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Writing-expository Common Core RI.4.8 resources
Paired Passage with Writing ELA Test Prep 3rd 4th Grade SBAC Performance Task
ELA Test Prep made simple! These high-interest ELA performance tasks tie reading and writing together in meaningful ways for students. In each performance task, students will read two different informational passages to help them answer source questions, multiple-choice questions, and open-ended questions. Need a 3rd source? Links with short videoes on the topics are included.This bundle includes 3 complete ELA Performance Tasks on different topics.Students will then take all the information tha
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3rd - 4th
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Author's Point of View - Comparing Two Pieces of Text
This product is a great resource to help your students not only understand how to identify an author's point of view, but also how to respond to a writing prompt in which they need to compare two pieces of text. Two activities are included!!CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW ABOVE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL BE GETTING! ☺☺☺☺Activity # 1: Students will be asked to read two letters in which the author's will give their differing opinions on school uniforms. Your kids will then have to answer four questions co
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2nd - 4th
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13 Colonies Paired Passages: Reading Comprehension & Writing Colonial America
Colonial America Why did Colonial regions develop differently? Paired Passages & Informational/Explanatory Writing - Digital & PDFThis is a set of three leveled paired passages or texts on the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. The resource also includes reading comprehension and short answer or response questions. The extended writing prompt provided is for informative/explanatory writing. The included texts are non-fiction. Targeted reading levels are 4th - 6th grades.This res
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4th - 6th
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Turkey vs Bald Eagle: Paired Reading Comprehension Passages & Opinion Writing
Struggling to prepare your 4th to 6th graders for state reading and writing tests? Dive into our set of leveled paired passages with reading comprehension tests and opinion writing prompts. This resource includes non-fiction texts, leading into text-based essay writing, ideal for 4th to 6th graders. Whether you prefer PDF or Google Slides, it's all here to support your students as they improve their skills. What You’ll GetThis resource includes:Two leveled nonfiction texts: Wild Turkey and the N
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4th - 6th
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Book Reports BUNDLE to Use with ANY Book
56 Book Reports to use with ANY Book, both Fiction and Nonfiction! Using this book report BUNDLE in your classroom will benefit your students' reading comprehension skills:Looking for digital book reports for distance learning? Check out my Digital Book Reports Google Drive Edition.FICTION:Story elementsMaking connections to textQuestioning the textAuthor's purposeCompare & contrastProblem & solution / conflict & resolutionBeginning, Middle & EndSummaryCharacterizationSequencin
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1st - 4th
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Native Americans: Paired Reading Comprehension Passages & Informational Writing
Native Americans: How did tribes adapt to their environment? Paired Passages & Informational/Explanatory Writing - Digital & PDFThis is set of three leveled paired passages or texts with reading comprehension tests, short response questions, and extended writing prompts. The included texts are non-fiction. The extended writing prompts provided are both for informative/explanatory writing. Targeted reading levels are 4th - 6th grades.This resource is included in both PDF and digital (Go
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4th - 6th
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Florida's Geography Paired Passages, Reading Comprehension Questions & Writing
Florida's Geography: How do people affect Florida's environment? Paired Passages & Informative/Explanatory Writing - Digital & PDFThis is a set of three leveled paired passages or texts with multiple choice and short answer or response comprehension questions, as well as an extended writing prompt. The included texts are non-fiction. These texts can be used as:close readingsocial studies lessonsreading comprehensionpaired passages with an extended writing piece.The extended writing promp
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4th - 6th
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Earth Day Opinion Writing Mini-Unit: Lessons, Writing Templates, Writing Rubric
Try out this mini opinion writing unit out this year on Earth Day! Teachers will love the done-for-you lesson plans and students will enjoy reading a variety of high-interest texts that help teach conservation.This writing unit is perfect to tie into the spring season while still addressing critical writing skills like researching, using graphic organizers and templates to help students arrange what they've learned about Earth's conservation into a strong opinion writing piece.Students will exp
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3rd - 5th
Inventor Reading Passages Informational Writing Template Research Project
Getting ready to study inventors and inventions? These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and research writing activities will help your students learn about inventors and conduct research on an inventor of their choice!Included are 9, two-page articles to help your students understand and learn about a wide range of inventors and their inventions all while they gather important information as they read informational text.Close reading anchor charts are also included to
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3rd - 5th
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Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle Frog Plant Butterfly Chick Reading Passages Activity
Looking for sea turtle, frog, plant, butterfly, caterpillar, bee, and chick life cycle reading passages and activities? These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and activities will help you engage your students and tie important science concepts and reading work together!Included are 11 nonfiction articles to help your students understand the phenomena of life cycles of plants, tomato plants, chickens, caterpillars to butterflies, bees, and tulips, all while they gather
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-LS4-3
, 3-LS4-4
Leap Year (Leap Day) 2024 Bundle - Math, Reading, Writing, and Trivia
This bundle contains several fun and NO PREP activities to use to celebrate Leap Day 2024 (Leap Year 2024). Many contain a customizable digital resource (Google Document) and a printable resource (Canva) that contain the same directions and activity. These activities were designed for students in middle school, but could be used for upper elementary and high school students in Pre Algebra, Pre-Algebra, or Algebra.For more details on each product, click on the individual product to see the previe
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4th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Expository Text Structures Unit
Expository Text Structures Unit
**Covers six main structures:
Cause and Effect
Sequencing
Problem and Solution
Description
Question and Answer
Compare and Contrast
** Ten days of lesson plans and activities including end of unit assessment
**Common Core and TEKS aligned**
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3rd - 5th
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Age of Exploration Paired Passages Reading Comprehension & Informational Writing
Age of Exploration Paired Passages & Informative/Explanatory Writing: How has exploration affected people? - Digital & PDFThis is a set of three leveled paired passages or texts on exploration: European Exploration, The Space Exploration, and The Rain Forest. The resource also includes reading comprehension and short answer response questions. The included texts are non-fiction. Targeted reading levels are 4th - 6th grades.The extended writing prompt provided is for informative/explanat
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4th - 6th
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Biography Research Note-taking Packet
Biography Report - Informational Writing & Research Packet: Students will use this biography report note-taking packet to collect their informational research, and stay organized too!
