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Writing-expository activities for homeschool
Animal Reports 1st Grade Kindergarten Reading Writing Informational Zoo Crafts
Your kindergarten and first grade students will have so much fun reading and writing about ten different animals: zebras, lions, elephants, alligators, giraffes, monkeys, penguins, ducks, robins and earthworms. These nonfiction materials provide the perfect amount of scaffolding so your students can successfully read and write about these animals.Everything you need for animal reports is included:reading passages with factsgraphic organizerssentence starterswriting papersmini books10 animal cra
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K - 2nd
Informative Writing Unit | Print & Digital | Google Slides | Writing Prompts
This resource on Informative Writing was designed to teach students about the genre of informative writing, and to walk them through the process of writing their first informative essay. Digital pages are available for the student pages only. These can be used with Google Slides or PowerPoint.This unit is broken down into 18 lessons and should be used over the course of 5 to 6 weeks:Lesson 1: Diving Into to Informative TextsLesson 2: What is Informative Writing?Lesson 3: Informative Writing T
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle | Informative Narrative Opinion | Print & Digital
Research Paper Writing Graphic Organizers Biography Report Template Posters
Research Paper Writing: Are you struggling to find effective methods to teach your students Research Paper Writing? Look no further, as this packet provides comprehensive tools to help you engage and develop your student's writing skills. It includes various activities that can be tailored to meet the specific needs of your research projects. You can select which pages to use based on your project requirements and help your students become better writers with this unit.GRAB THE COMPLETE WRITING
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3rd - 5th
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First Grade Writing Bundle Kindergarten Writer's Workshop Curriculum Spanish
These comprehensive writing units provide everything you need to successfully teach the kindergarten and first grade writing standards. Nine units are included in this bundle, and I will take you from your very first writing lesson through the end of the school year. All of your writing activities are planned for you! These units can be used as a stand alone writing curriculum, for writer's workshop, year-round writing centers, writing prompts and/or portfolios, or they can supplement your dist
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K - 2nd
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Compare & Contrast Essay - Compare & Contrast Writing - Template / Organizer
This compare and contrast essay writing resource provides scaffolding so even your struggling students can successfully write a short paper comparing and contrasting a topic of their choice. Differentiated rough drafts and a teacher model make teaching this skill easy! Most of this resource is geared towards helping your students walk through the entire writing process as they write a compare and contrast essay; however, there are a few activities for additional practice included to help your
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2nd - 5th
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Expository Writing How-To Explanatory Prompts Writer's Workshop First Grade
This standard based expository writing unit teaches kindergarten, first grade and second grade students how-to writing - explaining or teaching how to do something. Everything you need to teach your writer's workshop comes with this unit including posters, writing prompts, picture cards, graphic organizers, sentence starters, student rubric, writing crafts, mini books and more! Scaffolding is built into every activity so all students can be successful with their writing projects. This makes i
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K - 2nd
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Opinion Writing Unit | Print & Digital | Google Slides | Writing Prompts
This resource on Opinion Writing was designed to teach students about the genre of opinion writing, and to walk them through the process of writing their first opinion essay. Digital pages are available for the student pages only. These can be used with Google Slides.This unit is broken down into 13 lessons and should be used over the course of 3 to 4 weeks:Lesson 1: What is Opinion Writing?Lesson 2: Opinion Writing TopicsLesson 3: Selecting a TopicLesson 4: Brainstorm & OrganizeLesson 5
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle | Informative Narrative Opinion | Print & Digital
Watermelon Day End of Year Theme Day
Looking for some end of the year fun? If so, host a Watermelon Day in your classroom! It's perfect for when your students are ready for summer, but still have some learning to do. The materials in this pack span across the content areas. The highlight of the day is sampling fresh watermelon, as well as other watermelon flavored foods (or other types of fruit, if you prefer). Students will write about their experience, create and analyze bar graphs, learn about the watermelon life cycle, sort
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1st - 3rd
