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Writing-expository Common Core RI.3.1 resources
Paired Passage with Writing ELA Test Prep 3rd 4th Grade SBAC Performance Task
ELA Test Prep made simple! These high-interest ELA performance tasks tie reading and writing together in meaningful ways for students. In each performance task, students will read two different informational passages to help them answer source questions, multiple-choice questions, and open-ended questions. Need a 3rd source? Links with short videoes on the topics are included.This bundle includes 3 complete ELA Performance Tasks on different topics.Students will then take all the information tha
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3rd - 4th
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Endangered Species Expert - Project Based Learning
This project is designed to help students build their research, analysis and synthesis skills while learning about an endangered species that interests them. As students become the class expert for their species, they will exercise reading, writing, grammar, science and art skills as well as build experience with long-term planning and the organization required to complete a multi-step project by a deadline.
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
National Parks Reading Research Project End of Year Summer School Fun Activities
End of the year project made simple! Save time planning about National Parks and the beauty of the United States with these high-interest nonfiction reading and writing activities!This set includes 7 close reading passages and a step-by-step approach to writing research pieces to help you scaffold and differentiate to meet your students' needs. This writing pack will help your students complete a National Park research project. Directions are clear and easy to understand and come in two layouts
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3rd - 5th
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Career Day Research Project, Career Explorations, Community Helpers
Looking for a way to spice up your ELA/Social Studies career exploration units? This Career Day Research Project is a perfect and easy way to provide your learners with a deeper understanding of the professions in their communities. You will just need to print and go!This pack includes:~3 parent/guardian letter options explaining the project~Rubrics linked to 2nd and 3rd grade ELA CCSS~Research organizer~Suggested websites~Interview questions for asking community experts~28 career options prin
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1st - 3rd
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Ocean Habitat CCSS Unit
This ocean unit comes with printable student books (facts, note taking pages, common core response questions), printable teacher notes, and follow-up student writing papers (rough draft and final copy)! It’s everything you need to teach about the ocean while meeting common core standards. Please see the list below and our preview for more information!Ocean Unit Includes:(58 Pages Total)Student Book CoverStudent Book:Our Blue PlanetThe Sunlight ZoneCoral ReefsThe Twilight ZoneThe Midnight ZoneKel
Grades:
K - 3rd
3rd Grade Library Database Scavenger Hunt & Lesson Plan {Printable}
Students learn beginning research skills, such as keyword searching, to find answers to 10 trivia questions in your library research databases with this editable scavenger hunt.NOTE: This is ​the ​printable version of this lesson, designed for use with paper scavenger hunt worksheets while using devices to access your school library's research database(s) or other reliable online resources.Here is the link for the digital version if you prefer a paperless system for blended or virtual / distance
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3rd - 4th
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Book Reports BUNDLE to Use with ANY Book
56 Book Reports to use with ANY Book, both Fiction and Nonfiction! Using this book report BUNDLE in your classroom will benefit your students' reading comprehension skills:Looking for digital book reports for distance learning? Check out my Digital Book Reports Google Drive Edition.FICTION:Story elementsMaking connections to textQuestioning the textAuthor's purposeCompare & contrastProblem & solution / conflict & resolutionBeginning, Middle & EndSummaryCharacterizationSequencin
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1st - 4th
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RACES Strategy Practice Passages Worksheets Constructed Response Practice Prompt
Looking for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Constructed Response Practice Prompts for Text Dependent Questions, using RACES Writing Strategy Practice Passages and Worksheets? 10 High Interest Passages, Graphic Organizers with Sentence Starters & Rubric are all included. Digital & PDF for PrintingAlso included: 18 Digital Slides Presentation in Google Slides that include a Teacher & Student Platform to Introduce & Practice RACES Passages.GREAT FOR ELA OR STATE TEST PREP!
