Graphic Organizer

Background: Natural Inquirer (NI) articles are written at a middle school level; however, the content, format, and focus on the process of science makes these journals a perfect resource for...

Focus student understanding of the main idea of a paragraph in each section of a Natural Inquirer article through a reading and note-taking process. This lesson plan can be used with any...

Ask students to compare and contrast two articles using a Venn diagram. This lesson plan can be used with any Natural Inquirer article.

Students create a chart to write what they know before reading, what they think they will learn from the article, and then what they learned from the article. This lesson...

Students determine important parts of the text and share questions and comments about selected parts of the text. This lesson plan can be used with any Natural Inquirer article.

Students work together to answer questions about an article generated by rolling the question cube. This lesson plan can be used with any Natural Inquirer article.

Students are assigned different sections of a Natural Inquirer article and work together to create a summary. This lesson plan can be used with any Natural Inquirer article.

Use the Frayer Diagram with students to identify and define important words. This lesson plan can be used with any Natural Inquirer article.

A guided reading lesson plan that walks students through each section of the journal. It includes graphic organizers and activities for students to complete as they read.

The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: What material or combination of materials creates a stronger tower? Materials: Paper Plastic Straws Wooden popsicle sticks Toothpicks Natural items (sticks,...