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Writing-expository word walls for GATE
Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit
Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit – This creative and hands-on project is a wonderful opportunity for students to show their understanding of pioneers moving west. Learners will create a covered wagon out of construction paper, cardboard, and a shoebox. The bonnet of the wagon will include: • A map of the Oregon or California Trail • A model of a labeled wagon • A list of chores on the trail • A list of entertainment on the trail • Pictures and captions of 4 maj
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Writing Word Wall: Opinion, Expository, Narrative Writing Center, Bulletin Board
Create a beautiful visual writing word wall in your classroom to support your students in becoming strong writers! Student-friendly definitions with supporting visuals are shown on each of the 40 writing vocabulary terms. The terms focus on the basics of writing, opinion writing, informational writing, and narrative writing.This comes in 3 background color options, including a black background (as pictured), a multi-colored background (options for white font or black font), and an all-white ba
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1st - 5th
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Opinion Writing Transition Words Persuasive Opinion Writing Anchor Charts
Are you looking for Opinion Writing Transition Words posters or anchor charts to display in your classroom? These persuasive writing transition words posters will be helpful if your students are writing an Opinion Essay or a Persuasive Essay. There are two styles for each poster.The 15 posters (US and British English spellings) in this set are: Writing an Opinion –definition The Introduction Introducing Details Supporting Point of View Cause and Effect Compare and Contrast The Conclusion x 2 (sp
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1st - 7th
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Mock Trial Preparation and Script
This product includes graphic organizers to help your students gather ideas and information to present in a formal trial-like manner. You can use any literature story or informational text with this packet. Put a character or a historical figure on trial for crimes they've committed. The possibilities are endless!You will receive:Printable pages that can be used to create a packet specialized for both the Prosecution team and the Defense Team.A script to help move the trial along in a manner tha
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Westward Expansion Project Bundle - This bundle includes three fun and engaging projects about Westward Expansion. Students will gain valuable researching skills while also developing their presentation, writing, reading comprehension, and interpersonal skills. ABC’s of Moving West– This creative project asks students to work in groups to create an ABC book about the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion. Learners will identify several important and meaningful words associated with their assi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
My Writing Placemat
A Writer's Placemat is a portable word wall to help scaffold young writers!
This file contains lists students commonly use during Writer's Workshop that can be cut and made into a writing placemat. This is especially helpful when word wall space is limited or when students work around the room. Students can also keep placemats in their desks and can pull them out when needed. These are also an awesome addition to your Work on Writing center.
Lists include the following words:
1. My Classmates
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Grades:
K - 6th
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Synonym Word Posters
Are you tired of your students using the same boring words over and over again in their writing? I've created 15 posters to help you students say "ADIOS" to boring words, as they welcome new and powerful words to their vocabulary.Each poster has 12-16 synonyms to replace commonly overused words. The following word posters are included: good, bad, ugly, sad, happy, big, smart, mad, love, cold, hot, pretty, boring, moving fast, and moving slow.If you have a suggestion of another overused word t
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Central Idea Main Idea Central Message Theme PRINTABLE BUNDLE
Everything you need to teach your Middle School students to determine Central Idea and Theme is in this easy-to-use and interactive Printable Bundle!Objective: Middle School students will learn how to determine a theme and/or central idea in 4 steps and then have an opportunity to practice with new text, take a quiz and then participate in remediation or enrichment before taking a final assessment.In this resource, you'll receive ALL of these materials:✅ A link to a video to use as an introduct
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Text Evidence Stems Bulletin Board and Student Notes
Text evidence and accountable talk stems for middle school and upper elementary students will look beautiful on a bulletin board, while helping students communicate using specific details. Middle school classroom decor has never been so useful! Research shows that displaying text evidence stems encourages students to provide more evidence when speaking and writing. This bulletin board decor set includes the language that we like older students to use. That means NO personal pronoun terminology,
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Grades:
5th - 10th
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2022-2023 DEAR DOC DIGITAL ELAR & WRITING BINDER
This version has been updated in 2022 and now has over 672 pages! The new pages were added to the back as an addendum to begin the transition to reading and writing being tested together. Some questions will be open ended and short answer to prepare for the conversion to only 75% multiple choice beginning in two years. You will receive the latest version at no additional charge by email or a notice here on Teachers pay Teachers throughout the 2022-2023 school year.Be sure to download the pre
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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LEGO Writing Prompts 4th Grade STARR
Engage your kinesthetic learners during your writing block!!
I teach Gifted students and the vast majority are kinesthetic learners. I had to find a way to engage them in writing. One day, during a design challenge a light bulb went off in my head! Why not incorporate building and writing? So, I came up with the idea!
You will need Legos or other building blocks. I had parents donate them. I have small containers (purchased from the dollar store) full of legos for partners or groups of
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3rd - 5th
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Lesson Plan: This I Believe
"This I Believe" is a long-running program that began with Edward R. Murrow. This lesson plan, by exploring student's own beliefs, assists students in better understanding themselves in this complex and challenging world. The plan includes
* 7 required readings
* audio links
* teacher resources
* vocabulary, quiz, glossary, and key
* writing prompt
* rubric
* images
and more. See the preview table of contents for more details.
