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Free 2nd grade writing-expository resources
Writing Prompts FREEBIE SAMPLE | Narrative, Informative, Opinion | PDF/GOOGLE
6 FREE Common Core-Aligned writing prompts pulled from my monthly writing prompt packets. Designed in traditional & real-world formats such as post cards, flyers, and newspaper articles. These prompts will help young writers discover the powerful role that writing plays in their everyday lives and make writing an adventure. All writing prompts are Common Core aligned to the following 3 English Language Arts Text Purposes: Opinion, Narrative, and Informative. ________________________________
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2nd - 3rd
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New Year & End of Year Writing Prompt- Dear Future Self...
Have your students write a letter to themselves in 10 years. They can place the letters inside of a time capsule, or you can mail it to them in 10 years!Students will reflect of their goals and dreams for the future. What will they be doing? What will they have accomplished? This freebie can be used as a:-First day of school activity-Last day of school activity-New Year activity-Writing CenterEnjoy! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me: SweetToothTeaching@gmail.com------------
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2nd - 12th
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FREEBIE PENGUINS Passage for Close Reading with Comprehension Questions
Kids love learning about animals. This non-fiction reading passage on PENGUINS includes vocabulary work, comprehension, notetaking, and expository or informational writing! Use during guided reading or whole class instruction. This could be used for first, second, or third grade. Perfect for a BIRDS unit or WINTER ANIMALS unit. This includes: 1-page passagevocabulary cards vocabulary worksheetcomprehension questionspenguin life cyclemap of penguin habitatswebeat/can/have graphic organizerinforma
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1st - 3rd
Opinion Writing: Would You Rather? Winter Theme FREE DIGITAL AND PRINT
This FREE WOULD YOU RATHER? PRODUCT is now available in a print version and a digital version! Let your kiddos have fun answering these 30 Would You Rather …? Winter questions. This product is a great activity to help your students practice Opinion Writing. THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:poster about the elements of a Would You Rather? Characteristics of an Opinion Story Chart 30 Opinion Writing Cards I would Rather graphic organizer Charts for Opinion Words and Sensory Words Chec
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Winter Math Literacy and Critical Thinking Activities
FREE How to Build a Snowman Writing Activity
Have your students explore "how to" writing using this winter-themed writing craftivity! Includes:* Snow globe template* Parts of a snowman template* 2 sequential writing pages (beginner and intermediate writing lines)Common Core Aligned: CCSS W.K.2; W.1.2 ; W.1.7; W.2.2Finished product makes a wonderful bulletin board display! Perfect for grades K-2!Click on the link to preview our Winter Writing Journal!To learn more about how we use this resource, read our blog post here.Enjoy!~Curriculum Cas
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K - 2nd
Solar Eclipse Flip Flap Book® FREEBIE
Get ready for the Solar Eclipse 2017! How exciting this is!
If you are planning on teaching about the solar eclipse in your classroom, this
Solar Eclipse Flip Flap Book® will be a perfect supplement to your lessons, observations, experiments, and research!
This resource ONLY USES 8 1/2 x 11 REGULAR COPY PAPER!
In this Solar Eclipse Flip Flap Book® the students will:
* define a solar eclipse
* define & illustrate important vocabulary: solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, umbra, penumbra, co
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2nd - 5th
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Nonfiction Informational Writing | Animal Research Project | All About Book |
Animal Research Projects are a great way to combine science and literacy!Your kiddos can choose an animal, do their research, and use this informational writing booklet to write and teach others about all they have learned. This All About book helps children organize their ideas and information using the table of contents and page headers that include body features, diet, life cycle, and habitat. If you find this resource helpful, please consider leaving feedback - it would make my day!This FRE
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K - 2nd
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How to Make a Gingerbread House | Free Winter Writing Craftivity
This is a free sample of my Winter Writing Craftivities. This freebie comes with an adorable gingerbread house topper and writing pages with boy and girl gingerbread options. Each writing page comes with a choice of 3 different styles of writing lines. So that you can pick the writing lines that work best for your writers. These are perfect to display in the halls, on the walls or on bulletin boards. For more ideas on how I use this activity, you can check out my website www.literacywiththe
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K - 5th
Habitats - rainforest and desert free activities
Included in this freebie are a habitat information page, compare and contrast sheets, and an animal sorting activity. This sample is focused on the rainforest and desert. Please visit our store to see our full habitat units (ocean, forests, rainforest, desert, arctic animals, and much more)!
