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Balanced literacy Common Core W.4.1a resources
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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Rump - The True Story of Rumplestiltskin Novel Study / Guide
Rump - The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin, by Liesl Shurtliff, tells the wonderfully enchanting story of a young boy finding out what his true destiny really is! Have reluctant readers? This novel will thrill them!!
Your students will LOVE Rump's hilarious, sometimes heart-wrenching, adventure-packed journey to find out who he truly is, and will feel comfortable tackling this novel with a chapter-by-chapter guide. Each chapter has rigorous vocabulary builders and text-dependent reading ques
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4th - 6th
Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer Opinion Prompts Anchor Chart Rubric 4th Grade
Are you looking for a kid-friendly way to teach opinion writing to your 4th grade students? This Opinion Writing unit is just what you need! It comes with kid-friendly rubrics, anchor charts, graphic organizers, opinion writing prompts, and centers. Plus, there’s even a mentor text to help you get started. Your students will love writing opinion essays with this unit! The lessons are easy to follow and the activities are engaging. Plus, the included rubrics make grading simple.When it
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Also included in: 4th Grade Writing Units BUNDLE Personal Fictional Opinion Informational
March Paired Passages & Video | Compare & Contrast Texts with Writing Prompts
Exciting Update: Now includes an educational video on Leap Year!Ready to make state test review a breeze and captivate your students' imaginations? My "March Paired Passages | Compare and Contrast Texts with Writing Prompts" packet is your all-in-one solution! With 13 carefully selected paired passages and 10 engaging writing prompts, this resource is designed to ease the pressure of test prep, ensuring your students are ready to excel in writing on demand.What's Inside:Topics that Spark Curiosi
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4th - 7th
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On Demand Writing Prompts Assessments - Easy-Grade - Print and Digital
This demand writing resource arose from a need I had to more frequently assess writing and measure students’ progress on a few key writing skills that our district writing rubric doesn't spell out clearly. I found that these skills were going largely ungraded—and I wasn't seeing my students make enough progress with their writing.NOW AVAILABLE WITH FULL DIGITAL SLIDE ACCESS!I knew I didn't want to add MORE to my plate—but I knew I needed something. I decided to try a short (8 minutes!) demand
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3rd - 5th
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Writing Task Card Bundle
With these 56 task cards, your students will practice answering standardized test-inspired questions about writing. Each card features a short paragraph and question. These cards target the sub-standards for opinion, narrative and informational writing:Opinion- Introducing an opinion- Supporting the opinion with reasons- Connecting reasons with transitions- Concluding an opinionNarrative- Establishing a situation and introducing characters- Using description and dialogue to develop events- Conne
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3rd - 5th
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Writing Introductions and Conclusions Minilessons and Activities Bundle
This is a bundle of my Writing Introductions Minilesson and Activities and Writing Conclusions Minilesson and Activities files.
I created these minilessons to go along with my Introduction Expert and Conclusion Conqueror writing badges, which help “gamify” and motivate students to write more. These two badges encourage students to write introductions and conclusions for their pieces. You could also use this product without the badges to teach about writing introductions and conclusions. The fi
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2nd - 5th
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Opinion Writing | 4th Grade Lesson Plans | Unit 3
Hey fabulous teachers,We all know that Opinion Writing can be so tricky {and boring} to teach! But you want your students to dig deeper and learn more. Me too! After spending a year doing the boring stuff, I came up with this unit that is very interactive and works so much better! Included in this Opinion Writing Unit is more than enough material for you to teach everything your 4th graders need to know and it’s in a fun and exciting format. Let your students hold their very own debates an
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4th
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Also included in: 4th Grade Writing Curriculum | A Year of Writing Lessons
Writing Graphic Organizer Printables for Writer's Workshop
This printable writing graphic organizer pack includes EVERYTHING you need to support your elementary students during personal narrative, informational, and persuasive, and how-to writing projects. The organizers help students in the pre-write part of the writing process. They make for a great writing station or writer' workshop in upper elementary. They are also no-prep and printable to save your precious time!Who? The organizers work for any class from 1st to 5th working on becoming strong wri
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1st - 4th
I Wanna Iguana Activities in Digital AND PDF for Persuasive Writing and Reading
I Wanna Iguana by Karen Orloff is a great choice as a mentor text for persuasive writing. This comprehensive unit will help your students get plenty of reading practice as close reading routines are implemented AND provide great examples for writing a persuasive letter. HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THE I WANNA IGUANA UNIT FOR READING AND WRITING:The unit is organized in a BEFORE/DURING/AFTER format for consistent skill modeling and practice. As you use the book for reading, you can use text examples as
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2nd - 4th
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January Themed ELA Paired Passages with Writing Prompts | 4th, 5th, 6th Grade
Are you looking for a simple way to review for your state test? This packet includes 11 paired passages, and 11 writing prompts with a January theme to properly prepare your students for the rigor of writing on demand! This test prep packet can be used for homework, small group work, or classwork. All you have to do is print it and pass it out. All the hard work is done for you!Passages Included:The history of New Year's ResolutionsThe purpose of goal settingThe Northern and Southern Hemisphere
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4th - 7th
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Historical Fiction Zigzag Book Project
This book project is one of the best I have ever done with my class! I designed it initially to meet the creative needs of the 4th and 5th-grade students that I teach. I recently modified it to fit the Common Core Standards for ELA in Historical Fiction for grades 3-5. The students completed it independently in class after reading a historical fiction novel during our balanced literacy reading workshop. The finished “Zigzags” make a uniquely exciting and very interactive bulletin board dis
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3rd - 5th
