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2nd grade writing-expository handouts
Biography Graphic Organizers Research Project Book Report and Writing Templates
Are your students overwhelmed by the thoughts of a research project? Do they struggle with not knowing how to organize their information and thoughts to create a biography report?These Biography Research Project and Writing Templates are designed to help your students easily complete a biographical research paper, and create a fun final project.Use this easy-to-use project to help your students learn how to write a biographical research paper. Choose from 4 different graphic organizers for stude
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2nd - 6th
Opinion Writing graphic organizer - OREO
This is a graphic organizer for opinion writing using the strategy OREO (opinion, reason, example, opinion). This organizer includes space for 3 reasons and examples, and has line sections for students to write in.
Grades:
1st - 6th
Transition Word Lists for Narrative and Expository Writing
Encourage better Organization, Sentence Fluency and Word Choice in your students' writing with these transition word lists for narrative and expository writing. They would work great in students' writing workshop folders. Blank templates allow for students to add their own transitions as well. Perfect for meeting CCSS!
What You Get:
~Transition Word and Phrase List for Narrative Writing
~Transition Word Bank for Narratives- for students to add their own transitions to throughout the year
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Transition Word List: Writers Workshop handout, bookmark, posters!
List of writing transition words and bookmarks to use as a student handouts, writing journal resource, classroom posters, writers notebook, or bulletin board. Perfect for editing or revising stories during the writing process! Can be used all year long, for many writing genres: narrative, informational, and persuasive (opinion) writing!Sorted by categories:Time WordsEmphasizing WordsLocation WordsComparing WordsContrasting WordsClarifying WordsConcluding WordsAdditional Information WordsWords ar
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Procedural Writing - Writer's Workshop "How-to" Unit
Procedural "how to" writing is an engaging and fun way to bring the “real world” into the classroom. What is included:Characteristics of Procedural Texts – a one page description of features usually found in procedural (“how-to”) texts.Reviewing a Procedural Text – students will select or use a teacher-chosen procedural text to review. Students will read or scan the procedural text, checking off each characteristic that they find. Students will then describe the most useful feature of the tex
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Viet
Transition Words and Sentence Starters for Informational Writing One pager
Transition Words and Sentence Starters for Informational Writing One-pagerThis one-pager is perfect for students who need support with transition words and sentence starters for their informational writing. It includes:sentence starters for the introduction parttransition words for giving facts and the conclusion part. It comes with both black and white and colored versions. You can print a copy for each student to put in their writing folder so that they can refer to this one-pager whenever the
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K - 5th
Expository Essay Outline: 5 Paragraph Essay
Includes:
-Color Coded outline to help students formulate a 5 paragraph expository essay.
-What is an expository essay? Handout/graphic organizer
-Expository Essay tips
Introduction, 3 Body Paragraphs, Conclusion
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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History Then & Now **2nd grade Social Studies Unit**
Are you looking for quality resources to use for teaching your Social Studies Unit for History? This is the perfect unit for your 2nd or 3rd grade class! I have created short reading passages with accompanying comprehension activities. I also included pages to use as your students conduct research on influential people. The then & now passages include the following topics: Clothes CommunicationFoodFun & GamesHomesTransportationSchoolThese passages are not editable, but can easily fit int
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2nd - 3rd
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Wild Weather Research Reports (Common Core Aligned)
This resource is a great way to get your students doing a little extra research and expository writing in the classroom! Use this packet to assist students in researching and writing about various types of storms and wild weather (i.e. blizzards, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and thunderstorms). This packet includes the following:
* Common Core Alignment breakdowns for first and second grade
* Suggested Books to Use (Scholastic's Science Vocabulary Readers "Wild Weather Pack" by Alyse Sweene
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1st - 3rd
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Transition Words and Phrases
This is a graphic organizer of transition words and phrases that I've categorized into five sections: *to compare*to contrast*to give examples*to emphasize a point*to concludeI tried to list transitions that would be "user-friendly" for kids and having them in categories helps students find the type that will best fit with what they are writing.
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
Staying on topic (Center or Lesson)
One thing my kids seem to struggle with when writing is staying on topic. They think if they mention one thing about a cat in their paper, they can then go on to write three sentences about their pet cat! We created these little ‘on topic’ cards to help kids stay on topic. These cards help them practice finding a sentence that is off topic and writing a sentence that could replace it. This will help your little kiddos look for errors in their own writing. The best thing about these cards i
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1st - 4th
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All About Book- Template & Packet
This template is a perfect way for students to publish informational writing projects! I use this template for my All About Books my students do in Writer's Workshop!
This template could also be used to publish any writing project- just use pages the pages you want to create a unique booklet.
