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Elementary critical thinking informational text resources for Microsoft Word
4th Grade Text Structure Assessment
This 4th grade activity assesses the five major text structures (cause/effect, compare/contrast, sequence/chronological order, problem/solution, and description) through authentic examples and direct application of the skill. Highlighting key signal words, selecting appropriate graphic organizers, and matching vocabulary are just some key areas tested. 4 pages total; answer key providedClick on one of these for additional TEXT STRUCTURE resources!Text Structure Jeopardy GameText Structure Scoo
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3rd - 6th
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CCSS:
Also included in: 4th Grade Language Arts Standards ASSESSMENTS! (aligned to CCSS)
Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)
Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!!
Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun.
This project is very "real life" oriented.
For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Behavior Reflection Sheet
We use this in our first grade class to help students understand the consequences of their actions. They "Stop and Reflect" in order to make a better choice the next time.
*I have recently updated the document to include a middle grade version for 3-5 with more grade appropriate wording and formatting!
After it is completed, fold in half to keep private. The student signs it, the teacher signs it, then it goes home for the parent to sign.
It has helped our parent communication immensely to
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Middle Ages and Medieval Times - castles, knights, The Plague
This unit is all about the Middle Ages and medieval times! There are 10 mini-units: Feudalism, Everyday Life, Occupations, Armor/Weapons/Heraldry, Becoming a Knight, Feasts and Tournaments, Castles, Castles Under Attack, Religion, and The Black Death. Each unit includes a page of informational text with a review sheet, a vocabulary sheet, a crossword puzzle, and a word search. In addition, there is a Venn diagram, math word problems, coat of arms shields to decorate, creative writing sheets,
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4th - 7th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film For the Birds
After watching Pixar's short film: For the Birds, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 10th
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Pro and Con Articles and Opinion Prompts for Persuasive Writing/Transition Words
-This product develops opinion and persuasive argument writing with use of transition words and graphic organizers.
- This product contains 12 pros and cons evidence based articles for students to read and write their opinion about each topic for grades 4th, 5th, and 6th. There are advantages and disadvantages given for each of the 6 kid-interested topics.
- There are six different topics that have both a pro and con article for each so that students can use evidence from articles to support th
Grades:
4th - 6th
Speech Writing Steps Microsoft Word Edition- How To Write A Speech
A great series of pages to present to your students when talking about How to Write a Speech. Please note that I have the same file but in a PDF format available if you do not have Word. Upload the preview before you purchase to see if it is what you need. 15 Pages. Microsoft Word.Includes Cover PageSpeech PlannerA Great Introduction PageCue Cards PageA Conclusion PageParagraph PlannerTwo Pages of Speech TopicsDEFINITELY CHECK OUT THE LINK TO THE BUNDLE OFFERED BELOW FOR ALL OF YOUR CLASSROOM
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Argumentation/C.E.R. writing- Murder Mystery #2 - Improve student argumentation!
This is a follow up lesson to the Slip or Trip Murder Mystery! I use this lesson to re-teach my students understand Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in writing later on in the school year. I've also used it as an extension activity for students that need to be challenged as this one is a bit more challenging than Slip or Trip. Cross-curricular - can be used in science and social studies classes as well.Included with purchase:- Copy of crime scene photo with story and discussion questions for group
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5th - 12th
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Visual Presentation Rubric (Google Docs or Google Slides)
This rubric is easy to use! Use this resource for assessing students upon creating a Google Doc or Google Slides presentation. This is also entirely editable, so you are welcome to make changes to the rubric to make it fit for what you need.
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3rd - 8th
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Primary GATE with Caldecott -- "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" Mo Willems
Let’s have some fun along with the Pigeon and expand DOK along the way! This lesson will lead your primary GATE students through four challenging activities, culminating in an artistic response showing why they “never get to do anything!” either.
Gifted and talented learners carry similar characteristics throughout their lives—even as kindergarten and first graders. One common characteristic of gifted learners is a strong sense of justice. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus gives us a good o
Grades:
K - 3rd
STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE
In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning.
Students construct a prototype of Da Vinci’s parachute while learning about falling objects, gravity,
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Writer's Workshop - Informational Writing - 3rd grade Unit 2
Included are the daily lesson plans for Unit 2 of the 3rd grade Writer's Workshop that follow the Art of Informational Writing by Lucy Calkins and Colleen Cruz.
Also included are some ideas for anchor charts along with drafting paper and writing samples for the unit.
