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3rd grade writing-expository activboard activities 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
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
Lucy Calkins Lesson Plans Slides 3rd Writing Unit 1:Crafting True Stories
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3rd
Also included in: Lucy Calkins 3rd Grade ULTIMATE SUPER PACK Reading Writing ALL UNITS
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
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Lucy Calkins 3rd Grade Writing Unit 4 Slides Lesson Plans ALL SESSIONS
BUY NOW BEFORE PRICES GO UP!SLIDES AND LESSON PLANS FOR EVERY SESSION!Give your students a classroom experience that takes the Lucy Calkins Units of Study to a whole new level! Give yourself the gifts of time and peace of mind!______________________________________________________________________________Here is what customers are saying about this product:“This has helped me teach Lucy so much better because it breaks it down into easy steps. Thank you!”-Katie K.“Super helpful!”-Mary H.“This is
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Grades:
3rd
Also included in: Lucy Calkins 3rd Grade ULTIMATE SUPER PACK Reading Writing ALL UNITS
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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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
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
Responding to a Writing Prompt Slide Presentation TCAP Prep 3rd Grade
This product includes passages with writing prompts and student samples. Help guide your students to respond completely to writing prompts presented in the Tennessee State TCAP assessment. Includes:Passages with writing prompts and 5 completed student samples with scores. Opportunities for students to practice writing independently.Exit ticket ideas to assess understanding.
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Grades:
3rd
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
Independent Study Project Guide
How many times have you heard the words, “I’m finished, Ms. Teacher,” from students who consistently complete assignments quickly and correctly? How many times have you scrambled to find activities that engage these students for the class period while challenging their learning and fostering their intellectual curiosity? This guide allows students to learn about their individual topics, how to synthesize information, and improve their writing skills and research skills… independently.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
All About - WRITING PAPER (Lucy Calkins)
I have used Lucy Calkins Writers Workshop units for many years. Every time I teach the ALL ABOUT unit I struggled with the type of paper needed for each page students chose to write.
This documents contains 14 different pages that students can choose from when writing their All About books.
If you download the preview file you can see parts of a student created "How to" book using this paper!
As a bonus I have also included my Smartnotebook pages that I use when teaching the All About unit
Grades:
K - 4th
Expository Essay Writing Informational Essay Sample Organizer Posters
This attractive set includes 2 anchor chart posters, a 3 page sample, and 2 student handouts for planning and organizing an expository essay. The pages of a PDF file can be extracted as images and incorporated into your Promethean, Smartboard, or PowerPoint lesson. The pages can be used as printouts as well or simply displayed on your computer and class data projector. I designed the sheets to be colorful to take full advantage of today's presentation technologies. Enjoy!
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Narrative Writing - The Many Rules of Dialogue Anchor Chart
This dialogue anchor chart uses clipart from, Laura Stricklands's website Mycutegraphics.com. The dialogue anchor chart was a fun way to teach the many rules and reminders of adding dialogue to narrative writing. I hung this in the classroom and referenced it everyday. This was especially helpful for ELL students.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Bundle Procedural Informational Writing Prompts How to
Differentiated Paperless Journal Procedural Writing How To Writing Instructions Digital Resource for Morning work with Teaching slidesThis huge resource is designed with teaching slides and differentiated paperless writing prompts .It includes:Teaching SlidesSuccess CriteriaDifferentiated Writing Prompts with and without word bankSentence StemsYou will need visual for each promptTons of year long procedural writing prompts included:•How to Make Pancakes ( 2 options)•How to Make a Burger•How to
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Bundle 1st Grade Opinion Narrative Informative How to Writing Units
State Quarters Research
This is a 110 page unit that you can use to complete a short research project on the State Quarters. It would work well with any project related to the United States of America and could be used as an enrichment activity. This product contains:List of statesHistory of State QuartersOrder of Release using pictures of coinsOrder of Release list of statesPicture of each quarter with a spot to design a quarter (for each state)Picture of each quarter with a spot to write about what the symbols on th
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Genius Hour Interactive Notebook
What is Genius Hour?
Genius Hour is also known as a Passion Project, where students are allowed to research a topic of their choice. It began at Google, where employees were able to work on a project of their own choosing 20% of the time.
I have taught Genius Hour for 5 years in my Gifted & Talented Classroom. This packet is intended for 2nd - 6th Grade. If I was a regular classroom teacher, I would do Genius Hour on Thursday or Friday for 1 hour (Social Studies).
We work on the pr
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Procedural Text & Writing Project
Procedural Text & Writing Project
Need an extension activity or even a writing activity for procedural text and how-to writing?
{1}Students look at various procedural text books to reinforce their understanding of specific procedural text examples.
{2}Students decide on something that interests them that they can turn around and write a how to about. They will also create a demonstration.
{3} Students write step by step specific instructions using the given template. There is a spot
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Flipchart teaching and practicing short answer and extended response
This 41 slide flipchart was designed for use through activinspire and is designed to cover between 2 and 3 weeks worth of primary writing instruction. Each slide includes the objective. The flipchart teaches how to answer common core questions that require short answer and extended response questions. The majority of the flipchart is focused on extended response questions.
Initially students are taught the strategy of TTQA - Turn That Question Around and question parts. Students are then
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Google Classroom Activities Distance Learning
Looking for an engaging project for your students to conduct research about the planets, while using Google Slides? This digital, paperless resource includes two projects about the planets in the solar system, for a total of 35 Google slides. Planets of the Solar System Digital Research Project, using Google SlidesStudents learn how to use the research bar via the Explore Tool in Google slides to research facts, information, or even images about each planet. Students will type information they l
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Text Dependent Explanatory Prompt Bundle
The new common core standards and PARCC assessments will require students to relate their story and essay writing to two-three passages of text. The text may be nonfiction, fiction, reference materials, quotes, environmental print, or poetry.
These writing prompts contain three texts each for the student to read (very short) and specific writing prompt directions. The type of writing the students will be composing will fall under the category "explanatory" because the student will be forced to
Grades:
1st - 6th
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GATE Writing with "PUZZLING" Grids - 2 Lessons and Bonus
Get your highly visual 21st Century GATE Learners up and moving around the classroom, testing their logic, and challenging their descriptive and explanatory writing skills with these two puzzling writing lessons. As always, you’ll extend the Common Core with your GATE group, adding challenge, creativity, critical thinking skills, and fun (!) to the regular classroom curriculum.
This bundle consists of 2 GATE writing lessons which will require around 5 hours of class time . . . plus a fun bonus
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Revising and Editing Transitions and Word Choice Lessons
This is a revising and editing PowerPoint meant to be used daily to teach and review transition words and word choice. This presentation includes specific slides for each day that review and scaffold student knowledge. Presentation includes a notebook activity after every lesson. 4th grade STAAR practice questions are included within the lessons. With an engaging theme, this PowerPoint is fun and beneficial for all!
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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