This article describes how elementary teachers can use modified writer's workshops to help students organize information in their science notebooks.

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This packet contains exit tickets for the standard MD.4. Exit tickets are written responses to questions posed at the end of a lesson. They are brief assessments which allow the teacher to determine student understanding of the concepts and skills taught that day. At the beginning of the year, or a blank copy of the exit ticket may need to be displayed on the board and read aloud to students.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  In this lesson, students will create a survey question, collect data, create a bar graph, write and answer questions about the collected data.  This lesson may take two days to complete.  Printable, samples of student work, sample anchor charts, and extension ideas are included within this lesson.

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Students ask the question, "How many cubes can I grab with one hand?" They each take a turn grabbing a handful of cubes, and graph the data. Students analyze the data and answer questions

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This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.In this lesson, students observe and describe the characteristics of a quarter, dime, nickel, and penny to help them identify and sort the coins.  Students will also represent the number of each coin on a bar graph and will ask and answer questions to interpret the data.  Student materials and photos of student work are included.Remix this lesson to include extension ideas or additional pictures of student work.

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In this lesson, students will sort items into groups. They will use
counting to analyze the organized items and answer the question "How many?"

This lesson is from Tools4NCTeachers.In this lesson, students build pattern block animals inspired by literature, describe and graph the shapes used, and interpret the data by asking and answering questions to develop the concepts of geometry and graphing. Remix this lesson to include extension ideas or samples of student work.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.In this lesson, students represent and interpret three categories of data in charts and tables.  They analyze the data to answer compare questions about how many more are in one category than another.  The lesson may be modified to integrate or emphasize questions about how many fewer.  Samples of student work and student recording sheets are included.Remix this lesson to include extension activites or related math stations.  Sharing is caring!

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In this task, interpret data on a chart, and answer problem solving questions related to the data. This task may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.