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Elementary Spring ELA test prep graphic organizers for Microsoft Word
Graphic Organizer / anchor chart for summarizing fiction and non fiction text
Great resource to use for guided reading instruction, reading interventions and writing support. Great for special education and ESOL.
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3rd - 5th
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Research Simulation Task (PARCC): Essay Structure/Outline
Teaching Research Simulation Task geared for PARCC? Distribute this reference sheet/outline to help your students understand the structure of the essay task. Please keep in mind, this is just one way to organize ideas. Students may be asked to respond a different way. Feel free to edit this product to include the terminology you used in your classroom. I used this outline with my students along with the Research Simulation Source Organizer to write the essay for both the 5th and 6th grade practi
Grades:
5th - 8th
ACT Aspire Reflective Narrative Planning Sheet
Elementary/middle school students all over America are now taking the ACT Aspire tests....Yikes! The writing test requires students in grades 3-8 to type their response in 30 minutes (if they don't have accommodations), so it's imperative that pre-writing skills are practiced early and often throughout the year to ensure success.
Using this planner for that practice is a must! It incorporates the necessary elements of reflective narratives to help your students "sparkle" on the Aspire in a kid
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Text Dependent Analysis
Answering Text Dependent Analysis questions will be something that proves challenging for your students this year. This file contains a handout the goes over the steps to write a TDA response using the acronym R.E.A.D.E.R. It also contains three different graphic organizers that could be used with any TDA question. The different graphic organizers were developed in a way that there is a gradual release of support. The last graphic organizer is one that students would be able to easily recreat
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Compare and Contrast Essays Using Text Evidence
This product contains 3 levels of compare and contrast essay "fill-ins". For may students the hardest part of writing an essay is setting it up. This fill in outline allows students to focus completely on comparing and contrasting as well as citing evidence rather than essay set-up. Great to use for struggling writers or students who can tell you what they mean but never remember to cite textual evidence.
Level 1- Students are asked to make 1 point of similarity and 1 difference. All with textu
Grades:
4th - 12th
ACT Aspire Expository/Informational Essay Planning Sheet
Elementary/middle school students all over America are now taking the ACT Aspire tests....Yikes! The writing test requires students in grades 3-8 to type their response in 30 minutes (if they don't have accommodations), so it's imperative that pre-writing skills are practiced early and often throughout the year to ensure success.
Using this planner for that practice is a must! It incorporates the necessary elements of expository writing to help your students "sparkle" on the Aspire in a kid-fri
Grades:
3rd - 9th
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash-Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect for "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash."
Attached is a teacher's copy, a graphic organizer for just the causes, one for just the effects, and one for some of each.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Opinion Writing - AIR Assessment Practice
The AIR Reading Assessment in third grade requires students to write an opinion essay. So it is vital to teach students how to read a text, form an opinion and write an opinion based on facts from the passage supported by personal opinions. This product includes two selections about cell phones in schools, prewriting form and a rubric. Thank you for purchasing this product.
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3rd
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Reading Street - Author's Voice - The Gymnast
Enhance reading comprehension by teaching author's voice in nonfiction texts. Our class wanted to generate an autobiography, but before we did that, we needed to study author's voice when reading complex texts.
*I will eventually be selling the Smartboard presentation as well, it is at work.
Includes: Highly Effective Lesson Plan with common core standards, learning target and look fors, Graphic Organizer, three excerpts of nonfiction pieces including "Gary Soto's The Gymnast" from Reading S
Grades:
4th - 9th
Problem and Solution: ELA Test Prep, Reading Passages & Skills
students will be able to read a passage determine the problem and effectively analyze it by reflecting on the effectiveness of the characters handling of the problem. Students will then read their passages and use their charts to reflect on the problems presented in their passages.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting & How It Affects Characters: ELA Test Prep &
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in:Â ELA Test Prep Bundle #5: 10 Lessons, Reading & Writing Activities, Printable
Somebody Wanted But So Graphic Organizer for Summarizing
This Somebody, wanted, but, so graphic organizer is a summarizing strategy inspired by Jennifer Seravallo. It helps students to think about the most important elements of a story before going to the comprehension questions or before creating a written response. It is easy to reference and students can use this individually during Literacy centers or during a lesson.
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
ACT Aspire Persuasive Opinion-Based Essay Planning Sheet
Elementary/middle school students all over America are now taking the ACT Aspire tests....Yikes! The writing test requires students in grades 3-8 to type their response in 30 minutes (if they don't have accommodations), so it's imperative that pre-writing skills are practiced early and often throughout the year to ensure success.
