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3rd grade writing-expository resources for GATE
Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit
Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit – This creative and hands-on project is a wonderful opportunity for students to show their understanding of pioneers moving west. Learners will create a covered wagon out of construction paper, cardboard, and a shoebox. The bonnet of the wagon will include: • A map of the Oregon or California Trail • A model of a labeled wagon • A list of chores on the trail • A list of entertainment on the trail • Pictures and captions of 4 maj
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Westward Expansion Project Bundle - This bundle includes three fun and engaging projects about Westward Expansion. Students will gain valuable researching skills while also developing their presentation, writing, reading comprehension, and interpersonal skills. ABC’s of Moving West– This creative project asks students to work in groups to create an ABC book about the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion. Learners will identify several important and meaningful words associated with their assi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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
LEGO Writing Prompts 4th Grade STARR
Engage your kinesthetic learners during your writing block!!
I teach Gifted students and the vast majority are kinesthetic learners. I had to find a way to engage them in writing. One day, during a design challenge a light bulb went off in my head! Why not incorporate building and writing? So, I came up with the idea!
You will need Legos or other building blocks. I had parents donate them. I have small containers (purchased from the dollar store) full of legos for partners or groups of
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Gifted and Talented GATE WRITING COLLECTION 122 Pages
Get six highly rated GATE writing lesson bundles at 33% off individual purchases. This collection is packed with variety, creativity, challenge, and the Common Core.
See the big preview! Hours and hours of class instruction and engagement!
You'll get the following bundles adaptable from 3rd through 8th grade:
Road Trip Adventure Cross-Curricular Writing Journey: Students practice all sorts of writing from graphic design to narrative to expository as they journey across the USA and create p
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Explorer Timeline Project Using a Graphic Organizer
TEXT NOT INCLUDED This foldable graphic organizer can be used with any explorer unit. Students research explorers using outside sources, then complete this foldable project. It can be used as a component in an interactive notebook or displayed on a bulletin board. Choose which explorers you want to assign to students. I assign five for my 4th graders. This product includes 22 images of the most commonly studied explorers of North America.Follow us at:www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/thank-a-
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: 4th Grade California Social Studies Projects All Year
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
READING RESPONSE BUNDLE
A collection of my Reading Response materials will give you so many materials for responding to any novel, picture book, or basal reader! See individual product links below for more details on each individual product!
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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
Independent Study Project Guide
How many times have you heard the words, “I’m finished, Ms. Teacher,” from students who consistently complete assignments quickly and correctly? How many times have you scrambled to find activities that engage these students for the class period while challenging their learning and fostering their intellectual curiosity? This guide allows students to learn about their individual topics, how to synthesize information, and improve their writing skills and research skills… independently.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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
Genius Hour Interactive Notebook
What is Genius Hour?
Genius Hour is also known as a Passion Project, where students are allowed to research a topic of their choice. It began at Google, where employees were able to work on a project of their own choosing 20% of the time.
I have taught Genius Hour for 5 years in my Gifted & Talented Classroom. This packet is intended for 2nd - 6th Grade. If I was a regular classroom teacher, I would do Genius Hour on Thursday or Friday for 1 hour (Social Studies).
We work on the pr
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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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GATE Writing with "PUZZLING" Grids - 2 Lessons and Bonus
Get your highly visual 21st Century GATE Learners up and moving around the classroom, testing their logic, and challenging their descriptive and explanatory writing skills with these two puzzling writing lessons. As always, you’ll extend the Common Core with your GATE group, adding challenge, creativity, critical thinking skills, and fun (!) to the regular classroom curriculum.
This bundle consists of 2 GATE writing lessons which will require around 5 hours of class time . . . plus a fun bonus
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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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3rd Grade Common Core Opinion Writing (*NO PREP)
Your students will write awesome Common Core Opinion letters with this lesson! The opinion genre is broken down into "kid friendly" language, with a lesson plan, step-by-step guideline for students, graphic organizer, student checklist, and even a sample you can teach from! The first minilesson teaches 3rd graders what opinions are and gives examples of opinion words and statements. The writing sample has a great two-paragraph letter complete with supportive reasons and a good conclusion sentenc
Grades:
3rd
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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
Biography Report and Research Project – Distance Learning
Biography Report and Research Project - Students will love this fun and engaging research project about an important historical figure. Instead of writing a typical research paper, students will create authentic artifacts to represent the different stages and accomplishments of their historical figure’s life.
Examples of artifacts include birth certificates, campaign buttons, marriage certificates, awards, invitations, newspaper articles, journal entries, portraits, photographs, or obituari
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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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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Explaining Concepts With Scratch
This beginner Scratch guide will lead your students through planning and coding any explanation through Scratch. Perfect for small group instruction, centers, or whole group instruction, the individual student cards are designed to be used by students and walk them through the process of choosing a setting, sprite, and coding dialogue to explain a concept. Whether you're learning math, social studies, science, or even retelling a story, your students can use coding skills which is extremely enga
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Fifth Grade Math MEGABUNDLE
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