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Balanced literacy Common Core W.3.1a resources
5 Paragraph Opinion Essay - Opinion Writing Flipbook, Organizers, and Lessons
Opinion writing can be a really fun way for students to express themselves. Once it is time to move to a more formal five paragraph opinion essay, some students really struggle. This resource is geared to helping teachers and students “see” the components of a simple opinion essay, study a simple essay, plan an essay using either a graphic organizer or the included flip book, and then actually draft the complete essay.The opinion writing graphic organizer is geared toward helping students reco
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3rd - 5th
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Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer Opinion Prompts Anchor Chart Rubric 3rd Grade
Are you looking for a kid-friendly way to teach opinion writing to your students? This Opinion Writing unit is just what you need! It comes with kid-friendly rubrics, anchor charts, graphic organizers, opinion writing prompts, and centers. Plus, there’s even a mentor text to help you get started. Your students will love writing opinion essays with this unit! The lessons are easy to follow and the activities are engaging. Plus, the included rubrics make grading simple.When it comes to writing
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3rd
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Also included in: 3rd Grade Writing Units BUNDLE Personal Fictional Opinion Informational
Dinosaurs Nonfiction Unit Reading Passages Comprehension Writing Science
This Dinosaur Activities Unit includes 8 nonfiction reading comprehension passages and questions, multiple report writing templates, hands-on activities, prehistoric crafts, math activities and other fun opportunities to ignite learning of dinosaurs.This easy-to-implement unit includes: LiteracyDinosaur academic vocabulary Invent your own dinosaur reportDinosaur report wheelMultiple report templates Multiple Graphic Organizers - Information writing and opinion writing My dinosaur report Dinosaur
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1st - 3rd
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Digital Writing Prompts | Monthly Journal Prompts for Google Slides
These Google Slides Monthly Digital Writing Prompts go from August - June and can be used throughout the year in an elementary classroom, or for Distance Learning, Remote Learning, or Virtual Learning! Each month features an Interactive "Choice Board" that allows the students to glance through the prompts for the month, and click to whichever they would like to complete. Simply upload to Google Classroom as an assignment, and have students complete all or some of the prompts included; they are i
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2nd - 5th
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Writing Task Card Bundle
With these 56 task cards, your students will practice answering standardized test-inspired questions about writing. Each card features a short paragraph and question. These cards target the sub-standards for opinion, narrative and informational writing:Opinion- Introducing an opinion- Supporting the opinion with reasons- Connecting reasons with transitions- Concluding an opinionNarrative- Establishing a situation and introducing characters- Using description and dialogue to develop events- Conne
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3rd - 5th
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Writing Introductions and Conclusions Minilessons and Activities Bundle
This is a bundle of my Writing Introductions Minilesson and Activities and Writing Conclusions Minilesson and Activities files.
