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Personal Narrative Writing Unit for First Grade
This personal narrative writer's workshop unit is aligned with the common core standards! It uses small moments to help guide students in writing narratives about their life. This was designed with first grade in mind, but can easily work in kindergarten and second grade classrooms. I needed structure and guidance for my first graders to successfully write their own personal narratives, so I created this packet to do just that! In this unit:Teacher Tips from my classroomDaily lessons in the "I d
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year
Writing Poetry in the Primary Grades
This poetry unit for first and second grade gets students writing both form and free-verse poems as they let their creativity fly!My students love to write poetry as a break from our traditional writing units. They really buy into the "no rules" aspect of free-verse poetry and when I show them different examples of poetry, they tend to take off and make many different writing pieces. I hope you and your students have as much fun as we do with this one!In this unit:Teacher Examples for each type
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year
Animal Adaptations l Science, Writing, and Art {Create a Creature Project}
Are you looking for a creative way to check your students' understanding of animal adaptations? In the Create a Creature project, students combine science, writing, and art to create an animal (or adapt an existing one) to survive in the new environment.The Create a Creature resource includes:Lesson plansSmall group activity to review environments and animal adaptationsProject Assignment to engage studentsTwo versions of student planning pagesFour versions of the final project pagesGrading rubri
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Earth and Life Science Project Bundle
Narrative Writing - Graphic Organizers, Rubrics & More For A Personal Narrative
Personal Narrative Writing - An easy package to teach students how to write a well-organized personal narrative. These organizers and worksheets lead students through the writing process, from brainstorming to the finished product. Using examples and extensive peer and self-editing, students can produce a well-written narrative paragraph. It can also be a starting point for a longer essay or writing piece.For a DIGITAL version of this resource, click HERE. Includes the following 15 pages:- Les
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: WRITING - Persuasive, Narrative, Expository & Descriptive Writing Bundle
Friendly Letter Writing Unit - Parts of a Friendly Letter Template Paper
Teaching your students about writing a friendly letter is a valuable and fun activity. This Friendly Letter Unit has everything you need to introduce your students to this writing genre and guide them to independent friendly letter writing. Begin by teaching the parts of a friendly letter to your students and let them practice sorting them into the correct place. Then teach your students the format using the friendly letter templates provided in this resource. They will love the cut and past
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1st - 2nd
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Opinion Writing Unit
Opinion writing for primary grades! This writing unit is filled with opinion writing graphic organizers and writing prompts that get your kindergarten, first and second grade students excited about writing!Please download the preview to see if you can use it in your classroom!Help your students tackle the opinion writing standard with this easy-to-use writing packet!In This Unit:Anchor charts for: Opinion, Fact, Persuade, OREO WritingTeacher tips from my classroomDaily Lesson Plans in the "I do,
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year
Full-Year Writer's Workshop Writing Curriculum Grades 3-5 Interactive Notebook
Grab your full-year curriculum for grades 3-5 (upper elementary)with interactive notebook. This printable writing program is everything you need for writer's workshop. Do you want to transform your reluctant writers into ROCKSTAR WRITERS®? This printable WRITING UNITS BUNDLE for GRADES 3-5 is filled with our signature STEP-BY-STEP WRITING® lessons with INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS. It is a COMPLETE WRITER'S WORKSHOP PROGRAM with all the tools needed for the entire year. You will find simple yet engagin
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3rd - 5th
Beginning of the Year Activities (2nd Grade)!
Please download the preview first!In this 88-page packet, you'll find all kinds of goodies to help make the beginning of the year a special and memorable one for your second graders. This packet will help your students establish routines and make new friendships! This packet has everything you will need for your first week back teaching!The beginning of the school year is such a fun and magical time for 2nd graders (and for teachers, as well!). It is an important time to establish routines and m
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2nd
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Writing Realistic Fiction Writer's Workshop Unit (Grades 1-2)
This realistic fiction writing unit is so much fun for your first and second graders!Looking for more writing resources?! You can find ALL my writing resources for a fraction of the price here in my FIRST GRADE WRITING - EVERGROWING BUNDLE!This unit has students digging deeper into the writer's workshop process as they expand on characters, add problems and solutions, and come up with satisfying endings to their stories!In this unit:How to get started: background and preparationIn my classroomDa
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year
Inherited Traits and Learned Behaviors - Monster Lab Project
Are you looking for a creative way to check your students' understanding of inherited traits and learned behaviors? Try out the Monster Lab project! This wild and wacky science, writing, and art project asks students to dream up a parent monster and its offspring, jotting down the traits and behaviors they inherited. This inherited traits project includes:Lesson plans for two days (or stretch it out over several days)Small group activity to review inherited traitsProject Assignment to engage stu
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Earth and Life Science Project Bundle
Personal Narrative Writing
This Personal Narrative Writing unit is perfect for your K-1 classroom. It provides 3 weeks of lesson plans, anchor charts, printables, activities, and templates for your writers workshop unit on personal narratives. Students will transition from learning about personal narratives, to storytelling, to story writing!
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Beginning Writing: Launching Workshop
Opinion Writin
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Writer's Workshop Bundle
Potato Olympics
This is a whole day interdisciplinary classroom event. Students dress up a potato based on a country. They bring them in on the day of the Potato Olympics. Students choose Olympic events to participate in. Then, there are opening ceremonies where each student presents their potato athlete and their biography. Then, students compete in the different events. The top three potatoes in each event earn medals which are presented at the closing ceremonies.
