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Writing-expository Common Core RI.3.10 resources
Rainforest Animals - Nonfiction Animal Research, Reading Passages, Comprehension
This Rainforest Animals - Reading Passages, Vocabulary, and Comprehension Activities BUNDLE is a comprehensive collection of 12 engaging informational articles centered around the captivating world of Rainforest Animals and their remarkable habitats.Each article is packed with fascinating facts and intricate details, providing students with a wealth of knowledge to enhance their reading comprehension and inspire their informational writing. Rainforest Animals includeAnacondaCapybaraJaguarLeaf Cu
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2nd - 3rd
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46 Nonfiction Animal Reading Passages & Comprehension Activities - 5 Habitats
46 Animal Articles with a reading passage and comprehension activities, including website research, fact-sorting activity, graphic organizers, vocabulary cards, and more! This is a set of animal nonfiction informational articles all about wild animals in five different habitats. These animal articles are full of interesting facts and details that students can use during reading and writing activities in the classroom.Includes an article about each animal in two formats (two-page color photos &
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2nd - 3rd
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Antarctic Animal Research Nonfiction Reading Passages, Comprehension, & Report
Do your students love learning about animals? Do they get excited when they hear about new and interesting animals? If so, they'll love these Antarctic Animal Research Reading Passages, Comprehension, & Report Activities.Animals in this Antarctic Reading Passages include:AlbatrossBlue WhaleElephant sealEmperor PenguinLeopard SealOrcaThese six informational animal articles are perfect for students who want to learn about animals that live in the Antarctic. The articles are full of interesting
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Ocean Habitat CCSS Unit
This ocean unit comes with printable student books (facts, note taking pages, common core response questions), printable teacher notes, and follow-up student writing papers (rough draft and final copy)! It’s everything you need to teach about the ocean while meeting common core standards. Please see the list below and our preview for more information!Ocean Unit Includes:(58 Pages Total)Student Book CoverStudent Book:Our Blue PlanetThe Sunlight ZoneCoral ReefsThe Twilight ZoneThe Midnight ZoneKel
Grades:
K - 3rd
Procedural Writing - Writer's Workshop "How-to" Unit
Procedural "how to" writing is an engaging and fun way to bring the “real world” into the classroom. What is included:Characteristics of Procedural Texts – a one page description of features usually found in procedural (“how-to”) texts.Reviewing a Procedural Text – students will select or use a teacher-chosen procedural text to review. Students will read or scan the procedural text, checking off each characteristic that they find. Students will then describe the most useful feature of the tex
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Viet
African Animals Nonfiction Animal Research, Reading Passages and Comprehension
African Animals: Informational Article, QR Code Research Page & Fact Sort is a set of 11 informational articles all about African Animals. These articles are full of interesting facts and details that students can use during reading and writing activities.Google Classroom Digital Components added in September 2020► Google Slides with student sheets include drag and drop pieces and text boxesIncludes an article about each animal in two formats (two-page color photos & one-page text), QR C
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2nd - 3rd
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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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Project Based Learning Science - Water Conservation Water Cycle Activities
Everywhere you look, you see water. This Saving Our Water Science unit is perfect for introducing younger elementary students to project based learning science themes. This over 50-page unit is filled with recommended books and websites, a water cycle slideshow, vocabulary, technology, experiments, and research. There are opportunities for differentiation, collaboration, and sharing what they learn. Because water is scarce in different parts of the world, students learn about other cultures. Stu
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
2-LS2-1
Ecology Museum Project Based Learning (PBL) Unit About Ecosystems & Adaptations
OVERVIEW:Your students will be invited to join a team of ecologists who are building an ecology museum right in your classroom. The museum will teach other students about how living things survive in their ecosystem by interacting with other living things, and nonliving things. As the Museum Director, you will guide your team of ecologists through four project phases in preparation for the museum grand opening. Your science unit on ecosystems, adaptations, and interdependent relationships will c
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3rd
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Thanksgiving: Mayflower Voyage, Pilgrims, Native Americans GOOGLE Bundle
This Thanksgiving, teach The Story of the First Thanksgiving: Mayflower Voyage, Pilgrims and Native Americans. This unit includes 3 full units and one mini unit. Easily differentiate with built in options that require NO EXTRA PREP. Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about the Native Americans, Plymouth Colony and the pilgrims, the Mayflower voyage and the first thanksgiving in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differenti
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1st - 3rd
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Habitats Bundle {Rainforests, Deserts, Ocean, & Forest}
This bundle includes our Ocean, Desert, Forest and Rainforest units.
