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Common Core W.5.1 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: Persuasive Writing Bundle {Design a Donut and Promote a Pet}
Declaration of Independence Activity: The Big Break Up Letter & Texting Activity
The Declaration of Independence was really just a big "break-up" letter written by the colonists to the King of Great Britain. This historical document was written to convince the world of the King's abuses and to let everyone know that the colonies no longer wanted to be in a relationship with Great Britain. While studying the Declaration of Independence, students will use this assignment as a reinforcement to understand just what Jefferson wrote in this historical document. The lesson start
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
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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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
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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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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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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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: Paired Text Passages - Engaging Opinion Writing Bundle - Print & Digital
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}
End of the Year Pre Summer Break How Well Do You Know Your Teacher Activity
Try this End of the Year Pre Summer Break How Well Do You Know Your Teacher Activity to keep your students engaged and busy before you head off to summer break! This is perfect for the last week of school during writing time or the last day of school.This activity is so fun that your students won't even realize they are practicing making inferences. Plus they will practice their writing skills as they answer each prompt. Students will use the information they know about YOU (their teacher) to ma
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2nd - 5th
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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
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
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: First Week of School Activities Grade 3 | First Week of School Games
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: 80 Writing Prompts Bundle Gr. 3-5 Print & Digital for Online Learning
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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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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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•
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3rd - 5th
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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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Hidden Figures Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet | Google Formats (PG - 2016)
This Hidden Figures Movie Guide challenges students to think critically about themes like equality, courage, and the importance of acknowledging hidden contributions. Explore the lives of Katherine, Mary, and Dorothy as they battle racial and gender biases to contribute to NASA's success. Engage in conversations about how these women demonstrated extraordinary courage, dignity, and perseverance in the face of adversity. Consider how they served as unsung heroes in NASA’s history, opening up disc
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7th - 12th
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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
WHY STUDY HISTORY | Back to School Activity | First Day of School Discussion
Why do we study history anyway? This back to school activity is a must have for any history or social studies class! Start the first day of school (or the first lesson of any history class) with “WHY” because students always want to know why? Why am I learning about history? Why do we have to study this stuff anyway? When am I ever going to use this in life? Isn’t history about a "bunch of old dead people" and things that have already happened? **Major necessary upgrades have been made to ma
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
End of the Year Reading Project | Road Trip Reading Project
Engage your students at the end of the year with this digital and printable 23-page road trip-themed reading project for upper elementary! It is FUN for students and the perfect way to gauge your students' reading abilities at the beginning of the year.This is the most fun way to practice key literacy skills! Students in upper elementary will warm up and review a variety of key reading skills in various ways while taking a road trip across the United States of America. The pages are standalone
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4th - 6th
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Daily Journal Prompts Morning Work | Journal Writing Prompts for 5th-8th Grade
DAILY JOURNAL WRITING PROMPTS MORNING WORKAre you tired of looking for engaging writing prompts? This creative journal writing prompts packet contains 42 thought-provoking journal prompts and templates and one blank prompt at the end of the packet for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Your students will love them, and you don't have to prepare ANYTHING!You can make an entire writing journal from the pages in this packet or pick and choose individual writing prompts that can meet the needs of your
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5th - 8th
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