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1st grade Halloween writing-expository unit plans

Informative writing for First Grade: All About Book

Created by

This informative writing workshop unit was created to help your students create an All About Book about their favorite animal. They will go through the research and writing processes as the unit aligns directly with the common core standards!Each year my first grade students research animals and create their own All About Books! This pack guides you step-by-step as you help your kids discover their love for non-fiction texts and writing. In the end, you have some adorable and informative books f

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans

CCSS:

W.1.2

, W.1.7

, W.1.8

Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year

First Grade Writing Bundle Kindergarten Writer's Workshop Curriculum Spanish

Created by

Keeping My Kinders Busy

These comprehensive writing units provide everything you need to successfully teach the kindergarten and first grade writing standards. Nine units are included in this bundle, and I will take you from your very first writing lesson through the end of the school year. All of your writing activities are planned for you! These units can be used as a stand alone writing curriculum, for writer's workshop, year-round writing centers, writing prompts and/or portfolios, or they can supplement your dist

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Worksheets, Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

RI.K.1

, RI.K.2

, RI.K.3

, RI.1.1

, RI.1.2

...

Rainforest Habitat - Science, Writing, Word Work, Math, & Art

Created by

Jessica Rosace

This unit plan is designed to teach children about the rainforest habitat and the animals that live there. It includes science, writing, word work, math, and art projects. There are plans for each activity aligned with common core standards. Download the preview for a closer look at exactly what is included.Science:Fact cards about the rainforest habitat, weather, plants & foods14 Animal fact cards: monkey, orangutan, gorilla, sloth, bengal tiger, African forest elephant, toucan, parrot, red

Subjects:

Science, Spring, Writing-Expository

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RF.K.2a

, RF.K.3

, RF.K.3c

, RF.K.4

, CCRA.W.2

...

Also included in: Animal Science SUPER BUNDLE - Animal Habitats & Animal Classification

Informative Writing

Created by

Samantha Kelly

Your K-1 kids will love learning about informative writing with this non-fiction writing unit! Students will learn what informative writing is and end the unit by writing their own all-about books. Included are 3 weeks of lesson plans for writers workshop, printables, anchor charts, activities, and writing templates. Get all five of my Writing Units bundled together for a SAVINGS! Writing Unit BUNDLE Or Check out the Individual Units Below: Beginning Writing: Launching Workshop Opinion Writi

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

K - 1st

Types:

Research, Unit Plans, Lesson

Also included in: Writer's Workshop Bundle

Long Ago and Today Comparing the Past and Present

Created by

Lead in Literacy - Christina Mrs Winters Bliss

My students and I love learning about life long ago and comparing the past to the present! I love that this Long Ago and Today social studies unit easily integrates with our ELA “ALL ABOUT” informative writing unit. By the end of the unit, students will understand that…They know a lot about differing topics and can write focused information to teach others.They can gather data from various sources like books, websites, videos, and other media sources. They use this knowledge to help them tell mo

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, U.S. History, Writing-Expository

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

W.K.2

, W.1.2

, W.2.2

All About Spiders: Spiders Unit for Kindergarten and First Grade

Created by

Stephanie Trapp

Eeeek! Spiders! Learn more about these creepy crawlers during a week-long spider unit for kindergarten and first grade! This comprehensive unit includes detailed daily lesson plans with literature suggestions, along with reading, writing, math, science, handwriting, and art activities. It also includes a STEM activity and links to videos that complement the unit study.Click on the PREVIEW to read each lesson plan, see the Week-at-a-Glance planning sheet, as well as examples of printables and ar

Subjects:

Biology, Halloween, Science

Grades:

K - 1st

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

Persuasive Writing Unit- Year 1 & 2

Created by

Mrs Amy123

In this unit, students learn the elements of a persuasive writing text in order to effectively construct their own.✩It is a 10-week unit (~10 lessons) that contains all lesson resources including worksheets, printable activities and posters along with enough writing prompts to continue practicing throughout the year!✩ The editable planner includes relevant Australian Curriculum links. Includes a planner for version 8.4 and version 9 of the Australian Curriculum.✩To keep lessons simple and succin

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Posters, Lesson

Hamburger Paragraph Craft and Organizers

Created by

Jennifer Bates

This packet includes everything you need to teach the Hamburger Paragraph!lesson ideascraft directionscraft templatesgraphic organizers {blank, lined, and primary lines in black and white and color}sample writing prompts for narrative, informative, explanatory, and opinion writing"My students really grasped this concept when using the hamburger. It was a lot of fun for them and I enjoyed teaching it!" -Emma S. "Just what I was looking for when introducing paragraph writing! The students loved u

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

W.1.1

, W.1.2

, W.1.3

, W.2.1

, W.2.2

...

