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5th grade writing-expository projects for Microsoft Word
Start Your Own School Newspaper and Newspaper Club
Starting your own school newspaper isn't difficult. I've run (and created) our school newspaper for three years. This document has most of the materials you'll need for set-up. The newspaper club in my school was open to fifth grade students and printed copies were distributed in the school to faulty, staff, classroom libraries, school common areas, and to the newspaper club members. Our newspaper is usually 12 pages long and we use Microsoft Publisher to create it.
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3rd - 6th, Staff
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News report and Newscast Project
In this project, students select local news, world news, sports or weather as their focus. They they self direct their research with teacher support and graphic organizers to help guide them. They then write a news story and participate in a newscast. I had the students use iMovie to create their finished newscast, but it is not required. Students can perform their newscast in front of the class. My students loved this activity and I loved that it hit individual interests, but also had the
Grades:
4th - 8th
4th Grade Autobiography Project
This packet includes step-by-step directions for fourth graders to compose an autobiography while studying narrative writing. Specific directions are given to students so that they are able to author ten pieces of writing.
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Writing a Research Paper--Step-by-Step Guide
This 15-page booklet is a step-by-step guide to writing a research paper. It takes the student through each paragraph (5 paragraph essay), with clear brainstorming, rough draft pages, and final copy pages. It explains how to write the paper in an easy-to-understand manner.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
End of Year ABC Book
I use this book at the end of the year to make books for next year's class to read. We title these How to Survive ::insert your name:: class. Students then fill in each page giving the students insight into their teacher, what that grade is like, and their favorite parts of the school year. This book includes...
1. a title page
2. a letter to the incoming students
3. a list of the top 10 things about that grade
4. get to know your teacher page
5. favorite memories page
6. most popular things fro
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Negro League Baseball Card
This is a research project that allows students to research and design their own negro league baseball card. The fact sheet gives the students a great start on what to research. The baseball card template is designed to allow the students to draw or print a picture of their baseball player and then on the back of the template they may design the way they would like to present their information.
*File includes-directions, template, and rubric
*I allowed students to google how information is
Grades:
4th - 8th
The Diary of Anne Frank - Personal Narrative Diary Writing
Everyone has a story but each of our stories is different. Your story is important too.
14 diary writing topics to choose from that mirror those that Anne wrote about.
Connect to The Diary of Anne Frank through an on-going anchor activity that students can work on in a writing center, when they have finished other assignments, or for homework. Students will be asked to observe the people around them and their environment as Anne did. They should take the time to think about the topics and pl
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5th - 12th
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The Planetarium Show & Exhibition Project-Based Learning Activity
Host a Show and Exhibition in your classroom with this complete guide to a Fun & Engaging Project-Based Learning Activity! Includes images, templates, supply lists, rubrics, 3 products to promote student choice and a lesson plan. This project is twofold and open-ended for you as the teacher to pick and choose different activities and add-on's in regards to planning the exhibit or show. Essential Question: How are the cycles & patterns of motions between the Earth and Sun predictable and
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5th
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Five (5) Day Unit on "Yummy"
This product consists of five (5) lesson plans designed for teaching the graphic novel "Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty" by Gregory Neri and Randy DuBurke. There are a variety of activities including poetry, letter writing, and a web quest. Skills like predicting and character analysis are also addressed. Rubrics, lesson plans, and resources for all five days are included
Wax Museum Research Project
This is a research project my students create which involves researching an American who has had a significant impact on culture/history, writing a biography, creating a timeline, a postage stamp in their honor, and becoming that person at our open house living history museum. The kids love doing the project and the parents are always very complimentary about the "museum". It includes a letter to parents and students where you can add due dates, a page with examples for bibliography and questi
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Biography Assignment Outline:Getting to Know Your Favorite Basketball Player
Biography Paper Assignment: Getting to Know Your Favorite Basketball Player Rationale: This biography paper assignment offers students the opportunity to explore their interests in basketball while honing their research and writing skills. By selecting a current basketball player as the subject of their biography, students are encouraged to engage with real-world figures and gain a deeper understanding of the sport. Additionally, the assignment promotes critical thinking as students analyze and
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Biography Paper Assignment: Getting to Know Your Favorite Athlete BUNDLE
Biography Paper Assignment Outline:Getting to Know Your Favorite Baseball Player
Biography Paper Assignment: Getting to Know Your Favorite Baseball Player This biography paper assignment offers students the opportunity to explore their interests in baseball while honing their research and writing skills. By selecting a current baseball player as the subject of their biography, students are encouraged to engage with real-world figures and gain a deeper understanding of the sport. Additionally, the assignment promotes critical thinking as students analyze and synthesize inform
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Biography Paper Assignment: Getting to Know Your Favorite Athlete BUNDLE
Inventor Research Project for 5th Grade
The research project is a take-home assignment. The guidelines and rubrics are attached.
