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5th grade informational text scaffolded notes for Microsoft Word
Stamp Act Introduction Web Quest
I created this Web Quest to introduce my students to the Stamp Act. The Web Quest includes 1 video link with questions, 2 websites with questions, a link to an online quiz that follows one of the websites, and an optional essay that can be completed using the information found in the Web Quest. This could be a great stand alone lesson or as an introduction to the Revolutionary War. My students really enjoyed the web quest and better understood the feelings of the colonists and reasons for their
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Active Reading Strategies("SNOTS") for Amplify's "The Human Microbiome" Article
Are you looking for a way in which to constructively "break down" articles from Amplify into concise sections allowing for annotation skills ("SNOTS" -- "Small Notes on the Side") to be capitalized upon and active reading and writing skills to be embraced? Look no further than the way in which this article allows for students to make personal and meaningful connections to the text they are reading.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-7
, MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-1
Amplify Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate Active Reading Article, "Ocean in Motion"
Are you looking for a way in which to constructively "break down" articles from Amplify into concise sections allowing for annotation skills ("SNOTS" -- "Small Notes on the Side") to be capitalized upon and active reading and writing skills to be embraced? Look no further than the way in which this article allows for students to make personal and meaningful connections to the text they are reading.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS3-3
, MS-ESS2-5
Ellis Island Interactive Webquest Research Writing Project
This webquest takes students on an interactive tour of Ellis Island. The first 3 pages of the webquest includes guiding focus questions for students to answer as they tour all the rooms of the main building of Ellis Island. Students will view photographs, listen to oral histories, and analyze data. A reflective essay is also included at the conclusion of the essay which allows students to use integrate and cite evidence from the webquest.
Grades:
4th - 12th
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HARRY HOUDINI Magician Biography NOTE-TAKING & OUTLINING STRATEGY Reading Skils
Here is a helpful reading strategy that will improve students' organization and note-taking skills. Students take notes from the given biographical / informational text about magician Harry Houdini. They fit their notes into the outline provided in order to capture the relationships between ideas and data. The selection about Houdini should spark your students' interest and motivate them to want to take the notes to fill in the outline. This will be a nice supporting resource for the story "The
Grades:
4th - 8th
Active Reading Strategies (SNOTS) for Amplify Human Microbiome "Virus" Article
Are you looking for a way in which to constructively "break down" articles from Amplify into concise sections allowing for annotation skills ("SNOTS" -- "Small Notes on the Side") to be capitalized upon and active reading and writing skills to be embraced? Look no further than the way in which this article allows for students to make personal and meaningful connections to the text they are reading.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-1
Informational Essay Outline- Extended Response
This is an outline and guideline to help guide students while writing a five paragraph informational essay. I created this to help my students visualize what to needs to go next when they are writing their essays and what needs to go in each paragraph and also each sentence. I hope this helps your kids as much as it has helped mine! :)
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Winter Vacation Opinion Writing with Sources and Rubric
This tool has two set-ups. The first is an assessment set-up. It gives the students a writing prompt, two sources, a planning page, and lined pages to write their response.
The second option for using this resource is to teach the students how to write a 5 paragraph opinion essay. Each paragraph is broken down and tells the student to include certain parts. It gives them specific directions on how to write their essay. It also provides a page for brainstorming and allowing the student to choose
Grades:
4th - 8th
CCSS:
Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer two texts or one text
Ever find yourself having students struggling with the concept of opinion writing? I have used boxes and bullets many times within my classroom to help students understand the importance to have a thesis statement. With this awesome plan, you are able to keep track of your students writing plan, provide your students with a list of transition words they can use in their writing, and have them write down their entire essay while understanding the format and structure of an opinion piece of writin
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF AUDIENCE ETIQUETTE - NOTES DRAMA CLASS
This fill-in-the-blank notes activity corresponds with the PowerPoint Presentation that covers the "Ten Commandments" of Audience Etiquette in a fun, simple way. These ten commandments are essential for any Drama class, and there is also a Quiz covering the ten commandments available in my store.
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Grades:
3rd - 12th, Adult Education
CER (claim, evidence, reasoning) Argument Writing Scaffold - nonfiction
Claim, evidence, and reasoning is a way for students to organize their ideas in an argument or expository type of writing. The flow of the model allows for them to answer the question, cite evidence to support their response, and provide reasoning as to how their evidence supports their answer. I use this scaffold to help students gather their ideas first, then organize their response prior to writing their paragraph out. This product is editable so you can change up the topic or essential ques
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Grades:
5th - 8th
NOVA Thai Cave Rescue Video Notes
Engage your students with high interest, quality film AND hold them accountable. As of November 19, 2019, this episode was available on Netflix. Search "NOVA Thai Cave Rescue." 52 min.Bonus: If you are looking for a terrific multimedia text set, check out Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert by Marc Aronson. So many incredible connections! My sixth graders love this combination. 4 pages, editable, includes an answer key
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5th - 8th
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Titanic: Writing and Evaluating Arguments
This document includes two writing tasks. Both involve writing and evaluating arguments using the nonfiction account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.
