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Paragraph Writing in the Writing Process with Graphic Organizers & Rubrics
This paragraph writing unit is packed with resources that will help you develop your young writers into strong, independent writers! This paragraph writing pack contains differentiated graphic organizers and rubrics that will take your writers through the Writing Process. Learning the steps to the Writing Process will enable your students to write well developed paragraphs.These resources can be used all year, for any theme or subject area you are working on- great for writing across the curri
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1st - 4th
Fidget Spinner Opinion Writing Prompt- Informational Texts - Graphic Organizer
Should fidget spinners be banned from schools? This comprehensive resource comes with a writing prompt, three different passages, and many extras to help students write an organized, evidence-based opinion essay and prepare for the state test. If your students have to take a standardized writing test that comes with passages, then this product is a must-have!*Please note that this writing prompt is just part of my YEAR LONG BUNDLE. The yearlong bundle includes 5 opinion writing prompts (includin
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3rd - 5th
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POP BOTTLE Biography Project {Reading/Writing Informational Text} Who Was/Is
My Pop Bottle Biography Projects will truly FOSTER a LOVE of reading and writing informational text among your students while allowing them to be creative thinkers and learners. Your students will LOVE this project because they will have an opportunity to use their imaginations as they learn about an important person in history! This project will also get your students and their families working TOGETHER! How awesome is that?!?As teachers, we all know how important choice in the classroom truly
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2nd - 6th
Kindergarten Informational Writing Unit | Kindergarten Writing Unit 7
Get your students excited about making nonfiction books with this informational writing unit for Kindergarten! This resource includes everything you need: informational writing lesson plans, printable writing paper, posters, graphic organizers for planning, writing rubrics, and more.This 4 to 5-week unit begins by having students draw and write to create nonfiction / informational books about topics they know well (i.e. animals, sports, etc.). Then, students work with you to complete a class re
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K
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Also included in: Kindergarten Writing Workshop Curriculum (Writing Units Bundle)
Vertebrates Informative Writing Prompt with 3 Passages/Articles
Vertebrates Writing Prompt with Informational Mentor Texts: Evidence-based informational writing. With this resource, students use information from three different passages to write an organized, informative/explanatory essay. Please note that this writing prompt is just part of my growing bundle. Click HERE to get a year's worth of writing prompts, including this one, at a discount price! Nowadays, there is a noticeable difference in how students are expected to write their essays on the standa
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3rd - 5th
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How To Procedural Writing, Complete Unit Instructional Set
This 30-page set includes all of the templates necessary to teach a procedural (how to) writing unit. These sheets were originally created for grade 1, but all templates are differentiated, making them accessible to kindergarteners and second graders alike.This set includes:- [1] Unit explanatory letter to parents- [2] Blank brainstorming lists- [10] Differentiated writing graphic organizers - with three/four steps, primary/regular lines, with/without materials lists, etc.- [3] Exemplar procedur
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K - 3rd
St. Patrick's Day Persuasive/Opinion Writing Prompt with 6 Passages/Articles
Why should the leprechaun give you his gold? Are you looking for evidence-based opinion/persuasive writing? With this resource, students use information from six different passages to prove why they should get the leprechaun's gold. It's the perfect writing prompt for March. Please note that this writing prompt is just part of my growing bundle. Click HERE to get a year's worth of writing prompts, including this one, at a discount price! Nowadays, there is a noticeable difference in how students
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3rd - 5th
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Three Types of Rocks Informative Writing Prompt with three Passages/Articles
With this resource, students must use information from three different passages to write an informative essay that explains the three different types of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. Many extras are included to help you along the way. If your students have to take a standardized writing test where the writing prompt includes passages/articles, then this product is a must-have!*Please note that this writing prompt is just part of my YEAR LONG BUNDLE. The yearlong bundle includes 5
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3rd - 5th
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Digital Independent Research Project - Topic of Choice
Want a fun, creative, independently paced project for your students? Looking for something to challenge your students who have already mastered your skills?Need an activity that will allow your students to practice research skills, questioning strategies, and higher level thinking?With this independent project, students will be able to choose any topic they wish to research and follow through at a completely independent level. Product includes basic research steps, such as brainstorming, backgro
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2nd - 7th
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Opinion Writing Mentor Texts in Second Grade: What is the Best Pet?
