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Free writing-expository assessments
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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Animal Reports - Quick Facts Blank for ALL Research Projects - Print n Go!
Animal Research Reports- Quick Facts. This is perfect for ANY level and ANY animal.
This freebie is part of my bigger "Animal Research Project Templates". However this one pager can be used exactly as is for a quick, comprehensive mini animal report.
Use these after a field trip for students to display everything they learned!
★TWO pages are included. One says I am "a", the other says I am "an" ★
Love this page? Interested in using the complete set for your entire research report unit? Clic
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Biography Report Rubric
A 36 point rubric designed for a third grade research project.
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2nd - 5th
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Standards Based 6-Traits Writing Elements (revising/editing)
NEWLY UPDATED!!
An Interactive student Guide to build self-efficacy in 6-Trait Text Revising and Editing. Ready to use for lessons with printables for Students. The guides includes a process with steps that will guide students through each of the 6 traits of writing (i.e., ideas & content, sentence fluency, word choice, organization, voice, conventions) for 6-8th grade.
The new updated version includes both color and black and white pages, a fun design, and all the same helpful content!
Grades:
5th - 10th
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4th Grade Expository Writing Outline and Checklist
I made this quick outline or "cheat sheet" as a guide for my students. Also included is a checklist for students to use as they write and one for you to use as you score compositions. I re-sized the checklist and Texas Teaching Fanatic's Expository Writing rubric to 50%, added two to a page, and simply attach them to the compositions as I score. Easy, peasy! Print on white to use with Flair pens :) or print on Astrobrights paper for a POP of color!
Cheat sheet and checklists are available in E
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Opinion Writing Rubric in Kid Friendly Language
This writing rubric is the opinion writing rubric that matches the Smarter Balance writing rubric, written in kid friendly language.
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3rd - 5th
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My Book of Texas State Symbols
I hope your students enjoy researching and writing in this booklet! After researching the state of Texas and the symbols in our social studies unit my 1st grade students made these booklets to showcase their learning. We worked on the booklets during writing (ELA) time.
This booklet is a quick, NO PREP needed, way to assess student learning. Just print and go!
Included:
Cover Page
8 Fill in the Blank Style/ Sentence Stem Pages
1 Blank Lined Page for older students to write complete sentences
Grades:
K - 1st
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Peer Editing Form for Writing
What a great way to motivate and encourage your young writers!! These Emoji themed feedback forms for writing are SO FUN!
Included in this FOREVER FREEBIE is a form for peer editing, to be used in the editing process of writer's workshop. Students can evaluate their peer's work and receive positive feedback for improvement. Great for student conferencing!!
Also included, Emoji feedback sticky notes. Students can write about what they LOVED and what needs fixing. Students can add their commen
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K - 4th
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Citing and Embedding Text Evidence Choice Board Assessments
This creative assessment for citing text evidence is a fun way to get your students practicing their in-text citations! There are two boards, one for citing text evidence and one for embedding quotations within writing! This choice board is part of my Citing Text Evidence Unit! Click here to learn more about this full unit! This choice board is also explained further in my blog post: No lonely quotes! Engaging and Creative Ways to Teach Citing and Embedding Quotations. Follow my store by clickin
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6th - 11th
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First Grade Writing Rubrics: Narrative, Informational, and Persuasive (6 traits)
This is a rubric I use with my first graders. It covers the 3 basic types of writing and follows the 6 Traits. You could easily add a +1 performance element, but I don't use it. Thanks for downloading!
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1st - 2nd
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STAAR formatted expository writing prompts for 4th Grade
This collection of four expository writing prompts are formatted exactly as you will find them on the Texas STAAR test. These prompts are good, general, expository writing prompts.
Grades:
3rd - 4th
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Historic Tribe Project-Indian home model
This is a project I complete with my fourth graders after our Historic American Indians Unit. Included in this freebie:
-Interactive notebook activity for 3 Indian homes: Wigwam, teepee, and longhouse
- Letter to be sent home to parents describing the projects
-Grading rubric
Check out my blog for pictures of students projects!
thewildthingslearn.blogspot.com
Enjoy:)
Amelia
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Non-Fiction/Informational Writing template
I have used this multiple times in my 1st grade classroom! It is perfect for finding 3 facts from a nonfiction text and then coming up with the main idea. I use this as part of my "pre-writing" in the writing process. The kids are able to write their facts/main idea and then draw a picture of it.