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Friendship in a Cup Activities a Valentine's Day Activity
Are you looking for a perfect friendship building activity for back to school or Thanksgiving?Friendship in a cup is the perfect snack to make with your students. You could make it together and have a Friendsgiving in November or use it to review what makes a great friend. You can use the mini book provided and/or original poem to learn about the qualities of a good friend and to follow the directions to make this yummy snack. While you make it, you will read directions, work on teamwork and en
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K - 3rd
Also included in: Seasonal Snack Activities in a Cup Growing Bundle
Expository Informative Writing Prompts Graphic Organizers Posters 3rd 4th Grade
Are you looking to engage and grow your students in Expository, Informative, How To Writing? This packet will be one that you love and will be wonderful to grow your students. It provides tools to assist you in teaching this skill! I have gathered components to support your class in learning this writing genre.GRAB THE COMPLETE WRITING BUNDLE HERE!INCLUDED:Print & digital options (see pages 3 for bonus links)Color and bw print optionsGrading rubricPosters/ Anchor Charts for Expository Writin
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3rd - 5th
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Zoo Animals - Animal Research Reports Tiger Panda Bear Peacock Kangaroo Gorilla
Your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will have so much fun reading, writing, making books and crafts about five different zoo animals: tiger, panda bear, peacock, kangaroo and gorilla. These nonfiction materials provide the perfect amount of scaffolding so your students can be successful: reading passages with factsgraphic organizerssentence starterswriting papersmini books5 animal craft templatesThis download has everything you need to teach your students through the entire
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K - 2nd
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Steve Jobs & Real World Rhetoric Analysis, Grad Speech, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Show your students a real-world application of the tools of rhetoric (ethos, pathos, and logos) as they examine the 2005 Stanford University Commencement Address given by Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs. The speech, which is filled with warmth, humor, and meaning, is a high-interest way to add the non-fiction analysis skills emphasized by the Common Core to your classroom.Students will learn the components of Aristotle’s rhetorical devices, view Jobs’ speech via a 14-minute video clip, and use a ful
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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How to Writing Pages: Hands-on Sequencing Kindergarten Writing
Engage your students in your How-to writing unit with these hands-on pages!In our how-to writing unit, we loved using little kits to act out the steps for a topic. Doing it first helps students when it comes to writing the steps.⭐️⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Love these how-to writing activities! My students enjoy being able to choose their topic and it is helping them improve their writing using transition words!” -Brittany S.Similar to my Story Pop-ups, students use the pieces to ACT OUT the steps!Cut out the pi
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K - 1st
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Animal Reports BUNDLE - Informational Reading and Writing Passages Kindergarten
My best selling animal reports are now available in this bundle with 45 different animals and insects to choose from! Students love reading, writing, making books and crafts about the animal they choose. Teachers love that children are engaged and that everything they need to teach informational writing is included with little to no prep involved!These nonfiction units are perfect for kindergarten, first and second grade students. I include differentiated materials and scaffolding so all stud
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K - 2nd
Narrative Biography Poetry Writing Prompts Research Opinion Graphic Organizers
This teaching writing bundle includes all my best selling writing packets! You will find everything you need for teaching these writing genres. Sets included: Expository, Narrative, Poetry, Research, Biography, Opinion, Friendly Letter Writing & bonus Hooks, Leads and Closings, plus tons of writing Graphic Organizers. WRITING BUNDLE INCLUDES: (TAKE A PEEK AT EACH SET)All sets include both print and digital componentsPoetry Writing Packet (posters, flip book, print and digital writing poetry
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3rd - 5th
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Pilgrims and Native Americans {Non-Fiction Reading and Writing Literacy Unit}
This Early America unit focuses on the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe. It includes information about how both groups of people used the land to survive (food, clothing and shelter). There are activities for reading and understanding non-fiction text, informational writing based on understanding and comparing non-fiction text. There are many “parts” included in this unit (far more than we can show in the thumbnails). Please see the list below and our preview for more information!Other Non-Fic
