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Informational text Common Core W.5.1b resources for Easel Activities
RACE Strategy Writing Prompts and Passages Text Evidence 4th 5th 6th grade
This product contains 10 ready-to-use passages and short response questions to guide students through the use of the RACE strategy. RACE is a writing strategy to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and text evidence, and to provide concluding statements. Please note: the passages in this product are the same ones included in this Reading Comprehension and Writing with the RACE Strategy product. Do not purchase duplicates!Why us
Grades:
4th - 6th
RACE Writing Strategy with Animal Passages
This product includes a reference page, graphic organizers, bookmarks, high interest reading passages about animals with RACE prompts, and an example to share with students. The guided steps in each page's directions and checklist will help aide students in constructing strong written responses to text based comprehension questions.Passages include:-Service Dogs-Honey Bees-Pufferfish-Koalas-Sloths-ChameleonsWant more practice?RACE Writing Strategy with US Landmarks PassagesRACE Writing Strategy
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â RACE Writing Strategy Bundle of Animal, US Landmarks, and Dinosaur Passages
Eating Bugs Opinion Writing Prompt with 3 Passages - Graphic Organizers - Rubric
Should bugs be added to the school cafeteria menu? This unique opinion writing prompt comes with three passages/informational texts, an opinion writing graphic organizer, a sample essay, an opinion writing rubric, and many more extras to help students stay organized and write a detailed 5-paragraph essay. If your students take a standardized writing test that comes with passages, then this product is a must-have!*This resource now includes a comprehensive digital version. Scroll down to see more
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3rd - 5th
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The Among Us Craze Informational Text, Quiz, & Activities
Are your kids obsessed with the game, Among Us, like my students are? Why not use your students' obsession to work on reading comprehension, argumentative writing, author's purpose, vocabulary, and more?! When they asked me if I could somehow include this in our classwork, I got on it. This resource is both digital, printable, & EASEL compatible! There is also an auto-graded assessment created in Easel.Skills Covered:Reading ComprehensionAuthor's PurposeContext CluesCompare & ContrastArg
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Informational Text - Nonfiction Reading & Writing Bundle
RACE Strategy Writing Worksheet Activity Grades 4-6 FREE | with Easel Activity
The RACE strategy for writing is a structure to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. This free download contains a short passage and short-response question to practice using the RACE Strategy.This Download Contains: PRINT1 passage with short response question to practice using the RACE StrategySuggested answer and grading guideDIGITALReady to use Easel ActivityLi
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4th - 6th
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Informational Text Writing Rubric
An Informational Text Writing Rubric that is a useful tool for evaluation and assessment of writing informative or explanatory texts. Given prior to a writing assignment, it will help students pay attention to details and convey ideas clearly and accurately. Determine whether writing exceeds, meets, or does not meet standards for ideas, organization, style, and conventions. Students can use the rubric for self-evaluation and peer review. Teachers can use it as an assessment. Includes teacher dir
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Middle School Writing Rubrics BUNDLE
Elaborate and Paraphrase: Elaboration Made Easy (American Landmarks)
Do your students struggle with how to write a short response for nonfiction texts? Do your learners constantly ask you how to start an elaboration sentence? With the included sentence stem examples and practice activities, your students will learn writing strategies that will show them how to write effective open responses to writing prompts? These "elaboration and paraphrase" writing prompts and evidence cards will help your students practice and master writing short responses and essays in the
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4th - 6th
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RACE Writing Strategy with US Landmarks Passages
This product includes a reference page, graphic organizers, bookmarks, high interest reading passages about US Landmarks with RACE prompts, and an example to share with students. The guided steps in each page's directions and checklist will help aide students in constructing strong written responses to text based comprehension questions.Passages include:-The Statue of Liberty-Mount Rushmore-Empire State Building-Golden Gate Bridge-Space Needle-Hoover DamWant more practice?RACE Writing Strategy
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â RACE Writing Strategy Bundle of Animal, US Landmarks, and Dinosaur Passages
Non-Fiction Volume 2 Close Reading Comprehension Activity Book | 5th & 6th Grade
Ten close reading passages, or informational texts. Each activity has an informational text with comprehension and grammar questions, an extension task, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch activity. The close reading passages require NO PREP and are perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade.This book contains the following worksheets:1 – The Moon Landing2 – Nelson Mandela3 – The California Gold Rush4 – Marie Curie5 – Barack Obama6 – The Great Depression7 – Mahatma Gandhi8 – William Shak
Grades:
5th - 6th
Also included in:Â Two Non-Fiction Close Reading Comprehension Books | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
Tokyo, Japan and Anime Reading Comprehension and Essay Response
The packet begins with suggestions for reinforcing and enriching learning related to Tokyo, Japan and anime. This 14 page worksheet includes a three pages passage about Tokyo and anime. This is followed by 6 comprehension questions, a graphic organizer to help students prepare to write an essay. There is is a graphic as well about transition words along with two pages of bordered, line paper. This passage is on a grade 5 reading level.
