Blank SPO

Students will complete a blank SPO.

Students will complete a blank SPO with cues.

Students will brainstorm ideas for the given topic, audience, and purpose.

Ms. Guillory’s 1st grade class completes an SPO around their class pet Rosie. (Short-version video)

Ms. Guillory’s 1st grade class completes an SPO around their class pet Rosie. (Long-version video)

Mrs. McDermott shows her fourth-grade students how to use their research notes to build a single paragraph outline (SPO) about NYC and the Adirondacks.

Watch an overview of the new customizable templates, which can easily be customized to fit your content and set your students up for success.

This webinar answers the question: How do I teach my students to develop the SPO independently? We will identify the discrete skills required to complete an SPO, then discuss how the SPO scaffolds can be used to teach those skills. We also talk about the importance of using note-taking in the pre-writing planning process.

Students will complete a blank SPO.

This resource contains all the blank SPO activities for grades K-2, translated into Spanish.