Using this planner for that practice is a must! It incorporates the necessary elements in persuasion to help your students "sparkle" on the Aspire in a kid-friendly,
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Multiple Choice Strategies: ELA Test Prep, Reading Passages + Skills
Students will be introduced to two strategies to help them answer multiple choice questions. Students will observe the teacher doing this, and then will practice independently on their own. Students will also practice these ELA strategies by reading an article and applying their knowledge to multiple choice questions.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictional Texts - ELA Test Prep Skills, Reading PassagesHow to Write a Conclusion - ELA SkillsSetting & How It Aff
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in:Â ELA Test Prep Bundle #4: 10 Lessons, Reading & Writing Activities, Printable
Tracking Student Benchmark Reading Level Progress
The following document is the perfect for tool to manage your reading data. This Microsoft Office Document allows you to chart your students reading levels as you assess them throughout the year. This document has allowed me to monitor student progress (or lack there of) and discuss trends noted. I used this document to display my reading results in my tenure binder. This document can be used each year for your teacher's portfolio. I included a sample of what a completed chart looks like, direct
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Grades:
K - 8th
POW TIDE Essay Outline Writing Paragraphs
Using POW TIDE, students will be able to answer simple questions on this outline that will allow them to transfer their answers to paper as an essay with an introduction, conclusion, and body paragraphs. Great for Opinion/Informational Essays which will be assessed on TNReady Part 1 this year.
**Updated: two different outlines to choose from. Outline with questions and answer lines give limited space, new outline has boxes to write in with guiding questions above each box.**
5 paragraph outline
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4th - 8th
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STAAR Personal Narrative Planning Sheet
Use this quick planning sheet to help your students write the STAAR personal narrative.
It reminds them of the elements needed to score a 4.
This is a Word document that you can modify to suit your needs/terminology.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
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Super fast test prep five paragraph essay for AIR, PARCC
Did you know your Ohio student needs to be able to pop out a five paragraph essay in record time? This is a color coding and organization system to train the five paragraph essay. After going through the process and learning the five paragraph structure the student will be able to quickly sketch an organizer and start writing an on demand essay. Use the linked color coded google doc as a template to teach the structure. Gradually release supports and work towards writing off just the organiz
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
RACES with 2 details Short Response Writing Graphic Organizer ELA NYS - editable
*Editable*Use this RACES graphic organizer to help students prepare for short response writing for both classroom assignments as well as standardized assessments! This organizer breaks down each part of the acronym by explanation, as well as sentence starters for each!It also includes boxes for the second detail (repeating Cite and Explain), as students are required to use 2 'pieces of evidence' or 'details' from the text to support their short response answers!Lastly, there is an option for the
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2nd - 6th
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Tuck Everlasting Character Change and Development Essay Writing Assignment
Editable! This essay assignment asks students to write an essay informing the reader as to how Winnie changed from the beginning (before being kidnapped), middle (while she was with the Tucks), and end of the story (after she returned home). It has an outline with bullet points for what students need to include in each paragraph, as well as excerpts (2 for the beginning, 2 for the middle, and 2 for the end) for the students to choose from and include text evidence in their essay.
Grades:
4th - 6th
Esperanza Rising Character Change and Development Essay Writing Rubric
Editable! This rubric scores students' introductions, body paragraphs, conclusions, craft/word choice, capitalization and punctuation, and grammar and spelling. The scores can either be a 1, 2, 3, or 4. It even has a section for strengths and next steps.
Grades:
4th - 6th
Personal Narrative Revision Tool Includes Mentor Text Examples Fully Editable
Please check out the preview file for free! One of the struggles in having students write a paper is leading them to revise and edit for specific purposes. Well, I have created a magic bullet for descriptive personal narrative revision! This chart helps students to identify the elements of the genre they have incorporated into their papers, and address the elements they have not incorporated. It guides them to realize that there are more details they can add to their writing, even after they thi
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4th - 12th
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Informational/Expository Essay Graphic Organizer
Editable! This graphic organizer has sections for the introduction (hook, background information, thesis), body paragraphs (topic sentence, evidence, analysis, closing sentence), and conclusion (restated thesis statement, summarize main points, look to the future).
Grades:
4th - 6th
Argumentative/Persuasive Essay Writing Checklist for Students
This checklist allows students to check off "Not Yet," "Starting To," or "Yes! I'm done!" for each of the following categories:-Structure: overall, lead, transitions, ending, organization-Development: elaboration, craft-Mechanics: spelling, punctuationFor each category, there is also a box for the teacher to write next steps.This product is editable!
Grades:
4th - 6th
How to Write a Short Response: ELA Test Prep, Writing Skills and Strategies
This lesson is designed to teach students the proper way to write a complete and comprehensive paragraph. This lesson uses the ASC (answer, support, closing) approach to write a paragraph. This method becomes a template for students to use in regular writing, state tests, essays, etc. The template provides students will a type of checklist. In this lesson, students are writing a complete paragraph about their favorite season.Check out all my other ELA products below!Identifying Theme in Fictiona
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in:Â ELA Test Prep Bundle #3: 10 Lessons, Reading & Writing Activities, Printable
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