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Writing-expository Common Core RI.3.6 resources
Endangered Species Expert - Project Based Learning
This project is designed to help students build their research, analysis and synthesis skills while learning about an endangered species that interests them. As students become the class expert for their species, they will exercise reading, writing, grammar, science and art skills as well as build experience with long-term planning and the organization required to complete a multi-step project by a deadline.
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3rd - 4th
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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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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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:â–ºThe Southwestâ–º Plainsâ–º Eastern Woodlandsâ–º Pacific West Coast â–ºCalifornia 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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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:Â ELA Reading & Writing Mega BUNDLE
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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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.
This product includes:
- 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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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
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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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 (
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3rd - 4th
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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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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Nellie Bly Close Reading Passage Quiz Biography Writing 3rd 4th 5th Grades
This Nellie Bly Close Reading Passage is perfect for Women in History 3rd, 4th & 5th grade. Includes Informative Close Reading Passage; Informative Nonfiction Biography Writing graphic organizer, informative sentences starters, & rubric; vocabulary words; a Google Forms Self Checking Quiz; and a Google Slides Presentation for students to use as a final presentation.SEE THE PREVIEW FOR A MORE IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTIONBUY THE BUNDLE FOR WOMEN IN HISTORY MONTH AND SAVE!!!Includes 7 incredible wo
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3rd - 6th
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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
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Force and Interaction Unit Plan: Science, Reading, Writing
Forces and Interaction Integrated Unit Plan
This is a backwards designed one month unit writing unit aligned with Forces and Interaction NGSS 3rd grade standards, CCSS Literacy Standards 3.1-3.10 and Writing Standards 3.2, 3.4-3.8. This Force and Interaction Unit plan goes from Anchor Charts to Assessments! I have bundled this with my Personal Student Dictionary
because I feel that it is an essential tool for writing.
This Force and Interaction Writing Unit Includes:
*1 full month of Day
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3rd
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Clara Lemlich Close Reading Passage Quiz Biography Writing 3rd 4th 5th Grades
This Clara Lemlich Close Reading Passage is perfect for Women in History 3rd, 4th & 5th grade. Includes Informative Close Reading Passage; Informative Nonfiction Biography Writing graphic organizer, informative sentences starters, & rubric; vocabulary words; a Google Forms Self Checking Quiz; and a Google Slides Presentation for students to use as a final presentation. SEE THE PREVIEW FOR A MORE IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTIONBUY THE BUNDLE FOR WOMEN IN HISTORY MONTH AND SAVE!!!In
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3rd - 5th
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Jigsaw Activities Bundle
This is the ultimate bundle for all of your jigsaw activity needs!What are jigsaw activities?A jigsaw is an activity that involves the organizing of students dependent into various groups. Students are dependent on their peers to learn a new skill, and then teach the skill to another set of peers. A teacher will take a topic or set of skills and break it into pieces. Students will work together to assemble the pieces to complete the task.How to do a Jigsaw ActivityYou start by selecting a task
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3rd - 5th
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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
Grades:
2nd - 6th
"Harvesting Hope" Google Slides- Bookworms Supplement
Bookworms Curriculum: 3rd grade ELA Module 3- Unit 2: Astonishing Accomplishments. These slides correlate with Lessons 11-14 for the book "Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez."This resource is completely editable through Google Slides and includes modeling slides, timers when appropriate, book photos, discussion questions, vocabulary words, youtube links to read alouds, and anchor chart guides. Please know that these are for the Bookworms Curriculum and the slides were created to help wit
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3rd
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Also included in:Â "Grade 3 ELA Module 3 BUNDLE" Google Slides- Bookworms Supplement
Opinion Writing | Taking a Stand on an Issue | Activism
If you love integrating several subjects to cover core standards, this unit is for you! It fits perfectly into third, fourth or fifth grade where you must teach opinion writing, the 10 Amendments of Bill of Rights in government as well as, report writing. You can also incorporate reading because the project is kicked off with a mentor text, "Sometimes People March," by Tessa Allen. The first component of this product is about opinion writing and how to take a stand on an issue. It includes:Me
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3rd - 5th
Nutrition Bundle: Cause & Effect Reading Comprehension (Great Test Prep)
Do your students know the difference in protein and carbohydrates? Are you teaching a unit on Food Science or Nutrition? Your students will love learning new and interesting scientific information about the basics of nutrition in this bundle of reading and writing activities. For example, did you know there are two categories of nutrients: macronutrients and micronutrients? This product has at least 2 hours worth of work for your students to enhance their reading information skills, informative
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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