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A classic CER organizer with three stacked boxes labeled Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning, each with writing lines so students can build a complete written response.
A clean blank CER template with three empty boxes labeled Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning, ready to print and fill in by hand or annotate digitally.
A worked science example that shows how to answer a lab question, with the claim, data evidence, and scientific reasoning filled into each labeled box.
A color coded CER organizer that gives Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning each a distinct soft color, helping students see the three parts at a glance.
A CER organizer with sentence starters printed inside each box, giving students helpful stems to begin their claim, evidence, and reasoning.
A printable CER worksheet with a question prompt at the top and labeled Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning sections with writing lines for a full response.
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A classic CER organizer with three stacked boxes labeled Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning, each with writing lines so students can build a complete written response.
Create a colorful claim evidence reasoning organizer. Three stacked boxes top to bottom labeled CLAIM, EVIDENCE, and REASONING, each with a short label and ruled writing lines. Bold heading at the top. White background.
A clean blank CER template with three empty boxes labeled Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning, ready to print and fill in by hand or annotate digitally.
Create a clean blank claim evidence reasoning template. Three empty boxes stacked top to bottom labeled CLAIM, EVIDENCE, and REASONING, each with ruled lines for writing. Minimal color borders and generous white space. White background.
A worked science example that shows how to answer a lab question, with the claim, data evidence, and scientific reasoning filled into each labeled box.
Create a colorful claim evidence reasoning science organizer for a lab about whether plants grow taller in sunlight. Three stacked boxes labeled CLAIM, EVIDENCE, and REASONING, each filled with a short example sentence and measurement. Clear labels and headings. White background.
A color coded CER organizer that gives Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning each a distinct soft color, helping students see the three parts at a glance.
Create a color coded claim evidence reasoning organizer. Three stacked boxes labeled CLAIM, EVIDENCE, and REASONING, each in a different soft color with matching labels and ruled writing lines. Bright and friendly classroom style. White background.
Claim evidence reasoning, often shortened to CER, is a three-part framework that helps students write a clear, well-supported response to a question. It is used across science and English language arts to build argument writing skills. A CER response has three parts: a claim that answers the question, evidence that supports the claim with data or facts, and reasoning that explains how the evidence connects back to the claim using scientific principles or logic. A CER graphic organizer lays out these three parts in labeled boxes so students can plan their thinking before they write. Figviz turns any question or topic into a finished CER organizer in seconds, so you can skip the drawing and focus on the writing.
Imagine a science question: "Does temperature affect how fast sugar dissolves?" A student runs an experiment and writes a CER response. Claim: "Sugar dissolves faster in warmer water." Evidence: "In the experiment, sugar fully dissolved in 30 seconds in water at 60 degrees Celsius, but took 90 seconds in water at 20 degrees Celsius." Reasoning: "Warmer water has more thermal energy, so its molecules move faster and collide with the sugar more often, which breaks the sugar apart more quickly." The claim answers the question, the evidence gives measured data, and the reasoning uses a scientific principle to explain why the evidence supports the claim. That is a complete CER.
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