1st grade creative writing scaffolded notes

Use this story frame to have students author their own Monster books using adjectives, adjectives, and more adjectives! The 12 page file includes a graphic organizer, a one-page word bank of adjectives grouped into categories such as words that describe color, words that describe texture, and words that describe size and shape, etc., and the entire story frame. Finished student books will be 8.5 x 5.5 (half sheet in size).

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Printables, Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes

Grades:

K - 3rd

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Super Sentences PACK

Created by

Creative Writing, Grammar, Writing

Use these cute scaffolds to help students develop the skills necessary to write complex sentences and answer the who, what , where, why, and how.

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Grades:

1st - 3rd

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Worksheets, Printables, Scaffolded Notes

Ways to Spell Words Mini Anchor Chart

Created by

Mrs Dana Bulman

Great for student folders or as a tool for students to use while in writer's workshop!

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Handouts, Scaffolded Notes, Posters

Grades:

K - 2nd

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Teeny Tiny: An Adapatation of the Old English Ghost Tale

Created by

Creative Writing, Short Stories, Writing

This template was created to assist students in creating their own version of the original Ghost Tale entitled "The Teeny Tiny Woman". This 30 page pdf file includes a graphic organizer, 2 completed student samples, the template for students to fill in, an "About the Author page" and Story Title pages. This template can also be used to reinforce proper use of pronouns. Enjoy!

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Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes

Differentiated S.C.A.M.P.E.R. Scaffold to create a Fairy Tale

Created by

Little Learners 2

Provided is the scaffold S.C.A.M.P.E.R. that has a guideline that explains what each section includes. As well as, three different forms of a differentiated worksheet for students to get started on writing their own Fairy Tales. Form A allows students to have a checklist and to begin writing.Form B is more prompted in order to help students who need more assistance and structure in their writing.Form C is for those students who need examples in front of them and even more scaffolding and prompti

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Short Stories, Writing

Grades:

PreK - 8th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

RL.2.1

, RL.2.3

, RL.2.5

, RL.2.6

, W.2.3

Perfect Paragraphs for the Primary Grades: February

Created by

This PERFECT PARAGRAPH pack is fashioned after my SUPER SENTENCES. Instead of Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How... these templates have students either creating a Topic sentence, 3 Detail sentences, and a Closing or... an Introduction sentence followed by sentences beginning with First, Next, Then and closing with Finally. When they have finished completing the template they will have a 5 sentence paragraph! Each page in this 100+ page pdf file features a different picture/theme to inspi

Subjects:

Printables, Classroom Forms, Scaffolded Notes

Grades:

1st - 3rd

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Graphic Organizers for any grade level

Created by

423 creates

Graphic Organizers. They are the key part of documenting, note-taking, and organizing information. This is a 23 page document of several common graphic organizers and many personally used samples. Here is a list of the graphic organizers you will see in the document. 1. Sequence of Events 2. Note Taker 3. Cause and Effect 4. Timeline 5. Book Log 6. Schema and Inferencing 7. Quotes from a story and the affects 8. Vocabulary Word Study cards 9. Individual KWL Chart 10. The 5 W's and an H Note tak

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Literature

Grades:

1st - 7th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes, Literature Circles

December Super Sentence Pack

Created by

34 "Super Sentence" frames for the month of December... The pack includes Christmas, Hanakkah and Winter Activities. Use these templates to scaffold student writing. Templates are designed from simple: Who? Did What? to complex: When? Who? Did What? How? and Why? to allow for differentiation or to be used at different grade levels. Enjoy!

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Worksheets, Printables, Scaffolded Notes

Grades:

1st - 3rd

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October Super Sentences

Created by

One way to get students to use more complex sentences when writing and make sure they grasp the concept of who, what, when, where, why, or how is to teach them to write SUPER SENTENCES. Begin by developing super sentences as a whole group. Once students have had several opportunities to practice with you, move on to small group or partners. You may even want to make it a competition to see which group can craft the most creative and grammatically correct SUPER sentence. You will be surprised h

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Grades:

1st - 3rd

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Narrative (Imaginative) Writing Toolkit Placemat

Created by

SeaStarsCreate

The perfect tool to help your students ease into narrative writing. Print in A4 or A3 and laminate for future use.Include:- Structure of Narrative Writing- Sentence Starters ideas- Language features:AdjectivesNounsVerbsAdverbsMetaphorsSmiliesPersonificationOnomatopoeia Tense (Point of view)Using SpeechTime words- Think about (taken from NAPLAN Australia)Update: Now includes a differentiated placemat with punctuation, simplified font and sentence stater examples for lower students.

