3rd grade Halloween writing-expository unit plans

Jessica Meyer - The Literacy Loft

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans

CCSS:

W.1.2

, W.1.7

, W.1.8

Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year

Informative Writing Sentence Starters Graphic Organizers Prompts 3rd-5th Grade

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Get your 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students excited about informational writing! This complete informational writing unit includes sentence starters, graphic organizers, prompts, rubrics and more! Your students will go through the entire informative writing process, from brainstorming ideas to publishing their own piece of informational writing. The informational writing lessons included can be used in two ways: Students get their own ideas for their essay. Students write based on a prompt. What is

Subjects:

Informational Text, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

W.3.2

, W.4.2

, W.5.2

, W.5.2a

, W.5.2b

...

Also included in: Narrative, Opinion, & Informational Writing Bundle

FRENCH Halloween Recipe/Ma recette dégueulasse (la marche à suivre)

Created by

Mme McIntosh

French Halloween Creative Writing ProjectStudents love this "disgusting" recipe activity! They get to practice their procedural writing skills in a fun and creative way!Here's what you get:- 4 graphic organizers in different styles, perfect for guided writing/scaffolding- Procedural Writing example for "La soupe aux doigts de sorcière"- Le plan - Mind map for planning out their recipe - 16 word wall strips (includes 4 blank strips)- 4 choices for Class Book covers if you'd like to display them i

Subjects:

en Français, French, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Unit Plans, Word Walls, Graphic Organizers

Also included in: French Procedural Writing BUNDLE / Ensemble: Écrire la marche à suivre

Informational Writing Unit | Writing Workshop | Print and Digital

Created by

Ashleigh

This comprehensive writing unit meets all your informational writing needs! This is available as a traditional PDF and in Google Slides for easy availability to Google Classroom. ********************************************************************This is 6-week unit is broken down to day-by-day lessons with detailed and easy to follow lesson plans. Each lesson contains directions for a mini lesson, independent work time, and share time (closing). There is also an additional handout or guided pra

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

W.3.2

, W.4.2

, W.5.2

, W.5.2a

, W.5.2b

...

Also included in: Writing Bundle | Print and Digital | Informational, Opinion, Narrative

2nd and 3rd Grade Writing Lessons for Informational and Paragraph Writing

Created by

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository

Are you looking to spice up your writing block with fun, engaging, and meaningful activities? This is UNIT FOUR of an 11 unit series. This unit will guide your students in writing three informational writing pieces and includes everything you need to drive your instruction. We have three themes for this writing unit: Writing Informative Paragraphs with Hamburger Paragraphs (in this week students will also inform the reader about their friend), All About Holidays, My Specialty: _____ where stude

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

Informational Text, Social Studies - History, Writing-Expository

CCSS:

RI.2.5

, RI.3.7

, W.2.2

, W.2.5

, W.2.6

...

Also included in: 2nd & 3rd Grade Writing Unit Bundle w/ Writing Process, Journal Prompts, Rubrics

Wax Museum Biography Research Report for 3rd - 6th Grade Social Studies Project

Created by

The Teacher Next Door

Need an easy to use, meaningful research project that your students, parents, and principal will love? This Wax Museum Project is a highlight of the year and will guide your students to create a biography research report on a famous person. The culminating part of the project is an amazing Wax Museum event, where students dress up as the person they have learned about and stand “still”, like a Wax Museum, until someone walks up to them and presses the “button” on their backdrops to hear a short

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Research, Unit Plans, Handouts

CCSS:

RI.3.3

, RI.3.5

, RI.4.3

, RI.5.7

, RI.5.9

...

Rooted in Reading 3rd Grade | Reading Comprehension Lesson Plans for October

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Are you ready to excite your 3rd-grade readers with a variety of fall-themed lesson plans and October activities for reading comprehension? Rooted in Reading has everything you need to teach a full month of ELA for point of view, foreshadowing, flashbacks, nonfiction details, finding facts, asking questions, climax, and compare and contrast!3rd grade teachers, are you looking for something to transform your ELA block? Rooted in Reading is a set of lesson plans and activities that focus around

Subjects:

Halloween, Reading

Grades:

3rd

Types:

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.6

, L.3.1

, L.3.1b

, L.3.1h

...

Also included in: Rooted in Reading 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension & Lesson Plans with Grammar

Summer School Curriculum How to Write a Paragraph Writing Template of the Week

Created by

Peas in a Pod

Teach students HOW to write a paragraph the EASY way! ✏️ Our comprehensive "Paragraph Writing" is a go-to curriculum. It offers narrative, opinion / argumentative, expository, summary, descriptive, and conclusions units. It's a step-by-step instructional plan with graphic organizers and templates that makes teaching the writing process a breeze! At the end of these six units, your students will have the fundamental organizational skills needed to craft robust paragraphs, laying a strong foundat

Subjects:

Worksheets, Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

W.3.1

, W.3.2

, W.3.3

, W.3.4

, W.3.5

...

