Classification of Organisms

Common Core

by Carole Marsh

Are you expected to change how you teach because of new Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & new CCSS for Literacy and Writing in History/Social Studies and Science? Are you expected to continue to meet existing science and social studies standards, AND integrate new, more rigorous expectations for reading, writing, analysis, inference, and more into your daily instruction? The Classification of Organisms - Common Core Lessons and Activities book allows you to immediately meet new CCSS for English Language Arts, as well at Literacy and Writing in History/Social Studies. This ready-to-use reproducible book includes 24 pages of supplemental resources are just what you need to met the new added requirements of Common Core! Perfect for grades 3-8!

How to Use the Classification of Organisms - Common Core Lessons and Activities
Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations.
Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills.
Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go.
Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes!


Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs.
Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine.
Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson.

The Classification of Organisms - Common Core Lessons and Activities Reading for Information
Higher-Order Thinking
Writing Problems
Primary Source Analysis
Vocabulary
Graphic Organizers
Map Activities
& More!

Here is the Table of Contents for the Classification of Organisms - Common Core Lessons and Activities
What Is Classification?: Reading Informational Text
Can You Classify?: Applying Concepts G
How to Reading Informational Text
Classifying by Applying Concepts G
Comparing Two Comparison of Primary Sources
Why Classify?: Reading Informational Text
Kingdoms & /b>Classifying Information G
Classification Research & Writing G
Classifying Compare & Contrast GO1
Classifying Information
What Is a Specie?: Reading Informational Text
Classifying Reading Informational Text
Classify by Applying Concepts
Binomial Summarizing Information GO9
Bacteria and Compare & Contrast
Binomial Inference
Common Core Correlations

Includes Graphic Organizers

24 pages, Paperback

First published December 20, 2013

About the author

Carole Marsh is a children's author and the founder of Gallopade International, a children’s book publishing company headquartered in Peachtree City, GA. Marsh writes mystery fiction in addition to works of non-fiction for children. Initially she self-published under the imprint Gallopade Publishing Group, which she founded in 1979; today Gallopade International is a major small publisher based in Peachtree City, Georgia.

In 2007 Marsh received the Georgia Author of the Year award for her contributions to children's literature and to the state of Georgia over the past twenty-seven years.