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4th grade writing-expository teacher manuals for GATE
Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit
Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit – This creative and hands-on project is a wonderful opportunity for students to show their understanding of pioneers moving west. Learners will create a covered wagon out of construction paper, cardboard, and a shoebox. The bonnet of the wagon will include: • A map of the Oregon or California Trail • A model of a labeled wagon • A list of chores on the trail • A list of entertainment on the trail • Pictures and captions of 4 maj
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Mock Trial Preparation and Script
This product includes graphic organizers to help your students gather ideas and information to present in a formal trial-like manner. You can use any literature story or informational text with this packet. Put a character or a historical figure on trial for crimes they've committed. The possibilities are endless!You will receive:Printable pages that can be used to create a packet specialized for both the Prosecution team and the Defense Team.A script to help move the trial along in a manner tha
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Westward Expansion Project Bundle - This bundle includes three fun and engaging projects about Westward Expansion. Students will gain valuable researching skills while also developing their presentation, writing, reading comprehension, and interpersonal skills. ABC’s of Moving West– This creative project asks students to work in groups to create an ABC book about the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion. Learners will identify several important and meaningful words associated with their assi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Writing Unit | Informational Reports | Ontario Curriculum | Google Slides™
Make teaching INFORMATIONAL REPORT WRITING easy for YOU and YOUR STUDENTS with this MODELLED WRITING RESOURCE. This unit includes 41 Lessons that are scaffolded to help bring your students writing up to the next level! Clear directions and Step by Step Google Slides™ accompaniment for the Lessons makes it easy for you to implement.Lead your students through these scaffolded lessons to help them through the writing process! Give yourself your time back in planning - and increase your students con
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Marlene
WRITING PACING GUIDE - SCOPE AND SEQUENCE - LONG RANGE PLANS LANGUAGE ARTS
This 3-5 Grade Writing Pacing Guide will provide teachers and homeschool parents with ideas on what ORDER to teach writing through the whole school year. Although it is set up to go along with my signature STEP-BY-STEP WRITING® PROGRAM FOR GRADES 3-5 to turn reluctant writers into ROCKSTAR WRITERS®, you will find that it works for most writing programs since it follows through the WRITING PROCESS. It is perfect for long-range planning.Year-long scope and sequence for writing!The standards for th
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Tasty Tuesday Yearlong Writing Program
Tasty Tuesday is a delicious way to give your students a concrete example about which to write. Everything you need is included to implement this program with your class or entire grade level.
Check out this blog post to see how Tasty Tuesday can look in your classroom!
*Download the preview for a complete description and free recipe!*
Grades:
K - 5th
LEGO Writing Prompts 4th Grade STARR
Engage your kinesthetic learners during your writing block!!
I teach Gifted students and the vast majority are kinesthetic learners. I had to find a way to engage them in writing. One day, during a design challenge a light bulb went off in my head! Why not incorporate building and writing? So, I came up with the idea!
You will need Legos or other building blocks. I had parents donate them. I have small containers (purchased from the dollar store) full of legos for partners or groups of
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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STAAR Expository Writing Guide Bundle
This product will help guide your student through writing an expository essay that is opinion based. It’s also a no-fail way to prepare your students for that writing composition state assessment! The teacher lessons are no-prep and easy to use!DISCLAIMERThe STAAR Expository Writing Guide for Students is a great complementary resource. Please note: The essay in the two products is NOT the same. I do not have my students actually write the essay in the student guide. Instead, it is a way for the
Grades:
4th - 7th
Writing Scope and Sequence 4th Grade
This writing scope and sequence was designed to save you HOURS of planning time...FOR YOUR ENTIRE YEAR! It is over 100 pages of Writing lesson plans and notes!! Already have a scope from your district? You can still use this document as a pacing guide!!I have included ALL Texas 4th grade Writing TEKS!! Although CCSS are not included, all skills covered correlate with things that you want your kids to know and do when it comes to writing.**YOU WILL NEED FUN SIZE ACADEMIC WRITING BY GRETCHEN BE
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4th
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Also included in: Writing and Grammar Scope and Sequence 4th Grade
Current Event Template
This ready to print template is for recording and reporting current events. Two versions are included, one with directions and one without. Also included are two graphic organizers that can be used to take notes when students are reading through an article. This is a great activity for early finishers or for a GATE project. It can be used as practice for gathering data from informational texts.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Gifted and Talented GATE WRITING COLLECTION 122 Pages
Get six highly rated GATE writing lesson bundles at 33% off individual purchases. This collection is packed with variety, creativity, challenge, and the Common Core.
See the big preview! Hours and hours of class instruction and engagement!
You'll get the following bundles adaptable from 3rd through 8th grade:
Road Trip Adventure Cross-Curricular Writing Journey: Students practice all sorts of writing from graphic design to narrative to expository as they journey across the USA and create p
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Explorer Timeline Project Using a Graphic Organizer
TEXT NOT INCLUDED This foldable graphic organizer can be used with any explorer unit. Students research explorers using outside sources, then complete this foldable project. It can be used as a component in an interactive notebook or displayed on a bulletin board. Choose which explorers you want to assign to students. I assign five for my 4th graders. This product includes 22 images of the most commonly studied explorers of North America.Follow us at:www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/thank-a-
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: 4th Grade California Social Studies Projects All Year
READING RESPONSE BUNDLE
A collection of my Reading Response materials will give you so many materials for responding to any novel, picture book, or basal reader! See individual product links below for more details on each individual product!
