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Young students can benefit from brain breaks. Students can participate in a short physical game and stretches to help them refresh. This can increase student engagement.

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Teachers will use a variety of tools and strategies to temporarily support student learning such as visual aids, books, and reading instructions aloud. The method of support with vary based on the help needed and the disability a student has.

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Students will have an opportunity to tutor each other. For example, students will ask and answer questions. Students will learn to be supportive of each other and create a positive learning environment. It also encourages and improves social engagement.

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Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate what they've learned in a variety of ways. For some assignments, students will be able to write, draw, or record a video using a digital platform to show what they learned about a new lesson. This will improve motivation and give students ownership of their learning.

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Students will read in small groups and share different reading strategies. They will practice predicting, summarizing, and questioning what they read. This will help build reading comprehension, promote self-confidence, and build a community between students.

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Students will be tasked with answering a question or prompt about a specific lesson orally, on a class poll, through a written explanation, or through manipulatives. This will ensure comprehension, increase, and provide multiple means of engagement.

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Visual aids such as pictures, picture books, sentence frames, and graphic organizers can help students make new connections and support EL learners. This will ensure EL learners can be fully involved in learning activities and class discussions.

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Looking for ways to help your students understand concepts? Graphic organizers are the perfect tool to help structure thoughts and communicate new ideas. They can be used to structure writing projects and help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research, and brainstorming. Graphic organizers come in all shapes and sizes, which is why we have collected some of the most popular and effective templates for you to download for free.

Printable graphic organizers

Select a blank graphic organizer from the following categories depending on your curriculum needs.

Sequence of events

Main topic and key details

Compare/contrast

Story planning

Essay planning

Other graphic organizers

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Free Downloadable Graphic Organizer Templates

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Use these free graphic organizer templates to help your students communicate more effectively by classifying ideas, structuring writing projects, and more.

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