If you like this sample, check out our full habitat units by clicking on the following links:
Habitats Bundle
Ocean Unit
Desert Unit
Rainforest Unit
Forest Unit
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1st - 3rd
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Differentiated Opinion Writing: Halloween
This collection of opinion writing has five different levels of support for early writers.
This is perfect for the differentiated or split-grade classroom.
There are five different Halloween prompts where students must choose between two items and state their opinion. Students answer with:
- a Venn Diagram to explore the characteristics of each choice
- a simple sentence with starter frame
- a longer sentence with started frame
- a longer sentence with less support and self-editing
- a longe
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K - 4th
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Lined Writing Paper with Picture Boxes | Opinion Writing FREEBIE
Opinion writing blank paper for your Writer's Workshop or Literacy Centers! This is a three lined writing paper with extra writing page for you to use in your classroom.Included in this freebie:1 Printable with Picture Box1 Printable with Only LinesThis FREE resource is a part of my Opinion Writing Lined Paper resource!OTHER WRITING PAPER:Primary Writing Paper BundleNarrative Writing PaperInformative Writing PaperWeekend StoryGuided Reading Writing JournalAll new products are posted at 50% for t
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K - 3rd
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Writing Prompt Choice Boards
Here are 6 Writing Prompt Choice Boards which will help your students with independence of writing to a variety prompts/questions!Categories include: Personal Narrative, Expository, Persuasive/Opinion, Descriptive, Imagination, and Procedural/How-To! There are many uses for these boards and a page is included to give you suggestions!Boards can be printed in color, back-front, or shrunk to a desired size! Enjoy! :) Get the Reading Response Choice Boards below!Reading Response Choice BoardsCheck o
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2nd - 5th
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Recount, Narrative, Persuasive and Report Writing Editing Checklists
This product includes editing checklists for recounts, narratives, persuasive, and report writing. It also includes general editing checklists for the 'editing' and 'publishing' stage of the writing process.Looking for other writing support resources? You may like these!- Writing Goals Peg Chart- Writing Support Bundle- WOW Words Flip Book- 5 ★ Writing Checklist- Story Starter Pencils- 'Said' SynonymsFollow me on Instagram to see these products in the classroom!Have an issue or question about th
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Writing Resources Scaffolds Support
Career Day {FREEBIE}
Grab this collection of writing prompts just for CAREER DAY! There is a set for K-2, with grade appropriate lines, as well as a set for 3-5.
The prompts included are:
*When I grow up I want to be...
*When I grow up...
*Someday...
*My favorite presenter was...
*My dad is a...
*My mom is a...
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©Little Red Writing House 2016. All Rights Reserved.
This digital download is creative property of Little Red Writing House. While this product is free, distribution is prohi
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K - 5th
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Transition Words in Writing {Anchor Chart Kit}
Transition Words in Writing - Anchor Chart KitThis set of transition word posters will make it easy for you to create a useful - and attractive anchor chart for your little writers!5 Types of Transition Words are included:Transitions to COMPARETransitions to add INFORMATIONTransitions for OPINIONSTransitions that CONTRASTTransitions to SHOW ORDER******************************************************OTHER RELATED RESOURCESPatrol Your Writing Edit with 'COPS'Paragraphs in the Writing ProcessRevise
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1st - 6th
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Also included in: Paragraph Writing Resources - 12 Months
New Years Writing 2024 - FREE Goal Writing Activity
New Year's activities for 2024! FREE - What are your student's goals? This no-prep activity helps students organize, pre-write, and edit. Two options are available! You can scaffold this goal-writing activity for many different grade levels.*updated every year!Download this writing activity to help students organize their goals and write about how they will achieve them.What's included:- 2 options for prewriting outline- 2 options for writing paper- editing checklist**** Thanks for leaving feedb
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2nd - 6th
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How to Write a Paragraph: Free Hamburger Chart
This is a free sample from our 12-week program entitled, "How to Write a Paragrah." This colorful chart provides children with a visual representation of how to structure a paragraph.