Opinion writing is a major emphasis of the Common Core Standards. How can we help our students with this genre of writing? By providing them with good models. Here are 12 opinion pieces on the best types of pets (4 on dogs, 4 on cats, and 4 on fish). Each set has 4 levels of writing (1 scoop, 2 scoops, 3 scoops, and 4 scoops). These models show children in an explicit manner what constitutes an effective opinion piece. Also included is an ice cream scoop visual rubric for evaluating the wr
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2nd
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Animal Research Packet Expository Writing (Outline, Publishing Template, Rubric)
Students can choose any animal to research and can take notes on this easy to use outline! The outline contains 5 sections to organizes notes. The sections include appearance, habitat, diet and eating habits, predators and protection, and life cycle. Each section has guiding questions to help students understand what belongs in each section. There is also a place to write topic sentences for each section and a conclusion at the end. After taking notes, the students can turn the research into
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2nd - 4th
Three Branches of Government Brochure Project & Rubric
This resource is an engaging project for teaching the branches of our government. Students can create a brochure with a cover illustrating how the three branches are rooted to the Constitution and open the fist fold to read The Preamble. Inside the brochure the students will list characteristics of each branch as a trifold. As an extension students can use the illustration to observe and sketch the buildings ( The White House, The Capitol, and The Supreme Court) where each branch is housed. Sco
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2nd - 5th
Main Idea & Supporting Details RUBRIC
Teaching students to find the Main Idea & Supporting Details can be SO difficult. This STUDENT-FRIENDLY rubric makes it SO MUCH EASIER for kids to understand! Please check out the SUPER-POSITIVE teacher feedback comments! There are 2 rubrics, a 70-100 scale, and a 1-4 scale. My students LOVE using these when then are trying to find the Main Idea & supporting details, & yours will too! If you need some great NO PREP practice packets for Main Idea & Supporting Details I have severa
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2nd - 6th
Kindergarten Common Core ELA Assessments - Reading: Informational Text Strand
This ELA Assessment Pack covers all of the Kindergarten Common Core Standards in the Reading: Informational Text Strand. It contains 3 different ways to assess each group of standards: One-on-one assessments with question prompts, classroom observation forms for on-the-fly assessing, and also written assessments for use in a whole or small group setting. Also included are detailed rubrics for each standard, and class data tracking sheets. This is a very comprehensive assessment pack, with direc
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K
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Also included in: Kindergarten Common Core ELA Assessments - ALL STANDARDS Bundle
Writer's Workshop: Units 1-3 I Can Write by Kim Adsit aligned with Common Core
Ever heard "I don’t know how to write?" If so, this pack will develop an "I can Write!" attitude and teach children how to write a personal narrative.The packet contains:o 10 Anchor charts with color photo for easy assembly o My Writing Toolso My Favorites Brainstorming Charto How to Write a Personal Narrativeo Am I Done?o Helping the Readero How Can I Write? (Three Ways to Write)o Characters and Settings in Personal Narrativeso Small Momentso Brainstorming Chart for Big Idea and Small Momentso
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Writer's Workshop Mega Bundle by Kim Adsit
Sink or Float - STEM
Sink or float? Kids are naturally curious about their world!. This easy sink or float STEM activity is amazing! My students were engaged, learning, and having meaningful buddy/collaborative conversations about why they think an object will sink or float! I am telling you this activity is teaching nirvana! Collaboration at it's best and preparation for college and career! STEM learning is engaging and exciting!