Ocean Unit:
(Click above to buy this unit individually)
Student Book Cover
Student Book:
Our Blue Planet
The Sunlight Zone
Coral Reefs
The Twilight Zone
The Midnight Zone
Kelp Forests
Parts of the Kelp Plant
Ocean Animals
Sea Otters
Sea Stars
Sea Urchin
White Sharks
Garibaldi
Sea Anemones
Jellyfish
Kelp Crab
Student Note taking pages (plant and animal adaptations)
Comprehension Questions (student page and answers)
Venn Di
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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Lucky Leprechauns St. Patrick's Day Non-Fiction Reading
Don't let students' non-fiction comprehension be left up to "luck".Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with 33 pages of informational passages, reading comprehension checks, cute crafts, and lots of TEXT STRUCTURE practice. 6 non-fiction reading passages/sheets with corresponding comprehension pages.Get Me Gold pot of gold craft - fill our pot with fun facts found in the passages. Add the rainbow to connect your pot of gold to the Comprehension Cloud craft- answer the who, what, when, where, why, how (d
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Biography Essays: Opinion Persuasive Writing Unit
This writing unit teaches students to write a five paragraph opinion essay with a thesis statement on a biographical figure. 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 eight possible reading resources that can be used as students read their biographies. The writing portion introduces students to the idea of writing a thesis statement, and then guides them to select three specific exampl
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: ELA Reading & Writing Mega BUNDLE
Writing Informational Non-Fiction Books: Weather | 5 Week Writing Unit
Elevate your writing workshop with our comprehensive "All About/Informational Writing" resource! Engage your students in an exciting journey as they delve into the captivating world of weather storms, conducting research and crafting their very own non-fiction informational books.What's Included:5 Weeks of Engaging Writing Plans:Seamlessly integrate this resource into your curriculum with a carefully planned five-week writing schedule, ensuring a structured and engaging learning experience.Sugge
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1st - 4th
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Informational BUNDLE: Animal, Country, & Biography Reports {Common Core Aligned}
Integrate nonfiction and informational reading and writing with these two awesome units. These informative writing and informational text units are more than just templates. This bundle includes everything you need for researching, drafting, and publishing rigorous animal reports and biography reports. With the Common Core’s emphasis on informational text and informative writing, this unit will walk you and your young writers through the entire researching and writing process. Animal Report Con
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2nd - 5th
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Animal Research Bundle: From Anchor Charts to Assessments!
Animal Research BundleThis Animal Research Project Bundle contains all you need to teach students how to complete a self-directed research project ending in a Natural History Museum with a unique animal cube project. Teaches non-fiction text features, note taking, paragraph writing skills and adding details. Includes 5 weeks of ready to go lesson plans. Students will choose one animal from a selection of grade-appropriate non-fiction and focus on their animal's adaptations, habitat, predator
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3rd - 5th
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Christmas Around the World Main Idea and Details Brochure Research Project
This easy to use Christmas Around the World research project is a fun way to teachresearch skillsmain idea and supporting detailsculture and traditionsStudents will have a great time picking from 4 different locations:The PhilippinesGermanyJapanNew ZealandDifferentiating this activity is so simple.This activity includes:Teacher's Guidepassage about Christmas in the United States for whole group instructioninformational passages for each of the above locations listed4 brochure templates for each
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: 3rd Grade Christmas Bundle | Crafts, Activities, Games
Historical Perspectives- Patriot's Day, September 11, 9/11/2001 Study Grades 3-6
This mini "September 11th" pack takes a look at the tragic events of 9/11/2001 and the heroes who stepped up on this day and thereafter. This Historical Perspectives pack explores the topic, through a fictional and non-fiction text, as well as through primary source photos and documents for grades 3-6.The pack includes a print-ready pack for students, which you can print as a packet or as individual pages which you can spread out over a few days AS WELL AS a digital version for Google AS WELL AS
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Earth Day Digital Craftivity for Google Classroom- Grades 3-6
This Earth Day Craftivity is a fun way to get kids thinking about how they can make their Earth a better place to live. You can easily share this activity with students in Google Classroom, where they will enter their own information about ways to help their Earth. If you choose, you can then print the activity to create a fun hanging craftivity for the hallway!The following pages are included:*How can I reduce what I use?*How can I reuse things in my life?*How can I recycle in my daily life?*Ho
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3rd - 6th
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Informational Writing and Report Templates for Research Reports
Informational writing and research report templates with 6 nonfiction close reading passages. Low to no prep activities will turn your kiddos into scientists with this self-directed research project!Your students will have a blast studying the ocean habitat through reading these kid-friendly non-fiction passages. (Passages may also be used for close reading activities).Turn research reports into one of the most beloved activities you do this year! It's so hard to find quality research materials
Grades:
1st - 3rd
NGSS:
3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
, 3-LS4-2
, 3-LS3-2
The Art of Information Writing Complete Unit
Slides and materials for each session! Are you teaching students nonfiction, informational, or expository writing? This ART OF INFORMATION WRITING COMPLETE UNIT product pairs seamlessly with Lucy Calkins' 3rd Grade Information Writing Unit 2: The Art of Information Writing and requires no prep for teachers teaching the Units of Study by Lucy Calkins.It includes 21 ready-to-go mini-lessons including teaching points, turn & talks, modeling, active engagement, independent practice, and shares (
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Pigs NONFICTION GOOGLE and PRINTABLE Passages and Writing Activities
NON-FICTION DIGITAL GOOGLE SLIDES & PRINTABLE Passages. Teach informational text INTERACTIVELY with vocabulary work, comprehension questions, notetaking, and expository writing. Use during guided reading, whole-class instruction, or for individual learning and on GOOGLE CLASSROOM. This can be used for first, second, or third grade. DIGITAL & PRINTABLE versions accommodate all distant learners! Perfect for a unit on Farm Animals! Here's what's included:Passages:1-page Printable Passage 2-
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Informational Writing Unit Non Fiction Writing Unit
Informational writing can be a difficult concept to teach young writers. This PRINT and GO Writing Curriculum includes everything you need from informational texts, detailed lesson plans, writing paper, interactive activities, and a high success rate. It is all step by step so you and your students will be guided the entire way. It is designed to be used in a classroom that has multiple levels of students and various types of learners because it is differentiated and grows with the learners. Yo
Grades:
1st - 2nd
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