Text Structure Graphic Organizers

A project-based sequence for 4th-grade students in special education settings, focusing on moving from passive highlighting to active extraction, organization, and synthesis. Students learn to refine highlights, extract them onto cards, sort ideas logically, and create a visual 'One-Page Expert Guide' as a summary tool.

A 3rd-grade sequence focused on teaching students with processing difficulties how to navigate informational texts using annotation and highlighting techniques. Through a 'text detective' theme, students analyze informational articles as 'specimens' to identify features, vocabulary, and main ideas.

This graduate-level sequence focuses on the explicit instruction of text highlighting and annotation strategies. It prepares future special educators and coaches to move beyond 'assigning' annotation toward systematically 'teaching' it through cognitive modeling, guided practice, and implementation fidelity monitoring.

This sequence equips pre-service teachers with evidence-based frameworks for teaching text interaction to students with executive function deficits. It moves from cognitive science foundations to the practical design and assessment of systematic annotation protocols.

A Kindergarten sequence designed to support academic working memory by using 'First, Next, Last' graphic organizers. Students learn to structure narratives visually, reducing the cognitive load of retelling stories.

A 5-lesson sequence for Pre-K students designed to support working memory through visual organization and sorting. Students learn to chunk information using color, category, and environmental cues to reduce cognitive load.

A 5-lesson sequence for Pre-K students focusing on visual supports and graphic organizers to aid working memory in narrative sequencing. Students use tactile and visual aids like story stones and picture cards to categorize elements, sequence events, and retell stories.

This sequence helps 2nd-grade students with working memory challenges transfer single-step focus strategies to academic tasks. Students learn to use visual tools like reading windows, highlighters, and information filtering to prevent cognitive overwhelm in reading and math.

A comprehensive sequence for 9th-grade students to master working memory compensation through visual supports. Students move from understanding cognitive load to designing and applying personalized checklists, graphic organizers, and environmental cues to their actual schoolwork.

A metacognitive sequence for 10th-grade students to identify working memory bottlenecks and design personalized visual support systems to enhance academic independence. Students transition from being accommodation recipients to active cognitive architects.

This sequence teaches 11th-grade students with working memory challenges how to use visual graphic organizers to synthesize complex, conflicting information from multiple sources for research and presentations.

A project-based sequence for 10th-grade students to design personalized graphic organizers, focusing on working memory support and self-advocacy. Students transition from critiquing generic templates to creating a custom 'toolkit' for STEM and Humanities subjects.

A 15-minute interactive literacy lesson for 1st-grade subseparate classrooms based on Jan Brett's 'The Mitten,' focusing on animal identification and narrative sequencing.

A intensive Tier 3 lesson designed for individual students to master identifying the main idea and supporting details using visual strategies and explicit instruction.

A 90-minute lesson for 4th graders on creating concept maps. Students will learn to visualize relationships between ideas using nodes, linking words, and cross-links to enhance their comprehension and organizational skills.

A 50-minute individualized Orton-Gillingham lesson for 4th-grade students with dyslexia, focusing on decoding multisyllabic words through syllable division rules for closed, open, and r-controlled syllables.

A 30-minute individual session helping 4th-grade students master brainstorming and organizing thoughts using visual maps.

A 30-minute individualized Tier 3 lesson for 4th-grade students to master identifying the central idea and supporting details in informational texts using a detective-themed approach.

A 30-minute Tier 2 small group lesson focused on retelling the story of Mary Anning using a graphic organizer, word banks, and sequencing activity to support students with writing and comprehension challenges.

This lesson guides a 3rd-grade student with autism through the creative process of writing a Pixar-style screenplay, specifically 'Planes 3'. It breaks down storytelling into 7 visual steps, encouraging creativity, problem-solving, and emotional connection.

A three-week individualized intervention sequence designed to help 5th-grade students master the skill of identifying main ideas and supporting details across various texts.

A comprehensive 60-minute lesson for K-5 special education students exploring the pumpkin life cycle through slides, stories, sorting activities, and hands-on worksheets. Students will learn the journey from a tiny seed to a big orange pumpkin.

A 30-minute Tier 2 lesson for 5th-graders focusing on narrative retell skills, including story element identification, concise summaries, and strategic pausing. Students engage in interactive instruction and a peer-reviewed retelling game to build confidence and clarity.

A cozy 15-minute literacy lesson for 1st-grade subseparate classrooms based on Jan Brett's 'The Mitten,' focusing on animal identification and sequencing.