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3rd - 5th
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Biography Graphic Organizer, Biography Book Report
Looking for some engaging biography reports and graphic organizers for you students? Have students read someone's biography during the week and then fill out this report with facts about the person. NEW * Graphic Organizers are now included! This Biography Packet includes:• Directions• Biography Book Report• Fact Sheet• Major Events Sheet• Summary Page (Primary Grades)• Summary Page (Intermediate Grades)• Biography Poster• Award Page• Scoring Rubric3 Graphic Organizers1 photo frame to draw a pic
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1st - 4th
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Endangered Animals Research Project Reading Endangered Species Activities
Celebrating Earth Day with endangered animal activities? This print-and-go endangered species close reading and research project is just what you need to engage your students this April or any time!This set includes 6 close reading passages and a step-by-step approach to writing and animal research report/essay to help you scaffold and differentiate as needed for your specific class needs!Save time planning, engage students, and bring critical thinking activities into your classroom instantly wi
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3rd - 5th
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Reindeer Nonfiction Activities
Reindeer Nonfiction Reading - A nonfiction mini-unit filled with information about reindeer, perfect for Christmas or winter reading.
This is part of my Holidays Nonfiction Bundle
Reindeer Round-Up is a fun way to integrate nonfiction reading into your activities this Christmas and holiday season. This activity contains a set of 8 full-color cards with real photographs and information about reindeer, along with two full page informational text sheets - at two levels. Use the cards as a "wa
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Turkeys, Reindeer, Groundhogs, Endangered, Rabbits - Nonfiction Bundle #2
Thanksgiving: Mayflower Voyage, Pilgrims, Native Americans GOOGLE Bundle
This Thanksgiving, teach The Story of the First Thanksgiving: Mayflower Voyage, Pilgrims and Native Americans. This unit includes 3 full units and one mini unit. Easily differentiate with built in options that require NO EXTRA PREP. Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about the Native Americans, Plymouth Colony and the pilgrims, the Mayflower voyage and the first thanksgiving in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differenti
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1st - 3rd
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Ecology Museum Project Based Learning (PBL) Unit About Ecosystems & Adaptations
OVERVIEW:Your students will be invited to join a team of ecologists who are building an ecology museum right in your classroom. The museum will teach other students about how living things survive in their ecosystem by interacting with other living things, and nonliving things. As the Museum Director, you will guide your team of ecologists through four project phases in preparation for the museum grand opening. Your science unit on ecosystems, adaptations, and interdependent relationships will c
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3rd
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Habitats Bundle {Rainforests, Deserts, Ocean, & Forest}
This bundle includes our Ocean, Desert, Forest and Rainforest units.
Ocean Unit:
(Click above to buy this unit individually)
Student Book Cover
Student Book:
Our Blue Planet
The Sunlight Zone
Coral Reefs
The Twilight Zone
The Midnight Zone
Kelp Forests
Parts of the Kelp Plant
Ocean Animals
Sea Otters
Sea Stars
Sea Urchin
White Sharks
Garibaldi
Sea Anemones
Jellyfish
Kelp Crab
Student Note taking pages (plant and animal adaptations)
Comprehension Questions (student page and answers)
Venn Di
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1st - 3rd
Native American Unit | Native American Regions
Ready to learn about the different regions of Native Americans? This Unit has many hands-on & visual activities to engage your students.Native American Regions Included:â–ºThe Southwestâ–º Plainsâ–º Eastern Woodlandsâ–º Pacific West Coast â–ºCalifornia You will find motivating lesson plan ideas & templates for informational text and expository writing lessons. This download also includes activities to go along with Native American myths/legends/fables. This unit contains up to 4 weeks' worth o
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2nd - 4th
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Lucky Leprechauns St. Patrick's Day Non-Fiction Reading
Don't let students' non-fiction comprehension be left up to "luck".Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with 33 pages of informational passages, reading comprehension checks, cute crafts, and lots of TEXT STRUCTURE practice. 6 non-fiction reading passages/sheets with corresponding comprehension pages.Get Me Gold pot of gold craft - fill our pot with fun facts found in the passages. Add the rainbow to connect your pot of gold to the Comprehension Cloud craft- answer the who, what, when, where, why, how (d