This plan should take two weeks to complete.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Current Event Template
This ready to print template is for recording and reporting current events. Two versions are included, one with directions and one without. Also included are two graphic organizers that can be used to take notes when students are reading through an article. This is a great activity for early finishers or for a GATE project. It can be used as practice for gathering data from informational texts.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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I Can Write About... Picture Cards
If your students are like mine, they might need some visual prompting to help them pick a writing topic. I created these cards to give my students many options for writing. To help make these cards more relevant to my students, I have used actual photos of objects for all cards except the feeling cards and the seasonal header cards. All other cards are photos.
You will find 181 "I Can Write About..." cards under these topics:
Places - various places (zoo, barn, volcano)
Food - different t
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Gifted and Talented GATE WRITING COLLECTION 122 Pages
Get six highly rated GATE writing lesson bundles at 33% off individual purchases. This collection is packed with variety, creativity, challenge, and the Common Core.
See the big preview! Hours and hours of class instruction and engagement!
You'll get the following bundles adaptable from 3rd through 8th grade:
Road Trip Adventure Cross-Curricular Writing Journey: Students practice all sorts of writing from graphic design to narrative to expository as they journey across the USA and create p
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Persuasive Writing Techniques Word Wall
A beautiful reference wall to help your learners use persuasive techniques in their writing.Includes 10 techniques:- high modality words- rhetorical questions- superlatives- commands- powerful vocabulary- facts and statistics- emotive language- repetition- power of three- hyperbolesEach includes a reference poster defining the technique and explaining its effect on the reader. Each technique comes with examples to jumpstart your students' writing.Leave a message in the Q&A section if you wou
Grades:
1st - 6th
Explorer Timeline Project Using a Graphic Organizer
TEXT NOT INCLUDED This foldable graphic organizer can be used with any explorer unit. Students research explorers using outside sources, then complete this foldable project. It can be used as a component in an interactive notebook or displayed on a bulletin board. Choose which explorers you want to assign to students. I assign five for my 4th graders. This product includes 22 images of the most commonly studied explorers of North America.Follow us at:www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/thank-a-
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: 4th Grade California Social Studies Projects All Year
Writing Prompts MYSTERIES ... Tips Rubrics Checklists ... Grades 4-5-6
MYSTERY Themed Creative Writing PromptsVocabulary, Guidelines, Tips for Writing, Rubrics, Checklist for Students, Word Banks 25 prompts, photographs, elements . . . and more Grades 4-5-6 WRITING PROMPTS: for Mysteries . . . NO PREP . . . WRITING . . .FREEBIE . . . Four MYSTERY Writing Prompts in the Preview. . . FREE "Always something EXTRA" to help TEACH / REVIEW / PRACTICE skills in FUN ways.⭐ Click to follow TEACHING STUFF PLACE for updates and FREEBIES. ⭐*** Writing Prompts Buyers’ comm
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4th - 8th
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The First Thanksgiving Book with Depth and Complexity
The First Thanksgiving Book with Depth and Complexity {single-teacher purchase} UPDATED 11/4/18See student examples of this unit! Make sure to click right to see more.I have created another jam-packed unit to help you teach the Depth and Complexity icons and close reading to primary students. I have taken the traditional story of The First Thanksgiving and added activities for annotation, responses, and close reading. I have also included a writing activity in this unit. It includes a sequenci
Grades:
1st - 3rd
READING RESPONSE BUNDLE
A collection of my Reading Response materials will give you so many materials for responding to any novel, picture book, or basal reader! See individual product links below for more details on each individual product!
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Native American Project - Compare and Contrast
This Native American Project is a fun way to compare and contrast Native American Indians in different regions. I have also included a second version to compare and contrast Native American Tribes.
This product includes:
- visual sample of project
- how I teach the unit
- sample anchor charts
- tips and different options for project
- student samples
- project description sheets for students
- copies for headings, maps, note taking, and rubrics (two versions)
- teacher sample to be assembled
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Research Logs - Gifted and Talented Projects -7 Units
Independent Research Logs
Topics Include:
Arctic
Tundra
Desert
Ocean
Rainforest
Grassland
Students are expected to:
Create a list of topics they'd like to study
Choose one of those topics to research
Generate open-ended questions about the topic
Locate sources to find the answers to their questions
Take notes and cite their sources
Focus their research
Write a report / draft
Create a product to show their learning
Grades:
1st - 6th
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Newspaper [Journalism] Vocabulary Terms-Cards, Color, Black & White, Blank Cards
This product contains 12 vocabulary terms that can be used with a journalism/newspaper unit. The terms are on different colored striped backgrounds or can be printed on a white and black striped background. Blank cards for each color and black and white background are also included.
The terms are:
journalism
ethics
bias
feature
hard news
source
byline
investigative reporting
break
exclusive
op-ed page
correspondent
This download would go great with my "Newspaper Writing Template" download. Feel
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Age of Exploration: Explorer Research Book Template and Tasks (DIGITAL)
This is a Research Book Template which works great in a unit on the Age of Exploration. It supports all stages of the research/ writing process. This was designed with Google Classroom in mind. There are a total of 7 tasks to walk students through the research process (including prompts and examples). There are also digital research book templates as well. This resource also works well as an enrichment activity for G.A.T.E. students or early finishers!The resource includes an "Explorer Gallery
Grades:
4th - 6th
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