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5th grade writing-expository thematic unit plans 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
Informational paragraph writing PDF & Digital for Distance Learning
*Informational paragraph writing unit* You have to learn to crawl before you can walk. Similarly, students need to learn how to write a well-constructed informational paragraph before they can start composing multi-paragraph reports and essays. This unit will help you teach your students how to write an informational paragraph with a clearly stated topic sentence, text-based supporting details, a conclusion, and domain-specific vocabulary. The skill of writing a well-constructed informational p
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Newspaper Article Writing Unit {Here's the Scoop!}
This unit will have your students excited about writing and thinking reflectively about the world around them.About this ProductThis is one of my favorite Writing Units! Writing a Newspaper Article about the community, school, or class is a fun way for students to develop their writing skills, as well as connect with the world around them. The resources in this unit could be used to teach as a class Writing Unit, to create a class newspaper, a school newspaper, or in an after school club. Stud
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Writing Prompts Through the Year ~ Sharing Pages {BUNDLE}
Writing Prompts for Class Share Time build essential Common Core writing and speaking skills from the beginning of the year all the way to the last day of school and through summer too. These "Sharing Pages" give students a unique opportunity to share their writing in front of the class. Each writing prompt focuses upon a month of the year. From Back to School, 100th Day and Summer Fun, your class will love sharing their writing with their peers through this motivating class writing program!Use
Grades:
K - 5th
Endangered Species Informational Writing
Informational Writing Using 4 Different Text Structures:Students will choose an animal from the Endangered Species list then research.Using the handouts in this resource, students will use the sample paragraphs and write their own paragraphs. They will then use the digital template to publish their own information writing. Resource included:* Student handouts with sample paragraphs for Description, Cause & Effect, Problem/Solution, and Sequence of Events* Digital Template for the magazine ar
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3rd - 6th
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
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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
Michigan History State Study Bundle – ALL Content Included – No Textbook Needed!
Michigan History is a State-Aligned Resource that uses Nonfictional Informational Text to teach students about Native Americans in Michigan, Explorers, the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, Statehood, Michigan's Government, and so much more!Michigan History includes ELEVEN COMPLETE lessons. For less than $2.10 per lesson, we've packed this Bundle with all of the Content and engaging hands-on activities that students need to learn about Michigan's History:• Questions after each Mich
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Aesop’s Fables Unit & Lesson Plans – Genre Study for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade
This fables unit offers a complete reading, writing, speaking, and listening experience! It includes lesson plans, 10 stories with comprehension questions, 7 plays, writing, and compare-contrast activities. You’ll have everything you need to teach your third, fourth, or fifth grade students. Open the preview to take a closer look at the components. Lesson PlansThree weeks of ELA lesson plans are ready to go! You may use them to guide your study of fables. (Open the bonus preview to see the plans
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
NEWS & MEDIA LITERACY BUNDLE | ANALYSIS & CREATION OF NEWS | COMPLETE UNITS
We have bundled together FIVE of our MOST POPULAR MEDIA LITERACY resources to ensure your students can CONSUME all forms of NEWS as CRITICAL THINKERS and CREATE their news reports and MEDIA PUBLICATIONS by using correct literacy protocols and PROVEN TEACHING STRATEGIES.This is a MUST-HAVE in 2024 when FAKE NEWS, SCAMS and MISINFORMATION flood our social media feeds and screens.Be sure to read each resource description and review for further details, but we assure you will not be disappointed wit
Grades:
5th - 9th
Earth Day Opinion Writing Mini-Unit: Lessons, Writing Templates, Writing Rubric
Try out this mini opinion writing unit out this year on Earth Day! Teachers will love the done-for-you lesson plans and students will enjoy reading a variety of high-interest texts that help teach conservation.This writing unit is perfect to tie into the spring season while still addressing critical writing skills like researching, using graphic organizers and templates to help students arrange what they've learned about Earth's conservation into a strong opinion writing piece.Students will exp
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Lucy Calkins Argument and Advocacy Writing Unit Grade 5 Google Slides
Use these engaging slides to guide you and your students through the entire Argument and Advocacy Writing Unit of Lucy Calkins! All lessons include Connection, Teaching Point, Teaching, Active Engagement, and Celebrations! Please keep in mind that all of Bend I is exactly as Lucy wrote it, but that Bend II I tweaked.For Bend II, I decided to make the lessons more engaging (as any good teacher would do), which is why I included TedTalks. I found that, after teaching this unit for 5 years, that Be
Grades:
4th - 8th
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
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3rd - 5th
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Thankful Project--A Thanksgiving Middle School Writing Project
I developed the Thankful project as a way to utilize the step up writing process. I used a printable turkey found off of Google for a portion. The students pick three aspects of their lives that they are thankful for. This project culminates with a 5 paragraph essay consisting of introduction, three paragraph body, and conclusion. I have done this project with students in grades 6, 7, & 8. This project is not just about teaching writing skills, it is also to help students develop grat
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Grades:
5th - 8th
News & Report Writing | Research | How to write an Article | Student Newspaper
Whether it's a student NEWSPAPER REPORT, BLOG POST, ARTICLE, YOUTUBE VIDEO or something else, students need the skill to ANALYZE and WRITE and News Report in 2024.This COMPLETELY EDITABLE resource is designed to guide students through breaking down a news story into its essential elements and writing an efficient and effective report through proven TEACHING STRATEGIES.Purpose-built as a DIGITAL resource, it is packed with INTERACTIVE MEDIA and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS alongside a PRINT-BASED PDF versi
Grades:
5th - 9th
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.
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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
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3rd - 8th
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50 States Project - an upper-elementary research project
a 5-6 week reserach project your students will actually WANT to do. Great for high fourth grade-6th grade classrooms. Covers standards RI.7, RI.9, W.2, W.4, W.6, W.7, W.8, W.9 and SL4Includes 14 different projects that come together to create a large poster showcasing student work. Also included: editable parent letter, and editable luncheon invite to encourage parent participation and involvement when the projects are over.STANDARDS BASED RUBRICS included for easy grading.Projects involve VERY
Grades:
4th - 6th
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
AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH UNIT MEGA BUNDLE Writing Skills Report Present Theme
***BUNDLE & SAVE 40%!*** Teach informative research writing in a way that is engaging and memorable with this no-prep 568-page Around the World Research Unit MEGA BUNDLE-Writing Skills Lessons, Research Report, Presentation Project, Party, and Theme Day. Use this thematic unit to celebrate diversity, and culture, while students practice research skills, report writing, technology skills, manners, presentation, speaking, and listening skills! First, students will learn and practice a variety
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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
Memory Book - "Monthly Memories"
Memory Books are a great way to capture the year for your students. Monthly Memories is a fantastic keepsake that your students will enjoy well after they leave your class. And there is nothing more precious at the end of the school year than watching your students’ faces as they explore the work they’ve done since the beginning of the school year!
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Included in this unit is beginning and end of the year writing compari
Grades:
K - 5th
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May Writing Prompts for Class Share Time
Writing Prompts: May Writing Prompts for Class Share Time build essential Common Core writing and speaking skills from the beginning of the year all the way to the last day of school.
These May "Sharing Pages" give students a unique opportunity to share their writing in front of the class. Each writing page focuses upon the magical month of May. From May Flowers, Memorial Day and Mother's Day, to Bugs and Friendship, your class will love sharing their writing with their peers through this mo
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Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Writing Prompts Through the Year ~ Sharing Pages {BUNDLE}
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
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4th - 8th
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