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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PROS AND CONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OPINION WRITING [GOOGLE SLIDES & EASEL]
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is an informational topic that kids will find interest in! This product includes two persuasive informational articles that pinpoint the positives and negatives of artificial intelligence for young writers to develop their opinion writing skills by using fact based articles.This would be great for the writing process and reading comprehension. Writers can review their writing with a short checklist at the end of the writing sheet. They also can review their readin
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4th - 6th
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READ & RESPOND w/ RACE Middle School ELLs and Low Level - Wildlife Close Readers
Created for tutoring middle school ELLs and students with lower-level reading skills. Students will practice using the RACE writing strategy at a lower skill level to develop confidence and basic vocabulary. These will be great if your students love reading about animals and seeing cute pictures that go along with them.Reading Passages are 3rd-5th grade reading level. As your students adventure through different biomes and learn about different species, they will grow their writing ability and m
Grades:
6th - 8th
OPINION WRITING : INTRO AND CONCLUSION TASK CARDS
Students often struggle with making distinctions between the characteristics of an introduction paragraph and those of a conclusion paragraph. This resource provides a basic review of the purpose and characteristics of each paragraph type. The task cards provide students with the opportunity to identify various paragraphs as either an introduction or conclusion paragraph. In addition, the included student handouts provide opinion prompts and an outline for each paragraph type, allowing students
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4th - 6th
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RACE Writing Strategy with Dinosaur Passages
This product includes a reference page, graphic organizers, bookmarks, high interest reading passages about dinosaurs with RACE prompts, and an example to share with students. The guided steps in each page's directions and checklist will help aide students in constructing strong written responses to text based comprehension questions.The reading passages include:-Dinosaur overview-Ankylosaurus-Argentinosaurus-Apatosaurus-Parasaurolophus-Stegosaurus-Tyrannosaurus RexWant more practice?RACE Writin
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in:Â RACE Writing Strategy Bundle of Animal, US Landmarks, and Dinosaur Passages
Porcupines vs. Hedgehogs Reading Comprehension Passage and Essay Response
The packet starts with suggestions for reinforcing and enriching learning related to porcupines and hedgehogs. This passage contains 3 pages of information about porcupines and hedgehogs. Students are challenged to hypothesize if they are related. This is followed by comprehension questions, a Venn diagram, parameters and directions to write a compare and contrast essay, a graphic organizer, a list of transition words, and then two pages of bordered, lined paper. There is an answer key for the c
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Non-Fiction Close Reading Comprehension Activity Book | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
A book with ten close reading passages, or informational texts. Each activity has an informational text with comprehension and grammar questions, an extension task, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch activity. The close reading passages require NO PREP and are perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade.This book contains the following activities:1 – Mount Everest2 – Children of the Industrial Revolution3 – Roswell4 – William Shakespeare’s Macbeth5 – The Transatlantic Slave Trade6 – The
Grades:
5th - 6th
Also included in:Â Two Non-Fiction Close Reading Comprehension Books | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
What Do You Think? Who’s the GOAT? Passage and Essay Response
The packet begins with suggestions for reinforcing and enriching learning related to GOATS, the greatest of all time. This passage introduces four GOATs: Tom Brady, Serena Williams, Tiger Woods, and Simone Biles. Facts and statistics are shared about each athlete. Students are then asked to consider if each of these athletes are a GOAT and which one is the best GOAT. Through the use of graphic organizers, students first write a paragraph about why one of these athletes is the top GOAT. Students
