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Ocean Habitat CCSS Unit
This ocean unit comes with printable student books (facts, note taking pages, common core response questions), printable teacher notes, and follow-up student writing papers (rough draft and final copy)! It’s everything you need to teach about the ocean while meeting common core standards. Please see the list below and our preview for more information!Ocean Unit Includes:(58 Pages Total)Student Book CoverStudent Book:Our Blue PlanetThe Sunlight ZoneCoral ReefsThe Twilight ZoneThe Midnight ZoneKel
Grades:
K - 3rd
Non-Fiction Informational Cereal Box Book Report- 6 Templates to Choose From!
This is a very fun activity for my class. I've made 6 different templates that you can choose from to have students use for their book report. This product includes topics covering the following:1. Animals: Use any animal book (Nat Geo's are great!)2. Who Would Win?: Any WWW book (Animal 1 vs. Animal 2)3. Biography: You could potentially use this for a writing autobiography activity as well4. Sports: Use any book that explains a sport5. Country/State: There are 2 different side covers to use d
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1st - 6th
Informative Writing Prompts & Graphic Organizers - Paragraph of the Week PRINT
Paragraph of the Week Prompts for Informative Writing - This ready-to-use resource includes 10 informative paragraph writing prompts. Use them in a paragraph of the week writing center or for weekly writing homework. Weekly paragraph writing allows your students to practice writing well-organized informative paragraphs on a regular basis, and make them better writers. Students will love the fun and engaging paragraph writing prompts, and you'll love that they are getting meaningful writing pract
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3rd - 5th
The Castle in the Attic Novel Study Digital + Printable Book Unit
Are you looking for an all-in-one unit for The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop? Look no further. This comprehensive digital + printable unit includes vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes, constructed response writing prompts with organizers for planning, and language arts lessons. Lessons are aligned to the Common Core Standards for grades 5–6.✨ DIGITAL RESOURCESThis novel study includes links to digital resources. Boom Learning is used for multiple-choice, short answer, and f
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5th - 6th
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Second Grade Non-Fiction Writing Paper (Lucy Calkins Inspired)
Here are all the paper choices your students would need to complete a non-fiction booklet (informational /expository writing). Follow the instruction and choose the appropriate papers by writing levels for your students. Full Content:Instruction 4 Cover Sheets (Pre-assessment, post-assessment, label, standard)Table of Contents SheetIntroduction Sheet8 Lines Sheet12 Lines SheetDashed 5 Lines SheetConclusion SheetPicture Glossary SheetGlossary SheetDiagram SheetRevision Strips SheetDifferent Kinds
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2nd
MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU! 40 Writing Prompts for Starwars Day - Ages 7+ NO PREP
May the 4th be with you!Celebrate in style and save on planning time with these time saving and thoughtful writing prompts.Each with individual Starwars borders kids will love. 10 Instructional writing prompts10 creative writing prompts10 persuasive/argument writing prompts10 descriptive writing prompts.A5 Cards ready to go. School appropriate (No references to violence).Celebrate fandom on Star Wars Day, the official Star Wars holiday.NEW - Blend/Digraph resourceYou might like to check out our
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1st - 8th
Habitats Bundle {Rainforests, Deserts, Ocean, & Forest}
This bundle includes our Ocean, Desert, Forest and Rainforest units.
Ocean Unit:
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Student Book Cover
Student Book:
Our Blue Planet
The Sunlight Zone
Coral Reefs
The Twilight Zone
The Midnight Zone
Kelp Forests
Parts of the Kelp Plant
Ocean Animals
Sea Otters
Sea Stars
Sea Urchin
White Sharks
Garibaldi
Sea Anemones
Jellyfish
Kelp Crab
Student Note taking pages (plant and animal adaptations)
Comprehension Questions (student page and answers)
Venn Di
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1st - 3rd
Book Cover Activity: Analytical and Evaluative Discussion, Redesign, and Lesson
Looking for a fresh way to have students engage with a book? Book covers are an underutilized resource in the classroom. With this three-part book cover activity, students will learn elements of effective book covers, analyze and evaluate covers of high-interest novels, redesign covers that are ineffective or create them for different audiences, and then write an optional informative essay about book cover marketing.When to use this book cover activity...Use this book cover activity as a hook be
Grades:
7th - 10th
Informative Writing Prompts for Paragraph Writing Paragraph of the Week DIGITAL
Digital Paragraph of the Week Prompts for Informative Writing for Google Slides - This ready-to-use Google Drive resource includes 10 informative paragraph writing prompts. Use them in a paragraph of the week writing center or for weekly writing homework. Assign to your students using Google Classroom or Google Drive.Weekly paragraph writing allows your students to practice writing well-organized informative paragraphs on a regular basis, and make them better writers. Students will love the fun
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3rd - 5th
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Inventor Book Activities K-4 - The Boo Boos that Changed the World
*2019-2020* Texas Bluebonnet Book If you're looking for a hard-hitting piece of literature that supports expository inquiry, showcases persistence, is part of the STEM movement, and can combine your reading and writing instruction, look NO more! This TX award winning book, The Boo Boos that Changed the World by Barry Wittenstein is a wonderful book to bring into your classroom or library that presents factual information about Earle Dickson with a fresh and engaging approach. This resource was
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K - 4th
Mentor Text List Aligned with CCSS for Reading, Writing & Genres(Bundled)
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This resource includes a bundle of 5 of my popular mentor text lists. The book titles are organized alphabetically by skill. Lexile levels are listed for you to determine the reading level/grade level that is most appropriate for your class. If a Lexile level is missing, it is because there is no Lexile level listed for that title in the Lexile database.
