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Writing-expository Common Core RI.5.4 activities
Paired Passage with Writing ELA Test Prep 3rd 4th Grade SBAC Performance Task
ELA Test Prep made simple! These high-interest ELA performance tasks tie reading and writing together in meaningful ways for students. In each performance task, students will read two different informational passages to help them answer source questions, multiple-choice questions, and open-ended questions. Need a 3rd source? Links with short videoes on the topics are included.This bundle includes 3 complete ELA Performance Tasks on different topics.Students will then take all the information tha
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3rd - 4th
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Physical Science Reading Passages Differentiated Close Reading Passages
This Physical Science Close Reading Bundle comes with EIGHT engaging close reading passages on high interest Physical Science topics. These reading passages are the perfect way to tie together your science and literacy instruction this year. Your students will love using these fun passages for the middle grades to learn about topics like the atoms and molecules, properties of mater, oceans, simple machines, potential and kinetic energy and more. In addition to the differentiated Close Reading
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4th - 8th
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Inventor Reading Passages Informational Writing Template Research Project
Getting ready to study inventors and inventions? These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and research writing activities will help your students learn about inventors and conduct research on an inventor of their choice!Included are 9, two-page articles to help your students understand and learn about a wide range of inventors and their inventions all while they gather important information as they read informational text.Close reading anchor charts are also included to
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3rd - 5th
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Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle Frog Plant Butterfly Chick Reading Passages Activity
Looking for sea turtle, frog, plant, butterfly, caterpillar, bee, and chick life cycle reading passages and activities? These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and activities will help you engage your students and tie important science concepts and reading work together!Included are 11 nonfiction articles to help your students understand the phenomena of life cycles of plants, tomato plants, chickens, caterpillars to butterflies, bees, and tulips, all while they gather
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-LS4-3
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Inventor Research Project Writing Template Poster and Graphic Organizers
Looking for an inventor research project that is engaging and easy to implement any time of year or to celebrate Black History and Women's History months? This step-by-step project promotes student independence and includes a nonfiction article about Louis Braille to serve as an inventor research model and example to annotate together.This inventor research report project is broken down step by step, with templates to help your students write a research project independently. This set includes e
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3rd - 5th
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Animal Research: Animal, Ecology, Biome & Habitat Activity for Big Kids
Animal Research Activities for big kids tied to life science/ecology units! Includes 70 pages of guided notes to help support student understanding of ecology concepts through an animal of interest! Meets NGSS standards and ELA CCSS! This document includes the following:- Comprehensive Animal Research Note Sheets- Circle Schema Builder- KWL Chart- Can/Have/Are/Eat/Live Graphic Organizer- Informational Fact Graphic Organizers (Flower, Web, List)- Basic Biome Vocabulary (Words/Definitions)- Empty
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4th - 9th
September 11th Reader's Theater
Thank you for visiting Goodman's Goodies. This 6 page lesson plan includes a reader's theater, writing activities, grammar activities and a culminating activity. This integrated Social Studies and English Language Arts lesson is designed for 5th grade but can easily be adapted for grades 3-8. We Will Never Forget: A Tribute to September 11, 2001 by Tammy Goodman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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3rd - 8th
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Culturally Responsive, Game Based History! K4-5 Pre-Game Warm-Up_Bozeman Trail
Put Westward Expansion into full context with over 25 lessons that use an animated video, maps, DBQs, expository writing, class discussions & group challenges. Next? Play the BOZEMAN TRAIL board game (separate purchase). Structured by the NGSS 3D Learning Framework & aligned to meet Indian Education For All standards (WY & MT). A journey back in time you won't forget.BOARD GAME DESCRIPTION: "Set against the backdrop of the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie, this illegal short-cut off the
Grades:
4th - 7th
NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
Landmark Research Writing Project Template Poster and Graphic Organizers
Looking for an informative writing template for a nonfiction research projects that is engaging and easy to implement into your ELA or social studies block? This step-by-step project promotes student independence and includes a nonfiction article about landmarks to help students understand what an iconic landmark is and differentiate between natural and manmade landmarks.This landmark research report project is broken down step by step, with templates to help your students write a complete resea
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3rd - 5th
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Task Cards: Restating the Prompt
Students are able to practice restating the prompt, as a part of the writing strategy RACE. This can be used as a targeted intervention and differentiation tool for students who need specific practice in restating the prompt as a topic sentence. Look for the bundle pack as well, where all four parts of RACE are available! Use this for grade level practice for fifth graders, or accelerated work for students in lower grades.Print on card stock...cut...laminate...reuse!
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5th
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Presidents Day Writing Activities Reading Passages Research Project Poster
Getting ready to study U.S. Presidents this February? These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and research writing activities will help your students learn about U.S. Presidents and conduct research on a U.S. President of their choice!Included are 6, two-page articles to help your students understand and learn about a wide range of U.S. Presidents and their time in the White House all while they gather important information as they read informational text.Close reading
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3rd - 5th
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RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Should books be banned from school libraries?
Want to discuss book banning with your upper elementary students, but need to provide balance in your approach? This resource is a great starting point for thoughtful conversations and writing that approach the issue from both sides.The resource includes the following:3 nonfiction passages - one with a neutral perspective, one with a "pro" book banning perspective, and one with a "con" book banning perspective.Each passage includes three reading comprehension questions that focus on Craft and St
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Growing Bundle
Nonfiction Vocabulary You Should Know PowerPoint
Nonfiction Vocabulary You Should Know PowerPoint presentation on terms used in a nonfiction unit of study. Includes nonfiction, author's purpose, exposition, description, narration, and persuasion, types of nonfiction selections and their descriptions, nonfiction text structures, the difference between dialogue and dialect as well as stereotype and bias. Use this digital resource as an introduction to the terms used in nonfiction reading and writing. (Accompany it with my PowerPoint Structures o
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Nonfiction Vocabulary and Structure Bundle - Grades 4 - 8
RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Are Video Games Good for Kids?
