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3rd grade writing-expository scaffolded notes under $5
How to Write a Paragraph: A Step by Step Guide to Paragraph Writing
Writing paragraphs has never been easier with this step by step color coding method! I use this to teach my students AND my own children paragraph writing and it has improved their writing tremendously!This strategy for writing paragraphs has transformed the way my students write their paragraphs, and in turn - their essays! The lesson teaches students how to use three different colors to add specific details to their body paragraphs. It is a step by step guide that does not overwhelm students.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Biography Graphic Organizer Created for 2014-15 ReadyGen 4th Grade Unit 1 Task
This PDF graphic organizer was created to go with 4th grade ReadyGen Unit 1 Module A performance task. This was created to go with the new 2014-2015 updated task. It can be used for any biography report as a scaffold as well. It includes...* early life* adult life* why he/she is famous* interesting fact* picture and caption* quotes* personality traits* facts* timeline of important events* how he/she has influenced others* sourcesYou can find the digital version of this graphic organizer in Go
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Animal Fact Files & Research Report Templates
Get everything you need for your students to write Animal Research Reports!
Fact Files, Checklists, and Report Template Foldables
This product contains:
Animal Fact Files – 12 Fact Sheets about different animals, including:
Mammals – Giraffe, Koala
Birds – Bald Eagle, Barn Owl
Amphibians – Red-Eyed Tree Frog, North American Bullfrog
Reptiles – American Alligator, Copperhead Snake
Fish – X-Ray Fish, Great White Shark
Invertebrates – Monarch Butterfly (Insects), Common Garden Snail (Mollusks)
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Writing Graphic Organizer BUNDLE | Informative/Expository |Argumentative/Opinion
Streamline your writing instruction with our comprehensive Writing Graphic Organizers Bundle! This bundle includes resources for both informative/expository and argumentative/opinion essays, providing your students with structured and scaffolded support to enhance their writing skills. Perfect for grades 3-6+, these organizers are designed to help students develop clear, well-organized essays, making them a valuable addition to any writing curriculum.What's Included:Informative/Expository Writin
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2nd - 12th
Informative Writing: Guided Notes, Outlines, Sample Texts & More
Improve your students’ writing by focusing on PURPOSE and STRUCTURE of Informative/Explanatory essays.Perfect for introducing informative writing or using as a review of essay-structure before district/state writing assessments. Essay writing can be overwhelming for students and challenging to teach. Many writing resources assume students already understand essay structure, which for many, simply isn't the case. If you have struggling, unorganized writers, this product is here to help!Product
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: 5-Paragraph Essay Writing Bundle: Informative & Opinion Units
Writing Non-Fiction: Sentence Starters_One-Pager!!!
The document is a graphic organizer that includes non-fiction writing sentence staters when incorporating concrete details and analysis. Transitions and a how to for integrating in-text MLA citations are also included on the one-pager. Great for the front of students' binders!
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
{Expository Writing} Graphic Organizers & Checklist
Use this product to introduce the structure of an Expository essay!
My students have glued the Expository Writing Checklist in their writing folders. I laminated it and they mark each step with their dry erase markers when they have completed each step.
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea - CCSS Persuasive Writing Activity
It seems impossible. How can a pig parade be a terrible idea?! However, Ian Michael Black is very persuasive in his book with the same title. I love using children's literature to springboard writing concepts with my third graders all the way up to my AP Lit students. After reading this story, I use this bundle to teach the concept of persuasive writing. Through a series of steps (baby steps!) students will analyze the story to find that while wildly funny, it is actually just a persuasive state
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Mars: Research & Note-taking PowerPoint
Combine the study of space with research and clear note-taking instruction, to teach your students step-by-step Essay Writing. Your students will love learning about our solar system. Included are the links for 6 NASA videos, as well as all updated missions. Note-taking paper and 2 foldables are included for projects.Here are some of my other Space lessons:SunMercury - Crater ExperimentVenusEarth - Mission To The Moon - Crater Experiment (Same one as the Mercury Project) - Moon Web-Quest
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Research Template
Research TemplateI don't know about you, but my students need support when researching! Students are asked to identify their topic and target audience, think about information their audience would want/need about this topic, and then generate research questions. These questions guide students' research. Students are also provided a graphic organizer to help them structure their research in a way that makes sense. Finally, I have included a self-assessment checklist to help students reflect on th
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Informational Explanatory Writing
This 12 page document is an excellent resource to use when teaching informational/explanatory writing. The document includes two posters that show students that this genre has two purposes (first to inform the reader and second to state a procedure). The document also includes two note taking sheet, so when students receive information pertaining to a topic they have a way of recording facts. The document also includes four different graphic organizers. These organizer are highly scaffolded, mee
Grades:
K - 3rd
OREO Organizer for Opinion Writing
Based on a five paragraph opinion essay format, but easily scaled to multiple paragraphs/pages, this advanced organizer will help students plan their opinion writing.
Students begin with opening their paper with a clear opinion statement. Students then move on to three rationale for their opinion, including reasons that are supported by evidence/example. Finally, students conclude their paper with their restated/summarized opinion.