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Writing Prompts MYSTERIES ... Tips Rubrics Checklists ... Grades 4-5-6
MYSTERY Themed Creative Writing PromptsVocabulary, Guidelines, Tips for Writing, Rubrics, Checklist for Students, Word Banks 25 prompts, photographs, elements . . . and more Grades 4-5-6 WRITING PROMPTS: for Mysteries . . . NO PREP . . . WRITING . . .FREEBIE . . . Four MYSTERY Writing Prompts in the Preview. . . FREE "Always something EXTRA" to help TEACH / REVIEW / PRACTICE skills in FUN ways.⭐ Click to follow TEACHING STUFF PLACE for updates and FREEBIES. ⭐*** Writing Prompts Buyers’ comm
Grades:
4th - 8th
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6 Traits of Writing Songs and Book
Children learn the six traits of great writing along with presentation skills, plus all parts of speech, in 27 songs. The 64-page book includes lyrics to all songs, directions for creating quality student-generated rubrics for grades K-5, and dozens of additional ideas for improving your students' writing skills. You will find that Common Core writing standards become fun and easier for students to master with this resource.As a pilot assessor in the original Six Traits study, I've used the trai
Grades:
1st - 4th
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Native American Project - Compare and Contrast
This Native American Project is a fun way to compare and contrast Native American Indians in different regions. I have also included a second version to compare and contrast Native American Tribes.
This product includes:
- visual sample of project
- how I teach the unit
- sample anchor charts
- tips and different options for project
- student samples
- project description sheets for students
- copies for headings, maps, note taking, and rubrics (two versions)
- teacher sample to be assembled
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Research Logs - Gifted and Talented Projects -7 Units
Independent Research Logs
Topics Include:
Arctic
Tundra
Desert
Ocean
Rainforest
Grassland
Students are expected to:
Create a list of topics they'd like to study
Choose one of those topics to research
Generate open-ended questions about the topic
Locate sources to find the answers to their questions
Take notes and cite their sources
Focus their research
Write a report / draft
Create a product to show their learning
Grades:
1st - 6th
Informational Writing Sample
Teaching informational writing? It is always helpful to share with the students a sample for what informational writing looks like. This is a sample of a 4 paragraph essay on Labrador Retrievers. This writing piece follows the format: introduction (hook & thesis), 2 body paragraphs (sub topics with facts and explanations), and a conclusion! *** Love this sample? In my store you can purchase the checklist to go with the format of this writing piece! ***
Grades:
3rd - 6th, Adult Education
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Age of Exploration: Explorer Research Book Template and Tasks (DIGITAL)
This is a Research Book Template which works great in a unit on the Age of Exploration. It supports all stages of the research/ writing process. This was designed with Google Classroom in mind. There are a total of 7 tasks to walk students through the research process (including prompts and examples). There are also digital research book templates as well. This resource also works well as an enrichment activity for G.A.T.E. students or early finishers!The resource includes an "Explorer Gallery
Grades:
4th - 6th
Expository & Informational Writing Intervention Toolkit: 80 small group lessons
This toolkit is designed to help you identify the intervention your students need in expository or informational writing and know exactly what lesson to do to help them grow! 80 strategy lesson cards help you intervene meaningfully at every step of the writing process.This resource is a .zip file. The files inside the zip file are non editable pdfs.Download the preview for sample pages of the resource. The Teacher’s Guide to Writing Intervention: A 36 page guide to show you how to…Differentiate
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Primary Sources Collection -- Complete Lessons with All You Need! 144 Pages
Best practices in history and 21st Century learning through primary sources, the Common Core, critical thinking, expository writing, public speaking, creative projects—they’re all here!THIS IS A VERY POPULAR, SOMEWHAT SMALLER, VERSION OF AN EVEN LARGER BUNDLE.You get five sets of bundled primary sources lessons—145 pages of lessons and materials in all—and a nice savings over buying the bundles individually. Each activity comes with explanations, guides, ready-to-print activity sheets, graphic
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Expository Writing Program | Daily Lessons | Activities | 11 Weeks
An innovative expository writing program with 11 weeks of daily writing instruction and activities for 4th - 7th grade. This program includes 500+ pages of detailed step-by-step instructions, templates, grammar practice, actual student writing samples, and so much more! EACH WEEK INCLUDES: 1. An overall plan for the week2. Five complete writing lessons3. All reference sheets and templates needed for the weekly writing lessons4. List of vocabulary words for the week5. A sheet with multiple oral p
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4th - 7th
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Jamestown Virtual Field Trip
Looking for ways to engage your students in digital project based learning. This resource transforms your students into interpretive park rangers who will be asked to conduct research about Historic Jamestowne on their virtual field trip.They will stand at places of significance within the site, conducting their research as they go and becoming familiar with the people and history of Jamestowne in the process. In the end, they will be given the opportunity to investigate a topic for further stud
Grades:
4th - 5th
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Also included in: Early American History Growing Bundle
Independent Study Project Guide
How many times have you heard the words, “I’m finished, Ms. Teacher,” from students who consistently complete assignments quickly and correctly? How many times have you scrambled to find activities that engage these students for the class period while challenging their learning and fostering their intellectual curiosity? This guide allows students to learn about their individual topics, how to synthesize information, and improve their writing skills and research skills… independently.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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