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Common Core W.4.1 resources under $5
RACES Writing Strategy Posters | Citing Text Evidence | Text-Based Response
Your students have a basic understanding of what text evidence is, but are struggling to incorporate it in their writing. The RACES strategy is designed to guide students through the process of answering a constructive response prompt. (or text-based prompts)This resource is equipped with Text Evidence Discussion Bubbles which are perfect for small groups, whole-group discussions, teacher-led centers, or even online learning! These sentence starters encourage students to speak about the text. --
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1st - 6th
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Persuasive Writing Donut Theme - Design a Donut Project - Art and Writing
Kids love donuts, but writing? Not so much. Enter the "Design a Donut Contest," a persuasive writing project so delicious even your most reluctant writers can't resist. Your students will use their persuasive skills to pitch their dream donut for the coveted "Flavor of the Month" spot.You have two options for this exciting writing adventure: the digital version or the classic pencil-and-paper version.Note: I just gave the Donut Project a big update on February 5th, 2024. Please download the reso
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in:Â Persuasive Writing Bundle {Design a Donut and Promote a Pet}
Opinion Writing Prompts - Opinion Writing Passages - Digital and Printable
Are you looking for high-interest opinion writing prompt passages? These opinion articles provide students with just the right amount of information to help them form a powerful opinion paragraph or opinion essay. Some opinion passages show facts from both sides, whereas others provide multiple opinions to help students form their own! Most importantly, it is a useful source for text analysis or text evidence that students can apply in their essay writing! For this reason, the articles are perfe
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Opinion Writing and Argumentative Writing Activities for Persuasive Writing
Get ready to MASTER opinion writing with these resources and activities that are perfect for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students. Students will use samples and checklists to gather a full understanding of opinion writing before moving on to a variety of activities and ways to create their own pieces of persuasive writing.NOTE: This resource got a HUGE update in July 2022!Differentiation is easy!There are many different levels of graphic organizers and writing templates. You choose the level that is
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Would You Rather SPRING | This or That Slides and Writing
Enhance student engagement and foster classroom community with these engaging THIS or THAT slides! Featuring real photographs and hand signals for each choice, this resource is ideal for spring. Use it during morning meetings, for movement breaks, discussion starters to develop listening and speaking skills, or for opinion writing. This download includes 50 slides and 3 different opinion writing paper/organizers, available in PowerPoint and Google Slide versions.Included in this download:50 woul
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1st - 4th
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Also included in:Â Classroom Games FOR THE YEAR | Would You Rather Questions, Stand Up Sit Down
Field Day Coloring Page Holiday Color Sheets Brain Breaks 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Field Day and Patriotic {use for Memorial Day} coloring sheets are now included to use this end of the year season and May! This holiday Doodle Thinkers set was designed specifically for upper elementary students to provide them with a coloring task for 22 different holidays and special days throughout the year!This set has one page for each holiday/special day included.Filled with purposeful coloring and ELA tasks, your students will sharpen their academic and fine motor skills simultaneously!E
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Paired Text Passages - Cell Phones Opinion Writing - Print & Digital
Students write stronger opinion essays (argumentative in 6th) using these printable or digital fact-based paired passages, or paired texts, about cell phones. Students are given an engaging focus question, then read these perfectly paired passages to formulate strong opinions. Students search the texts for reasons, evidence, examples, facts, and details that support their opinion, then organize their thoughts on the graphic organizer. The organizer supports students as they write their final opi
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Paired Text Passages - Technology Opinion Writing - Print & Digital Bundle
Writing Responses with Text-Based Evidence - Doodle Notes & 5 Learning Stations
When students analyze and respond to a text they are often required to cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support their interpretation of what the text says. That’s why it is essential to teach students not only the skill of selecting the right evidence, but also the skill of writing a response that analyzes the evidence they have selected. This can be a daunting task! However, this fun and engaging Doodle and Do resource is here to help! It includes fun sketch notes or doodle note
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5th - 8th
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Valentine's Day Opinion Writing Lesson & Activity
A full lesson to practice opinion writing (persuasive writing) with a Valentine's Day-related focus question about conversation heart candy. Digital and Printable versions included!The focus question for this lesson is: "Are conversation hearts the ultimate Valentine's Day treat?" Eight carefully-selected facts about Valentine's candy are included for students to analyze, discuss, and use to help support their opinion and persuade their audience.**BUNDLE this with two other lessons in my Februar
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3rd - 5th
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Room on the Broom Halloween READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activity
Is there room on the broom?Make learning fun with this Halloween STEM activity in which students investigate the design of a broom! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson.In this STEM Challenge, students design and build a broom to hold as much candy as possible. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.A writing extension is i
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Also included in:Â Halloween READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
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:Â Holiday Persuasive Writing Bundle {Halloween and Christmas}
Happy Birthday Book - The Ultimate Student Birthday Card or Gift - Class Book
Give your students a birthday card they can remember forever with this Happy Birthday Book. This collaborative class book is a great way to celebrate your student's special day and connect some important language arts standards too! Use it as a class writing assignment, morning work or center activity and allow your class to put together a very special birthday memory book. For students with summer birthdays we celebrate "half birthdays" that way every student receives one. A great way to ce
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PreK - 5th
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RACES Posters Neutral Colors | EDITABLE | Written Response Strategy