This organizer could also be used to examine a piece of opinio
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Animal Research Project- Ready to Go!
Detailed 4 paragraph research paper with added project option for 3rd and 4th graders or end-of-the year 2nd graders who know how to write paragraphs.
Graphic organizers with question prompt scaffolding provided to answer:
Introducing the Animal
Habitat
Life cycle
Survival
Students use graphic organizers to write notes and then write rough drafts of paragraphs BELOW the graphic organizers. Final copies should be completed on writing paper or should be typed.
Grading infor
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
HOW TO RESEARCH Lesson Keywords Skim & Scan Effective Research Skills NO PREP
Introduce or review how to efficiently research using keywords with this no-prep, 24-page/slide How to Research Using Keywords and Skim and Scan Writing Mini-Lesson. The easy-to-follow Guided Notes process will help students develop two research skills to find the information they need: 1. what keywords to search, and 2. how to “skim and scan”. A PowerPoint, Guided Notes, Guided Practice, and a link to online scavenger hunt practice are included making this a scaffolded approach that uses the “I
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Intermediate Writing Office Pages- State Testing Writing Help
The Intermediate Writing Office is the perfect solution for older grades students who may be struggling with writing! Focused specifically on writing state testing essays, this resource includes 4 decorative posters for the outside of the office, and 4 informative posters for the inside. This desk blocker will not only help students improve their writing, but it will also help them to stay focused!
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Writing Checklists for Seven Forms of Writing
There are some basic features that need to be included in each form of writing. This resource aids students in the revising and editing stages of the writing process, to ensure they have each of those features. Each checklist for Personal Narrative, Opinion Writing, Informative Writing, Persuasive Writing, Fictional Narrative, Descriptive Writing, and Response Writing is available in either a color-coded or original black-and-white version. They are printed on half sheets, saving you paper! Plus
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Summarizing Nonfiction Using Main Idea, Details, Quotations, and Paraphrasing
If you've taught paraphrasing and your students need some SIMPLE summarizing then this page is for your students. I use this page just to get my students into the groove of finding the main idea, details, and using quotes and paraphrasing in their summaries. Although these pages don't teach the actual skills themselves (I have other products for that), these pages will get them to take a step up from simple summarizing. See my Facebook page, Reading Response Creations, for tips and ideas link
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Writing an Informational Paragraph (planner and mentor paragraph)
Whether you just need to back-up, fine-tune, remediate, or are just beginning paragraph writing, this paragraph unit (including PARAGRAPH SAMPLE) will work for whatever the need-be!
Students/teachers will record a prompt, students will fill in a topic sentence, sequence/transition words, details and examples, and a concluding sentence. Then, they will review a "sample" filled-in planner as well as a sample paragraph which they will analyze by "marking up." Finally, they will be on their way
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Cube Paragraph Model Graphic Organizer
By purchasing this product, you will receive both editable PPT and PDF versions of my Cube Paragraph Model Graphic Organizer. This is a simple and easy way for students to visualize the structure of a paragraph!
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1st - 6th
Writing Graphic Organizers
The following 5 writing graphic organizers are specific to helping students write an animal report, country report, simple machine report, recipe, and narrative story. It scafolds the report by asking specific questions and placing them in a comprehensible order. The task of writing a report or paragraph can seem daunting if starting with a blank paper.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Nonfiction Writing Booklet (scaffolded page has examples OR use as a model)
Includes prewritten examples with criteria for each section. Hook -- There is a space for teacher model and then a place for kids to be able to try it out themselves during the lesson. Introduction Subtopics (chapters or sections) Closing/EndingThis is great as a scaffolded page since it has prewritten examples OR you could use it as a mini lesson and the examples can serve as your pre-made teacher model in a pinch.
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1st - 4th
Summarizing Non-Fiction (for informational writing/teaching main idea/details)
Teach topic/main idea/details AND summarizing all at once. Here, students will be sure to write perfect summaries with this easy-to-use note-taking guide and paragraph frame.
Students (or teachers) simply CHOOSE a non-fiction text, read it, analyze/note the main idea and details, and use the sentence starters within the paragraph frame to begin writing perfectly paragraphed summaries. Designed for multiple uses, multi-use. See my Facebook page, Reading Response Creations, for tips for use!!
In
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Summarizing Nonfiction using main idea/details/quoting/paraphrasing/inferring
This is a step by step guide that guides students' note-taking and writing for responding to non-fiction articles or narratives. This guide will allow you to check students' work step by step or one "chunk" at a time. It enables me to see where students' needs are and allows me to point out where there is a pattern in their mistake. For example, when their paraphrasing is just repeating, or when their inference really is just paraphrasing. It's a very useful document! Even better is the lear
Grades:
3rd - 8th
CCSS:
Essay Writing Checklist (Student Outline)
Essay Writing Checklist that can be adapted for informational or argumentative/opinion. This checklist provides a direct outline for students to follow when constructing their essay. Requirements for introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion mirror common core requirements.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Opinion/Argumentative Essay Beginners Bundle
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