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Paragraph Organization Lab
Students sort sentences by topic, cut off-topic lines, order sentences, label paragraph parts and add transitions.
Grades 3–8Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline
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Grade versions included
- Grades 3–5: Sorting sentences into paragraphs, cutting off-topic lines, order, topic sentence and closing sentence, and transition words
- Grades 6–8: Grouping evidence under controlling ideas, unity, organizational patterns, evidence vs. commentary and transitions
What students practice
Topic sentences, staying on topic and unity, sentence order and organizational patterns, paragraph parts, evidence and commentary, transitions and flow
Standards
OAS Standard 2: Reading and Writing Process
Common Core: W.2 · W.4 · W.5
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How it works
- Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
- The download has a separate file for each grade band. Open the one that fits your class.
- Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
- Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
- Each purchase includes the lab files and a one-page Quick Start guide.
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