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Informational text Common Core CCRA.W.8 resources
RACES Writing Strategy Posters | Citing Text Evidence | Text-Based Response
Your students have a basic understanding of what text evidence is, but are struggling to incorporate it in their writing. The RACES strategy is designed to guide students through the process of answering a constructive response prompt. (or text-based prompts)This resource is equipped with Text Evidence Discussion Bubbles which are perfect for small groups, whole-group discussions, teacher-led centers, or even online learning! These sentence starters encourage students to speak about the text. --
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1st - 6th
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Natural Resources Worksheets | Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources | Energy
Make learning about Earth's natural resources engaging with this planned out, easy to use hands-on unit! This unit includes 10 days of lesson plans, natural resources worksheets, fact book, and activities perfect for exploring living & nonliving resources, renewable & nonrenewable resources, and energy sources. Both a print and interactive digital version made for Google slides are included.A kid-friendly fact book includes all reading material in one easy to use place. Activities requir
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2nd - 4th
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Biography Research Graphic Organizers (with pop bottle project)
Use these handy graphic organizers to create a biography research project that includes a pop bottle project. Students will prepare a five paragraph themed biography research project along with a pop bottle character. This biography research project includes the tools to guide students through the research process. The templates are easy to use and provide students with all of the prompts and organizational tools to create a fantastic biography project! The pop bottle character project is a fun
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3rd - 5th
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Paraphrasing, Quoting, & Summarizing: Informative Writing Skills PRINT + DIGITAL
Help your students improve their writing by focusing on three key skills: paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing. This unit teaches students how to improve their writing skills by focusing on learning how to paraphrase, quote, and summarize text in their own writing! By learning the crucial skill of paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing, students will improve their writing drastically!In this informational writing mini-unit, your students will learn the differences between paraphrasing, quoting
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7th - 10th
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“All About” Nonfiction Booklet for Informative Writing {Templates}
This informational writing pack makes nonfiction writing simple and fun for your students! It is also a teacher friendly unit that requires no prep, simply print and use!
This pack includes 23 different writing template pages for your students to make a complete “All About” booklet! These are perfect to use as your students research a nonfiction topic and publish an informational “All About” book! Use these writing templates during your writing lesson, at a writing center, or during one of y
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1st - 5th
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Balloons Over Broadway Mentor Text Unit for Grades 3-5
Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet is such a great nonfiction mentor text to teach about the man behind the magic of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! If you don't own a copy of the book, check your local library or you might even find an online read-aloud of the text with a simple Google search!Using mentor texts is one of the best ways to maximize your teaching time. You are able to teach multiple skills, subjects, and topics with just one book!WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS UNIT?a week of pl
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: MENTOR TEXT CLUB by Jivey 1ST EDITION for Grades 3-5
Who Would Win? Independent Animal Research Project- Digital or Non-Digital!
Now includes an editable Googles Slides option for students along with a printable option that can be sent to students digitally! Perfect for distance learning!My students LOVE books from Scholastic’s Who Would Win? series and I wanted an extension project that allowed them to research their own animals to create their own Who Would Win? book. The book is a total of 10 pages that include the following:Page 1- Title page showing the two animals and a picture of eachPage 2- Scientific name of the
Grades:
3rd - 5th
5 Regions of the USA and State Report Research Project: BUNDLE
Looking for ways to engage your students as you teach about the states and regions of the United States? These bundled USA-themed products are the ideal extensions to your United States geography unit! Students are engaged as they research the regions of the USA, as well as each individual state, and create the interactive projects. Great for group work, writing centers, and to enhance your social studies units, these no-prep projects are packed full of content.Teachers often like to start by a
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3rd - 5th
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Animal Research Graphic Organizer
Are your first or second graders working on a research unit? These writing pages are perfect for ANY animal writing activity! Simply read aloud a selection of nonfiction texts to students, or use leveled informational books, research on pebblego, etc. for independent work. Students can then organize their facts by writing about the animal that is interesting to them.It's a great way for them to show all the information they learn! There are four different layouts that are scaffolded and differen
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K - 2nd
Credible Sources Media Literacy Online Research Slides & Activities - Digital
Credible Sources Media Literacy Online Research Slides & Activities - Digital: Equip your students with the essential skill of discerning credible sources from unreliable ones with this comprehensive resource. In today's digital age, the ability to navigate online information effectively is paramount. This Google Slides presentation and accompanying digital activities guide students through the process of evaluating source credibility, considering factors such as authorship, publication date
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7th - 10th
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Urban Legends Nonfiction Reading Passages & Questions (Printable & Digital)
30 urban legends and myths informational texts, reading comprehension and analysis handouts, writing prompts (persuasive, expository, creative/narrative) and graphic organizers (Printable & Digital) - NO PREP lesson plan, student handouts, PowerPoint slides, Google Doc, Google Slides, bell ringer, exit slip and effortless grading rubric perfect for distance learning!Urban Legends, mysteries and myths engage students in practicing every single common core standard for writing (persuasive, e
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Jack the Ripper: Tone & Bias in the Media Coverage of this Infamous Murder Case
