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Martin Luther King Day environment Common Core W.5.2a resources
Martin Luther King Informational Essay Writing Prompt Common Core 3rd 4th 5th
This writing prompt asks students to read paired texts about the great civil rights leader, Martin Nuther King, Jr., and then write a 5-paragraph informational essay (also called an explanatory essay). Differentiate by utilizing the included 1-paragraph template for students who aren't able to write 5 paragraphs. Grade them using the included Rubric. Display them using the MLK-themed stationery. Perfect to use in January (MLK's birthday month), February (Black History Month), or any time you ch
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3rd - 5th
Martin Luther King Jr. | I Have Dream Speech Writing Activity with Doodle Notes
Martin Luther King Jr. was and still is considered one of the world's most prolific speakers. His birthday and African American History Month are excellent opportunities to analyze his famous speech, "I Have a Dream." This activity uses a doodle notes approach to help students organize their thinking and feelings to respond to one of three included writing prompts. This Common Core aligned writing resource is also a way for students to use the writing process to create well-organized essays. Th
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6th - 9th
Podcast on Social Responsibility & Activism - STEAM Research Project + Checklist
A great introduction to podcasting (podcast creation), for both upper elementary and middle school students! This resource helps students (and their partners) create a podcast project, guiding them step-by-step through their research, creation, and reflection processes.What's included in this purchase:4-page teacher guide NEW! - digital & printable9-page Google Slides™ student document - digital & fillable1 printable version of the student document - printable pdfExtra evaluation rubrics
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4th - 9th
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Ecology Unit | Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Engage your students with this fun, comprehensive, 99 page Ecology Unit. It contains passages, questions, and a wide variety of resources needed to teach a rigorous unit on ecology.It includes CLOSE Reading nonfiction passages to help teach your students about ecology (not familiar with CLOSE reading? It’s okay, we have instructions and anchor charts to help you incorporate it into your teaching). There are text dependent questions aligned with each passage, a set of vocabulary cards with defini
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Ecology Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
Plants | Plant Research Report
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive Plants Research Report resource. It helps make report writing easy! It contains vocabulary, worksheets, questions, organizers, tools and forms to use for your students to create, develop, write, edit, illustrate, present, and assess your students’ Plants Research Report.This is a fun, 35 page resource to help your students produce a research report on Plants. This report is also designed to not only to learn and explain the new information, b
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Plants Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
Sophie Scott Goes South (Antarctica Novel Study) by Alison Lester
NOVEL STUDY Focus: Antarctica, Aurora Australis, Life in the Arctic & Wildlife.English Concept: Point of ViewEnglish Skills: Reading, Writing, Comprehension & Language FeaturesRequires: reading, researching, interpreting, analysing, drawing and responding to the text Sophie Scott Goes South. Activities completed will form a beautiful work scrapbook in response to the events and information in this book.Students are asked different English questions for each ‘day’ in the book that are foc
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3rd - 9th, Staff
NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
Plants Unit | Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive, 107 page Plants Unit. It contains passages, questions, and a wide variety of resources needed to teach a rigorous unit on plants.It includes CLOSE Reading nonfiction passages to help teach your students about plants (not familiar with CLOSE reading? It’s okay, we have instructions and anchor charts to help you incorporate it into your teaching). There are text dependent questions aligned with each passage, a set of vocabulary cards with def
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Plants Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
January Paragraph Writing - Graphic Organization Strategies
Are you looking for an easy way to break down paragraph writing for your students?Writing can be a difficult skill for many students. These writing prompts will help your students to develop expository, descriptive, and narrative writing skills with step-by-step instructions to support the writing process. There are three prompts included which are designed to help break writing down into manageable chunks for all students but especially supports students that need help breaking assignments down
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Writing Prompts - Monthly Themed Paragraph Prompts
Podcast on Social Responsibility & Activism - STEAM Research Project
This resource is a great introduction to podcasting (podcast creation), for both upper elementary and middle school students! This resource helps students (and their partners) create a podcast project, guiding them step-by-step through their research, creation, and reflection processes. Have you ever thought about integrating STEAM projects into your classroom? Whether you teach language arts, science & technology, or the visual arts, STEAM allows you to bring together all the elements of ST
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5th - 9th
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Prompts - MLK Activities, MLK Worksheets
Introducing Martin Luther King Day / MLK Day essay writing has never been easier! This comprehensive writing prompt unit with 4 complete essay lessons - argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive - guides students through the step-by-step process of crafting a compelling essay. Using detailed graphic organizers, students will learn to draft an outline with convincing evidence and write a thorough essay.All aspects of argumentative writing, expository writing, narrative writing, and per
Grades:
4th - 5th
Martin Luther King Biography Writing Unit | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
A biography project about the life of famous civil rights activist, Martin Luther King. The NO PREP unit has been split into four separate lessons and is perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade for MLK Day or for Black History Month.Included in this PDF printable resource:Four fact sheets which students need to cut out and sort into paragraphsWriting templates for four draft paragraphsTwo prompt sheets for students to write their introduction and conclusionA template for students to w
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5th - 6th
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Nature Journal: Seeing and Feeling - Outdoor STEM/STEAM Lesson 1
The most important lesson you’ll teach all year and it’s as simple as opening a door.This Nature STEAM lesson helps you leave no child inside! This foundational lesson sets the stage for hands-on, project-based, inquiry- driven learning all year at your site. Warning: This lesson is addictive. Your kids will beg to keep going outside to learn opportunistically, and so will you! It includes:Detailed Lesson Plan Extension ActivitiesPrintable Welcome Letter from real scientists to excite your gang
