March Weather Spring Leprechaun Writing

Are you ready for MARCH? It's almost time for Spring!!!!

This packet is filled with fun March themes!

The topics included in this packet:

-Basketball
-Author Study-can be used with ANY Author
-Spring
-Spring Days
-Leprechauns
-St. Patrick's Day
-Good Nutrition


Basketball:
-Facts about my favorite basketball team writing chart
-Opinion Writing: Which team do you want to win the basketball championship?
-Basketball Acrostic
-How do you shoot a basketball?

UPDATED: Author Study:
-Great for any author: PAST or PRESENT
-Fact writing charts
-Bubble focus chart
-Tree focus map
-Writing Templates
-Simple "research" template
-More advanced "research" template with adding captions, bold words, a glossary, table of contents, etc.


Spring:
-COLORFUL title headers: Spring, is, can has
-Spring tree focus chart
-Spring tree focus map
-Fact writing chart
-Bubble focus chart
-2 All about Spring templates
-Opinion Writing: Do you like spring?
-Spring Acrostic template
-2 Spring is...
-2 Rainbows are...
-2 March came in like a _______.
-What does it mean when people say, "If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb?"
-What do you like to do in the spring?
-2 On a spring day...
-2 On sunny days...
-2 On stormy days...
-2 On Windy days...
-2 On rainy days...
-2 open ended templates

Leprechauns:
-COLORFUL title headers: Leprechauns, are, can, have
-Focus writing chart
-Leprechauns tree focus map
-Leprechauns describing chart
-Fact writing Chart: leprechauns
-2 How to Catch a Leprechaun...
-2 How to make a Leprechaun trap...
-2 All about Leprechauns...
-2 If I found a pot of gold...

St. Patrick's Day:
-COLORFUL title headers: St. Patrick's Day, is, can, has
-2 tree focus maps
-Fact Writing Chart: St. Patrick's Day
-Fact Writing Chart: Ireland
-Tree focus map: Ireland
-2 If I lived in Ireland...
-Bubble focus map: rainbows
-2 If i Saw a rainbow...
-Rainbow Acrostic
-2 open ended templates

Good Nutrition:
-COLORFUL title headers: Good Nutrition, is, has, helps
-2 tree focus writing charts
-Fact writing chart: Nutrition
-2 All about Good Nutrition...
-2 If I were a chef...
-How to make a healthy salad
-I can compare healthy and unhealthy foods-listing chart
-2 What happens if you eat too many unhealthy foods?
-Opinion Writing: My favorite food


Making Words:
-St. Patrick's Day
-Leprechauns Gold
-Spring has Sprung
-Marching into Weather
-Good Nutrition
-Healthy Food and Exercise

10 Open ended Writing/Drawing Prompts-perfect for students that have a hard time thinking about what to write.


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