Both tasks use citations from the text as support. Thirty plus citations are included that could be used in both tasks.
These tasks are a good way to introduce writing using arguments. Task 1 is a little more complex, while task 2 is more basic. Both could be used simultaneously as differentiation in your
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Video: How Can You Write a Great Informational Essay (Including on a CAASPP PT?)
If your students are asked to write an informational essay on the CAASPP / SBAC performance task, what can they do to make it as excellent as possible? This 18-ish minute video walks them through a simple rubric, asking them to improve MY essay by looking through notes on astronauts to come up with a main idea. (Which winds up being that it is difficult but fun to become an astronaut!) It has a "thinksheet" that helps students engage and follow along. I have them scan the questions before we sta
Grades:
3rd - 11th
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NonFiction Text Structure Note Taking Anchor Chart
Use this product to have your students take notes on each nonfiction text structure. Students can fill in this organizer as you make an anchor chart. They can use the empty box to draw in organizers to use for each structure, key words, or an explanation of the structure. You could as use this for pre- or post-assessment.
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
Model informative essay on Pluto
An essay that I wrote on why Pluto is no longer considered a planet. This model shows the structure of an essay, includes sources, and an outline that I made of information before writing the essay. I use this as a model to introduce informative writing.
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2nd - 8th
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Informational Text Blank-Notes-Graphic Organizer
I created this organizer to support some of my ESE students when they read and analyze informational text/articles. It allows them to jot down notes from each paragraph and then make a summary of the entire text. Very easy to read and use. You will use this over and over text after text!! The students LOVE using it. They say it really helps them understand what they are reading.
Grades:
K - 12th
ScienceSaurus - Ecology
Guide students through the "Ecology" section (pages 126 - 138) of the ScienceSaurus student handbook for grades 3 - 5 using this worksheet. All answers are in order of the reading and are in presented in a variety of formats.
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Text Features
Students will scaffold informational texts in search of text features such as headings, captions, charts, maps, subheadings.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Learning the parts of an introductory paragraph
This lesson has teacher and student instructions. This lesson will help students get ready for the Florida Standards Writing Assessment or any Common Core Standardized Writing Assessment. The lesson can take 2-3 days depending on student ability. This lesson focuses on the introductory paragraph of an essay: writing thesis statement with reason and developing a wrap up or closing statement. The lesson is built on the Gradual Release of Responsibility by Fisher and Frey (I do, We do, You do toget
Grades:
4th - 8th, Adult Education, Staff
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Types of PARCC Questions - Set 2: Text Structure
Want to familiarize your students with the different categories of questions that will be asked on the PARCC test? Give your students strategies for the different categories of questions on the PARCC.
This is the second set of notes categorizing 4 types of text structure questions found on the PARCC: Organization, Sequence, Development, and Author’s Purpose. Each set of notes includes 3 sample questions and strategies for each category, as well as targeted key words/ phrases to look for. I cr
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4th - 8th
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Peer Review Checklist ACER-CON model for Argumentative Writing
This checklist is for peer review on argumentative writing using the ACER-CON model of argument, claim, evidence, reason, conclusion (with repetition). This checklist goes over the expectations of the writing assignment with room for partner feedback.
Grades:
4th - 11th
Informative Essay or Presentation Template
Looking for an informative essay or presentation template? This is the document for you!This document is ready to share through Google Drive or Google Classroom. Students can even collaborate by sharing it with each other.The template includes all of the basic components of an informative speech or essay. Document is completely editable to meet your classroom needs.Components:Introduction with topic, hook, and thesis statementSubtopic 1 with supporting detailsSubtopic 2 with supporting detailsSu
Grades:
5th - 7th
Types of PARCC Questions - Set 1: Informational Text
Want to familiarize your students with the different categories of questions that will be asked on the PARCC test? Give your students strategies for the different categories of questions on the PARCC.
This is the first set of notes categorizing 4 types of informational text questions found on the PARCC: Vocabulary, Main Idea, Summarizing, and Writing Prompts. Each set of notes includes 3 sample questions and strategies for each category, as well as targeted key words/ phrases to look for. I c
Grades:
4th - 8th
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