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2nd grade writing-expository resources for GATE
The First Thanksgiving Book with Depth and Complexity
The First Thanksgiving Book with Depth and Complexity {single-teacher purchase} UPDATED 11/4/18See student examples of this unit! Make sure to click right to see more.I have created another jam-packed unit to help you teach the Depth and Complexity icons and close reading to primary students. I have taken the traditional story of The First Thanksgiving and added activities for annotation, responses, and close reading. I have also included a writing activity in this unit. It includes a sequenci
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Write a Paragraph - Enrichment (2nd Grade)
10 worksheets to help your students write a paragraph about: riding on a bus, safety for kids, what we know about food, interesting things about flowers, things we do with our hands, delicious snacks we love, math in the classroom, games kids play, thoughts about fast cars, fun at tetherball. Each page has a cute picture and eight questions to help your students think and write about. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Paragraphs BUNDLE
Research Logs - Gifted and Talented Projects -7 Units
Independent Research Logs
Topics Include:
Arctic
Tundra
Desert
Ocean
Rainforest
Grassland
Students are expected to:
Create a list of topics they'd like to study
Choose one of those topics to research
Generate open-ended questions about the topic
Locate sources to find the answers to their questions
Take notes and cite their sources
Focus their research
Write a report / draft
Create a product to show their learning
Grades:
1st - 6th
State Quarters Research
This is a 110 page unit that you can use to complete a short research project on the State Quarters. It would work well with any project related to the United States of America and could be used as an enrichment activity. This product contains:List of statesHistory of State QuartersOrder of Release using pictures of coinsOrder of Release list of statesPicture of each quarter with a spot to design a quarter (for each state)Picture of each quarter with a spot to write about what the symbols on th
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Procedural Text & Writing Project
Procedural Text & Writing Project
Need an extension activity or even a writing activity for procedural text and how-to writing?
{1}Students look at various procedural text books to reinforce their understanding of specific procedural text examples.
{2}Students decide on something that interests them that they can turn around and write a how to about. They will also create a demonstration.
{3} Students write step by step specific instructions using the given template. There is a spot
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Google Classroom Activities Distance Learning
Looking for an engaging project for your students to conduct research about the planets, while using Google Slides? This digital, paperless resource includes two projects about the planets in the solar system, for a total of 35 Google slides. Planets of the Solar System Digital Research Project, using Google SlidesStudents learn how to use the research bar via the Explore Tool in Google slides to research facts, information, or even images about each planet. Students will type information they l
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Text Dependent Explanatory Prompt Bundle
The new common core standards and PARCC assessments will require students to relate their story and essay writing to two-three passages of text. The text may be nonfiction, fiction, reference materials, quotes, environmental print, or poetry.
These writing prompts contain three texts each for the student to read (very short) and specific writing prompt directions. The type of writing the students will be composing will fall under the category "explanatory" because the student will be forced to
Grades:
1st - 6th
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Engineering Design: The Leprechaun Trap
This lesson guides elementary students through the engineering design process as they imagine and build a leprechaun trap. Students will also practice critical writing when they reflect on the design process.
The three-page lesson, created by Jennine Zepeda, introduces or reinforces STEM concepts like engineering design and creative problem-solving. It includes the lesson plan, a design planning page and a wanted poster for leprechauns.
Although fun all year, this project is especially good f
Grades:
K - 2nd
Change Over Time: Comparing Childhood Experiences of Different Generations
I have adapted Change Over Time: Comparing Childhood Experiences of Different Generations for at home/distance learning. Students will have more time with family members, and this unit could give students the opportunity to have meaningful, comforting conversations with family members of previous generations. · This unit provides authentic writing that is meaningful to the child. It encourages valuable connections between the student and important adults in his/her life. These connections and co
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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My Community Report - Social Studies, Oral Report, & Expository Writing
My Community Report is a great way to get students to identify and tell about various important parts of their local communities. Students take a photo (or draw a picture) and write about:
1.) Their neighborhood
2.) A local business in their community
3.) A government entity (City Hall, fire station, etc.)
4.) Some place uniquely important to the student (could be their church, where they take dance classes, etc.)
This is an ideal home project or after school project that gives students the o
Grades:
K - 3rd
Digital Research Report Tasks / Notetaking Support & Report Templates / EMOJIS
This is a Research Report/Project Template that supports all stages of the research/writing process. This was designed with Google Classroom in mind. The resource includes brainstorming opportunities, note-taking space (gathering), source tracking, graphic organizers (planning), and the presentation itself (final product). For the actual report component of the assignment, the slides are already titled, but there are editable ones awaiting student input as well. You customize the final template
Grades:
1st - 5th
7 Steps to Research Posters (IIM: Independent Investigation Model)- BOHO
IIM Research Method BOHO PostersIIM (Independent Investigation Method) is a great way to teach research skills. I created these to use in my own classroom.See my other products: The Multisensory Bookworm
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Grades:
K - 12th
Expository Writing Prompts St. Patrick's Day
Expository Writing Prompts St. Patrick's Day
Engage students in an expository and creative writing activity that will have them eager to share their product with anyone who will listen!
