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Free 4th grade writing-expository independent work packets
Historical Perspectives - Kids Changing the World - Social Studies Mini Study
This social studies mini-study is the perfect way to offer a historical perspective to your students all about “Kids Changing the World”. This mini-study takes a look at 4 kids who have helped change the world in some way. This Historical Perspectives pack explores the topic, through a fictional and non-fiction text, as well as through primary source photos and documents for grades 3-6. This resource includes a print-ready pack for students, which you can print as a packet or as individual pages
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Introduction Paragraph Writing: Creating a Capitivating Hook Practice
This is great practice for students to work on creating a hook for essays in their introduction paragraph. Utilizing various essay prompts, they must creatively come up with a hook that will captivate readers and want them to read more.This is great to utilize for group work, homework, or independent practice. Check out other resources in my store that also pair well with this item!
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Animal Research Project - Expository Writing
To accompany an expository writing unit, this Animal Research Project allows students the freedom to research an animal of their choice. Suggested research site for students: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Included in this resource:- Guided research questions- Five sentence structure (topic sentence, 3 supporting details, closing sentence)- Blank writing sheet with space for illustrationThank you!
Grades:
2nd - 5th
FREE PRESIDENTS DAY ACTIVITIES-WRITING-BANNER-WORD SEARCHES❤✏
5 PAGES OF PRESIDENT'S DAY ACTIVITIESThis lesson includes:2 word searches1 banner coloring/writing activity1 writing page1 planning pageGreat for early finishers and quick and easy writing activities for President's Day! WANT MORE PRESIDENTS' DAY ACTIVITIES? CLICK HERE!CHECK OUT OUR OTHER GREAT LOW-COST HIGH-QUALITY RESOURCES!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More soci-emotional activities:What is Respect?What is Friendship?What are F
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1st - 5th
FREE The Writing Revolution® Reading Comprehension Worksheets 2 pages
This free resource features 2 worksheets that revises The Writing Revolution® strategies with high-interest comprehension passages.This activity helps upper elementary students learn and review the TWR® sentence-level, note-taking and Single Paragraph Outline strategies. Ideal for morning work (complete one section for 5-10 minutes each morning to be used over the week) or as an entire worksheet for centers, independent work and practice after explicit instruction, fast finishers or homework.Whi
Grades:
4th - 6th
Caption This | Text Features Practice | Captions | Write the Caption
This product will help your students with writing captions. With high interest photos of natural disasters, have students complete and create captions to go with each of the pictures.
Grades:
2nd - 6th
FREE Opinion Writing Template for Grades 4-6
This is a complete handout to help your kids express their opinions in a logical but chill way. This is a free handout that discusses structured writing—less stiff, breathable, and embracing the writer's voice without compromising the writing blueprint.Learn who Easy Peasy is and how she can turn your teaching profession into a personal passion.
Grades:
4th - 6th
Informational/Nonfiction Writing Booklet Template {freebie}
This product has 12 editable blank templates for students to create their informational booklet online, which can be a final product of an informational writing unit or an assessment at the end of a unit.This can be used for distance learning. You can simply assign this on Google Classroom, and make a copy for every student so that they can edit it to make their own booklet. For me, I like to assign this booklet at the beginning of the informational writing unit. Then as I teach lessons every da
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Persuasive Text Flowchart
Having trouble explaining persuasive text? Use this flowchart worksheet to explain how everything an author writes ties together to influence a reader. Practice distinguishing facts and opinions too. I love using this worksheet because it allows time for reflecting whether the author was successful in convincing the read or not!This worksheet is also included in the Persuasive Text Task Cards product on my TPT Store!
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Springtime Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Grammar Discuss Vocab Essay
This springtime expository text freebie is exactly what you've been looking for! Your students will love learning new and interesting information about the basics of springtime in these reading, writing, grammar, and discussion activities. For example, did your students know that springtime happens at opposite times of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere? This product has at least 3 hours worth of work for your students to enhance their reading information skills, inf
Grades:
3rd - 5th
New Year Resolution Expository Writing Outline
After Christmas break, it can be a challenge to get our students refocused. To begin our unit on expository writing I have each student create a vision board. This provides them an opportunity to reflect on the previous year as well as challenging them to look at the future. If you are looking for a simple way to challenge your students, this New Year Resolution Expository Writing Outline is a great option. It is created to be a guide while challenging their brainstorming skills and organization
Grades:
4th - 5th
Paragraph Choice Board {{for Distance Learning}}
Tired of having kids say they have nothing to write about? Let them use this paragraph choice board to give them the prompts! There are 16 prompts perfect for grades 1-4! Differentiation is embedded as students can add as many or as few details. Upper grades can write multiple paragraphs! ((My team assigned this choice board for 2 weeks, saying to write one paragraph per day at home! Some parents even had them do more when they needed to fill some extra time!))
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1st - 4th
Pokemon Writing Activity
Get students engaged in the writing process this Valentine's Day with a fun and engaging writing strategy!
