Beginning, Middle, End Graphic Organizer

• Three options have been provided. Choose the version that best meets the needs of your students.
• Students should be encouraged to use drawing and/or writing to complete the responses.
• This activity can be completed independently, in small groups, or as a station. The pages can also be used as anchor charts and completed during whole group instruction.
• When reading texts about climate change, it is important to check in frequently with students about how they are feeling and answer questions.

This activity will help students learn about the efforts being made by people around the globe to combat climate change. Even while there isn't a magic bullet to lessen the effects of climate change, various people react differently to these effects. The activity includes supplementary educational materials that have undergone a rigorous evaluation for scientific legitimacy.

This resource addresses the listed standards. To fully meet standards, search for more related resources.

Supporting Standards

• English Language Arts
  • Reading: Literature (K-12)
    • RL.CI.K.2. With prompting and support, identify the central message and retell familiar literary texts, including key details (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
    • RL.MF.1.6 With prompting and support, use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
    • RL.TS.2.4 Describe the overall structure of a text, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action, identifying how each successive part builds on earlier sections.

Note On Standards:

This lesson is aligned to SubjectToClimate standards. Review the aligned standards directly in the lesson plan document and teacher slideshow.