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Handouts, Scaffolded Notes, Posters

Grades:

1st - 10th

Types:

The Twelve Days of...A Story Frame for Elementary Students

Created by

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

Use this story frame to have students create their own version of the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas. A little difficult for your students? Then why not use it as a whole group activity or assign one page per child to create a class book. Students simply fill in the blanks to create their own rendition of the 12 days of ... Christmas, Winter, School, etc. Of course, plenty of space is also provided for students to illustrate each of the 12 days. A pre-writing/planning sheet is also include

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Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Scaffolded Notes

May Super Sentences

Created by

One way to get students to use more complex sentences when writing and make sure they grasp the concept of who, what, when, where, why, or how is to teach them to write SUPER SENTENCES. Begin by developing super sentences as a whole group. Once students have had several opportunities to practice with you, move on to small group or partners. You may even want to make it a competition to see which group can craft the most creative and grammatically correct SUPER sentence. You will be surprised h

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Grades:

1st - 3rd

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August Super Sentences

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One way to get students to use more complex sentences when writing and make sure they grasp the concept of who, what, when, where, why, or how is to teach them to write SUPER SENTENCES. Begin by developing super sentences as a whole group. Once students have had several opportunities to practice with you, move on to small group or partners. You may even want to make it a competition to see which group can craft the most creative and grammatically correct SUPER sentence. You will be surprised h

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Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

Letter to Santa Claus: What do you want for Christmas?

Created by

The Rosen Archives

These resources support students as they plan and write letters to Santa to let him know what they'd like for Christmas, why they want that present, and reasons Santa should bring it for them. Resources are provided that can be printed and distributed as paper and pencil tasks or they can be posted as an assignment on Google Classroom. Graphic organizers and writing paper are provided.Letter to Santa ObjectivesLetter to Santa Writing Paper (for Google Classroom)Letter to Santa Graphic Organizer

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Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Worksheets, Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

L.1.2

, L.2.1

, L.2.2

, L.3.1

, L.3.2

...

Inference Practice

Created by

The Rosen Archives

These resources introduce inferencing/drawing conclusions with identifying everyday inanimate objects and imagining what they might say if they could talk. Labeled visuals provide English learners with written vocabulary and word banks provide support for writing tasks. Students are asked to read "What am I?" passages and based on the clues/text evidence, are asked to identify the object that is "talking". These tasks reinforce reading comprehension and inferencing skills. Students may use visu

Subjects:

Creative Writing, EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Scaffolded Notes

CCSS:

RF.1.4

, RF.2.4

, RF.2.4a

, RF.3.4

, RF.3.4a

...

Animal Information Report Template

Created by

Teaching with Miss Jane

An animal information report research template including classification, diet, habitat, appearance, interesting facts and a diagram!

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Reading, Writing

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Research, Activities, Scaffolded Notes

Retell the Story Organizers

Created by

MsJocelyn

The development of a student's oral language is crucial to their ability to progress in reading, writing, and social experiences. These graphic organizers provide students with the support they need to begin talking about stories but also carry over their oral language into written form. You will receive five documents; two story outlines based on "wh" prompts with and without lines, and three retell sequence charts including three, four, or five boxes. Enjoy! -Ms. Jocelyn Special thanks to Ka

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Reading, Speech Therapy

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Outlines, Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes

Perfect Paragraphs for May

Created by

Creative Writing, Writing

This pack includes templates for creating PERFECT PARAGRAPHS using a Topic Sentence, 3 Detail Sentences, and a Closing or... an Introduction followed by sentences begining with First, Next, Then and closing with Finally. When students have finished completing the template they will have a 5 sentence paragraph! I have also included matching pages without the prompts for those teachers that would like their students to complete a final draft paragraph. Each page features a different picture/

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Grades:

1st - 3rd

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Writers Workshop Conferring Toolkit for Conventions & Mechanics

Created by

Growing Firsties

EVERYTHING you need to simplify conferring for Writers Workshop around Conventions and Mechanics such as spacing, capitalizing and punctuation. This Conferring Toolkit is set up for side by side writing conferences with your students with the teacher script on the left and a continuum for learning the focus point on the right, as well as goal setting with sticky notes for each student's goal setting page. Student goals include spacing between words, capitalizing single sentences, capitalizing mu

Subjects:

Classroom Forms, Scaffolded Notes, Rubrics

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

CCSS:

W.K.1

, W.K.2

, W.K.3

, L.K.1

, L.K.2

...

Summary Graphic Organizer SWBST

Created by

Winning with Wilson

Do your kiddos struggle with identifying the main points when summarizing text? This resource can be applied to fiction and non-fiction texts to help your students summarize following the Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then model.

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Reading, Writing

Grades:

1st - 8th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Scaffolded Notes

Narrative Writing Anchor Charts / Sentence Starters

Created by

Endlessly Educated

This product contains two anchor charts to help you teach narrative writing to your students! The first anchor chart explains what narrative writing is. The second anchor chart contains sentences starters to help your students with their writing.

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