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Free Common Core W.5.10 resources
Spooky Story Writing - Halloween Writing Activity - Free Halloween Lesson
Your students will love this fun and engaging Halloween writing activity that will have them rolling story element dice (setting, character, obstacle, and a story starter) to create a random set of story components. Once students have their story components, they’ll plan and write a spooky story as they combine each element into an entertaining writing piece. Perfect for a Halloween lesson, Halloween activity or any time of the year!This activity taps into students’ natural love of scary stori
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4th - 7th
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5 FREE Halloween Writing Activities | October Writing Lessons | 3rd-5th Grade
This set of 5 highly-engaging Halloween/October writing activities will keep your students engaged during the month of October. Not only will your students have fun writing, they'll be focusing on various writing standards during each activity.These activities have a fun, hands-on element built in as well. The finished projects would make an awesome October bulletin board to showcase your writers. Writing Activities Included:Creative Narrative: "Our Substitute, Frankenstein"Persuasive Writing: "
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3rd - 5th
Free Download End of the Year or Any Time Live and Learn Activity
FREE Download: Live and Learn Life Lessons Class Activity for End of the Year or Any Time! - Common Core Aligned
This is an inspirational, fun, and rewarding activity to share with your students!
Several years ago I was inspired by a little book called "Live and Learn and Pass It On" by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. His idea was to have others jot down the lessons they have learned in life. He compiled all these lessons into a book, identifying each only with the person's age.
I thought it would b
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Free OREO Opinion Writing Outline and Graphic Organizer with Anchor Chart
This graphic organizer was created to work with 4th and 5th grade opinion writing standards. The product includes an outline/graphic organizer, an example of a completed outline, and printable pieces for an OREO Writing anchor chart. The outline is editable to meet you and your student's specific needs.
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3rd - 6th
FREE Character Traits, Sensory Details, and Plot Structure Anchor Charts
These three anchor charts are designed to guide students when brainstorming fictional stories. There are three anchor charts available in color and B&W. The charts help students identify personality traits for a characters, develop a setting through sensory details, and create a plot structure based on identifying rising action, sensory details, and character thoughts and actions. This product is part of a Create a Story Bundle! See the details for each product below:✎Create a CharacterCrea
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2nd - 5th
Narrative Writing Checklist - FREE - Primary Exploration - Grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
FREE Narrative Writing Checklist serves as a wonderful reminder for students to check their work! The checklist walks students through the editing process to ensure that they are submitting their best work! This is a great addition to a writing center or narrative writing booklet. In my classroom, I use this narrative writing checklist along with Primary Narrative Writing and Book Cover Assessment. This Narrative Writing Booklet is a step-by-step student work booklet that teaches students to suc
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PreK - 8th
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RACE Strategy Writing FREE Grades 4-6 Google Slides
RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements.This product is located on Google Slides, and is designed to be 100% digital. → Like this resource? Check out the full version for more! Click here!R: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationWhy use the RACE strategy? RACE i
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: 4-5th Grade ELA Reading and Writing Bundle
St. Patrick's Day Free Limerick Writing Lesson - Digital and Paper Version
Writing Limericks --- Free St. Patrick's Day Activity - Digital and Paper VersionA teacher like you is so clever.Why make poems a rough endeavor?Just go to TpT.Get this lesson for free.You're the smartest teacher ever!Perfect in celebration of St. Patrick's Day or as a poetry lesson any time of the year, this lesson will have your classroom writing and laughing! In this lesson students will learn the background of limericks and the elements that make up this funny type of poem. Using a detailed
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4th - 7th
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Growth Mindset Doodle Desk Cards and Writing Prompts
Ready to get students excited about growth mindset? Well, this collection of writing prompts and doodle desk cards is designed to do just that! You’ll find four writing prompts based on quotes with a growth mindset message. These are great to get students thinking, reflecting, and writing about growth mindset. There's also a set of 4 doodle desk cards. Students can doodle and design the desk cards with growth mindset quotes and words. Then, they can assemble them to be free-standing inspir
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4th - 7th
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Free ELA Paired Passages for Upper Elementary | Writing Test Prep
Hey teachers!Are you looking for a simple way to review for the state test? Included in this freebie are 6 articles and 3 writing prompts to properly prepare your students for the rigor of writing on demand! This freebie can be used for homework, small group work, or just classwork. All you have to do is print it and pass it out- all the hard work is done for you!Looking for similar monthly products or writing units to get your students ready? Stop by my store to find writing curriculums for th
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4th - 7th
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December Narrative Writing Prompt Alternative Ending for Gingerbread Man Story
How would the Gingerbread Man have ended if he hadn't run from the fox? Find out from your students in this December writing prompt. Your students will love writing their version of the gingerbread man story with this sweet narrative writing prompt, which can be followed up with fun gingerbread classroom activities.After completing their gingerbread writing activity, they can design their gingerbread character—with plenty of decorations to pick from right from the worksheet.Teachers can teach an
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3rd - 5th
FREEBIE Spring Concrete Poetry Templates
These 8 lined templates complement introductory lessons on concrete poetry. They can be used in the draft or final publication stage of the writing process. Older students can draft their poetry on the template and transfer their work to a separate sheet of paper for a more authentic concrete poem. Younger students can visualize the shape of their concrete poems with the help of these templates, which are also lined to help keep writing neat.