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4th Grade FULL YEAR Literacy Centers PRINT AND DIGITAL
This FULL YEAR of 4th grade literacy centers is the complete solution for engaging and effective literacy centers. There are 2,000+ pages included in this bundle with over 500 activities split between 5 ELA categories: Writing Shared readingIndependent reading Reading response Word study & grammar This bundle is a complete solution for 4th grade ELA centers. Check out the product preview for a closer look! Digital Learning Updates: This literacy center bundle was originally created as a com
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4th
Opinion Writing Task Cards
With these 16 task cards, your students will practice answering standardized test-inspired questions about writing. Each card features a short paragraph and question. These cards target the sub-standards for opinion writing:- Introducing an opinion- Supporting the opinion with reasons- Connecting reasons with transitions- Concluding an opinionThese cards are NOT writing prompts. They are selected response questions with multiple correct answers, just like 3rd-5th graders will see on standardized
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Writing Task Card Bundle
EL Grade 4 ALL BLOCK - Module 2 - Units 1, 2 and 3 - Animal Defense Mechanisms
This PowerPoint maps out the Grade 4 EL Module 2 ALL BLOCK activities for Units 1, 2 and 3 to provide clarity on the tasks that should be completed each day including:-Independent Component-Reading and Speaking Fluency/GUM-Word Study and Vocabulary-Teacher Guided TasksIt lists the task accordingly in order and ensures coverage of all components prior to assessments. As an educator, it is a simple tool to have at the front of the class so students can independently read and follow the directions
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4th, Staff
Grammar Interactive Notebook
For years I struggled with trying to make grammar engaging, meaningful, and memorable. Creating this product transformed my grammar instruction! Students will look forward to cutting, coloring, and gluing these foldable templates into their notebooks or folder! Perfect for the intermediate grades!This thorough resource is Common Core aligned and covers all the major grammar topics in intermediate grades.Students will have a quick guide at their fingertips for:• Nouns - common, proper, plural, po
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Upper Elementary Grammar Bundle
Literary Essays
This writing unit teaches students to write a five paragraph opinion essay with a thesis statement on a short fiction story or piece of literature. With the Common Core’s emphasis on text evidence, this unit will walk you and your young writers through the entire writing process. The unit starts with reading resources that can be used as students read and respond to the mentor texts. The writing portion introduces students to the idea of writing a thesis statement, and then guides them to select
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: ELA Reading & Writing Mega BUNDLE
How To Write An Essay Introduction Paragraph
Are you teaching argumentative, expository, or essay writing? Are you trying to teach your students how to write an essay introduction paragraph? This HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH teaches how to write introductions in a systematic way. Students will learn parts of an introduction paragraph that include hooks, background information, and thesis statements through mini-lessons and corresponding materials. This product is part of my HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY unit.Click here for the Goog
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4th - 8th
Daily Writing Prompts Year Long | Creative Writing Prompts | 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Daily writing prompts take the guess work out of "What do I write!" If you're a 3rd, 4th or 5th grade teacher and teach your literacy block using The Daily 5 or reading stations, you'll love having the whole entire year planned out for you for work on writing. This writing prompts bundle includes January-December (all 12 months of the year!)This product includes:✅ 12 months of writing prompts✅ 3 writing prompts per day - all 365 days of the year✅ 3 writing pages with prompt included at top for
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3rd - 5th
Geronimo Stilton Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye #1 Novel Study
Your students will fall in love with Geronimo Stilton and his sarcastic demeanor as he finds himself on a journey to find a hidden treasure!
This novel study adds rigor to a book that students can handle by adding critical thinking and text dependent questions, graphic organizers, and vocabulary development pieces to the reading process. Even your most reluctant readers will love Geronimo Stilton, so get their brains fired up with this CCSS aligned novel study!
Each reading assignment (12 r
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3rd - 4th
Jack - The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk Novel Study / Answer Key
Do your students LOVE Rump? (Well, who doesn't?) They will be equally enchanted, if not more so, with Jack! "Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk" by Liesl Shurtliff tells the story of Jack, who seeks his own greatness and destiny while also searching for his father, who has been captured by hungry giants! This story of family, friendship, bravery, and greatness will have even the most reluctant readers turning pages quickly!
This novel study includes a set of vocabulary and text-dep
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4th - 5th
EL Grade 4 ALL BLOCK Module 3 Units 1,2,3 - The American Revolution
This PowerPoint maps out the Grade 4 EL Module 3 ALL BLOCK activities for Units 1, 2 and 3 to provide clarity on the tasks that should be completed each day including:-Independent Component-Reading and Speaking Fluency/GUM-Word Study and Vocabulary-Teacher Guided TasksIt lists the tasks in order that run alongside the module lessons and ensures coverage of all components prior to assessments. As an educator, it is a simple tool to have at the front of the class on the IWB so students can indepen
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4th, Staff
Animal Lap book Report and Research
This easy to use no prep product has 40 different pieces that students can mix or match to create custom-designed animal lapbook reports. There are 20 with writing lines and 20 without lines. This project might be just the thing for review of writing skills and vocabulary pertinent to nonfiction reports.Rather than include animal faces and graphics for kids to copy, cut, and paste I decided to include a blank “picture piece” for kids to draw their own version of the animal they might choose for
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2nd - 4th
An Example of Persuasive Essay Writing and Unit
Looking for an example of persuasive essay writing to jumpstart your next persuasive writing unit? You've found it! Writing essays can be overwhelming for students. Having an outline for persuasive essay writing can help chunk it into manageable pieces!**Recently UPDATED with awesome new additions!**How to use an example of persuasive essay writing:After reading the example essay, the checklist can be used with students to identify examples of persuasive writing elements in the essay. I recom
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Essay with 5 Paragraphs | Unit Plans
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