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3rd
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Moonshot by Brian Floca Apollo 11 PRIMARY GATE Lessons -- Rocket Model
Astronauts, space ships, and the moon . . . what kid doesn’t like that kind of stuff, huh? We should build a space ship!
Here’s another collection of lessons and activities for your primary gifted and talented groups. It’s full of hands-on activities across the curriculum, critical thinking questions, participatory reading, and age-appropriate primary source lessons. As always, you’ll get ready-to-print activity sheets, explanations, pictures to lead you through, and Common Core State Standa
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1st - 3rd
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Informational Text - American Revolution: Yorktown and Treaty of Paris (No Prep)
A reading assignment about the last major battle of the war, Yorktown, and the treaty to end the war. A great way to introduce the subject. The reading comes from a really great website, ushistory.org, under their free textbook tab. The information presented is theirs, I made up the questions. This can be done as a web quest assignment using the site. Perfect as a supplement, or if you don't have a textbook! Also great as a Sub Assignment. MS Word for easy editing.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in: Informational Text - The American Revolution Bundle (No Prep Sub Plans)
As The Cell Turns - The Drama of Life -Science Reader's Theater Script
This is an original Reader's Theater script, based on the organelles of the animal cell and their function. Your students will enjoy playing the parts of the living cell as they argue about who is the most important and learn how all the parts of the cell work together. This cross-curricular science script can be used in reading class as a non-fiction work, or in science while studying the cell.
Along with the script, name tags for each organelle are included with an icon chosen to help stu
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5th - 7th
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Expository Writing Graphic Organizer
Students can use this graphic organizer to arrange their thoughts for any type of expository writing. It includes the topic, introduction, ideas, and conclusion.
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3rd - 6th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film One Man Band
After watching Pixar's short film: One Man Band, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 8th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film Partly Cloudy
After watching Pixar's short film: Partly Cloudy, students will infer by answering four questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 6th
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EDITABLE Writing Rubric: News Article - Newspaper Writing - Journalism Unit
★★★★★ This is a great, versatile, simple writing Rubric for any kind of unit based on writing a newspaper article, news story, or for a journalism unit in (specifically in upper elementary). You can edit and change any point values you'd like!SEE PREVIEW FOR A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT THIS RESOURCEThis rubric uses the grammar editing process of C.O.P.S. and is best paired with a unit on editing based on the C.O.P.S. system.WHAT'S INSIDE? Includes 1 half-sheet editable rubric to make grading your st
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4th - 11th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film Lifted
After watching Pixar's short film: Lifted, students will infer by answering two questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
Grades:
K - 6th
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Reading Informational Text - Restaurant Menu - RI.7.1. - RI.7.3. - RI.7.5.
This item includes a lesson on how to read a restaurant menu.
*Applebee's Menu
*Over 38 questions requiring students to read the menu.
The lesson aligns with the seventh-grade common core standards:
RI.7.1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RI.7.3. Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text.
RI.7.5. Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text,
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4th - 9th
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Text Structures Newsletter: Thanksgiving Edition
In a newsletter format, articles about Thanksgiving are presented in different nonfiction text structures. Students read the newsletter and then complete a chart that identifies the text structure, signal words, author's purpose, and a useful graphic organizer. There is also an option to select two of the articles and complete a graphic organizer for each. This activity covers the following text structures: chronological or sequential, main idea, compare and contrast, cause and effect, or proble
Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: Text Structures Newsletters: Holiday Bundle
STATUE OF LIBERTY Mini-Lesson 18 Multiple Choice READING COMPREHENSION Questions
"The Statue of Liberty" can be a Social Studies and/ or reading mini-lesson. The interesting informational text is over 2 pages long. There are 18 mulitple choice questions, which all offer 4 choices. 8 of the 18 questions are higher order thinking ones. Reading skills assessed are identifying main Idea, noting details, drawing conclusions, making inferences and vocabulary. Several black-and-white drawings of the Statue of Liberty and its visitors are inthe document. The product is a word docum
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4th - 8th
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NWEA MAP Reading Report: Learning Continuum Doc. Grouping & Instruction: BUNDLE
NOW EDITABLEFor use with Reading: Literary, Informational, and Vocabulary MAP Data, Including DesCartes Vocabulary List Math is a different product that is also available. Here is the link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/NWEA-MATH-MAP-Report-Learning-Continuum-Doc-Grouping-and-Instruction-Editable-7589531I have created a resource for teachers who use MAP and would like to use the MAP reports for differentiating and teaching next steps. On the NWEA site, I find it troublesome that th
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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