Included within the template are:
*Cover page (3 choices)
*Dedication page
*Table of Contents page (3 different choices)
*A diagram page
*Uniquely designed pages for creating 1-4 chapters of informa
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1st - 6th
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EDITABLE My Writing Tools: Spelling Dictionary for Grades 2-5
**Editable Resource**
Modify this resource to meet the needs of your students and customize with their names! You have the option of printing in color or black in white.
This spelling dictionary is geared to aid students and teachers in grades 2-5. 1,200 of the most commonly used words in writing are listed alphabetically and in a visually pleasing order for students to use as a resource. Eliminate the students asking how to spell common words. These 1,200 words are the most commonly written w
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2nd - 5th
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Revision & Editing Checklists for Students ~ Informational, Narrative, Opinion
Included in the .zip file are 3 .pdf documents. There is a one page revisions/editing checklist for Narrative, Informative, and Opinion writing pieces. The 3rd grade CCSS was used to help align vocabulary and expectations, but it could be used in 2nd-5th as a guide for good writing.
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2nd - 5th
Informative Writing Anchor Chart
Included is an informative writing anchor chart ready to print as a resource for students to refer to.
Also included are the enlarged versions of the text and pictures to print, cut out, and assemble a large anchor chart to display in your classroom.
Clipart by: http://www.melonheadzillustrating.blogspot.com/
Grades:
1st - 7th
Primary Writing Template Editable
The template is in PowerPoint, which makes it so easy to edit the title of each writing assignment.
The template includes three different writing papers with a few different borders to pick from. I have also included second page(back side) for each template as well for students who need extra space to complete their writing.
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1st - 2nd
Publishing Paper Packet
This is a packet of lined and bordered "publishing paper" that I have students use when writing the final draft of a piece of writing. It makes their writing look neat and polished, especially when copied on colored paper. The first page includes lines for the title and author.
This packet includes 12 pages with 6 different borders.
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2nd - 5th
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Field Trip Writing Prompts
Includes 14 writing prompts that can be used before AND after taking a field trip! Each prompt page includes a space for a picture and several lines for a written response. Also included are 2 different covers to make a class book or individual student books! *Compiling these prompts makes awesome memory books for your students!Prompts include:*Our field trip was…*Our field trip will be…*The best part of our field trip was…*The worst part of our field trip was…*On our field trip, we went…*On o
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Writing Prompts: Unique, Seasonal BUNDLE
Revising vs. Editing
This venn diagram breaks down the main differences between revising and editing. (See? It's not so hard!) Students can keep it in their writing folders throughout the year to help them learn the writing process.
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Individual Genre Reference Page
This page is great to help young children learn to choose a variety of books and it is simple and easy for them to use. I print enough copies for the entire class in color. I then put the reference page into a sheet protector that goes into a durable, plastic folder for each child. (I keep the folders with the reference pages for next year's class so I don't have to copy from year to year)...
You could also cut them apart and put them on book bins to help you organize your books by genre.
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Genre Poster Bundle
Explanatory / Informational Writing Rubric or Student Checklist
Use this informational report checklist for students to edit their own work before or after conferring with the teacher, peer, or for yourself as a grading rubric.
Rubric is based on the six traits of writing (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions). Long-term learning targets for each component: of the six traits should be presented before using the rubric. Add points to each indicator for an overall number of possible points.
*Prints two per page to easil
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2nd - 5th
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Nonfiction Summary Writing Lesson Activities - Nonfiction Summary PowerPoint
All your Nonfiction Summary Writing Lesson Activities PowerPoint for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Grades are a three-in-one BUNDLE to help you teach students how to write a summary for nonfiction text. You will get a Nonfiction Summary PowerPoint, student handouts, and one digital nonfiction summary writing template practice text.▶️With my step-by-step guided instruction, teaching summary writing skills for non-fiction text is no sweat. This means students are guided through the process to ensure success!S
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Writing Bundle - All Genres - Narrative, Informative, Opinion
This Bundle includes:Narrative, Informative, and Opinion ToolsGraphic Organizers,Sentence Starters,Traceable Transition Words,Differentiated Writing Paper,Writing Examples for each GenreThese Writing Tools will help you teach the major Common Core writing standards throughout the entire year!These tools are for common core standards in 1st grade, 2nd grade, and Kindergarten. Save when you buy the bundle from this page!⭐ The three files together are much cheaper when you buy this bundle. Smart s
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PreK - 2nd
Informational Writing Tools, Graphic Organizers, Sentence Frames & Activities
Sentence frames with traceable font for informative writing.This is writing paper that you can use to help students who are just beginning to write an informative paper. Sentence frames are provided so that students can trace selected words and then fill in the blank lines.Save $ when you Bundle!This [Informational Writing Tools] document includes:Pages:1: Cover Page2: Table of Contents3 - 4: Sentence Frames to get started by tracing the selected words and then filling in the blank lines.5 - 8:
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Writing Bundle - All Genres - Narrative, Informative, Opinion
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