Your students have a basic understanding of what text evidence is, but are struggling to incorporate it in their writing. The RACES strategy is designed to guide students through the process of answering a constructive response prompt. (or text-based prompts)This resource is equipped with Text Evidence Discussion Bubbles which are perfect for small groups, whole-group discussions, teacher-led centers, or even online learning! These sentence starters encourage students to speak about the text. He
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Grades:
2nd - 9th
Halloween Opinion Writing - Topic: "Candy Corn"
A full lesson to practice opinion writing (persuasive writing) with a Halloween focus question about candy corn. Digital and Printable versions included!The focus question for this lesson is: "Is candy corn the ultimate Halloween candy?" Eight carefully-selected facts about candy corn are included for students to analyze, discuss, and use to help support their opinion and persuade their audience.Printable Version Includes:• Lesson Plan• "Poll Question" to engage students• Fact Cards and Sorting
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3rd - 5th
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Paired Text Passages - Video vs. Board Games Opinion Writing - Print & Digital
Students write stronger opinion essays (argumentative in 6th) using these printable or digital fact-based paired passages, or paired texts, about whether kids should spend more time playing video games or board games. Students are given an engaging focus question, then read these perfectly paired passages to formulate strong opinions. Students search the texts for reasons, evidence, examples, facts, and details that support their opinion, then organize their thoughts on the graphic organizer. Th
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Paired Text Passages - Engaging Opinion Writing Bundle - Print & Digital
Countdown to Summer Writing Prompts | End of Year Writing
Spice up your writing centers with these End of the Year writing prompts! These no-prep writing papers include engaging Summer-themed prompts to keep students writing all month long. There are 5 end of the year themed prompts and 5 Summer themed prompts included. Use these for morning work, writing centers, collecting writing samples, and more!Each prompt has three different styled papers to choose from, to help fit your grade-level needs. You can let your students complete them separately, or b
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Year Long Seasonal Writing Prompts & Craftivities Bundle
How to Catch an Elf Trap Christmas READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activity and STEAM Challenge
Can your students catch an Elf? Learn how to catch an elf with this super fun and engaging Christmas STEM Activity!Students design and build an Elf trap! After they have completed their STEM project, there is a persuasive writing activity where students write about setting the elf free.An excellent companion activity to the Christmas read aloud book How to Catch an Elf by Adam Wallace.Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Also included in:Â Winter and Christmas READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
St. Patrick's Day Opinion Writing Lesson & Activity
A full lesson to practice opinion writing (persuasive writing) with a St. Patrick's Day-related focus question about four-leaf clovers. Digital and Printable versions included!The focus question for this lesson is: "Is a four-leaf clover actually lucky?" Eight carefully-selected facts about four-leaf clovers are included for students to analyze, discuss, and use to help support their opinion and persuade their audience.Printable Version Includes:• Lesson Plan• "Poll Question" to engage students•
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Writing Outlines {Opinion, Informative, Step, Personal, and Fictional Narrative}
Have your students use the following writing outlines to help them become great writers!
The writing outlines in this file include:
Opinion Writing
Informative Writing
Procedural Writing/Step Writing (2 outlines depending on what term you use)
Personal Narrative Writing
Fictional Narrative Writing
7 different Letter Writing Templates
Thank You Card Template
Postcard Writing Template
4 different Lined Paper Writing Pages
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Grades:
1st - 4th
Earth Day Writing: Opinion Writing Lesson & Activity
A full lesson to practice opinion writing (persuasive writing) with an Earth Day-related focus question about recycling. Digital and Printable versions included!The focus question for this lesson is: "Should recycling be required?" Eight carefully-selected facts about recycling are included for students to analyze, discuss, and use to help support their opinion and persuade their audience.Printable Version Includes:• Lesson Plan• "Poll Question" to engage students• Fact Cards and Sorting Mat• Fo
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3rd - 5th
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Types of Writing PowerPoint Lesson
Are you searching for a step-by-step PowerPoint and resources where you can show your students the differences between narrative, informative, descriptive, and persuasive pieces of writing? You've come to the right place! These materials will help you do it! I include lesson plans where I explain how I use these resources over the course of two days. This bundle of activities can be used in a writing lesson at the beginning of the year to help your students understand these common academic writi
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Opinion Paragraph Writing Prompts for Grades 3, 4, 5 / Brainstorming
Your students can never get enough writing practice! These half page writing prompts are great for practicing Opinion Writing through short paragraphs. Place them in a writing center, use as a daily warm-up during your Opinion unit, or use as test prep.Common Core Literacy Standard W.3.1, W.4.1, W.5.1 is opinion writing, and this resource covers all parts (A-D).The standards below are labeled for 5th grade as an example of what this resource covers, but it is also appropriate for 3rd and 4th gra
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â 80 Writing Prompts Bundle Gr. 3-5 Print & Digital for Online Learning
First Day of School Activities 3rd Grade {First Week of School 3rd Grade}
This beginning of the year activities packet includes 22 pages of back to school activities to start the year off right! It comes in black & white only so that the kids can color their own books and you can save on ink. We've taken many of the ideas from our top selling end of the year memory books and revamped them to make them fun first day of school activities. This resource is included in a larger back to school bundle. CLICK HERE TO VIEW!Download Preview FileDownload the back to sch
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in:Â First Week of School Activities Grade 3 | First Week of School Games
4th Grade Writing Rubrics: Narrative, Opinion, and Informative
Assess students with writing rubrics for 4th grade narrative, opinion, and informative pieces. There are 9 rubrics in 3 different options for you to choose from. Includes student friendly, teacher friendly, and time saving rubrics. Each rubric is based on the Common Core Standards. Try these rubrics with genre-based writing prompts for narrative, personal narrative, informational, and opinion writing.3 Student Friendly Rubrics: 1 Narrative, 1 Opinion, and 1 InformativeHelpful for students to
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4th
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Also included in:Â Elementary Writing Rubrics: Narrative, Opinion, and Informative
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