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PreK - 5th
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K-ESS3-1
, 2-LS4-1
, K-ESS2-2
, K-LS1-1
Civil Rights Movement 1960s Research Project: MLK Jr. & Black History
Civil Rights Movement 1960s is a choice board research project that guides students through the writing process as they learn more about the Civil Rights Movement. Civil Rights Movement 1960s gives students the chance to become an expert on one part of this huge, history-changing movement. Students will discuss reliable sources, what they already know about the Civil Rights Movement before diving into research. Students will take the Civil Rights Movement facts they gather and choose from 9 pro
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Informational Writing Bundle
Ecology Project | Ecology Research Report
Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive Ecology Research Report resource. It helps make report writing easy! It contains vocabulary, worksheets, questions, organizers, tools and forms to use for your students to create, develop, write, edit, illustrate, present, and assess your students’ Ecology Research Report.This is a fun, 35 page resource to help your students produce a research report on Ecology. This report is also designed to not only to learn and explain the new information,
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Ecology Unit | Passages & Questions | Research Report Bundle
36 Guided Writing Tasks: The Environment
We offer you a complete set of 36 guided writing tasks focused on the topic of the environment. There are a wide variety of writing tasks covering persuasive, informational, explanatory, and narrative writing. This includes tasks for writing essays, reports, opinion pieces, short stories, personal narratives, and poems. It also includes tasks for creating timelines, flyers, and posters. Some of the topics covered include recycling, reusing, conservation, pollution, waste, deforestation, nationa
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3rd - 6th
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Martin Luther King Close Reading & Biography Bundle | 5th Grade & 6th Grade
Two great activities that would span five lessons about the American civil rights activist, Martin Luther King. Perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. NO PREP is needed!Firstly, there is a close reading activity where children need to read through an informational text, and then answer comprehension and grammar questions, before completing an extension activity. Secondly, there is a biography writing unit which has been split into four separate lessons of reading, sorting and writin
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5th - 6th
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Endangered Animals on Parade
Children enjoy learning about animals. They love reading about, watching them, and acquiring knowledge about their habits: what they eat, where they live, their size, their babies and their survival strategies. Add an animal’s conservation status, and children become intrigued with humanity’s role in both endangering and improving that status.Connecting the topic of Endangered Animals with your Language Arts program, you will be able to instruct, provide learning experiences, and assess the s
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3rd - 6th
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Black History Month Writing Prompts
Black History Month Writing Prompts: Expository (4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Grade). Black History Month writing prompts to practice independent writing skills. Assess class readiness with three, simple prompts.Civil RightsResponse #1 - Leadership Response #2 - DeterminationResponse #3 - Peaceful ProtestNeed a big bundle? American History Bundle (200 worksheets).-----------------------------------------------------------------------And from the larger ensemble...EDITING & WRITING SKILLSEditing Dail
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Reading Assessment
The Great Backyard Bird Count - Citizen Science Projects for 5th Graders
Are you looking for ways to teach your 5th graders about how individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earths' resources and environment? A citizen science projects is your answer! If you're unfamiliar with citizen science, it is when non-scientists study the world around them and submit the data they collect to scientists. Anyone can be a citizen scientist including you and your students!This mini unit, the Great Backyard Bird Count - Citizen Science Projects for 5th Graders, was
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5th
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5-ESS3-1
Natural Disaster Research Report EDITABLE
Natural Disaster Report was used as a final collaborative project for Earth's Systems Change Unit in Science and Reading. The file includes essential questions, student objectives, standards, an outline for the final PP project, and a rubric for grading. This document is editable and can be manipulated or changed to suit theneeds of your class and lesson.
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4th - 7th
NGSS:
5-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS3-2
, 5-ESS3-1
, 5-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS3-3
QR Code Research & Writing Project : All About Birds
Dive into research and writing with this fun project focused on birds! Students will get to choose from a list of 22 birds to research and write about. Each type of bird has it's own page filled with QR codes (3-4 QR codes are linked to websites and 1-2 QR codes are linked to videos). By using QR codes it scaffolds the research, giving students more time to read through the websites and watch videos to find the information they need. Students will get to organize information by taking notes on
Biome Research Project Grades 4-6 Common Core Writing
Excellent practical resource for bridging students to organize their research into meaningful and organized paragraphs.
Focus on expository writing and research.
Also incorporates multimedia, presentation, and art skills into the project to further enhance student engagement and learning.
Individual and group aspects promote teamwork and collaborative learning while keeping students responsible for their own research.
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4th - 6th
3 Writing Packets on Trees
Three 5 page packets to help students learn about coniferous trees, deciduous, and how trees help the environment. Each packet has a vocabulary page that introduces the packet. Then the packet has a story for fluency and marking the text. Next is a page answering questions of different levels for students to refer back to the stories. After that is a page to help the students take the information they learned and organize their writing. Finally is a page for the students to write their stor
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS OF THE 20th CENTURY
This 19 slide powerpoint is geared specifically for an African American History Month lesson. It features 12 important figures of the 20th century in the fields of education, science, athletics and civil rights leaders. It also includes a short clip from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech to generate class discussion and a short independent research assignment at the end of the powerpoint.
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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