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Author's Point of View - Comparing Two Pieces of Text
This product is a great resource to help your students not only understand how to identify an author's point of view, but also how to respond to a writing prompt in which they need to compare two pieces of text. Two activities are included!!CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW ABOVE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL BE GETTING! ☺☺☺☺Activity # 1: Students will be asked to read two letters in which the author's will give their differing opinions on school uniforms. Your kids will then have to answer four questions co
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2nd - 4th
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Pollution Activity Human Impact on the Environment Writing Reading Passages
Learning about human impact on the Environment this April for Earth Day? These nonfiction reading and writing activities are all about land, water, and air pollution and will engage your students instantly! These activities also address how human activity plays a part in pollution.This set includes 4 close reading passages and a step-by-step approach to writing a persuasive writing piece about Stopping Pollution to help you scaffold and differentiate as needed for your specific class needs!You w
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-LS4-4
Weather Tools & Instruments Science Digital GOOGLE Unit
Use this distance learning unit to teach all about the weather tools (grades 1-3). Implement the Weather Tools and Instruments Science Unit in GOOGLE Classroom. Easily differentiate with built in options that require NO EXTRA PREP. Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about Weather Tools in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differentiated for all learners. This unit integrates ELA and science at the same time!Included with
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Digital Resource GROWING BUNDLE for Google Classroom & Distance Learning
Earth Day Opinion Writing Mini-Unit: Lessons, Writing Templates, Writing Rubric
Try out this mini opinion writing unit out this year on Earth Day! Teachers will love the done-for-you lesson plans and students will enjoy reading a variety of high-interest texts that help teach conservation.This writing unit is perfect to tie into the spring season while still addressing critical writing skills like researching, using graphic organizers and templates to help students arrange what they've learned about Earth's conservation into a strong opinion writing piece.Students will exp
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3rd - 5th
Writing Informational Non-Fiction Books: Weather | 5 Week Writing Unit
Elevate your writing workshop with our comprehensive "All About/Informational Writing" resource! Engage your students in an exciting journey as they delve into the captivating world of weather storms, conducting research and crafting their very own non-fiction informational books.What's Included:5 Weeks of Engaging Writing Plans:Seamlessly integrate this resource into your curriculum with a carefully planned five-week writing schedule, ensuring a structured and engaging learning experience.Sugge
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1st - 4th
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RACES Strategy Practice Passage Constructed Response Prompts 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Engage students with 10 RACES Strategy Practice Passages for 3rd, 4th & 5th grade with prompts, rubric, and worksheets for Extended Constructed Response. Digital Google Slides Presentation and PDF Printables are both included. This bundle also includes Restating the Question Practice, RACES Bookmarks and Bulletin Board Posters. RACES is an acronym for:R = Restate A = Answer C = Cite evidence E = Explain S = Summarize (S is optional)RACES or RACE Constructed Response is the
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Inventor Reading Passages Informational Writing Template Research Project
Getting ready to study inventors and inventions? These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and research writing activities will help your students learn about inventors and conduct research on an inventor of their choice!Included are 9, two-page articles to help your students understand and learn about a wide range of inventors and their inventions all while they gather important information as they read informational text.Close reading anchor charts are also included to
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3rd - 5th
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Halloween Informational Text & Expository Writing
This quarter, my kids are focusing on informative/expository writing. I needed something for them to write about with a fun Halloween theme behind it!This product includes:-An informational text about how Halloween is celebrated around the world-A reading comprehension activity-A compare/contrast page-A writing graphic organizer (and an example)-An expository writing activity about trick-or-treating safely-Themed final draft paper
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2nd - 5th
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