Bats Literacy and Math Activities

Created by

Hollie Griffith

Use this reading extravaganza to explore fiction and nonfiction reading strategies while learning about bats! It was created using the common core standards and includes comprehension guides (Stellaluna by Janell Cannon, Bats by Gail Gibbons, & Magic School Bus Chapter Book #1: The Truth About Bats), crafts, a bat glyph, informative writing, fiction and nonfiction reading response sheets, supplemental interactive notebook pages specific to informational texts about bats, language arts activi

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Reading

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Guided Reading Books

Also included in: Spiders, Bats, and Pumpkins | Nonfiction Reading, Science, and Math BUNDLE

The Biggest Pumpkin Ever - Book Companion

Created by

Kelly McHaffie

*Completely updated 9/28/15 The Biggest Pumpkin Ever is a great mini-unit designed around the popular Halloween themed book, The Biggest Pumpkin Ever, by Steven Kroll. In the packet you will find lots of reader's response sheets including venn diagrams, character trait bubble maps, a pumpkin brace map, a fun pumpkin emergent reader book (focus on sight word 'see') and pocket chart activity, etc... You will also find a pumpkin exploration sheet which allows your students to use their five senses

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables, Graphic Organizers

Writing Magazine Project Cumulative Writing Passion Project for End of the Year

Created by

The Mountain Teacher

Are you looking for a passion project or a cumulative end of year writing activity for students? Having students create their own magazine project is a GREAT way to review every genre of writing! Wrap up your year or begin a new year by reviewing ALL genres of writing focused on one topic with this writing a magazine project: narrative, opinion, informative, how to, letter writing, poetry, and more. Ideas for Using the Magazine Project: This end of year magazine project is very flexible to fit y

Subjects:

End of Year, Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Centers

CCSS:

W.1.1

, W.1.2

, W.1.3

, W.2.1

, W.2.2

...

Also included in: Year Long Writing Prompts and Curriculum Bundle | Narrative Informative Opinion

The Good The Bad & The Spooky Activities Book Companion Reading Comprehension

Created by

First Grade Roars

The Good The Bad & The Spooky is an absolutely adorable Halloween story that teaches a great message to the readers. This fun book will engage your students as they follow the Bad Seed's journey to finding the true meaning and spirit of Halloween. This Seed activity pack is filled with comprehension strategies to focus on the Common Core State Standards. There are also writing and word work activities. Students will have fun creating the Seed in a Squirrel Costume too. This unit can be use

Subjects:

Character Education, Halloween, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.7

, RL.1.9

Also included in: Halloween Mega Bundle Reading Comprehension Book Companions October

The 7 Continents: Social Studies MEGA GOOGLE Digital Distance Learning BUNDLE

Created by

Double Dose of Learning

The Continents Social Studies Distance Learning Google Classroom unit for grades 1-3 includes 7 separate Google units! Units include: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia! Easily differentiate with built in options that require NO EXTRA PREP. Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about the continents in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differentiated for all learners. This resource will

Subjects:

Close Reading, Geography, Writing-Expository

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

RI.1.1

, RI.1.2

, RI.1.4

, RI.1.7

, RI.2.1

...

Informative Writing Unit Nonfiction Writing Lesson Plans, Graphic Organizers

Created by

Missing Tooth Grins

This informative writing unit is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and will help you teach and guide your students through the writing process and research process. This unit has lesson plans that help you plan your nonfiction writing unit!In this resource, you will find:-Informative Writing Anchor Chart-Diagram Anchor Chart-Caption Anchor Chart-Lesson Plans-Shared Writing Component: To introduce your students to informative writing, you will complete a shared writing component (without

Subjects:

Tools for Common Core, Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Lesson

Kindergarten Writing Curriculum Scribbles to Stories™ Unit 1: I Can Draw

Created by

Project Based Primary LLC

Scribbles to Stories™ is a 10 unit kindergarten writing curriculum for classroom and homeschool learning environments. It can be used in a workshop model setting, as shared writing, in structured literacy programs, in small groups, or as independent writing. Each unit comes with detailed daily lesson plans, mentor text guide with diverse and inclusive titles, student reference posters and anchor charts, writing paper options, check lists, graphic organizers, certificate, and classroom library bi

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

K - 1st

Types:

Unit Plans, Homeschool Curricula, Lesson

Also included in: Kindergarten Writing Scribbles to Stories™ BUNDLE + Bonus Poetry Unit

Pig the Monster Activities Book Companion Reading Comprehension

Created by

First Grade Roars

Pig is up to no good in this story. Students will not want to go trick or treating with Pig! This fun rhyming book will make your students giggle while you read it. This Pig the Monster activity pack is filled with comprehension strategies to focus on the Common Core State Standards. There are also writing and word work activities. Students will have fun creating the Pig & Trevor crafts too. Anchor Text:Pig the Monster by Aaron BlabeyPosters:Characters/Setting/MessageMain Idea/Details (ret

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Halloween, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.4

, RL.1.7

...