Jack the Ripper. One of the most notorious serial killers of all time. And he was never caught. There are over 100 theories about his identity. If you're looking for a high-interest nonfiction topic to get your students interested in analyzing nonfiction, this is it! This activity has two parts. The first parts takes students through an exercise of identifying tone in a news article written about Jack the Ripper. There are four articles in this part of this lesson that all come from The L
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 6th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 6. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, genre, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, narrative writing, informative writing, analyzing argument and counterclaim, imagery, character traits, inferencing, central idea, summary w
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6th - 8th
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No-Prep: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Complete Package
This no-prep complete package is perfect to supplement the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition). Components include:*Comprehension & Vocabulary Packet:an independent practice worksheet for each chaptera vocabulary worksheet for each chaptera summary page for each chapteran answer key for the independent practice and vocabulary worksheets*Project Choice Board:15 different activities for students to choose from*End of Book Assessment:10 multiple choice questions2 "select all t
Grades:
6th - 9th
100th Day of School Activities ELA and Reading | Middle School Printables
Designed specifically for older students in grades 4-8, this 100th Day of School Printable Activities Set will give upper elementary and middle school students an opportunity to celebrate the 100th day of school, while practicing ELA and Reading Skills!When it comes to celebrating the 100th day of the school year, older students often get left out! This resource comes with several reading and ELA activities that will give students vital practice in upper elementary and beyond! CLICK HERE TO SAVE
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4th - 7th
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El Deafo Novel Study Book Unit
El Deafo Novel Study and Informational WebQuest Unit is a Common Core Standard aligned book unit to be used with the Newbery Honor-winning El Deafo by Cece Bell. This download contains both a printable, as well as a paperless Google Drive™, format.As a person who lives with a hearing loss, I highly recommend this novel to help students and adults alike understand the challenges that a person with hearing loss deals with daily and how to make communication easier and less frustrating for all invo
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4th - 6th
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Dinosaur Research Report - Nonfiction Passages to Read, Take Notes, & Write
Use these 5 informative nonfiction dinosaur articles to help your students research, take notes, and write a dinosaur report. This unit provides:*Directions for an in class research report.*Five informative nonfiction articles about the Triceratops, Parasaurolophus, Protoceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the Velociraptor. *3 Research fact sheets or note taking guides.*Rough Draft Writing Guide*Final Draft Sheets*Many Compare and Contrast Two Dinosaurs - Options*Cover Page, Title Page, Table of Co
Grades:
2nd - 4th
3rd, 4th, or 5th Grade Biography Informative Writing Unit Mini Lessons
Are you looking for an engaging way to teach Biography and Informative Writing? Are you not sure how to teach the Common Core standards for Informative Writing? These Informative Writing lessons will guide you and your students through the entire writing process from Researching to Publishing.Students love picking an important person to research for this writing project. This is such an easy way to give your students CHOICE while teaching writing.I have made it super easy for you to teach an eff
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: 3rd, 4th, or 5th Grade Informative Writing Unit Bundle
Biography Timeline Graphic Organizer Template
I always tell my students that a biography is the story of a person's life, as though a timeline was put into narrative form. For their upcoming writing project on a historical figure, I plan to have them prewrite by turning their research into a timeline. This template should keep them on the right track and help them see what is most important. Let me know how you use it in your classroom!
Grades:
2nd - 8th
4th Grade ELA Marzano Proficiency Scale Posters Differentiation - EDITABLE
Learning Goals and Scales are the ultimate Standards Based Grading tool! They don't just motivate a Growth Mindset, they define how students can demonstrate mastery. Every learning standard is broken down into 4 levels of Differentiation. These Posters lead students up a progressive learning path that mirrors the way they develop concepts. Aligned to Bloom’s or Marzano’s Taxonomy of cognitive skills. From easiest-hardest: (Recall/Retrieval, Comprehension, Analysis/Application, and Knowledge Util
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4th
2nd Grade ELA Marzano Proficiency Scale Posters for Differentiation - Editable
Learning Goals and Scales are the ultimate Standards Based Grading tool! They don't just motivate a Growth Mindset, they define how students can demonstrate mastery. Every learning standard is broken down into 4 levels of Differentiation. These Posters lead students up a progressive learning path that mirrors the way they develop concepts. Aligned to Bloom’s or Marzano’s Taxonomy of cognitive skills. From easiest-hardest: (Recall/Retrieval, Comprehension, Analysis/Application, and Knowledge Util
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2nd
5th Grade ELA Marzano Proficiency Scale Posters Differentiation - EDITABLE
Learning Goals and Scales are the ultimate Standards Based Grading tool! They don't just motivate a Growth Mindset, they define how students can demonstrate mastery. Every learning standard is broken down into 4 levels of Differentiation. These Posters lead students up a progressive learning path that mirrors the way they develop concepts. Aligned to Bloom’s or Marzano’s Taxonomy of cognitive skills. From easiest-hardest: (Recall/Retrieval, Comprehension, Analysis/Application, and Knowledge Util
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5th
Digital Middle School ELA & Reading Bell Ringers | Google Classroom Morning Work
Do you need a way to open class each day and review vital reading, grammar and writing skills in 6th, 7th and 8th grade? If so, this resource will be a perfect addition to your middle school ELA and reading classroom. This Google Slides resource contains 150+ daily, unique tasks for students that can quickly be assigned in Google Classroom for an easy, no-prep bell ringer!As a middle grades teacher, I realize that student engagement is very important and sometimes difficult to achieve. I wanted
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5th - 8th
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Continents Project and Craft - Research Report for the 7 Continents
Are your students learning about the seven continents? This no-prep social studies project is just what you need to help students research the 7 continents, take notes, and publish their report. Students will be engaged as they learn about the continents and create the interactive 7 Continents Fan. This project works well as an independent project or for group work. Students in groups of 7 can each study one continent and collaborate to create the finished product. This Continents project incl
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3rd - 5th
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