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Informational Writing {Freebie}
This editable freebie was created to assist students writing expository papers. Provided are four animal groups with 12 animals in each group. Aquatic: crab, crocodile, dolphin, penguin, fish, octopus, sea horse, shark, frog, toad, turtle, and whaleFarm: billy goat, chicken, cow, cat, dog, duck, horse, mouse, pig, rooster, sheep, and turkeyForest: bear, beaver, deer, fox, snail, hedgehog, owl, rabbit, raccoon, rat, skunk, and squirrelWild: elephant, flamingo, giraffe, hippopotamus, kangaroo, li
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K - 2nd
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Animal Report Template Freebie
This is a template designed to help your students complete research on any animal. I hope you enjoy!
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Grades:
K - 4th
Inquiry-Driven Independent Research Project for Primary Students
This is a fantastic project for your primary learners to engage in digitally or in person. By downloading, you will receive the Google Slides version that you can upload directly to Google Classroom for your kiddos to work right on. You can also print the package out to be a hard copy project. This project coaches your students through brainstorming, weighing pros & cons, deciding a topic, using quality + various sources, taking research notes, and publishing a flyer. I designed this projec
Grades:
1st - 4th
Research Data Results for The Reading Intervention Program
Looking for a research-based reading intervention program? This free resource provides data results from the pilot team for The Reading Intervention Program. The pilot team, which began in January 2016, will continue through the 2016-2017 school year, continuing to gather data in reading fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. Download the free resource to see how successful The Reading Intervention Program has been for students and teachers!To see the all the components of The Reading Interv
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K - 12th, Staff
PebbleGo Open-Ended Research Forms, Note-Taking
This is a research reporting form that your students can use with Pebble Go - a subscription-based database for primary students. Students record questions, facts, vocabulary words, and can create a labeled diagram to go along with their research.
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1st - 3rd
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Native American Research Project
This Project is aligned to Common Core research standards and Georgia Standards of Excellence. It is a great way to integrate subject while engaging in project based learning.
The Directions Say:
1. Select from the following tribes or famous
Native Americans:
Inuit, Kwakiutl, Nez Perce, Hopi,
Pawnee, and the Seminole.
Pocahontas, Sequoyah, Squanto,
Sitting Bull, and Sacajawea
2. Use provided websites and books to
research your tribe or famous Native
American while filling out a graphic organi
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Current Events Project
This is a project for middle school and high school students. Students explore credible websites and research current events that interest them. Students will write summaries about what they have read and can share them with the class. This is a great way to start a dialogue about current events in local, state, federal, and global politics, economics, and social issues.
Students are challenged to write in expository and persuasive formats. This allows students to dig deeper into the materia
Grades:
6th - 12th
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How to Use the Reading Components
Includes:Descriptions for each of the Reading Components, The Drill Down for Assessments to use for diagnostic and other assessment purposes in your classroom and Effective Instruction Reminders for the main components.
Grades:
K - 6th
Bald Eagle Research- Free
Let your students practice fine-tuning their research skills with this research study on the bald eagle. Supply your students with a few resources such as books from the library, magazines, reference materials, and the internet (if applicable). Links to kid-friendly sites are provided.
This packet includes:
-internet resources on the bald eagle
-a graphic organizer to be used during research
-a writing prompt
Please visit my post about how I use this in my classroom here: http://mrslirettesl
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1st - 4th
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Biography Project Template
This biography template can be used with students as an independent or whole class activity.
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1st - 4th
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Simple Black History Month Poster
Easy and ready to print and use poster project. Celebrate Black History month by having students research an important Black History Month figure. This download gives you a list to choose from (including different categories i.e. inventors, musicians etc.) and a complete grading rubric. The rubric shows what items are required to complete the project.
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3rd - 9th
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Oceanography Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passage with Questions FREEBIE
This FREE oceanography nonfiction reading passage comes with comprehension questions and is from my Tide Pool and Ocean Animal Unit. Learn about what oceanography is and what an oceanographer's job entails. This nonfiction reading passage with reading comprehension questions will be the perfect addition to your ocean or tide pool studies. The full unit is packed with fun activities, 9 engaging nonfiction passages with reading comprehension, writing prompts, graphic organizers, report templates,
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1st - 3rd
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The CRAAP Test (for Evaluating Sources) | Lesson and CRAAP Checklist Handout
This CRAAP Test handout is a short lesson and CRAAP test checklist to support middle and high school learners evaluate the validity of online or print texts. This handout is perfect for most English, literacy, ESL, and social sciences courses, as well as other writing or communication units.Page 1:CRAAP test defined CRAAP test acronym explainedCRAAP test rationale -- why use this method?Page 2:CRAAP test checklist for learners to apply the test to any text of their choosingRelated Products ---"C
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7th - 12th
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Easy Animal Report to go with Common Core (CCSS) nonfiction writing
This is an easy to use format for kids to write their own animal report. This begins with a pre-write or word web, then asks kids to answer basic questions about the animal. Next kids can illustrate their animal and write an overall summary about the animal on easy to use paper. Finally, kids start to learn about a bibliography by writing the name of the book they got the information from and the author of that book. I use this for my Kindergarten special education students with great succes
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PreK - 5th
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Period Notes: American Literature versus American History
This handout is a vertical timeline presenting both the historical periods (left side) from American History and the literary periods (right side) for American Literature.
This document was originally created for an assignment where students were required to pick two texts (one fictional and one nonfiction) on a historical topic to compare and contrast the individuals/characters, events/plot, and ideas/themes.
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Fantastic Facts FREEBIE with Rubric
Use this page with your students to help them learn to find facts and write them in their own words. There is a rubric included to evaluate your students' work.
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Rockin' Teacher Materials
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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How to Use Data to Drive Small Group Instruction During Writing Workshop
This handout explains to you how to set goals for your students located in Jennifer Serravallo's Writing Strategies book and how to use that data to drive small group instruction during writing workshop.
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Grades:
K - 5th
Book Bingo | Editable
One of my greatest challenges as a new classroom teacher was filling a classroom library that my students deserved. This Book Bingo board was something that I created to get books in the hands of my students (for free!). I started by researching books and their cost online. Personally, I was specifically looking for a wide-range of diverse, inclusive, and representative books. After creating my Bingo Board, I shared the post on all of my social media platforms for my friends and family to see. I
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Johnny Appleseed Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer is perfect for researching Johnny Appleseed. It includes four boxes for students to use and collect information as they read all about him. I like to introduce biographies with my Johnny Appleseed books and students find this organizer easy to use and very helpful as they learn more about the legend throughout the week.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
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K - 2nd
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FREE Sample = Multi Leveled Reading Comprehension Passages - Grades 2-4
Enjoy this FREE Sample of our leveled reading comprehension passages. These passages cover a wide range of topics, wild animals, athletes, celebrities, natural disasters, wonders of the world, and more. Each passage is carefully crafted to meet the reading level of students at various proficiency levels, ranging from grades 2 to 4.Differentiated instruction is essential for meeting the diverse needs of students in the classroom. That's why our leveled reading passages come in 2 levels, allowing
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
FREE Black History Month: Celebrating Black Americans Reading sample
Celebrate Black History Month with this comprehensive reading comprehension 1 Profile Sample Designed to engage students in grades 3-6, this sample includes a reading passage, accompanied by thought-provoking questions to assess comprehension and critical thinking skills. This sample explores the life of Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The full bundle includes profiles including Rosa Parks to trailblazing pioneers like Harriet Tubman and Muhammad Ali, students will explore the contrib
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3rd - 6th
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Winter Olympics Freebie/Read and Make Medal Predictions
Short bio's on Nate Chen (figure skating, U.S.), Mikaela Shiffrin (slalom and giant slalom, U.S.), and Kaetlyn Osmond (figure skating, Canada) provided for students to read and make medal predictions. Students will pick another name from a list of Olympic Athletes to research and write about (website info provided). After watching (or reading about) Olympic results in late February, students can match their predictions with actual results. Besides keeping students informed of current events,
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4th - 6th
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Inquiry-Driven Independent Research Project for Primary Students
This is a fantastic project for your primary learners to engage in digitally or in person. By downloading, you will receive the Google Slides version that you can upload directly to Google Classroom for your kiddos to work right on. You can also print the package out to be a hard copy project. This project coaches your students through brainstorming, weighing pros & cons, deciding a topic, using quality + various sources, taking research notes, and publishing a flyer. I designed this pro
Grades:
1st - 4th
Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak Research Activity
This activity, which can be done at any point after the section entitled "Wombats Rule," is a brief research activity. Students may use their own devices if permitted by your school, or they can, of course, use any computer. Students research a topic mentioned in the novel, and then apply it to Melinda, the protagonist. It takes a short amount of time, but it allows students to get some quick practice with research before they begin larger research activities.
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6th - 12th
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