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Writing-expository Common Core RI.3.9 resources
Paired Passage with Writing ELA Test Prep 3rd 4th Grade SBAC Performance Task
ELA Test Prep made simple! These high-interest ELA performance tasks tie reading and writing together in meaningful ways for students. In each performance task, students will read two different informational passages to help them answer source questions, multiple-choice questions, and open-ended questions. Need a 3rd source? Links with short videoes on the topics are included.This bundle includes 3 complete ELA Performance Tasks on different topics.Students will then take all the information tha
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3rd - 4th
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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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Grades:
3rd - 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
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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Text-Based Writing: Informational Set 1
Do your students need practice writing informational pieces in response to text? Do your students get frustrated when the provided texts are not a good match for the writing prompt? These writing activities were created to solve these problems in my own classroom.Included are five writing prompts on topics that are familiar and relatable for students. Each topic has two text passages that were specifically written to fit the accompanying writing prompt. The passages and prompts are fact-bas
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3rd - 4th
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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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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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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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Text-Based Writing: Informational Set 2
Do your students need practice writing informational pieces in response to text? Do your students get frustrated when the provided texts are not a good match for the writing prompt? These writing activities were created to solve these problems in my own classroom.Included are six writing prompts on topics that are familiar and relatable for students. Each topic has two text passages that were specifically written to fit the accompanying writing prompt. The passages and prompts are fact-based
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3rd - 4th
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Compare and Contrast 2 Articles on 1 Topic Lessons for RI4.9
RI 4.9 asks students to compare and contrast two articles on a similar topic. I've personally created 2 articles about tress for students to learn to meet the RI 4.9 standard. The activities that go along with the articles support students as they learn AND it includes an assessment to see how students are meeting or exceeding the expectations.This Resource Contains:2 nonfiction/informational articles (deciduous trees, coniferous trees)1 two-column table to compare contrast deciduous and conife
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2nd - 4th
Inventor Reading Passages Informational Writing Template Research Project
Getting ready to study inventors and inventions? These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and research writing activities will help your students learn about inventors and conduct research on an inventor of their choice!Included are 9, two-page articles to help your students understand and learn about a wide range of inventors and their inventions all while they gather important information as they read informational text.Close reading anchor charts are also included to
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3rd - 5th
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Procedural Writing Templates Christmas
Are you struggling to find fun standard-based activities for the holidays? These procedural writing templates and Christmas crafts are just what you are looking for in your ELA classroom. No matter your curriculum, this unit is perfect for teaching how-to writing.⭐️ Bundle & Save for a Discount ⭐️Purchase the Procedural Writing Holiday Bundle to get this resource and save.This procedural writing unit contains everything you need for your students. Inside the zip file, you will find the follo
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Procedural Text and Writing Growing Bundle
Expository Text Structures Unit
Expository Text Structures Unit
**Covers six main structures:
Cause and Effect
Sequencing
Problem and Solution
Description
Question and Answer
Compare and Contrast
** Ten days of lesson plans and activities including end of unit assessment
**Common Core and TEKS aligned**
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3rd - 5th
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Biography Research Note-taking Packet
Biography Report - Informational Writing & Research Packet: Students will use this biography report note-taking packet to collect their informational research, and stay organized too!
Students will complete the biography research note-taking packet after reading a biography book about someone who has impacted history and/or our lives.
This biography packet would also be great for a specific unit of study such as presidents, famous women, inventors, explorers, Hispanic Heritage Month, Afri
Grades:
2nd - 7th
Plant and Butterfly Life Cycles Reading Passages Compare and Contrast Texts
Looking for plant, butterfly, caterpillar, bee, and chick life cycle reading passages and activities this spring or anytime? These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and activities will help you engage your students and tie important science concepts and reading work together!Included are 8 nonfiction articles to help your students understand the phenomena of life cycles of plants, tomato plants, chickens, caterpillars to butterflies, bees, and tulips, all while they gat
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3rd - 5th
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Animal Groups: Reading Comprehension Paired Passages
Help your students master NGSS Science Standards, plus Common Core reading and writing standards at the same time with these paired passages! These paired texts are useful to help students with fiction and non-fiction comprehension. And they are a great way to integrate science and language arts!This product aligns to NGSS 3-LS2-1. Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.CLICK HERE to Follow Me and be the First to Hear About My Newest Products and Sales!This
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2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
3-LS2-1
Also included in: Animal Groups: Science and Literacy BUNDLE (NGSS 3-LS2-1)
Common Core Informative (Expository) Writing -Beginning to Compare and Contrast
Informative (expository) compare and contrast writing using mentor texts: This common core informative writing teaches kids to begin to compare and contrast 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:
Informative text posters featuring parts of an opinion piece
Four informative compare and contrast prompts comparing:
Basketbal
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Text Prep Reading Passages with a Writing Prompt Comprehension Testing BUNDLE
Need Test Prep? Whether you're struggling to teach informational and opinion writing or seeking engaging reading passages for high-interest comprehension practice, we've got you covered!Our test prep bundle is designed to make year-round preparation a breeze. Each product within this bundle includes one or two captivating reading passages along with comprehension questions. Additionally, every resource provides a text based writing prompt to enhance your students' writing skills.Dive into a weal
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3rd
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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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How to Babysit a Wild Animal Brochure with Nonfiction Text Features Resources
Included are all of the resources for your class to create an
instructional brochure using research and nonfiction text features. Examples of a completed brochure have been included for you to
reference. It is made from a 12 in. x 8 in. piece of white construction
paper folded into thirds.
This activity combines research (including citing sources), nonfiction
text features, and informational writing into a fun, attractive brochure
that students will love to share and display.
Included in th
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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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Presidents Day Writing Activities Reading Passages Research Project Poster
Getting ready to study U.S. Presidents this February? These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and research writing activities will help your students learn about U.S. Presidents and conduct research on a U.S. President of their choice!Included are 6, two-page articles to help your students understand and learn about a wide range of U.S. Presidents and their time in the White House all while they gather important information as they read informational text.Close reading
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3rd - 5th
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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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