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With Pride!
Tools
and Strategies
Writing
Tools
This section lists several
types of graphic
organizers used at
Beverly Farms and includes the purpose/usage for each graphic
organizer. Also included are Sentence
Starters,
Transition
Words,
Character
Traits,
Sensory
Description Words,
Answering
By Rephrasing Questions,
and Tips
for Answering Questions.
Click on any topic to view/print the graphic organizer, Sentence
Starters or Transition Words. We will continue to add writing tools
to this page so check back often.
- Sentence
Starters
- Transition
Words
- Character
Traits
- Sensory
Description Words
- Answering By
Rephrasing Questions
- Tips
for Answering Questions
- AGOPP
(Ask,
Gather, Organize, Prepare/Produce & Present/Assess)
- A Research
Process Strategy Model
- Graphic
Organizers
- Sequence
Chain -
Procedural text, Explain how you got your answer [ math
]
- Venn
Diagram -
Compare and contrast
- Story
Map - Story
summary, store pre-write, summarizing fiction book or movie
(click here
for an alternative Story Map Graphic Organizer)
- Jelly
Fish - Note
taking, factual information; topic - subtopic -
detail
- Exposition
Sandwich and
Informative
Organizer -
Informative, opinion, persuasion
- The
Web -
Summarizing, main idea, detail, factual reports, expository
text
- Skinny
Notes - Note
taking, bullet details
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Science Tools
Math Tools
Web
Sites
- The
ArithmAttack
"ArithmAttack"
is a free software program that randomly creates arithmetic
problems using numbers between 0 and 12. Students can instruct the
program to focus exclusively on addition, subtraction,
multiplication, or division or let it choose them at random." They
are timed for 60 seconds, and are given feedback when they make a
mistake.
- Funbrain
An internet site for
teachers and kids. Includes math and word games plus
quizes.
- AGOPP
(Ask, Gather,
Organize, Prepare/Produce Information and Present/Assess) - A
Research Process Strategy Model
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Last updated on
September 23, 2000