Students will complete the biography research note-taking packet after reading a biography book about someone who has impacted history and/or our lives.
This biography packet would also be great for a specific unit of study such as presidents, famous women, inventors, explorers, Hispanic Heritage Month, Afri
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2nd - 7th
RI 3.6 & RI 3.8 Author's Point, Reasons, & Point of View
Teach & practice finding author's point, reasons, and distinguishing point of view with these passages about video games! Connect & engage your students by using these differentiated letters written to Principal Wilson about allowing video games (or not) in school.
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- 3 leveled versions of one letter for video games
- 3 leveled versions of one letter against video games
- leveled comprehension questions for each letter
- writing & language standards question
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3rd - 5th
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Informational Text Structures Graphic Organizers - Nonfiction text structures
Is informational reading and writing a challenge for your students? Are you expected to teach about nonfiction text structures but don’t have ready-to-use tools like “signal words” and text structure graphic organizers at your fingertips? I didn’t either!This text structures resource was created for use in my classroom to support my increased use of informational text in both reading and writing. I have been explicitly teaching my students about these informational text structures and about th
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3rd - 5th
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Bringing History to Life Complete Unit
Slides and materials for every session in the unit! Are you teaching students nonfiction, informational, or expository writing? This BRINGING HISTORY TO LIFE COMPLETE UNIT product pairs seamlessly with Lucy Calkins' 4th Grade Information Writing Unit 3: Bringing History to Life and requires no prep for teachers teaching the Units of Study by Lucy Calkins.It includes 23 ready-to-go mini-lessons including teaching points, turn & talks, modeling, active engagement, shares, and information about
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4th
4th and 5th Grade State Essay Writing Test Prep Bundle
Do you struggle teaching your 4th and 5th graders how to write multi-paragraph essays for the state writing tests? I have developed a systematic process for modeling effective writing strategies that students can carry over to the test and independently produce both an opinion or informative/explanatory essay! Repetition of skills is KEY and I’ve provided four additional sets of prompts and articles for student practice in addition to the completely modeled examples for each type of writing! Th
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3rd - 6th
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Earth Day Paired Passages Reading Comprehension & Extended Writing Environment
Earth Day Environment-Themed Paired Passages & Writing (Informative & Opinion/Argumentative) - Digital & PDFThis resource includes two sets of leveled non-fiction paired passages or texts with environmental themes for Earth Day. One set has two texts, while the other has texts texts and a chart. The resource also includes reading comprehension quizzes (4 questions on each) and text-based writing prompts. Targeted reading levels are 3rd/4th grades and 5th/6th grades. The topics of th
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4th - 6th
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Presidents Day Writing Activities Reading Passages Research Project Poster
Getting ready to study U.S. Presidents this February? These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and research writing activities will help your students learn about U.S. Presidents and conduct research on a U.S. President of their choice!Included are 6, two-page articles to help your students understand and learn about a wide range of U.S. Presidents and their time in the White House all while they gather important information as they read informational text.Close reading
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3rd - 5th
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January Text Dependent Reading - Text Dependent Writing Prompts (Option 1)
Do your students need citing evidence practice with constructed response questions? Do they refuse to practice summarizing and synthesizing reading skills? If so, then these 5 Nonfiction Text Evidence Reading Passages and Text Evidence-based Writing Prompts are for you. NOTE: This Option 1 Hashtag Day Mini-Unit is part of our January Hashtag Days Bundle.This product offers fun and engaging emojis and hashtag activities, mixed with rigor and CCSS. Students cannot resist emojis and hashtags! Alth
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4th - 6th
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European Explorer Research Project/CCSS Aligned
I have done this research project in my social studies class for several years, and it has met with great success. By the time you are done prepping your students using the teacher notes included in this packet, your students will be ready to research and publish a research project on their chosen explorer as well as give a finely crafted oral presentation. This bundle includes the following:* A student instruction/description of project* List of scheduled due dates* Oral presentation guidelines
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3rd - 6th
Martin Luther King Jr - Passage & Biography Research Project - 3rd and 4th Grade
This guided MLK Biography Project includes a PASSAGE, BIOGRAPHY ACTIVITY, and WRITING EXTENSION ACTIVITY that connects seamlessly. Students can practice reading with a purpose as they pull text evidence from their reading to support their writing.Students willRead text that is approximately a 3rd or 4th grade level (included in project)Gather information for their biography activity sheetDraw a picture of Martin Luther King Jr.Write a reflection question to summarize their learning (and include
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3rd - 5th
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Martin Luther King Jr - Passage with R.A.C.E Comprehension Questions
This guided MLK Activity includes a PASSAGE and COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS that connect seamlessly. Students can practice reading with a purpose as they pull text evidence from their reading to support their writing.WANT A FULL MLK BIOGRAPHY PROJECT?!?! CLICK HERE!!!Clipart Credit: Illumismart (all clipart used within rights outlined in author's terms of use)When you buy something on TPT, I am sure you are all about quality. I am a "one man band" but I try my best and only post things that I used i
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3rd - 5th
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