Similar to the RAFT method, students choose from a menu of characters, settings and prompts on which to base their news story. Space is also provided for illustrations. Students will have a possibility of creating 25 different stories based on their menu choices! Please read below for ONE example of a student's
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Group Investigation Puzzlement Activity Organizer
Challenge and intrigue your students! Puzzlements are a fantastic way to get your students thinking, questioning, researching, writing, and synthesizing! Do your students like to ask questions? Would you like to make researching a specific topic more exciting? Well now you can with this GATE Puzzlement Activity Organizer!
Here's How:
All you have to do is find a picture or some other intriguing resource (video clip, poem, song, math problem, etc.) and show it to your students. This shoul
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Writer's Block-BUSTERS! /40 Writing Prompt Cards + 16 Challenge Cards, Easy-Prep
BUST the writer’s block! The resources in this set provide a quick and easy way to motivate reluctant writers and challenge more advanced writers. Each Block-BUSTER card contains a different set of five words and phrases. Students will use the words and phrases from each card in a written piece of their choice or one that you assign. Give your students an extra challenge and an opportunity to think outside the box by pairing a Block-BUSTER card with a Challenge card. Now students must use the wo
Grades:
2nd - 12th
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Charlotte's Web Reader Response Journal
This reader response journal has space for students to summarize all 22 chapters in their own words as well as discussion questions that require inferencing and higher order thinking. Two open ended questions are provided after every 5 chapters for a total 12 discussion questions.
See my other reader response journal:
Velveteen Rabbit Reader Response Journal
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Writing Prompts Fall BUNDLE
Expository Writing Prompts Fall BUNDLEEngage students in an expository and creative writing activity that will have them eager to share their product with anyone who will listen!Similar to the RAFT method, students choose from a menu of characters, settings and prompts on which to base their news story. Space is also provided for illustrations. Students will have a possibility of creating 25 different stories based on their menu choices! Please read below for ONE example of a student's choice.**
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Grades:
1st - 4th
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Southeast Region State Research Bundle
This is a 165 page unit that you can use to complete a research project on the Southeast Region of the United States: AlabamaArkansasDelawareFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLouisianaMarylandMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTennesseeVirginiaWest VirginiaThere are many activities to choose from and you will be able to use them to differentiate depending on your students needs. You can make a state booklet that your students can use to record their research. This product contains:State cover pagesAbou
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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United State Flags Research
This is a 113 page unit that you can use to complete a short research project on the State Flags. It would work well with any project related to the United States of America and could be used as an enrichment activity. This product contains:List of statesColored Pictures of flagsColor state flag and create your own (for each state)Color state flag and tell what the symbols on the flag stand for (for each state)Design a flagTell what the symbols on the flag stand forTell about the history of thi
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Write a Paragraph - Animals
36 printable or digital pages to help your students write a paragraph about animals: alligators, bats, birds, bulls, camels, cats, chickens, crabs, dinosaurs, dogs, dragons, eggs, elephants, fish, frogs, giraffes, hippos, horses, kangaroos, monkeys, mice, pandas, parrots, pigs, rabbits, sea horses, sea gulls, skunks, snakes, squirrels, turtles, whales and woodpeckers. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Also included in: Learning about Animals BUNDLE
Arthur's Perfect Pet MEA (Model Eliciting Activity)
Set includes lesson plan and guidelines for implementation, 2 data sets, 2 reading passages, 2 letter templates, graphic organizer, and rubric for grading.
Summary: In the story Arthur's Pet Business, Arthur shows his parents that he is responsible enough to deserve a pet dog and his mom gives him permission to get one. However, Arthur needs your help choosing the perfect dog. Help Arthur meet all the requirements needed to find the perfect pet for his family from the research he shares with
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Midwest Region State Research Bundle
This is a 150 page unit that you can use to complete a research project on the Midwest Region of the United States: IllinoisIndianaIowaKansasMichiganMinnesotaMissouriNebraskaNorth DakotaOhioSouth DakotaWisconsin There are many activities to choose from and you will be able to use them to differentiate depending on your students needs. You can make a state booklet that your students can use to record their research. This product contains:State cover pagesAbout the author pageColor state in on U
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Northeast Region State Research Bundle
This is a 122 page unit that you can use to complete a research unit on the Northeast Region of the United States: ConnecticutMaineMassachusettsNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkPennsylvaniaRhode IslandVermont There are many activities to choose from and you will be able to use them to differentiate depending on your students needs. You can make a state booklet that your students can use to record their research. This product contains:State cover pagesAbout the author pageColor state in on US map
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Expository Writing Prompts April Spring
Expository Writing Prompts Spring and Easter
Engage students in an expository and creative writing activity that will have them eager to share their product with anyone who will listen!
Similar to the RAFT method, students choose from a menu of characters, settings and prompts on which to base their news story. Space is also provided for illustrations. Students will have a possibility of creating 25 different stories based on their menu choices! Please read below for ONE example of a student's
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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