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1st - 3rd
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ANIMAL REPORT RESEARCH PROJECT TEMPLATE Graphic Organizer 2nd 3rd Grade WRITING
Explore endangered animals with our Animal Research report templates! This project provides graphic organizers & reading passages to help students learn about 30 endangered or threatened animals. Also included is a K-W-L Template, Important Questions Chart, "What Do I Do Now?", and a "Write Down Your Sources" page. This project can be easily differentiated for students of all levels. Not only do students learn facts about each animal, but the project also encourages students to answer questi
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1st - 3rd
Persuasive Writing Unit - Activities and Games | Grade 4 - 6
Create confident writers with these persuasive writing activities and games. This resource breaks down writing instruction, so it is simple to teach and fun to learn!Children love learning through games, and as teachers, we have witnessed the benefits. Due to this, we have included lots of games in this package to build persuasive language skills! It also includes a range of writing prompts, ready to print proformas, reflection activities, text analysis and more.How this pack works:We have divid
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4th - 6th
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Butterfly Life Cycle - Photo - Butterfly Craft - Science & Literacy Activities
Life Cycle of a Butterfly - This is a joyous unit to do with your students! Make learning about the life cycle of butterflies fun as students engage with science, reading, writing, and math activities. It's packed with great activities to spark your students' imaginations and stimulate their minds. This is the perfect resource for your spring, whether you raise butterflies in the classroom or not.Click here to see this resource in action and more tips and free butterfly resources!❤️ Here's wha
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1st - 3rd
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Writer's Workshop Prompts, Mentor Texts, Writing Activities, Exercises, Stations
Writing workshop IS for secondary students. If you want to use a writer's workshop approach to teaching writing, this bundle is for you! It includes multiple resources to help keep your students focused and learning as they build their writing skills. Be sure to check out the preview to see the pile of resources that are included!This writing workshop bundle includes:Quick writing prompts for risk-free writingWriting prompts that include revision exercisesMultiple short mentor texts to provide e
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7th - 12th
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Bat Craft All About Bats Flipbook
The bat unit is very exciting! Add this adorable bat craft and flip book to go along side your study on bats. Hang it upside down in your classroom bat cave or simply on the bulletin. Complete the informative flip book on bats and paste it on the bats body! A fun way to review facts about bats!Also, a great book companion craft to make after reading the book Stellaluna by Janell Cannon!Included:1. Bat craft2. Mini flip book differentiated (3 versions)Trace and ColorWrite and ColorWrite and Draw©
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K - 4th
Edit Sentences and Paragraphs with COPS
Are you tired of reminding your students to edit their sentences and paragraphs? If so, then edit writing with COPS is what you need. Your students will enjoy editing as they learn and use the COPS strategy! This unit is engaging and effective, and your students will learn to "Patrol Your Writing with COPS!" Skills included in COPS:CapitalizationOrganizationPunctuationSpelling ❤️ Here's what you get: ✅ TEACHING RESOURCES COPS Mini-Lesson PlanCommon Core & 'I Can' StatementsTeacher TipsPock
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1st - 4th
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No Prep Nonfiction Text Features Worksheets, Activities, Practice, Review
This resource includes 8 no prep reading and writing activities for text feature practice. Help your students apply what they have already learned about text features, thinking more critically about the purpose of text features and how they help readers better understand text. These activities are self-explanatory and could be completed by students independently in a distance learning packet. Save over 20% when you buy this as part of my Text Features: Building Understanding BundleThis text
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3rd - 5th
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Biographies Research Paper Writing Graphic Organizers Biography Unit Templates
Biography Research Writing: Have you been searching for easy ways to engage and teach your students Biographies Writing? This packet will be one that you love and will be wonderful to grow your students. It provides tools to assist you in teaching this skill! I have gathered components to support your class.This packet contains activities that you can utilize in any biography for your students needs. You will decide which pages will work for your biography research projects! My students grew as
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3rd - 5th
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