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~ Sink or Float Lesson plans, easy to understand and implement
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K - 2nd
Procedural Writing Distance Learning Unit-Printable and Digital Version
Teaching Procedural Writing is fun with this common core aligned unit. From anchor chart ideas and graphic organizers, to planning templates and rubrics, it has everything you'll need to teach Procedural Writing. It includes a choice of 2 craft activities for your elementary and middle school students to complete, as a basis for their procedural writing, and some video clips for you to use as examples. The detailed lesson plans take you through each step of the teaching process; from the introd
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Writing Unit Bundle Distance Learning
Inference Tests to assess Making Inferences: Paper & Digital
Product contains 5 original stories and 25 inference questions to help you determine if your students know how to make inferences. These can be used as Inference Practice or Inference Assessments. Product includes Print and Digital versions, as well as Answer Keys. I hope you find this resource useful as you instruct and assess your students on Making Inferences. HAPPY TEACHING!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Download PREVIEW for FREE Inference Activity!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️Looking for more resources to help you teach your s
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Inference Reading Unit Bundle for Making Inferences: Paper and Digital
Summarizing Nonfiction Text Resource Pack
Get your 4th-6th grade students closely reading, annotating, questioning and summarizing nonfiction text. The purpose of this resource is to teach your students how to:closely read informational textdetermine important informationdetermine text structuredetermine the author's purpose, andsuccessfully summarize informational textI suggest you utilize this resource with several nonfiction articles, on the same topic, but of varying viewpoints and text structures. Repeated usage of this resource wi
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Informational Text Bundle | Reading & Writing | Print & Digital
Summary Writing Assignments & Assessments: Paper & Digital
This product contains 14 Summarizing Assignments that instruct students to analyze informational texts and use the Summary Writing Process to write brief, accurate, and objective summaries. Students will use the Summary Writing Steps to determine the main idea, identify supporting details, and then summarize them in their own words. Product also contains an answer key and a Summarizing standards based grading rubric. Each text provided are written for middle school grades (6-8 grade). For a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Summarizing Unit BUNDLE for Summary Writing: Paper & Digital
Writer's Workshop: Writing an Opinion by Kim Adsit aligned with Common Core
Everyone has an opinion, right? This packet contains items to help your little ones state their opinion and to persuade someone else that they are RIGHT!
The packet contains:
4 anchor charts for opinion writing
2 modeling anchor charts for demonstrating
4 brainstorming/prewriting pages
Various types of paper for children to use for writing their opinion piece including a letter format
A Rubric based on the common core standards
A class spreadsheet of the rubric to compare and organize small gr
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Writer's Workshop Mega Bundle by Kim Adsit
Procedural (How-To) Writing Rubric
This writing rubric scores students in the following categories:HandwritingGrammar and PunctuationOrganizationSpellingCreativityHow to Use the Rubric: I show this rubric to students before the assignment so they know what they need to do in order to make a good grade. When I grade students' papers, I put a check mark in the appropriate column and give students a grade out of 15 points. Then I convert it to a percentage grade. I staple the completed rubric to the student's paper.This version is N
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Writer's Workshop: How To Writing Pack by Kim Adsit
Ever asked a kiddo “and what do you know how to do?” Well, this packet contains items to help your little ones answer that question. This packet contains: Three anchor charts for “How to Writing”Two modeling anchor charts for demonstratingTwo brainstorming/pre writing pagesVarious types of paper for children to use for writing their procedural pieceA rubric based on the common core standardA class spreadsheet of the rubric to compare and organize small groupsA student self-assessment rubricA la
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Writer's Workshop Mega Bundle by Kim Adsit
Animal Research Poster or Diorama Project: Perfect for Gifted Enrichment!
Animal Research Poster or Diorama Project: Perfect for Gifted Enrichment or for your whole class.
Can be used as a homework or in class project. The student is asked to pick an animal to research. It allows for the student to choose either a poster or diorama to present facts learned.
This pack includes complete directions to give to students(one page with points added and one page without), a page with some helpful guidelines for student research, teacher score sheet, a complete r
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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