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Personal Narrative Writing Unit | Print & Digital | Google Slides
This resource on Personal Narratives was designed to teach students about this particular genre, and to walk them through the process of writing their first personal narrative. Digital pages are available for the student pages only. These can be used with Google Slides.This unit is broken down into 16 lessons and should be used over the course of 3 to 4 weeks:Lesson 1: What is a Personal Narrative?Lesson 2: Personal Narrative TopicsLesson 3: Small MomentsLesson 4: Brainstorm & OrganizeLe
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle | Informative Narrative Opinion | Print & Digital
Paragraph Writing How to Write a Paragraph of the Week 2nd 3rd 4th Grade Prompts
Paragraph writing with PARAGRAPH OF THE WEEK is better than a hamburger paragraph template at teaching 2nd, 3rd & 4th graders how to write a paragraph using templates, writing rubrics, graphic organizers, and a step-by-step system that scaffolds the writing process in a way students understand in grade 2, grade 3 and grade 4 and can internalize.This paragraph writing resource includes informative, narrative, and persuasive/opinion for the entire school year (plus there's a digital version in
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2nd - 5th
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200 Daily Bell Work Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
Be prepared to teach your Grade 4-6 Language class with a year's worth of bell work writing prompts for Google Slides™! This resource is perfect for a soft start to the Language block and for creating a daily routine for your students to follow.This resource includes 200 writing prompts themed for each day of the week to spark student interest and promote engagement. Every prompt comes with an example of how students should organize their journals, including partial sentences to get students sta
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Grade 4 Ontario 2023 Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
PARAGRAPH OF THE WEEK | NARRATIVE
Paragraph of the Week is a teacher-created, student-tested, step-by-step process for teaching kids how to write a paragraph. It provides daily practice in both sentence writing and paragraph writing. Each weekly prompt breaks the writing process down into manageable pieces that prevents students from feeling overwhelmed or reluctant to write. The format also allows for your advanced writers to focus on improving their craft.The 20 narrative writing prompts, graphic organizers, writing paper, rub
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1st - 6th
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Poetry Unit Writing 5 Types of Poems Haiku, Limerick, Free Verse, I am, Shape
Engage your students in poetry writing with this comprehensive poetry unit! Your students will spend time learning about and analyzing 5 different types of poetry and then they will practice writing their own poems. Lead your students to discover haiku, limerick, I am, shape and free verse poetry. Quick and easy set up makes this poetry unit perfect for any classroom in grades 3, 4, 5 and 6. Plus, there is a teaching powerpoint to help with direct instruction. Here’s what you'll get in this poet
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3rd - 6th
Mystery Genre Study Unit - Read, Write & Think Like a Detective Activities
Read, write, and think like a detective! Bulk up your mystery genre study with inference activities, short stories, writing projects, secret codes, observation, logic puzzles, fingerprinting, and invisible ink! This unit is guaranteed to engage your third, fourth, or fifth grade students.Open the previews to take a closer look at all resources.Read Like a DetectiveEight inference activities and five short detective stories help kids build critical thinking and deduction skills. These literature
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3rd - 5th
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Research Templates Google Classroom Digital Projects Elementary Activities Comic
Need some engaging digital projects templates for your classroom? This Google Classroom Digital Projects Bundle is a perfect go to for easy to use and ready to use elementary Google Classroom activities that your students will love! Your students will be engaged with these digital project templates as they create comic strips, social media posts, biography reports and SO MUCH MORE! Since these are digital projects they are great for saving paper and can be used across multiple subject areas. ⭐SA
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3rd - 6th
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PARAGRAPH OF THE WEEK | OPINION
Paragraph of the Week is a teacher-created, student-tested, step-by-step process for teaching kids how to write a paragraph. It provides daily practice in both sentence writing and paragraph writing. Each weekly prompt breaks the writing process down into manageable pieces that prevents students from feeling overwhelmed or reluctant to write. The format also allows for your advanced writers to focus on improving their craft.The 20 opinion writing prompts, graphic organizers, writing paper, rubri
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2nd - 5th
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ELA Emergency Sub Plans for Middle School Vol. 3
Emergency ELA Sub Plans for Middle School - Volume 3These language arts sub plans are perfect for filling (or refreshing) your substitute binder with engaging, standards-based activities. This is a true stand-alone resource that was designed to offer a print and go sub plan solution for middle school ELA teachers. No additional books or companion materials are needed!This EMERGENCY ELA SUB PLAN Set #3 resource includes:• A 4-page high-interest reader’s theater script • Reader Response Questions•
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4th - 7th, Staff
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Also included in: ELA Emergency Sub Plans Bundle for Middle School
Paragraph Writing Prompts - 5 Different Writing Forms (Grades 4-6 Language)
Paragraph writing is a fundamental skill that all students need to develop. These paragraph writing prompts are an effective tool that can be used to help students develop their writing skills. This resource is printable and can be used with Google Slides™ with no printing necessary.The Paragraph Writing Prompts for Grades 4-6 include a wide range of writing forms including explanatory, recount, narrative, persuasive and procedural writing, giving students the opportunity to explore various writ
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Grade 4 Ontario 2023 Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
Fictional Narrative Writing Unit | Story Writing | Print & Digital
This resource on Fictional Narratives was designed to teach students about this particular genre, and to walk them through the process of writing their first personal narrative. Digital pages are available for the student pages only. These can be used with Google Slides.This unit is broken down into 19 lessons and should be used over about 4 weeks:Lesson 1: What is a Fictional Narrative?Lesson 2: Identifying Parts of a NarrativeLesson 3: Brainstorming Narrative IdeasLesson 4: Prewriting: Charact
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle | Informative Narrative Opinion | Print & Digital
Math & Art Project-Based Learning: Piet Mondrian, Fractions, Decimals & Percents
This unique project combines Piet Mondrian's art with a mathematical project. Using this product, students investigate Mondrian's art using the "See-Think-Wonder" routine from "Making Thinking Visible. They estimate fractional amounts of color on Mondrian-inspired examples, and measure the artwork using 100s grid overlays. They also create their own Mondrian-inspired art using specific fraction amounts. Next, students learn how to turn those fraction amounts into decimal number representation
American Revolution Opinion Writing Unit: Patriots or Loyalists?