I created these minilessons to go along with my Introduction Expert and Conclusion Conqueror writing badges, which help “gamify” and motivate students to write more. These two badges encourage students to write introductions and conclusions for their pieces. You could also use this product without the badges to teach about writing introductions and conclusions. The fi
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2nd - 5th
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I Wanna Iguana Activities in Digital AND PDF for Persuasive Writing and Reading
I Wanna Iguana by Karen Orloff is a great choice as a mentor text for persuasive writing. This comprehensive unit will help your students get plenty of reading practice as close reading routines are implemented AND provide great examples for writing a persuasive letter. HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THE I WANNA IGUANA UNIT FOR READING AND WRITING:The unit is organized in a BEFORE/DURING/AFTER format for consistent skill modeling and practice. As you use the book for reading, you can use text examples as
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2nd - 4th
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Writing Graphic Organizer Printables for Writer's Workshop
This printable writing graphic organizer pack includes EVERYTHING you need to support your elementary students during personal narrative, informational, and persuasive, and how-to writing projects. The organizers help students in the pre-write part of the writing process. They make for a great writing station or writer' workshop in upper elementary. They are also no-prep and printable to save your precious time!Who? The organizers work for any class from 1st to 5th working on becoming strong wri
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1st - 4th
Aesop's Fables Close Reading and Literacy Activities
This fables resource has everything you need to teach some of Aesop's most popular fables for understanding in your second or third grade classroom! Filled with rich vocabulary and meaningful life lessons, Aesop’s Fables have been enjoyed by children for centuries. Reading, discussing, and writing about fables encourages students to think deeply and connect actions with their consequences. Two teacher resource files are included in this fables resource. The first is a 27 page PDF presentation f
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: Aesop's Fables Close Reading, Literacy Centers, & Readers Theater Bundle
Opinion Reading & Writing Workshop Lessons & Mentor Texts - 3rd Grade
This unit provides teachers with EVERYTHING they need to successfully teach an opinion reading and writing workshop for an entire month of school!! COPYRIGHT NOTE: This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Jen Bengel at Out of This World Literacy™.NEW 2nd EDITION: This unit was completely revised into a 2nd edition!What's Included:20 reading and 20 writing mini lessons all linked to the Common Core and TEKS standards!Students note-taking pages for all 40 lessons. Perfe
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3rd
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Literacy Centers YEAR LONG Bundle 3rd Grade
This YEAR-LONG Literacy Center pack has everything you need to successfully run engaging and effective literacy centers. There are materials for 5 different centers: independent reading, reading response, shared reading, word study, and writing. What's Included Inside This Bundle● Detailed teacher directions● Examples of completed pages● Developmentally appropriate reading, writing, and word study activities● Engaging centers that can be used again and againThese centers follow the same set-
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3rd
Historical Fiction Zigzag Book Project
This book project is one of the best I have ever done with my class! I designed it initially to meet the creative needs of the 4th and 5th-grade students that I teach. I recently modified it to fit the Common Core Standards for ELA in Historical Fiction for grades 3-5. The students completed it independently in class after reading a historical fiction novel during our balanced literacy reading workshop. The finished “Zigzags” make a uniquely exciting and very interactive bulletin board dis
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3rd - 5th
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Writing Prompts Kindergarten - 3rd GRADE | BUNDLE
Are you looking for Print and Go writing prompt journals to help engage your students in writing daily ALL YEAR LONG? I have you covered with 365 themed engaging writing prompts ready for you to print and staple into 12 monthly journals. Each journal has a rubric, a self-checking list at the bottom of each prompt, a word bank, and a decorative cover. Just print and staple. BONUS: Silly Writing Prompts *******************************************What is in this download?January Monthly Writing P
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K - 3rd
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Primary Journal Topics for the Year! *UPDATED* Interactive, Digital, Calendars
**HUGE UPDATE**
Do your students need more topics to write or discuss? Do you look for the perfect journal topic or conversation starter with your students? Look no further! This resource has 150+ journal topics for all primary levels. There are 3 ways to use this product.