Are your upper elementary students obsessed with video games? This resource allows them to explore video games and their impact on kids' health with argumentative writing and the RACES strategy.The resource includes the following:3 nonfiction passages - one with a neutral perspective, one that supports the idea that video games are good for kids, and one that supports the idea that video games are bad for kids. Passages are written at approximately a 700 Lexile level and aimed at 5th graders.Ea
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Growing Bundle
US Presidents Research Posters February Writing Prompt Bulletin Board Ideas
testpromo24 Looking for a U.S. President research project that is engaging and easy to implement any time of year or to celebrate Presidents Day this February? This step-by-step project promotes student independence and includes a nonfiction article about Abraham Lincoln to serve as a U.S. President research model and example to annotate together.This U.S. President research report project is broken down step by step, with templates to help your students write a research project independently. T
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3rd - 5th
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RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Should humans climb Mt. Everest?
Climbing Mt. Everest sounds like the ultimate challenge, but there are many potential consequences, some of them surprising. Using this resource, students will explore the pros and cons of climbing Mt. Everest, culminating in an argumentative writing piece that employs the RACES strategy.The resource includes the following:3 nonfiction passages - one with a neutral perspective, one that supports climbing Mt. Everest, and one that opposes climbing Mt. Everest. Passages are written at approximatel
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Growing Bundle
RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Should middle schoolers own cell phones?
Adults have lots of thoughts about students' cell phone use, but what do middle schoolers think? Using this resource, students will explore the pros and cons of tweens owning cell phones, culminating in an argumentative writing piece that employs the RACES strategy. The resource includes the following:3 nonfiction passages - one with a neutral perspective, one that supports middle schoolers owning phones, and one that opposes middle schoolers owning phones. Passages are written at approximately
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Growing Bundle
RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Should humans return to the moon?
Are you studying space or the solar system? Want a resource that allows students to explore a controversial issue in space? This resource allows them to explore the Artemis mission to return humans to the moon with argumentative writing and the RACES strategy.The resource includes the following:3 nonfiction passages - one with a neutral perspective, one that supports humans returning to the moon, and one that opposes returning to the moon. Passages are written at approximately a 700 Lexile level
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Growing Bundle
RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Do axolotls make good pets?
Due to social media and video games, axolotls' popularity has skyrocketed. Using this resource, students will explore the pros and cons of owning an axolotl as a pet, culminating in an argumentative writing piece that employs the RACES strategy.The resource includes the following:3 nonfiction passages - one with a neutral perspective, one that supports owning axolotls as pets, and one that opposes owning axolotls as pets. Passages are written at approximately a 700 Lexile level and aimed at 5th
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: RACES Strategy Opinion Writing: Growing Bundle
Current Event Nonfiction Article Bundle, Digital and Paper
This is the bundle of all my current event articles in both paper and digital formats!All of these products include nonfiction articles that will engage students in four different topics; Healthy Eating, The 2020 International SpaceX Launch, Visiting the Grand Canyon, and Saving Sea Turtles and Other Endangered Animals. Along with each article, you will also receive a fact page with interesting facts based on each topic. Each Resource will include a digital and paper version of the following:* E
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3rd - 5th
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Culturally Responsive, Game Based U.S. History! K4-5 Pre-Game Warm-Up: Alliance
Put colonial North America into full context with over 25 lessons using activities, maps, an animated video, DBQs, expository writing, class discussions & group challenges. Next? Play the ALLIANCE board game (separate purchase). WARNING: History class will never be the same.BOARD GAME DESCRIPTION: "A clever take on statecraft whereby six teams across colonial North America meet the triple challenge of nation building, international diplomacy, and economic sustainability. Iroquois Confederacy
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4th - 7th
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American Presidents Trading Cards Game & Timeline Activity
Two interactive activities that will allow your students to learn about all the American Presidents in a fun and interactive way.Firstly, a top trumps style card game that enables your students to learn about all of the American presidents in an interactive and engaging way, which your class will love! The game is perfect for introducing students to all of the U.S Presidents throughout history.Included in this resource:A ready to print PDF card game featuring all 46 presidentsA full page PDF dis
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3rd - 7th
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Polar Bear Non-Fiction Reading & Expository Writing + Digital Google Slides
☆ Includes GOOGLE SLIDES + PRINTABLE versions! ☆ This non-fiction reading passage is All About Polar Bears! In this passage, students will explore where polar bears live and what they eat, discover how polar bears survive in the arctic, and uncover the threats that polar bears face. ☆ Click the PREVIEW button for a closer look!This product includes: "All About Polar Bears" Non-Fiction Reading Passage (3-pages)Vocabulary TaskComprehension Questions- written response formatPolar Bear Report: Expos
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: All About Polar Bears | Cross-Curricular Conservation Unit | BUNDLE
Sea Turtle Non-Fiction Reading & Expository Writing + Digital Google Slides
☆ Includes GOOGLE SLIDES + PRINTABLE versions! ☆ This non-fiction reading passage is All About Sea Turtles! In this passage, students will learn the difference between turtles and tortoises, explore where sea turtles live and what they eat, discover how baby sea turtles survive on their own, and uncover the threats that sea turtles face. This product includes: "All About Sea Turtles" Non-Fiction Reading (3-pages)Vocabulary TaskComprehension Questions- written response formatSea Turtle Report: Ex
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: All About Sea Turtles | Cross-Curricular Conservation Unit | BUNDLE
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