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4th - 6th
Storyworks- "White Death" September 2022
My students and I LOVE Storyworks magazine. However, I feel it is lacking supplemental activities. Every month, I find myself scrambling to put together resources to use with the articles. I figure if I am scrambling each month to make my own supplemental materials, other teachers are probably doing the same! This product contains a collection of materials for a balanced ELA program: reading, writing, vocabulary and mentor sentences (grammar work). You MUST have a Storyworks subscription to acce
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Storyworks Supplemental Activities Bundle for September 2022
Cheetahs: Author’s Point of View Practice and Essay Response
The packet begins with suggestions for reinforcing and enriching learning related to cheetahs and other animals. This 15-page comprehensive reading and writing worksheet includes information about cheetahs as well as comprehension questions about the author's point of view, instructions and parameters for writing an essay which demonstrates a point of view. A graphic organizer, transition words graphic, and lined, bordered pages on which to write an essay are also included. Embedded in the passa
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Named for What They Eat: Anteaters Reading Comprehension and Essay Response
The packet begins with suggestions for reinforcing and enriching learning related to anteaters and other animals living in Central and South America. This comprehensive reading and writing worksheet includes information about anteaters as well as comprehension questions, a graphic organizer, a chart to inspire the use of transition words, and pages in which to write an essay. There is an answer key for the comprehension questions. The passage is written on a grade 6 reading level.
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5th - 8th
Fact or Fiction? UFOs and Aliens Comprehension and Essay Response: GR 5
This 14 page packet includes information about reported sightings of UFOs and UAPs in the 20th and 21st centuries. The passage is followed by complex comprehension questions which students must answer and then provide the location of evidence for their response in the passage. Using a graphic organizer, students are then to write a creative story about a UFO/UAP sighting, using transition words provided in a graphic. Space is provided for writing and illustrating. The passage is written on a gra
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4th - 6th
Grey Wolves: Top Dogs! Comprehension Passage and Essay Response: GR5
This packet begins with a list of included items as well as a number of ways for extending or enriching learning. The passage on grey wolves is two and a half pages long and includes quite a few images. It is followed by comprehension questions, instructions and parameters for writing an essay, a graphic organizer, transition words graphic, and lined, bordered pages on which to write an essay. There is an answer key for the comprehension questions. The passage is written on a grade 5 reading lev
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4th - 7th
Spring E.L.A. Fun
These fun Common Core-Filled E.L.A. activities are the perfect way to ring in spring! Great for St. Patrick's Day or for the week leading up to Spring Break. The resource begins with 2 passages about some folklore surrounding common good luck symbols - a 4-leaf clover and a rabbit’s foot. They are each followed by questions about the passage. The comprehension questions ask the students to use a variety of reading skills (listed below.) Another activity directs them to color code (with 3 differe
Grades:
4th - 6th
Pumas: Wild Cats with the Most Names! Comprehension and Essay Response: GR5
This 12 page packet includes 3 full pages of information about pumas along with many images. After reading the passage, students are to answer comprehension questions and cite where they find the evidence in the passage by writing the paragraph number(s). As well, there is a chart where students are to list what they already knew about pumas and what they learned, including where they learned the facts. Next, there are directions for writing a paragraph, a graphic organizer, suggestions for tran
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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