These templates can be integrated into activities t
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1st - 5th
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Field Trip Log: Writing Organizer Activity | Field Trips & Virtual Field Trips
Looking for activities to go along with your field trips? This $$$FREEBIE$$$ Field Trip Log has 3 great writing activities for your Field Trips OR Online Virtual Field Trips! Two graphic organizer logs are included (younger & older students). This resource gives your students an opportunity to write and reflect on their School Field trip or online Virtual Field Trip, and share what they learned. Three logs are included. The logs can be used after you go on a field trip or great to use with
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2nd - 5th
U.S. History Quote of the Week: Free Sample
Integrate literacy and social studies with U.S. History Quote of the Week!As students learn about U.S. history, they practice literacy skills like:making inferencesresearching & summarizingidentifying the main idea, historical context, and author’s purposeand responding to promptsU.S. History Quote of the Week is easy to use and requires little prep. From thorough instructions to answer keys, it’s all there.Even better, I’ve made it engaging! Your students will enjoy dissecting and talking a
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5th - 8th
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6 NO-PREP Gr 5 NONFICTION Text-Based WRITING PROMPTS State Test Prep EON Set 1
Thanks so much for checking out this product! This download includes SET 1 of the GRADE 5 writing prompts in STANDARDIZED-TEST format (my students take the TCAP / TNReady tests, but they would work great for SMARTER BALANCED or PARCC tests, too) for use with ReadWorks® nonfiction paired passages, “Dangerous Storms.” The NO-PREP set includes 2 different prompts for each of the following text types (modes) (6 prompts in all): explanatory, opinion, and narrative. I’ve also included, in a separate,
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5th
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Show Don't Tell Creative Writing Activities, No Prep Descriptive Writing
Most creative writers have heard the term "show, don't tell." But young minds may not completely grasp what that truly means. Completing these show don't tell activities will help students understand the idea of showing and why it is superior to telling. Digital activity is pre-made by me. Just download and digitally assign to your students! You also have the option of adding and/or changing the digital activities!Students will learn:How to use showing using body languageHow to use showing using
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4th - 8th
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Descriptive Writing Paragraph Starters
It's Back to School time - teach your students to write a great descriptive paragraph from the very beginning of the school year!
This is a great freebie! Watch what amazing writing your students do with these simple paragraph starters!
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3rd - 9th
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Free Halloween Creative Writing Activity
Are your students still talking about Halloween? A little sluggish from candy overload? Try this fun activity that lets them talk a little more about one of their favorite holidays, yet allows them to practice great critical and creative thinking skills: The Day After Halloween Activity. It's FREE.You can use the writing prompt in conjunction with a literature or history unit. They'll have to tell about a character's or historical figure's night out trick-or-treating. It's fun and gets them writ
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3rd - 10th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Free 5th Grade Test Prep | Math Test Prep, Reading Test Prep, Writing Test Prep
This is a set of 5th grade test prep practice covering math test prep, reading test prep, and writing test prep. Practice Included in This Resource: 1 page of math problems1 text & corresponding writing promptWriting publishing paper1 reading comprehension text2 pages of reading comprehension questionsThe pages included in this free resource are samples from my complete test prep bundle. ⭐️ For the complete 5th grade test prep bundle, check out the full resource here.The complete test prep b
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5th
Log Question: Daily Questions or Bell Ringer Worksheet Template
We always need to determine whether or not the students understand the material that we cover in class. You can put a question on the board either as a pre-assessment (about the lesson you are about to teach) or as an informal assessment about a previous lesson. For example, "List and describe the three major rock types."The students can fill out this worksheet every day as the bells rings or as they walk into your classroom. This allows them to have something to work on when they arrive and it'
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, HS-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-ESS2-2
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Also included in: Earth Science Large Bundle of 33 Activities, Labs and Worksheets
The Legend of the Poinsettia Writing Lesson FREEBIE for Upper Elementary
This product is a FREEBIE writing lesson from my full day of plans for The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola. The full plans include an activity for reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and a craft! See that version here!Update November 2020: This product can now be used digitally with Google Slides™! You must have a Google Classroom™ account to use this feature. You will download a PDF with links and directions for assigning this to your class. All activities remain the same
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3rd - 6th
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Funny Writing Prompts
Looking for funny writing prompts to get your students excited about writing? These 10 funny prompts for writing include hilarious photos of silly animals. Geared toward 2nd-5th graders, the animal writing prompts come in 3 choices: whole group, 2nd and 3rd graders, and 4th and 5th graders.⭐NEW UPDATES! Now includes 3 sentence starters per photo, lesson ideas, and 2 narrative organizers⭐Use these funny writing prompts for daily journaling, centers, or even quick sub plans!Table of Contents is
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for Second Grade
Summer Review Activities - NO PREP Writing FREEBIE
Avoid the summer slide with meaningful reading and writing activities. This freebie is part of my complete Summer Review Kit, which contains eight weeks’ worth of reading, writing, and maker materials to keep students’ skills sharp over the summer. Included in this resource are a week’s worth of summer writing activities that are engaging and encourage students to think! NO PREP for you! Simply copy and send home with students at the end of the year. The activities also work well as an engaging
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3rd - 5th
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Free Informational Writing Worksheet - Penguin Writing Prompt Report
This no prep informational writing freebie is a must-have for teaching expository writing. These informative writing worksheets are ideal for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade writing lessons or information writing centers.Simply print and go! This freebie features the information writing prompt ‘Fun Facts About Penguins’ The prompt comes in six different versions (K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade), with varying types/amounts of writing lines
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K - 5th
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