1. Print the calendars, write or talk about the topic. (old version)
2. Digital version- for Google Classroom or projecting on the board
3. Interactive version- Cut and paste in interactive notebooks or journals.
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K - 3rd
Opinion Writing Task Cards
With these 16 task cards, your students will practice answering standardized test-inspired questions about writing. Each card features a short paragraph and question. These cards target the sub-standards for opinion writing:- Introducing an opinion- Supporting the opinion with reasons- Connecting reasons with transitions- Concluding an opinionThese cards are NOT writing prompts. They are selected response questions with multiple correct answers, just like 3rd-5th graders will see on standardized
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Writing Task Card Bundle
Reading Comprehension Worksheets For Any Book {Standards Aligned Printables}
Higher order thinking skills are encouraged and strengthened in a fun way with this huge set of over 100 Reading Comprehension Worksheets and Activities! Students will answer questions, build story cubes, create bookmarks, and complete graphic organizers all based on: Characters, Settings, Plots, and Making Predictions. Plus, they'll sharpen up their technology skills during Author's Studies and Writing Activities! EVERY SINGLE PRINTABLE WITHIN THIS RESOURCE WILL WORK ALONGSIDE ANY BOOK. Also in
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2nd - 6th
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Letter Writing Templates
Letter writing is an art! We love to receive letters and what better way than write one first. This pack will show you why and how we should write letters. There are posters, templates and ideas to use to get your students writing letters. This pack includes - • Posters for - Why do we write letters? Why write a letter, Parts of a letter• Rubric for letter Writing• What we know about letter writing?• Why do we write letters?• What steps are needed after we write a letter?• What does a letter loo
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1st - 3rd
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Literary Essays
This writing unit teaches students to write a five paragraph opinion essay with a thesis statement on a short fiction story or piece of literature. With the Common Core’s emphasis on text evidence, this unit will walk you and your young writers through the entire writing process. The unit starts with reading resources that can be used as students read and respond to the mentor texts. The writing portion introduces students to the idea of writing a thesis statement, and then guides them to select
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: ELA Reading & Writing Mega BUNDLE
Freckle Juice Novel Study for Comprehension
If you are looking for a book companion for your next guided reading, reading workshop, literacy circles, book clubs, or small group studies, stop here! This unit is jam packed with worksheets and activities to enhance skill work and develop comprehension.With the comprehension questions, vocabulary, main idea and detail pages, along with higher level discussion questions for each chapter, your students will enjoy delving deeply into comprehending Judy Blume’s book, Freckle Juice. The suggested
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2nd - 3rd
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Dr. Seuss Activities Bundle
This pack includes the following 4 Dr. Seuss book companion activities:-Green Eggs and Ham: fluency practice and cut/paste rhyming-Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?: Onomatopoeia matching activity and sentence writing-Fox in Socks: Rhyming matching game and sentence writing-What Pet Should I get?: Opinion writingThese activities would work great for centers or small group work!
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K - 3rd
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Daily Writing Prompts Year Long | Creative Writing Prompts | 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Daily writing prompts take the guess work out of "What do I write!" If you're a 3rd, 4th or 5th grade teacher and teach your literacy block using The Daily 5 or reading stations, you'll love having the whole entire year planned out for you for work on writing. This writing prompts bundle includes January-December (all 12 months of the year!)This product includes:✅ 12 months of writing prompts✅ 3 writing prompts per day - all 365 days of the year✅ 3 writing pages with prompt included at top for
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3rd - 5th
Geronimo Stilton Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye #1 Novel Study
Your students will fall in love with Geronimo Stilton and his sarcastic demeanor as he finds himself on a journey to find a hidden treasure!
This novel study adds rigor to a book that students can handle by adding critical thinking and text dependent questions, graphic organizers, and vocabulary development pieces to the reading process. Even your most reluctant readers will love Geronimo Stilton, so get their brains fired up with this CCSS aligned novel study!
Each reading assignment (12 r
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3rd - 4th
Animal Lap book Report and Research
This easy to use no prep product has 40 different pieces that students can mix or match to create custom-designed animal lapbook reports. There are 20 with writing lines and 20 without lines. This project might be just the thing for review of writing skills and vocabulary pertinent to nonfiction reports.Rather than include animal faces and graphics for kids to copy, cut, and paste I decided to include a blank “picture piece” for kids to draw their own version of the animal they might choose for
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2nd - 4th
Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid Novel Study (#1)
Megan McDonald's "Stink" is shrinking! This novel study, though, is BIG! CCSS-aligned, rigorous, text-dependent questions are provided for each chapter of this hilarious book, along with a wide variety of graphic organizers and note-taking templates to guide students as they read.
Each chapter has a before, during, and after question section, along with vocabulary builders and graphic organizers to boost critical thinking and reading strategy skills! Teachers will love the thorough answer key
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2nd - 3rd
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