The Widow's Broom Literature Unit {My Favorite Read Alouds} Halloween

Created by

Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

The Widow's Broom Literature Unit {My Favorite Read Alouds}: The Widow's Broom, by Chris Van Allsburg, is one of my favorite fall read alouds, perfect for Halloween. This literature unit for The Widow's Broom is full of lessons and activities for reading and writing. The unit includes 9 activities:3-part Vocabulary Work (Printable & Digital versions)Minna's True Traits (Printable & Digital versions)Sweepin' Up Some Anthropomorphism (Printable & Digital versions)Explaining the Ending:

Subjects:

Autumn, Halloween, Literature

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

Newspaper Article Writing Unit {Here's the Scoop!}

Created by

Jessica Meyer - The Literacy Loft

This unit will have your students excited about writing and thinking reflectively about the world around them.About this ProductThis is one of my favorite Writing Units! Writing a Newspaper Article about the community, school, or class is a fun way for students to develop their writing skills, as well as connect with the world around them. The resources in this unit could be used to teach as a class Writing Unit, to create a class newspaper, a school newspaper, or in an after school club. Stud

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

Rooted in Reading for Fall Reading Comprehension Activities with Crankenstein

Created by

English Language Arts, Halloween

Let me do the lesson planning for you this fall! Grab Crankenstein by Samantha Berger and this set of reading lesson plans, activities, passages, and assessments. Your students will be sequencing Crankenstein and Making Connections. Pair this during the Halloween season and it's a win-win for your classroom!Here's what is included in this 5 Day Set of Lesson Plans for CrankensteinLesson Plans for 5 Days of Reading, Vocabulary, and GrammarBook Question CardsSequencing PosterMaking Connections Pos

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

Native Americans, Social Studies - History, Writing-Expository

Native American Report - Native American Research Project

Created by

The Teacher Next Door

This Native American Report allows students to use higher level thinking skills to locate important information and create a research report highlighting their new knowledge. This unit includes everything you need to organize the project, including a sample report. All of the directions and the rubric are 100% editable in PowerPoint!This unit includes:Student Project Directions (editable)Presentation Directions and Outline (editable) Research Note Pages (editable)Report CoverReport Pages (editab

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Research, Unit Plans

Informational Writing -- Common Core Aligned for Grades 3-5

Created by

Third Grade Doodles

This unit contains everything you will need to teach your students to write an informational text. Addresses the common core standards for informational writing. Perfect for your writer's workshop!-7 Pages of Easy-to-follow mini-lessons (editable). -a complete sample text and 10 adorable reference posters. -a variety of blank writing forms-Tons of examples are given to help you to model good writing for your students!! Common Core Writing Standards addressed are listed for grades 2-5. -- 107

Subjects:

Informational Text, Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables, Graphic Organizers

Also included in: Writer's Workshop Units of Study -- Ultimate Bundle

Persuasive Writing Unit- Year 3 & 4- Excellent NAPLAN Prep!

Created by

Mrs Amy123

In this unit, students learn the elements of a persuasive writing text in order to effectively construct their own.✩It is a 10-week unit (~10 lessons) that contains all lesson resources including worksheets, printable activities and posters along with enough writing prompts to continue practicing throughout the year!✩ The editable planner includes relevant Australian Curriculum links. Includes a planner for version 8.4 and version 9 of the Australian Curriculum. ✩To keep lessons simple and succi

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository

Grades:

3rd - 4th

Types:

Unit Plans, Posters, Lesson

Also included in: Year 3 and 4 Text Type Unit Bundle

Opinion Writing

Created by

Literacy Loves Company

This fun, high interest opinion writing unit with inspire even your most reluctant writers! Would your students rather be chased by a rhino or a hippo? Would your students rather have a pet chimpanzee or python? These are just a couple of the intriguing questions your class will ponder during this complete 4-week opinion writing unit! Through classroom activities, teacher modeling, and guided instruction you will teach your students about opinions and facts, pros and cons, transitions, how to