You can use these books to introduce reading skills as a whole group or in small, guided reading groups. They can also be use
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2nd - 8th
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Novel Study Unit and Literature Guide
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is a favorite novel study for students. Use this Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe fantasy literature unit to cover a wide range of reading skills. My favorite activity in this product is the Narnia map activity. Students use the text to identify 9 key locations. Based on textual evidence, the students map Narnia and the route Lucy, Edmund, Peter, and Susan followed while in Narnia. Students stain a piece of ledger sized paper with tea bags the
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4th - 6th
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus Digital + Printable Novel Study
Are you looking for an all-in-one unit to teach Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling? Look no further. This comprehensive digital + printable novel study includes vocabulary practice, comprehension quizzes, constructed response writing prompts, and skill practice aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for grades 5–6.✨ DIGITAL RESOURCESThis novel study includes links to digital resources. Boom Learning is used for multiple-choice, short-answer, and fill-in-t
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5th - 6th
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Opinion Writing Templates & Graphic Organizers DIGITAL Paragraph Writing Prompts
DISTANCE LEARNING: Digital Paragraph of the Week Prompts for Opinion Writing for Google SlidesThis ready-to-use Google Drive resource includes 10 opinion paragraph writing prompts. Use them in a paragraph of the week writing center or for weekly writing homework. Assign to your students using Google Classroom or Google Drive.Weekly paragraph writing allows your students to practice writing well-organized narrative paragraphs on a regular basis, and make them better writers. Students will love th
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3rd - 5th
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Fun Reading Stations Activity BUNDLE - Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Writing
Looking for high school reading comprehension passages and questions? Think outside the box with these interactive, engaging reading stations and writing stations activities! Students will read fiction, nonfiction, and poetry texts, engage in small group discussion, and revise any essay writing assignment, including expository, argumentative, literary analysis, and more! If you're looking for a structured way to practice critical close reading, writing, and revision skills in a hands-on and int
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7th - 10th
180 Days Of Writing For First Grade (Digital)
180 Days of Writing is an easy-to-use resource that provides teachers and parents with daily practice activities for first-grade students to build writing and grammar skills. Students interact with mentor texts and then apply their learning by writing opinion, informative/explanatory, and narrative pieces. This excellent classroom resource features:-18 theme-based, two-week units - each aligned to one writing standard.-A framework for students to practice steps of the writing process: prewriting
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1st
First Grade Non-Fiction Writing Paper (Lucy Calkins Inspired)
Here are all the paper choices your students would need to complete a non-fiction booklet (informational /expository writing). Follow the instruction and choose the appropriate papers by writing levels for your students.
Full Content:
Instruction
4 Cover Sheets (Pre-assessment, post-assessment, label, standard)
Table of Contents Sheet
Introduction Sheet
3 Lines Sheet
8 Lines Sheet
12 Lines Sheet
Dashed 3 Lines Sheet
Dashed 5 Lines Sheet
Conclusion Sheet
Picture Glossary Sheet
Glossary Sheet
Grades:
1st
180 Days Of Writing For Second Grade (Digital)
180 Days of Writing is an easy-to-use resource that provides teachers and parents with daily practice activities for second-grade students to build writing and grammar skills. Students interact with mentor texts and then apply their learning by writing opinion, informative/explanatory, and narrative pieces. This excellent classroom resource features:-18 theme-based, two-week units - each aligned to one writing standard.-A framework for students to practice steps of the writing process: prewritin
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1st
Kindergarten Writing Checklist
A writing checklist for Kindergartners. Allows them away to be responsible for some of their own editing. Checks Capitals/lowercase, spaces, punctuation, picture matches words. Meant to be laminated, so that each student can reuse for each paper.
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K - 1st
Editing Checklist- 5th Grade Bundle: Narrative, Informative, Opinion
Save 20% when you buy the bundle of 5th Grade Editing Checklists!Make students accountable with their writing using these standard-based checklists. These editing checklists are designed using the common core grade level standards for opinion writing to hold your students to grade-level expectations. How To UseStudents designate colors on the checklist for each writing target. Then students read through their writing and underline the places they demonstate the expectation in their writing using
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5th
Read Aloud Craft Grace Hopper Queen of Computer Code
If you're looking for a hard-hitting piece of literature that supports expository inquiry, showcases persistence, is part of the STEM movement, SHOWCASES WOMEN of power, and can combine your reading and writing instruction, look NO more! This non-fiction picture, Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code by Laurie Wallmark is a wonderful book to bring into your classroom or campus library that presents factual information about Grace Hopper and the MASSIVE computer programming contribution she made t
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K - 4th
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Second Grade Non-Fiction Writing Exemplar
Here is the exemplar for second grade non-fiction writing workshop. Use the exemplar written by the teacher to show students clear writing expectations and use it to model each craft/examples with your mini-lesson. The exemplar is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and TEKS on skills and elements of non-fiction writing. Follow the instruction and kick off non-fiction writing workshop with an end in mind.
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Second Grade Exemplar
This exemplar is also include
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2nd
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
Number the Stars Literature Response Journal
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry is a must have in any upper elementary classroom. The friendship between the Johansens and the Rosens is torn apart after the Nazis invade Denmark and the Rosens lives are put in danger. It poses the question "What would you do to save the life of someone you care about?"This packet includes a total of 54 writing prompts - 3 per chapter. There are 2 versions of this journal in this packet. The first version is in the correct order – chapters 1 to 17 and the after
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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