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2nd grade writing-expository Common Core RI.3.6 resources
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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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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Solar Oven Investigation: Make S'mores with a Pizza Box Solar Oven
Investigate the energy from the sun with this fun Common Core related unit. Students will work through the scientific process while responding in writing. This digital download contains:
Detailed Instructions on how to assemble a pizza box solar oven with photographs
Donation request sheet
Note pages for the scientific investigation
Data collection sheet
Graph for a bar or line plot
Graphic organizer for procedural writing
S'more themed writing paper
Standards addressed: RI.5, RI. 6, RI
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2nd - 5th
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Common Core Opinion Writing -Beginning to cite textual evidence
Opinion Writing unit: This common core opinion writing teaches kids to begin to cite an article when writing an opinion piece. There are 4 prompts and week long activities to go with each prompt. I use this with my second graders and advanced first graders, but it is probably best suited to second and third grade.
The unit includes:
Opinion text posters featuring parts of an opinion piece
Four opinion prompts:
Do you think that video games are good for kids?
Do you think kids should wear
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Native American Unit | Native American Regions
Ready to learn about the different regions of Native Americans? This Unit has many hands-on & visual activities to engage your students.Native American Regions Included:►The Southwest► Plains► Eastern Woodlands► Pacific West Coast ►California You will find motivating lesson plan ideas & templates for informational text and expository writing lessons. This download also includes activities to go along with Native American myths/legends/fables. This unit contains up to 4 weeks' worth o
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2nd - 4th
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Penguin Research Project
This document includes an introduction to penguins, penguin habitats, information with web links and research writing pages for the following penguins:
~adelie
~african
~chistrap
~emperor
~erect-crested
~fiordland
~galapagos
~gentoo
~humboldt
~king
~little (or blue)
~macaroni
~magellanic
~rockhopper
~royal
~snares
~yellow-eyed.
I used this as a research-based project. I have attached a matrix that you can use or you can use as a sample for students to gain information about their penguin.
If
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K - 5th
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NO PREP Author's Point of View
This product from The Resource Place 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. This skill is often needed on state testing!
Activity #1 : Students will be asked to read two letters in which the author's will give their differing opinions on getting a new puppy. Your kids will then need to identify each author's point of view and cite text e
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2nd - 4th
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Research Reading Journal
This research reading journal can be used as part of a writing unit, for students to keep track of any research that they do in the process, or it can be used in an informational reading unit where students follow one topic for an extended period of time. In my classroom, I run research clubs, where students work together to research a topic. These are usually mixed-level groups with a variety of source types. My end product varies: in the past, students have created posters, podcasts, trivia ga
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2nd - 5th
Writing a Biography | Differentiated Reading Research and Publishing
Teach your students that a biography is a report based on key details that are a snapshot of a person's life. Differentiate based on student interest, reading, and writing readiness. This product provides scaffolding for your students to write a 5 paragraph biography through modeling and explicate instructions. Choose between a flip book or report format. This product will support your instruction from beginning to ending with a scoring rubric. It contains everything you will need to help your
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2nd - 6th
Printable Book and Reading Comprehension Packet - Celiac Disease
Students can learn about Celiac Disease in a fun and exciting way with this printable chapter book by doctor and author, Brian Wu, and the accompanying reading comprehension packet by certified teacher and writer, Melanie Kross.
Finally, a fictional story that teaches children about the real condition that affects so many lives. They can learn how to eat healthy, how to treat others who may suffer from Celiac, and practice comprehension and nonfiction reading skills.
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2nd - 5th
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Diary of a Detective - Common Core Close Reading Packet (Expository)
This product was designed to be an engaging & fun way for students to practice close reading with expository texts. Students LOVE the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books, so will hopefully enjoy this reference and enjoy reading like a detective. I designed these graphic organizers and practice pages around 3rd grade common core standards, but this could be used with grades 2-5.
You can print these pages individually to go with any expository passage of your choosing, or print the entire packet t
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2nd - 5th
Expository Model Text for Grades 2-5: Tablets
Are you teaching Expository Texts to your elementary class? Here is a model text that you can use to help identify the features of such texts, the structure of expository writing, and how to develop simple ideas within an expository framework.
We created this text and used it with our own students, relating it to technology as this is a high interest and familiar topic to this age group.
Some standardized tests require students to recognize and write such texts and so we hope this model is usef
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2nd - 5th
Authors Purpose Worksheet
This is a worksheet to pair with an activity I did with my 3rd graders. I had a hat filled with different topics such as icecream, football, videogames, popcorn, dogs, etc. Each student would choose a piece of paper and then complete this sheet. For example:
If a student chose "popcorn"
Persuade: "Popcorn is the best snack for the movies because it is yummy but healthier than candy."
Inform: "You can make popcorn in the microwave."
Entertain: "One time I had a popcorn fight in the movie theater
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2nd - 4th
Animal Research Project
This project gives students an opportunity to stretch their basic research skills. It works well as an opening project, giving you the opportunity to see what students can do. The challenge questions give students the chance to show their critical thinking skills by analyzing their animal further. Students will also be required to create a presentation for the class, giving them the opportunity to teach others what they have learned.
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2nd - 5th
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