Inventor Research Project by The Spunky Teaching Monkey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
The purchaser of one copy of this product is permitted to reproduce it needed for students in the purchaser's classroom only. Any other distribution or use is prohibited and protected by copyright. © The Spunky Teaching Monkey (2014). All Rights Reserved
Thank
Grades:
5th
Decade Delight - A Research Project for the Decades
This is a great way to get students to integrate writing and research into Social Studies. Students are divided into groups of 2-3, and given the attached packet. They are assigned a decade and will research it. They will not only fill out the packet, but also create posters and a presentation. Some presentations even include dances from the decade! Students are encouraged to dress the part as well for the presentation. It's a great way to build team working skills as well. Students really
Grades:
4th - 8th
Roller Coaster Brochure
Have your students create an informative, colorful, and interactive brochure of a roller coaster they have created. This project has been paired with the roller coaster tour guide speech and stem project of building roller coasters, but could also be used based on any roller coaster that has been researched. Students create six panels, including one interactive panel, showcasing the highlights of the roller coaster's biome, features and more.
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5th - 8th
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Feature Article Template
Writer's Workshop: Feature Article Template
Students can use this two page template to complete their feature article. There is room for six body paragraphs, an introduction, conclusion, images, graphics, and quotes!
Open up the template on Microsoft Word to edit.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Research Report Outline
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
Editable research report aligned to the third grade CCSS.
May be used with an informational text unit!
Students will be able to develop and create their own research articles after learning about informational text features and how to read an informational text.
Purchase includes a CCSS aligned rubric for each part of the research and writing process as well as an outline to guide through the writin
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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DIY Recycling Project
This resource has everything you need to complete a recycle project including graphic organizers to help organize assignments, oral presentation note card requirements, and rubrics that are aligned to the common core. Students will create something USEFUL using materials that we would otherwise throw away or recycle, such as plastic milk containers, water bottles, soda cans, plastic buttons, card board, newspaper, magazines, paper towel or toilet paper rolls, etc. What can students build
Grades:
4th - 8th
Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition Student Brochure
Mix it up with your student's output in the classroom by having them design a brochure about WED! This file is editable so you can change fonts, placement of illustration boxes, and even the title. It is interactive notebook ready!
TEKS: 3.7A, 4.7B, 5.7B, 7.8B
NGSS: ESS2.A
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Newspaper Writing Rubric and Assignment - Editable
I had my students use a Google Doc I designed to create a front page of a newspaper about 15th century explorers. However, newspapers can be used for other topics as well. I think it is important that students be exposed to journalism as a form of nonfiction writing. Feel free to edit and use as you see best!
Charity Unit - Project Based Learning
This is a Project Based Learning unit on charity. Students will spend time researching different charities, watching different videos links, and follow links to different charity websites. When all the research is done the students will answer to this challenge: The Challenge - Of all the charities that are out there, which one do you feel is the most valuable one? Who do they support? How do people/groups qualify for the support? How do they get their supplies/funding to support those in nee
Grades:
4th - 11th
National Park Brochure project and rubric
As a companion to the study of the geography of the United States, your students will create a brochure for the National Park of their choice.
This download includes a page for gathering information about a park, as well as a rubric for scoring the finished brochures.
Fully editable to adapt it for your needs.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Text Features Assessment & Rubric
Gauge your student's understanding of nonfiction text features with this creative, hands-on assessment. Students create their own nonfiction book, incorporating the text features they have been studying. Included in this file are directions for the students, a planning page for their book and a rubric for grading.
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3rd - 5th
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State Reports - Design a Commercial Project
Students will love researching Illinois in this unit because they will get to design a commercial using Photostory ( a free download from Microsoft). Students will research attractions in Illinois, and create commercials ( directions included), then have your students watch each other's commercials and critique them. This unit includes a direction sheet, reflection questions, research notes organizer, a commercial organizer, a critique sheet, and a rubric for the project. I have left this docume
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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