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This template will help teachers of ELs to organize their lesson topics so that they can effectively teach background knowledge.

Teach Background Knowledge Template

In this inference lesson plan, your students will use evidence and background knowledge to make inferences in a variety of media including artwork, fictional stories, and even a short film.

Evidence + Background Knowledge = Inference

Build background knowledge about social classes in the early 1900s as&nbsp;students prepare to read&nbsp;A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Book Study: A Night to Remember: Build Background Knowledge

Before reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, use this pre-reading activity to build background knowledge and engagement.&nbsp;

Book Study: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Build Background Knowledge

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

Graphic Organizer Template: Bubble Map

This visual reference can be posted in the classroom and used to gauge students' understanding of words prior to explicit teaching.

Background Knowledge Checklist

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

Newspaper Article Template

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by building background knowledge about the rise of Hitler in Germany after World War I.

Book Study: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Build Background Knowledge

Dive into article identification with this beach-themed grammar worksheet!

Find the Article: Beach Day

Engage students in reading before they even start! Students prepare for reading a nonfiction text by looking at the pictures in the book and answering a series of questions that get them thinking about what they already know about the topic.

Activate That Background Knowledge

Let's write a pretend newspaper article! Here's a silly way for your child to look at telling a story the way it might be written for a newspaper.

Pretend Newspaper Article

The English language has some tricky rules on when to use the definite article "the" and when not to use it. This lesson teaches your students some of the rules for when to use the definite article "the" with geographical nouns.  

Definite Article: 'The' with Geographical Nouns

Help your 1st grader write awesome opinions with this Handwriting Without Tears opinion writing template.

Opinion Template

This holiday postcard template lets your child make mail-ready Christmas greetings for loved ones. Print this holiday postcard template for your child.

Holiday Postcard Template

This valentine card template gets helps your child create a uniquely colored valentine. Use our valentine card template to get a head start on card-making.

Valentine Card Template

Does your little one like to travel? Help him create his very own play passport with this printable template.

Passport Template

Introduce your little one to tangrams with this printable template! He'll get to make his own tangram shapes set.

Tangram Template

This blank glossary template allows you to fill in a personalized list of vocabulary words to go with EL support lessons.

Glossary Template 

Create a perfect snowflake every time with this awesome kid-friendly template.

Paper Snowflake Template

Use this simple butterfly cutout template for any of your arts and crafts needs.

Butterfly Cutout Template

Engage students&#39; senses and inspire their creativity with this sensory poem template!

Sensory Poem Template

This versatile template is a great way to support language learners as they practice writing characters.

Character Practice Template

This Visual Schedule Template will help your young learner stay on track each day! With a customizable template, you can create a unique schedule that works for your child while getting them involved in the planning process.

Visual Schedule Template

Try this entertaining and educational math activity that will teach your child how to add and subtract decimals.

Teach Decimals on a Budget

This how-to writing template is a horizontal version of our Scaffolded Writing Template With Prompts, which helps kids to organize their thoughts for writing.

Horizontal Writing Template With Prompts

Use this Number Talk template to support your students’ oral language development as they discuss multiplication strategies.

Number Talks Template

From line leader to plant monitor, help foster a sense of classroom community with this printable jobs template.

Classroom Jobs Template

Children will use this simple template to write a friendly letter to Santa Claus.

Letter to Santa Template

Does your student know what a rhyme is and how to make one? Determine the extent of their rhyming knowledge with this assessment worksheet.

Rhyming Knowledge Assessment

Sometimes the best way to learn about something is to teach it! This lesson helps second graders become the experts on odd and even numbers as they prepare to teach younger students. 

Teach About Odd & Even Numbers

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