American Revolution Opinion Writing Unit: Editorial Supporting the Patriots or Loyalists (PDF & Google Slides)In this integrated unit, students read excerpts from Patriot and Loyalist primary sources in order to understand the arguments on both sides. Students analyze these arguments in order to decide which has the most convincing argument. Students then write an opinion essay supporting the side they chose.The unit can be used as a summative assessment for the early Revolutionary War perio
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: American History Writing Units Bundle: Narrative, Informational, Opinion
Six Traits of Writing Mini Lessons: Narrative, Informational & Persuasive Gr 4-5
This bundle includes 18 mini lessons (teacher led lessons that are about 10-15 minutes long) that teach the six traits of writing (ideas, organization, voice, sentence fluency, word choice, and conventions) and is intended for grades 4-5 within narrative, informational and persuasive/opinion/argument writing. Some of these lessons were developed as a resource to support teachers in teaching the six traits using the mentor texts and lesson ideas expanded upon from the book The Writing Thief, by R
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4th - 5th
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TDA Bundle - Step-by-Step Process, Teacher PPT & Student Interactive
BIG BUNDLE – Everything you need! Don’t feel like reading what’s included? ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW –A complete process of what TDA’s are, how to break them down and construct a complete answer. Product includes DAILY PPT for instruction with student GUIDED NOTES (digital and written) to encourage participation. Students are able to practice this new strategy for repeated success! Students have graphic organizers that can grow with them throughout the year and rubrics to help them understand where t
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3rd - 5th
Growth Mindset Activities | Social Emotional Learning Bell Ringers | Volume 1
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups.You will rec
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STEM Problem Solving Service Learning Project
Help your students to think critically, develop good character traits, improve our world, and create heartfelt persuasive writing using the 8 components of this project:
Inspirational Quotes
Random Acts of Kindness
Kids Improving Our World Research Project
STEAM Project - Identifying a Real World Problem and working on a Solution
Online Giving Challenge
Oral Presentation
Carousel Presentations & Scavenger Hunt
Comparing Themes with "A Dolphin's Tale
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Growth Mindset Bell Ringers | 40 SEL Writing Prompts For Any Subject | Volume 2
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups. You will r
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Summer ELA Activities Bundle for Middle School
This collection of summer ELA activities includes the perfect standards-based resources to engage your students in summer school or at home. Use these print-and-go resources to give your students practice reading to self, reading to someone, word work, and writing—all centered around the seasonal themes of summer and the months of June and July!Included in this ELA Activities Bundle:• Summer Close Reads for Big Kids• Summertime Journal Prompts for Big Kids• Baseball Close Reading Passages with C
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4th - 7th
Colonial America Opinion Writing Unit: Persuasive Friendly Letter
Colonial America Opinion Writing Unit: Persuasive Friendly Letter (PDF & Google Slides)Students apply their knowledge of the Colonial Regions and Thirteen Colonies in order to make a colony recommendation to a potential immigrant. 30 character cards are included, so that each student can "help" a different character. Students read the character's traits and goals, then analyze the information on the colonies to decide which colony would be the best fit for their "immigrant." The unit can be
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4th - 5th
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Substitute Plans Third and Fourth Grade One Full Day Emergency Sub Plans
These lessons were created around the book, Ming Lo Moves the Mountain by Arnold Lobel. They can be used together as one day teacher or substitute plans, or separated by lessons. Each lesson can “stand on its own!”These plans include:One reading lessonOne writing lessonOne math lessonOne social studies/grammar combined lessonOne social studies/science combined lessonI have included 2 versions of this last activity so you can differentiate.I have included answer keys and detailed directions for y
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3rd - 4th
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Paragraph of the Week Informative Writing DIGITAL and PRINTABLE
Paragraph of the Week is a teacher-created, student-tested, step-by-step process for teaching kids how to write a paragraph. It provides daily practice in both sentence writing and paragraph writing. Each weekly prompt breaks the writing process down into manageable pieces that prevents students from feeling overwhelmed or reluctant to write. The format also allows for your advanced writers to focus on improving their craft.The 36 informative writing prompts, graphic organizers, writing paper, r
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1st - 6th
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Weekly Writing Prompts: Daily Breakdown of the Writing Process
Many emerging writers struggle with getting their ideas organized to make a grade level paragraph. These weekly writing prompts breakdown the writing process each day of the week in order to create successful and organized writers. Included in this product: One PDF 12 prompts total (4 Opinion, 4 Narrative, and 4 informational writing prompts) Day 1: Brainstorming page Day 2: Graphic Organizer Day 3: Rough Draft Day 4: Editing checklist/conferencing page Day 5: Final Copy Printing Tips: Change th
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3rd - 5th
Invisible by Gonzalez Graphic Novel Study comprehension, composition, activities
Complete with the option for Google Slides™ and pdf format. This product provides resources for studying the graphic novel INVISIBLE by Christina Gonzalez and Gabriela Epstein. The resource is great for comprehension guidance, classroom discussion, literature circles, book clubs, novel studies, task cards, book challenges, reflection journals, and/or student writing prompts. This book is a timely work of fiction that is thought-provoking, humorous, serious, hopeful, assuring, and committed to
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5th - 8th
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