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3rd - 4th
Mo Willems Author Study
This Mo Willems author study is the perfect way for your K-2 students to read, study, and enjoy some of Mo Willems' popular books!This 75 page unit is packed with literacy and writing activities designed to get your primary students interacting with the text.Please download the preview to see some examples of the types of activities included!In this unit:Who is Mo Willems?Fact Sheet about the authorTimeline of popular books included in this unitSpecific activities for the following Pigeon books:
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K - 2nd
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Jory John Book Companions Reading Comprehension Crafts Writing
Are you looking for some good books to teach children about message and character education. This fun bundle will engage your students as they follow the character's journey to finding happiness. This activity pack is filled with comprehension strategies to focus on the Common Core State Standards. There are also writing and word work activities. There are activities for The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, The Cool Bean, The Great Eggscape, The Couch Potato, The Smart Cookie, and The Good, The Bad and
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K - 2nd
Fictional Narrative Writing Unit - Writing Workshop
This comprehensive unit addresses all your fictional narrative standards! A traditional PDF version is included, as well as a link for Google Slides. ************************************************************************This is a 6-week unit that is broken down to day-by-day lessons. Each lesson contains directions for a mini lesson, independent work time, and share time. There is also an additional handout or guided practice activity for each of the lessons.You'll also find rubrics, monthly l
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Writing Bundle | Print and Digital | Informational, Opinion, Narrative
Writing Reviews: A Writer's Workshop Unit
Opinion writing unit for primary grades that focuses on writing reviews! This writing workshop unit is an extension of my Opinion Writing Unit where I previously taught them how to write opinions and provide reasons for them. That being said, this unit could stand on its own without the previous opinion unit. Your students may require a few extra "what is an opinion?" lessons!Students will brainstorm different things and give them a 1-5 star rating with reasons to support their opinion!Please do
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: First Grade Writing Workshop Units for the Year
Persuasive Writing Christmas Theme {Holiday Sweater Contest}
Holiday Sweater Contest: Help your students develop their persuasive writing skills with this creative writing and art project! The task involves designing a holiday sweater for a vintage department store contest. After designing, students will use persuasive writing to convince the judges why their design deserves to win the grand prize.This resource includes:Detailed lesson plans for two days (or stretch it out over several days)Small group warm-up activity to engage students and review persua
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Holiday Persuasive Writing Bundle {Halloween and Christmas}
Fractured Fairy Tale Writing- Lesson on Perspective w/organizers, rubric, more
This writing project requires students to use traditional fairy tales as a guide to write a new version of that fairy tale. To do this they will write from the perspective of a character who is different than narrator of the original version. Once all of the stories have been written, there are materials included for students to turn their story into a book or for a class book to be made. It's very comprehensive with several teacher and student tools- organizers, rubric, writing paper, and mo
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Set with Rubrics + BONUS resource
Personal Narrative Writing Unit 4th Grade Graphic Organizer Anchor Charts
Are you looking for a fun way to teach your fourth grade students how to write personal narratives? This Personal Narrative Writing Unit is perfect for you! It comes with kid-friendly rubrics, anchor charts, graphic organizers, and centers. Plus, there’s even a mentor text to help you get started.Your students will love writing personal narratives with this unit! The lessons are easy to follow and the activities are engaging. Plus, the included rubrics make grading simple.When it comes to
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4th
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Also included in: 4th Grade Writing Units BUNDLE Personal Fictional Opinion Informational
Stretch The Sentence Writing Activities
Students can practice stretching out sentences with these fun writing activities! The focus is to add more details to sentences by answering the questions who, what, when, where, why, and how? These will get students thinking about what details to add to make their sentences more interesting! Try these activities in writing centers, writing workshop, and just for extra practice.
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• How to stretch the sentence page with example
• Stretch it out example page
• 15 stretch it out practice
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1st - 3rd
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Personal Narrative Writing Unit 2nd Grade Graphic Organizer Anchor Charts
Are you looking for a fun way to teach your second grade students how to write personal narratives? This Personal Narrative Writing Unit is perfect for you! It comes with kid-friendly rubrics, anchor charts, graphic organizers, and centers. Plus, there’s even a mentor text to help you get started.Your students will love writing personal narratives with this unit! The lessons are easy to follow and the activities are engaging. Plus, the included rubrics make grading simple.When it comes to w
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2nd
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Also included in: 2nd Grade Writing Units BUNDLE Personal Fictional Opinion Informational
Pumpkin Pie in a Cup
Are you looking for a fun treat to do with your class for Thanksgiving? Pumpkin pie in a cup is the perfect dessert to make with your students. You can use the mini book provided to follow the directions to make the pumpkin pie treat. While you make it, you will read directions, work on teamwork and end up with something delicious. Your students can also predict, survey, graph and do a little math with their data. In addition, there is a fun pumpkin pie in cup craft, class graphing tools, and
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Activities Task Cards BUNDLE
Descriptive Writing: Spooky Snapshots (Digital and Printable)
This Halloween Writing: Spooky Snapshots mini-unit is perfect for middle school and high school students! They will love writing about the 24 "spooky" setting images that come in this unit.*****************************************************************************My favorite way to use this product is to have students practice writing SNAPSHOTS. A snapshot is when a writer zooms in on a particular setting at a particular moment in time. Then, using lots of sensory details and imagery, writes a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School Writing Curriculum - Part One (September-December)
The Ultimate End of Year Writing Bundle: 5 Writing Activities & Craftivities
The end of the year is near and this unit has everything you need to engage your summer hungry kiddos in five super easy projects. This 149 page unit is packed with the resources needed to create a paper bag style memory book and time capsule, along with three other end of year writing activities and crafts. This unit also features a writing activity that will fill your classroom with spirit at the beginning of next year to welcome all of your new kiddos to their next grade level. Your new kiddo
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1st - 5th
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