Explanation Text - Reading and Writing Bundle

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Explanation Text - Reading and Writing Bundle

Everything you need to teach explanation writing in your classroom. This resource includes worksheets, reading samples, a teaching PowerPoint, writing prompts, and posters to display in your classroom. Click the link descriptions below for more information about each resource included in this extensive bundle.

Includes the popular explanation reading and writing resources listed below.

Explanation Text Worksheet Pack

This no prep printable explanation writing pack includes a range of worksheets, notes, and activities to support the teaching of explanation writing.

The package contains a number of handouts, including:

• Explanation writing template.
• Explanation writing prompts.
• Explanation writing checklist.
• Multiple sample explanation writing pieces.
• Explanation writing comprehension.
• Explanation writing peer-assessment marking rubric.
• Explanation writing self-assessment and teacher-assessment rubric.
• Explanation writing paragraph jumble.
• Technical words worksheet.
• Glossary worksheet.
• Sequencing worksheet.
• Present tense verbs worksheet.

and much, much more!

This resource includes detailed answers where possible.

Explanation Writing PowerPoint - Guided Teaching

Curriculum-aligned PowerPoint presentation to guide explicit teaching of explanation writing. Includes tasks that you can complete as a whole class or set as independent activities.

Includes:

Slide 1 - What is an explanation text?

Slide 2 - Title

Slide 3 - Title task

Slide 4 - Diagrams

Slide 5 - Diagrams task

Slide 6 - Technical words

Slide 7 - Technical words task

Slide 8 - Introduction

Slide 9 - Introduction task

Slide 10 - Main body

Slide 11 - Main body task

Slide 12 - Conclusion

Slide 13 - Conclusion task

Slide 14 - Glossary

Slide 15 - Glossary task

Slide 16 - Examples

Great for shared or guided reading and writing. This PowerPoint can also be shared with parents for distance learning or shared with students via Google Classroom.

Explanation Text Examples - Ten Reading Samples with Comprehension

This package includes ten reading samples to read with your students. Each text follows the general format of an explanation text and includes the features commonly found in an explanation text. These texts are great for guided or shared reading. They are also the perfect tool for teaching students how to write and format an explanation text correctly using relevant language and features. Each text includes a page of comprehension questions focusing on the features of an explanation text.

Explanation texts include:

• How do bees make honey?
• Why do the seasons change?
• Why are frogs slimy?
• How does rain fall?
• How hermit crabs change shells.
• The lifecycle of a butterfly.
• How do our lungs pump oxygen?
• What causes earthquakes?
• How is glass recycled?
• How do tsunamis form?

Text features include:

• Titles.
• Technical words.
• Paragraphs.
• Introductions.
• Conclusions.
• Visuals (Diagrams, photos, clip art).

This resource includes detailed answers.

Explanation Text Posters - Classroom Decor

Brighten up your classroom with these educational, explanation text writing posters.

Included in these posters are:

• Purpose.
• Title.
• Diagrams.
• Technical Words.
• Glossary.
• Introduction.
• Main Body.
• Conclusion.

These posters are sized A4. Just print and decorate!

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