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Purchase the entire 12-week program here:
How to Write a Paragrah
How to WRITE a Paragraph is taught 4 days/week over a course of 12 weeks. The first four weeks cover sentence structure, grammar, mechanics and strong adjectives
Grades:
K - 3rd
Informative Writing Anchor Chart / Transitional Words
This Informational Writing - Transition or Linking Words Poster helps my students write informational pieces with more confidence and independence. Great resource for in-person or distance learning.Tip: take a screenshot and insert it right into your PowerPoint!Once you have downloaded this resource don't forget to come back and leave feedback to help you gain some TpT credits! If you want to keep up to date with my sales, new resources, freebies and so much more click the green ★next to my stor
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1st - 4th
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Informative Writing Rubric - Explanatory Self Editing Template - 3rd-5th FREEBIE
Are you looking for an easy way to grade your students’ essays? Look no further! This rubric and self assessment was created to scaffold the requirements as students develop their writing skills.This free basic rubric is used first, then followed by the rest of the rubrics, Opinion Essay Writing Guide, Rubric, Graphic Organizer, & Peer Editing Templates, as the class progresses in their writing skills. Teachers will be able to easily grade essays using these reusable quality rubrics.If you l
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2nd - 5th
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Informational Writing {Freebie}
This editable freebie was created to assist students writing expository papers. Provided are four animal groups with 12 animals in each group. Aquatic: crab, crocodile, dolphin, penguin, fish, octopus, sea horse, shark, frog, toad, turtle, and whaleFarm: billy goat, chicken, cow, cat, dog, duck, horse, mouse, pig, rooster, sheep, and turkeyForest: bear, beaver, deer, fox, snail, hedgehog, owl, rabbit, raccoon, rat, skunk, and squirrelWild: elephant, flamingo, giraffe, hippopotamus, kangaroo, li
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K - 2nd
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Sea Turtle Life Cycle
Sea Turtle Life Cycle:
This resource contains 12 different activities focused on the life cycle of a sea turtle. All of the activities are available in COL0R and BLACK and WHITE!!!
-informational reader: mini-book
-flip flap book
-petal book
-sea turtle life cycle ordering worksheet (circular)
-sea turtle life cycle stages worksheet (linear)
-sea turtle life cycle cards to cut and sequence (a set of colored, a set of black and white, and a set of word cards)
-5 two piece life cycle vocabulary c
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PreK - 3rd
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All About Sharks FREEBIE!
This All About Sharks FREEBIE is a great way to get kids doing their own research about animals. Students use the graphic organizer to collect facts about sharks and then publish their facts in an All About Sharks book.
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PreK - 3rd
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FREEBIE Biography Research Project Template Google Slides for Any Person
This 8 page FREEBIE: biography research project template is in Google Slides and is great for any person students are researching. Great for student collaboration (partners) and perfect for Speaking and Listening Activities. This is also included in my Women in History Month Close Reading Passages Writing Biographies 3rd 4th 5th GradeHere's what teachers are saying:"I used these templates to start our novel unit on Ready Player One. My kids liked the ease of use. The questions were simple to und
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2nd - 8th
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It's Time to Be Kind | Step by Step Paragraph Packet | Procedural Writing | FREE
World Kindness Day is celebrated in November, but every day is a day to show kindness to others! Our It's Time to Be Kind Paragraph Packet guides students step-by-step through the writing process as they write a well-developed paragraph about ways they can show kindness to others any day of the year!Our Paragraph Packets are designed to guide primary students through each step of the writing process while implementing a step-by-step method to help them create a well-developed paragraph that inc
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1st - 4th
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