Environmental Science ~ Paired Text with 3 Text Based Writing Prompts ~ No Prep!

Do you need to meet the demands of the new Common Core writing while using a variety of sources? This set includes 3 paired reading passages and 3 writing prompts. This is ideal for preparing your third, fourth or fifth grade students for state writing assessments and meeting new standards. The paired reading/writing packet provides activities that prepare students to complete text-dependent writing prompts.

This set offers text-based writing practice prompts using the following essential writing forms:
♦! Narrative - Point of View
♦! Opinion
♦! Explain - Main Idea and Compare Text

The third, fourth and fifth grade content-area topics fall under these categories:
♦! Reading - Poetry
♦! Science - Environmental Science
♦! Reading - Fictional story - Third Person - Fables

The set also includes the additional features:
♦! Blank graphic organizer and writing paper
♦! Vocabulary page that introduces content words
♦! All Fourth and fifth grade student learning goals *Marzano* based on strands 1, 2, and 3 of the Common Core Writing Standards.

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NOTE: This packet was revised and added to on 8/10/15
Thanks a bunch, Amanda Coffee