Also included in: Halloween Mega Bundle Reading Comprehension Book Companions October

Writing Paragraphs Mini-Unit

Created by

The Polka Dotted Classroom

This paragraph pack is your quick to use life saver for teaching primary grade kiddos how to write paragraphs! I use this every year in my second grade classroom!What is Included:Posters explaining each part of a paragraph Daily Lesson plans (Hello life saver!!) I leave these for subs when I am out!Worksheet for topic sentence, closing sentence, and detailsEditing Practice WorksheetParagraph mix-up gameGraphic Organizers (I put these in my writing center after I have taught the students to use

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Unit Plans, Printables

Also included in: Writing Mega Bundle! {Descriptive, Paragraph, Persuasive, Informational}

Planting Bundle - Science, Writing, Interactive Notebook, Word Work, and Math

Created by

Jessica Rosace

Everything you need this spring to teach your students about planting! The science and writing units combined with the interactive notebook makes learning fun and engaging. Check out the listings below to learn more about what is included in each. By purchasing the bundle, not only will you save money, but you get a BONUS file with planting themed word work and math resources!Planting Science UnitPlanting Interactive Science NotebookPlanting Writing UnitWord Work:Beginning Sounds: Spinner activi

Subjects:

Science, Spring, Writing-Expository

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables, Interactive Notebooks

Expository Writing for Kids! {CCSS aligned}

Created by

Christine Statzel

This unit is all about teaching your students the 3 types of expository writing: Compare & Contrast, How-to, and Informative. If you liked my Write Right! Series then you will love this post-unit! Each section comes with Step-by-step posters, graphics organizers, and writing paper. I hope you enjoy it and I hope your students become better writers! What's Included: * What is Expository Writing Poster * 3 Types of Expository Writing Poster Compare & Contrast Writing * Steps 1-3 Direct

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing-Expository

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables, Posters

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything for SPED

Created by

A Special Kind of Class

Using the book “The Little Old Woman Who Was Not Afraid of Anything” by Linda Williams, this unit contains five days of simple activities and communication boards. Use the activities to expand your students’ knowledge of book conventions, prediction and ability to answer questions.Non-verbal children or children with complex needs should have the same opportunities to actively engage in group reading activities as their peers. With some modifications and picture support, these students can be

Subjects:

Halloween, Reading Strategies, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Unit Plans, Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.K.1

, RL.K.2

, RL.K.10

, RI.K.5

, RI.K.6

Big Pumpkin: Speech and Language Companion

Created by

Talk SLP To Me

This 56 page speech and language companion was developed for use with the book, "Big Pumpkin", by Erica Silverman and can be used to target a variety of receptive and expressive language skills including identifying and labeling nouns and prepositions, categorizing, stating attributes, describing similarities and differences, following directions, answering questions, sequencing, and story retelling. This packet includes an open ended game board which can be used to target articulation/phonology

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 3rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Centers

Gustavo the Shy Ghost Activities Halloween Book Companion Reading Comprehension

Created by

First Grade Roars

Gustavo is the sweetest little ghost who happens to be shy and invisible. He decides to be brave and it opens up a world of friendship. Students will love this beautifully written story and all these fun extensions to go with it. This activity pack is filled with comprehension strategies to focus on the Common Core State Standards. There are also writing and word work activities too. Students will have fun creating the Gustavo craft as well.Anchor Text:Gustavo the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Halloween, Reading Strategies

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, Printables

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.4

, RL.1.7

...

Also included in: Halloween Mega Bundle Reading Comprehension Book Companions October

NGSS Pumpkin and Five senses Unit Kindergarten First Grade

Created by

Rrrerin2Learn

Learn about pumpkins and explore using your five senses with this kindergarten or first grade science unit. Aligned with NGSS standards for kindergarten and first grade. Students will engage in inquiry-based learning, discussions, activities, and more while learning about plants. Unit focus areas: 5 senses Observing pumpkin changes Parts of a pumpkin How pumpkins survive Life cycle of a pumpkin Uses of a pumpkin Students have an opportunity to guide the learning through questions and researc

Subjects:

Autumn, Critical Thinking, Halloween

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables, Lesson

How To Procedural Writing Unit Kindergarten Writing Curriculum

Created by

Natalie Lynn Kindergarten

Kindergarten How To Writing Unit // This unit will teach your students to choose a topic, write the steps, add details, and write across pages. This unit includes detailed lesson plans, anchor charts and posters, mentor text recommendations, writing paper, and rubrics - everything you need for a comprehensive how to writing unit!Find the year-long bundle here: Kindergarten Writer's Workshop for the YearLessons:1. Writing to Teach2. Things I Can Teach Others3. Giving Directions4. Transition Words

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Expository

Grades:

K - 1st

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

W.K.2

, W.K.5

, W.K.7

, W.K.8

Also included in: Kindergarten Writing Curriculum Bundle | Kindergarten Writer’s Workshop Units