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

Rooted in Reading for Fall & Halloween | I Need My Monster Reading Comprehension

Created by

English Language Arts, Halloween, Reading

I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll is the perfect story for Fall and Halloween! Your students will complete a variety of MONSTER activities to go along with the read aloud. Lesson Plans for Comprehension, Grammar, and Vocabulary are planned FOR YOU!*Please note: You need the book I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll for this unit*Here's what is included:Lesson Plans for Five DaysBook Question CardsI Need My Monster Reader's Theatre ScriptMaking Connections Flap UpsSequencing the Story Flap UpsWords

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

Creative Writing, Halloween, Writing

Descriptive Writing Unit | Monster Activities | Halloween Writing

Created by

Catherine and Co

If you are looking to engage your students with fun writing prompts this Elementary Descriptive Writing Unit is exactly what you need! Get your students excited about descriptive writing by introducing this monster activities writing unit. Your students will love that they get to draw their own monster and then complete a descriptive writing activity based on their creation! Students will learn to use descriptive words in their writing with the help of the included Powerpoint and supporting desc

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Unit Plans, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.3

, W.4.3

, W.5.3

, W.6.3

Bats Literacy and Math Activities

Created by

Hollie Griffith

Use this reading extravaganza to explore fiction and nonfiction reading strategies while learning about bats! It was created using the common core standards and includes comprehension guides (Stellaluna by Janell Cannon, Bats by Gail Gibbons, & Magic School Bus Chapter Book #1: The Truth About Bats), crafts, a bat glyph, informative writing, fiction and nonfiction reading response sheets, supplemental interactive notebook pages specific to informational texts about bats, language arts activi

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Reading

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Guided Reading Books

Also included in: Spiders, Bats, and Pumpkins | Nonfiction Reading, Science, and Math BUNDLE

Writing Units BUNDLE for Grades 2-4

Created by

Jamie Rector

Looking for writing units that will save you TONS of time lesson planning, prepping, and teaching? Then this bundle is for YOU! This easy-to-implement Writing Bundle includes 3 units (narrative, informative, and opinion) with the following:standards-based, detailed lesson planspre-made anchor charts in full color and black & whitegraphic organizers and student printables (can be printed at 80% for interactive notebooks)teacher examplesmentor text suggestionspublishing papers...and more!Guide

Subjects:

Unit Plans, Printables, Lesson

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

CCSS:

W.2.1

, W.2.2

, W.2.3

, W.2.5

, W.2.6

...

Writing Magazine Project Cumulative Writing Passion Project for End of the Year

Created by

The Mountain Teacher

Are you looking for a passion project or a cumulative end of year writing activity for students? Having students create their own magazine project is a GREAT way to review every genre of writing! Wrap up your year or begin a new year by reviewing ALL genres of writing focused on one topic with this writing a magazine project: narrative, opinion, informative, how to, letter writing, poetry, and more. Ideas for Using the Magazine Project: This end of year magazine project is very flexible to fit y

Subjects:

End of Year, Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Centers

CCSS:

W.1.1

, W.1.2

, W.1.3

, W.2.1

, W.2.2

...

Also included in: Year Long Writing Prompts and Curriculum Bundle | Narrative Informative Opinion

Explorers | Explorers Report | Explorers Research Project | Explorers Project

Created by

The Teacher Next Door

Looking for an organized research project to help your students learn about explorers? This Explorers Report Project will help you guide your students to create meaningful, well-researched explorer reports. The research process included will help your students practice researching, note-taking, organizing, and writing skills.Included in this unit are:A List of Explorers (I pull sticks and let the kids choose. This is my checklist.)Student Directions Handout (Editable)Research Notes (Editable)Map

Subjects:

Informational Text, Social Studies - History, Writing-Expository

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Research, Projects, Unit Plans

The 7 Continents: Social Studies MEGA GOOGLE Digital Distance Learning BUNDLE

Created by

Double Dose of Learning

The Continents Social Studies Distance Learning Google Classroom unit for grades 1-3 includes 7 separate Google units! Units include: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia! Easily differentiate with built in options that require NO EXTRA PREP. Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about the continents in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differentiated for all learners. This resource will

Subjects:

Close Reading, Geography, Writing-Expository

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

RI.1.1

, RI.1.2

, RI.1.4

, RI.1.7

, RI.2.1

...

Meet My Li'l Monster Informational Writing Unit | Halloween Writing & Activities

Created by

Beginning Teacher Talk

Informational writing doesn’t have to be limited to boring nonfiction topics! Teach your students how to draft, write, and edit an informational paragraph with a spooky twist. Meet My Li’l Monster is a full informational writing unit that’s just perfect for Halloween! Not only will your students produce an informational paragraph, but they will flex their creativity and work on character development as they create their own Li’l Monster! What You Get In This Informational Writing Unit: Alignme

Subjects:

Halloween, Informational Text, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types: