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Common Core W.4.1c resources under $5
Persuasive Writing Donut Theme - Design a Donut Project - Art and Writing
Kids love donuts, but writing? Not so much. Enter the "Design a Donut Contest," a persuasive writing project so delicious even your most reluctant writers can't resist. Your students will use their persuasive skills to pitch their dream donut for the coveted "Flavor of the Month" spot.You have two options for this exciting writing adventure: the digital version or the classic pencil-and-paper version.Note: I just gave the Donut Project a big update on February 5th, 2024. Please download the reso
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in: Persuasive Writing Bundle {Design a Donut and Promote a Pet}
Opinion Writing and Argumentative Writing Activities for Persuasive Writing
Get ready to MASTER opinion writing with these resources and activities that are perfect for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students. Students will use samples and checklists to gather a full understanding of opinion writing before moving on to a variety of activities and ways to create their own pieces of persuasive writing.NOTE: This resource got a HUGE update in July 2022!Differentiation is easy!There are many different levels of graphic organizers and writing templates. You choose the level that is
Grades:
3rd - 5th
End of Year Activity Letter to My Future Self
Students write their own "time capsule" letter to their future selves which I mail to them when they graduate from high school. A great activity for kids to review their accomplishments, think about future goals, and remind themselves of what was important in their younger years. An excellent oportunity to practice the conventions of letter writing and how to address an envelope.The activity is scaffolded for ability level.Keep students focused during those last few days of school! Great for Upp
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3rd - 6th
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Mr. Ferris and His Wheel End of the Year READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge
Integrate STEM in your classroom at the End of the School Year!Learn about the World's Fair and how Mr. Ferris built the first Ferris Wheel! Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own Ferris Wheel!Connect to a Read Aloud: Mr. Ferris and His WheelThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Davis. The book explores the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and how Ferris built his first wheel.Take students through the STEM Proces
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Writing Responses with Text-Based Evidence - Doodle Notes & 5 Learning Stations
When students analyze and respond to a text they are often required to cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support their interpretation of what the text says. That’s why it is essential to teach students not only the skill of selecting the right evidence, but also the skill of writing a response that analyzes the evidence they have selected. This can be a daunting task! However, this fun and engaging Doodle and Do resource is here to help! It includes fun sketch notes or doodle note
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5th - 8th
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Room on the Broom Halloween READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Is there room on the broom?Make learning fun with this Halloween STEM activity in which students investigate the design of a broom! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson.In this STEM Challenge, students design and build a broom to hold as much candy as possible. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.A writing extension is i
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Halloween READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Persuasive Writing Christmas Theme {Holiday Sweater Contest}
Holiday Sweater Contest: Help your students develop their persuasive writing skills with this creative writing and art project! The task involves designing a holiday sweater for a vintage department store contest. After designing, students will use persuasive writing to convince the judges why their design deserves to win the grand prize.This resource includes:Detailed lesson plans for two days (or stretch it out over several days)Small group warm-up activity to engage students and review persua
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Holiday Persuasive Writing Bundle {Halloween and Christmas}
Happy Birthday Book - The Ultimate Student Birthday Card or Gift - Class Book
Give your students a birthday card they can remember forever with this Happy Birthday Book. This collaborative class book is a great way to celebrate your student's special day and connect some important language arts standards too! Use it as a class writing assignment, morning work or center activity and allow your class to put together a very special birthday memory book. For students with summer birthdays we celebrate "half birthdays" that way every student receives one. A great way to ce
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PreK - 5th
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How to Catch an Elf Trap Christmas READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity and STEAM Challenge
Can your students catch an Elf? Learn how to catch an elf with this super fun and engaging Christmas STEM Activity!Students design and build an Elf trap! After they have completed their STEM project, there is a persuasive writing activity where students write about setting the elf free.An excellent companion activity to the Christmas read aloud book How to Catch an Elf by Adam Wallace.Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Winter and Christmas READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
4th Grade Writing Rubrics: Narrative, Opinion, and Informative
Assess students with writing rubrics for 4th grade narrative, opinion, and informative pieces. There are 9 rubrics in 3 different options for you to choose from. Includes student friendly, teacher friendly, and time saving rubrics. Each rubric is based on the Common Core Standards. Try these rubrics with genre-based writing prompts for narrative, personal narrative, informational, and opinion writing.3 Student Friendly Rubrics: 1 Narrative, 1 Opinion, and 1 InformativeHelpful for students to
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4th
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Also included in: Elementary Writing Rubrics: Narrative, Opinion, and Informative
Transition Words Mini Lesson
This Transition Words Mini Lesson is the perfect resource to review transition words with your students! This produce includes a Google Slides presentation, notes & practice sheets, and 20 task cards (printable and digital). Connect with Me! InstagramPinterestFollow Me on TPT!
Thanksgiving Writing Lesson - Digital & Printable Writing Activity
If you're looking for a fun and engaging Thanksgiving writing activity, this is it! The Thankful Writing lesson plan includes digital and printable resources for teaching students to write a simple 5-paragraph essay about the things they are thankful for. You'll find directions for introducing this easy expository format, suggestions for leading a brainstorming session, and tips for working with students as they complete their Thanksgiving essays. The best part is that they can glue their essays
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3rd - 7th
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End of the Year Reading Project | Road Trip Reading Project
Engage your students at the end of the year with this digital and printable 23-page road trip-themed reading project for upper elementary! It is FUN for students and the perfect way to gauge your students' reading abilities at the beginning of the year.This is the most fun way to practice key literacy skills! Students in upper elementary will warm up and review a variety of key reading skills in various ways while taking a road trip across the United States of America. The pages are standalone
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4th - 6th
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5 Paragraph Opinion Essay - Opinion Writing Flipbook, Organizers, and Lessons
Opinion writing can be a really fun way for students to express themselves. Once it is time to move to a more formal five paragraph opinion essay, some students really struggle. This resource is geared to helping teachers and students “see” the components of a simple opinion essay, study a simple essay, plan an essay using either a graphic organizer or the included flip book, and then actually draft the complete essay.The opinion writing graphic organizer is geared toward helping students reco
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3rd - 5th
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The Water Princess Water Filter READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate Real-World STEM in your classroom and engage kids in a real world problem. Learn about Water Filtration with this Earth Day STEM Activity! Students learn about the water crisis and water pollution affecting nearly 1 billion people around the world and explore how water filters and other solutions can help. Connect to a Read Aloud: The Water PrincessThis STEM Project is a companion activity to The Water Princess by Susan Verde. The book explores the reality of how people walk for water
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Writing with the Hamburger Model PowerPoint and Graphic Organizer
Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint that can be used to introduce the hamburger writing method to your students in a way that will grab their attention? You've come to the right place! This comprehensive resource contains a 40-slide PowerPoint plus a hamburger planner. It uses the hamburger method to teach students what a strong well-organized paragraph or essay must have. The first half of the PowerPoint focuses on how to use a hamburger planner to write a well-organized paragraph.
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2nd - 4th
Paragraph Writing Activity | Scrambled Paragraph Structure | Print + Digital
Are you struggling to get your students to understand how to write an organized and structured paragraph? This hands on learning approach will ensure your students learn the structure of a paragraph in the most engaging way! HOW IT WORKSPrint Version:Students cut out the scrambled sentence strips provided then match and paste them to the appropriate place on the graphic organizer. Digital Version:Students drag and drop the scrambled sentence strips provided and match them to the appropriate plac
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4th - 5th
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Independent Writing Office Folder Mini Anchor Charts & Posters Upper Elementary
Portable Writing Office dividers for Upper Elementary with a wide variety of levels of mini anchor charts and posters to support your students! These are a great way to differentiate writer's workshop for students in Special Education, remediation and intervention. This writing office serves as a privacy folder as well as writing anchor chart resources for students to use in writer's workshop, literacy centers, or written assignments. Vowel Sounds chart is aligned with the science of reading to
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Writing Strategies Posters and Anchor Charts
Are you a 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade teacher who needs help teaching writing to your students? These writing strategies posters and anchor charts will help you teach writing in way that your students will remember. This set of anchor charts includes 15 ready-to-print anchor charts that will help you effectively teach your students different styles of writing like personal narrative, opinion, and expository, as well as strategies that will help them craft the perfect piece of writing. These anchor c
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Reading & Writing Anchor Charts Bundle - Print and Digital
Mooseltoe Christmas READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Design a Mooseltoe Christmas Tree in this amazing Christmas READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge by Carly and Adam! In this Christmas STEM Challenge, students design and build a Mooseltoe Tree! The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't. They follow the six step Engineering Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Experiment, Improve.STREAM Literacy Integration:T
Grades:
1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Also included in: Christmas READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Opinion Writing Template - Scaffolded Essay, Paragraph Frames
This opinion writing resource provides scaffolding so even your struggling students can successfully write a short essay explaining an opinion and providing reasons and examples on a topic of their choice. Differentiated rough drafts and a teacher model make teaching this skill easy! Most of this resource is geared towards helping your students walk through the entire writing process as they write a 4 paragraph opinion essay; however, there are a few activities for additional practice included
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Scaffolded Writing Templates Bundle - Templates, Paragraph Frames, More
Argumentative Essay Organizer: Claim, Reasons, Evidence (Includes Fillable PDF)
You've found the perfect graphic organizer—complete with a fillable PDF option—to help students visually and clearly connect the integral elements of any persuasive, argumentative, and informative essay: from the claim, reasons, evidence, and conclusion, students can better organize and map out their thinking while understanding the general essay structure. There is space for three reasons and subsequent evidences in support of these reasons. Language frames between the connections (e.g., becaus
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Grades:
4th - 12th
4th and 5th Grade Writing Center - Persuasive Writing
Do you need engaging + rigorous writing centers for your 4th and 5th graders? This persuasive/opinion (options for both types of writing include) writing center resource is a perfect literacy center to both engage and challenge your writers.About the this Writing Center Resource:- This writing center includes 12 different paired text task cards for writing persuasive or opinion essays. - There are two different direction pages to choose from: one that specifically asks students to write opinion
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4th - 6th
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Opinion Writing Transition Words Persuasive Opinion Writing Anchor Charts
Are you looking for Opinion Writing Transition Words posters or anchor charts to display in your classroom? These persuasive writing transition words posters will be helpful if your students are writing an Opinion Essay or a Persuasive Essay. There are two styles for each poster.The 15 posters (US and British English spellings) in this set are: Writing an Opinion –definition The Introduction Introducing Details Supporting Point of View Cause and Effect Compare and Contrast The Conclusion x 2 (sp
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1st - 7th
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