling Theme
Get your students thinking more laterally with a Cause and Effect chart!
This template encourages students to explore all the potential causes of a problem before they start thinking up any solutions. This technique combines Brainstorming with a type of Mind Mapping to push students to consider all possible causes of a problem, rather than just the ones that are most obvious.
Identify your problem then assign this bowling-themed template to individuals, groups, or collaborate as a class.