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K - 3rd
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Informative writing rubric and checklist
Set your students up for a successful writing piece before they even start! This checklist and rubric lets your students see exactly what their writing should include for a perfect paper. During their editing and revising, students can use the checklist to make sure they have everything they need.
Rubric and checklist include adjectives and/or adverbs, compound sentences, transitional (temporal) words, capitals, and periods. The rubric is aligned to 2nd grade common core standards.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Ontario Writing Rubric & Achievment Chart Grade 1-8
I created this product for my Writing Folder to help my students and me assess their work. I used the Language Exemplars document by the Ontario Mininistry of Education to create it and make it look presentable (tried to use student friendly words). For the achievement chart I use Growing Success and the Language document both from the Ontario Ministry of Education. Yes in the both documents they have rubrics and chart but I make my own using their information so that I can use it in any grad
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1st - 8th
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Find the Transition Words Worksheet
This is a simple way to teach and reinforce the use of transition words. Students can work independently or with partners to find and highlight the transition words in a short paragraph. Then they must choose 5 from the paragraph to use in their own paragraph. Finally, students will explain how the use of transition words improve writing. This worksheet provides a formative and summative assessment of understanding.
I have made many Common Core and cooperative learning games that you can se
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Language Arts Comprehension Check:Ten Sentence Format CCSS
Should educators tweet, "Good Bye" to proper paragraphs? Are these backbones of formal and informal writing becoming an endangered specie? Do students need to reinforce their basic understanding of the elements of a good paragraph in order to write and develop more in-depth essays? Do students need to learn how to write about the literature that they are reading?This Ten Sentence Format will accomplish all of that. It is perfect for clarifying and reinforcing the parts of an essay, for using a
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Expository Prompts 4th Grade (Formatted to prompt page of Texas testing)
You will love these expository prompts because they are already in STAAR format for 4th grade. Keep in mind that 4th grade prompts for STAAR need to be specific to a person, place, event, or idea that the student like or loves. If you are looking for prompts more appropriate for middle school and high school, here is the link you can copy and paste to find those in my store. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/STAAR-Writing-7th-and-9th-Grade-Expository-Prompts-2-1745187 The only th
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1st - 4th
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Paragraph Writing Rubric
A paragraph writing rubric that is parent and student friendly
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2nd - 8th
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STAAR 4th Grade Writing Practice Prompts
Getting ready for the new STAAR Writing? STAAR Writing will include a personal narrative and an essay prompt, room for planning, and 26 lines to write on. We found our students needed practice reading and analyzing the 2 different prompts, so we created our own.
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Grades:
4th
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Astronaut Application - Space Themed Writing Assignment
This Astronaut Application is the perfect accompaniment to any space themed unit. A great way to integrate science and writing!
If you like this, please check out my other products! I have a space themed unit as well as individual space themed items!
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Grades:
K - 5th
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Research Report Rubric
This teacher rubric is designed for scoring a research paper over any topic on a scale of 1-4. It covers content and details, organization, writing mechanics and readability, the use of note cards, and works cited. ***LET'S CONNECT***
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2nd - 5th
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The Writing Process Mini Booklet
This booklet is designed to help students produce better writing by using the writing process. If your students are anything like mine, they need help remembering the writing process, the steps, and what to do during each step. By using this booklet as a reference, students can easily move through each step of the writing process by themselves.The booklet is designed so that students can fill in the pages as you teach them about the writing process. I have included the teacher's notes for each p
Grades:
4th - 8th
Writing Our World™ Premium Curriculum FREE SAMPLE (K-2nd)
Are you looking to help your students with dyslexia unlock their writing potential? Do your students…• have a lot of ideas, but struggle to get them on the page?• tend to write in run-on sentences?• become overwhelmed with longer writing assignments?• produce disorganized pieces of writing? • write short, unelaborated paragraphs?• resist writing altogether? Cultivate confident writing and critical thinking skills in your students with Writing Our World™.Through this curriculum, students will lea
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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