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Narrative Writing Planning Packet - Unit
A narrative writing planning packet that I used during a 5 day EdTPA lesson. Each day the teaching focuses on 1 aspect (Day 1 = Strong Introductions, Day 2 = Writing Bodies, Day 3 = Adding Details/Figurative Language, etc.) There's a lot you could do with this. I also paired these lessons with Reading by introducing a mentor text everyday that we would analyze as an example of good writing. (Ex. How is the first page of Refugee by Alan Gratz a good example of a Strong Hook?) : ) The students lov
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Women's History Month Journal Prompts
Happy March! Use these journal prompts to prompt creative, fun writing, and highlight some women changemakers during this Women's History Month!These topics and genres were originally created for second graders at a school for gifted learners, and can easily be tailored for older and younger writers. Example: Ava Duvernay is a famous Black, female film director. As a Black person and woman, she is underrepresented in her job. She loves to inspire actors and directors. If you were going to film a
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Free Sample | Among the Hidden Paired Writing Prompts | Digital Google Slides
Grab this awesome digital, no prep writing prompts freebie that aligns with chapters 1-3 and 4-6 of Among the Hidden. Students will use this Google Slides resource to write a personal narrative about their life right now, and to compare and contrast an aspect of their life with Luke's. These digital writing prompts are exactly what you need to tie writing into your novel study!The FULL resource (click here!) includes 10 writing prompts that align with all the chapters in the novel "Among the Hid
Grades:
3rd - 5th
POW+TIDE Mnemonic Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer will be helpful to students as they plan their writing. Used with SRSD (Self-Regulated Strategy Development).
Grades:
1st - 4th
The One and Only Ivan Research prompts Sticky Notes
Ever been reading and think of an amazing teachable moment... only to forget it later? Take advantage of those teachable moments with these sticky notes! Ever wanted to give an advanced reader or early finisher a self-paced project? Try these sticky notes! Designed to go along with The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate to enrich the reading experience, give readers multiple ways to make connects to the text, and provide purposeful prompts to better understand the text. This digital
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3rd - 6th
NGSS:
3-LS2-1
, 3-LS4-3
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Analogies Template/Worksheet
If you prefer the Google docs version, click here.Students can create their own analogies using this ideal analogy template.The template includes the 7 main analogy types for students to easily implement.I've been using this with students for almost a decade. Having students create their own analogies, whether based on literature, real life experiences, or anything else, builds metacognition by allowing students to produce, rather than consume, ideas and information.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
3 MONTHS - OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER DAILY WRITING CALENDARS WITH TEMPLATES
IMPROVED DOWNLOAD FOR VERY EASY PRINTING WITH ALL DAYS FOR EACH MONTH ON ONE FILE. OR YOU MAY PREFER EACH MONTH FILE SEPARATE. YOU CHOOSE. THANKS TO JENNIFER, A FOLLOWER, FOR MAKING THIS GREAT SUGGESTION!!!3 MONTHS - OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER DAILY WRITING CALENDARS WITH TEMPLATESTHIS UNIQUE 3 MONTH WRITING UNIT OFFERS A WONDERFUL WAY FOR WRITERS TO GAIN EXPERIENCE AND CONFIDENCE IN EXPOSITORY WRITING! YOUNG WRITERS USE DAILY "WOULD YOU RATHER" CHOICES THAT ARE KID FRIENDLY IN A TEMPLATE FORM
Grades:
1st - 4th
CER + FATt Graphic Organizer
Free Graphic Organizer to have your students stay organized when writing essays (for any subject).CER Paragraph: Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning Paragraph StructureFATt Sentence: Focus; Author; Title; text type sentence structureFor effective teaching using this graphic organizer, understand the basics of CER and FATt. I made this graphic organizer to keep my students organized using the two writing strategies (CER and FATt) together in one worksheet. I do not own the rights of CER or FATt.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Reindeer Informative Writing
Short answer writing prompt. Students are provided with facts about reindeer and they must form a complete paragraph using the information given.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Mentor Poem - Introduction to Poetry
This is an activity I called mentor poems. Same concept as a mentor sentence, but instead, using a poem. I use the activity over 4 days at the beginning of my literacy block. I introduce a variety of skills through the mentor poems including: figurative language, using text based evidence, and creative writing. Here is a sample of how I use the mentor poem over a four day period.Day 1: Read the poem several times. Students look through the poem and find a wonder and a notice. I ask students to s
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Fillable Writing Warm-Ups Mon-Fri
Adapt these writing warm-ups to the unit you're on or simply use them as a way to get your writers mind moving! This includes:Make it up Monday (fill in the beginning of a story and have students add the next part. This is meant to challenge students' imagination to come up with whatever they want! Every once in a while, use this to work on the Writing Process.)Tune Up Tuesday (fill in 5 sentences for students to proofread and re-write.)Wednesday Writes (fill in a prompt for students to answe
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Grades:
K - 5th
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