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Writing-expository Common Core RI.2.5 resources
2nd and 3rd Grade Writing Lessons for Informational and Paragraph Writing
Are you looking to spice up your writing block with fun, engaging, and meaningful activities? This is UNIT FOUR of an 11 unit series. This unit will guide your students in writing three informational writing pieces and includes everything you need to drive your instruction. We have three themes for this writing unit: Writing Informative Paragraphs with Hamburger Paragraphs (in this week students will also inform the reader about their friend), All About Holidays, My Specialty: _____ where stude
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2nd - 3rd
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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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Rainforest Animal Habitat Independent Work - Print & Digital Activities
These digital Rainforest Habitat activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SCIENCE Independent Work - Print & Digital Activities Mega Bundle
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
Procedural Writing - Writer's Workshop "How-to" Unit
Procedural "how to" writing is an engaging and fun way to bring the “real world” into the classroom. What is included:Characteristics of Procedural Texts – a one page description of features usually found in procedural (“how-to”) texts.Reviewing a Procedural Text – students will select or use a teacher-chosen procedural text to review. Students will read or scan the procedural text, checking off each characteristic that they find. Students will then describe the most useful feature of the tex
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for Viet
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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Bird Research Reports - Birds - Nonfiction Reading Expository Writing Facts
Your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will have so much fun reading, writing, making books and crafts about five different insects: Owl, Toucan, Greater Flamingo, Bald Eagle and Macaw Parrot. These nonfiction materials provide the perfect amount of scaffolding so your students can be successful: reading passages with factsgraphic organizerssentence starterswriting papersmini books5 animal craft templatesThis download has everything you need to teach your students through the e
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K - 2nd
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Solar Oven Investigation: Make S'mores with a Pizza Box Solar Oven
Investigate the energy from the sun with this fun Common Core related unit. Students will work through the scientific process while responding in writing. This digital download contains:
Detailed Instructions on how to assemble a pizza box solar oven with photographs
Donation request sheet
Note pages for the scientific investigation
Data collection sheet
Graph for a bar or line plot
Graphic organizer for procedural writing
S'more themed writing paper
Standards addressed: RI.5, RI. 6, RI
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2nd - 5th
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Teeth Activities Dental Health Unit
Teeth activities for Dental Health Unit Ready to engage your students with a fun thematic unit that encompasses reading, writing, math, science, and social studies standards all while exploring more about teeth? This dental health unit is perfect for students in grades k through 2nd and includes TONS of cross-curricular activities that encourage your students to explore and learn more about teeth! Your students will love these teeth activities!____________________________________________________
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Thematic Units Bundle for 2nd and 3rd Grade
Ocean Animals Nonfiction Reading Passages and Lessons
Who doesn't love the ocean? This non-fiction informational reading and writing unit is perfect for kindergarten, first grade and second grade students who want to learn about ocean animals. Included are nonfiction articles for close reading on Ocean Animals All About DolphinsOctopusSeahorsesCrabsSea AnemonesStarfish Sea TurtlesThe nonfiction articles include stunning photographs and nonfiction text features. They can be used in guided reading groups or whole class. They are a great way to pra
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Passages Bundle
Non-Fiction Text Features Anchor Charts
Reading Informational Text has become an increasingly important life skill. Students need to know how to use and understand Non-Fiction Text Features in order to get the deepest understanding from their reading of informational text. It is especially important for English Language Learners because these visual clues often greatly enhance their understanding of a linguistically challenging reading.
This purchase includes anchor charts that explain the concepts of:
*Bullets
*Diagram
*Inset
*T
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: BILINGUAL BUNDLE: Non-Fiction Text Features Anchor Charts
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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Arthropods Research and Reports Insects - Scorpions Dragonfly Prawns Beetles
Your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will have so much fun reading, writing, making books and crafts about five different arthropods: scorpions, prawns, dragonflies, stag beetles and katydids. These nonfiction materials provide the perfect amount of scaffolding so your students can be successful:reading passages with factsgraphic organizerssentence starterswriting papersmini books5 animal craft templatesThis download has everything you need to teach your students through the
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K - 2nd
An Informational Unit About Dairy Cows - Greta Lewis
This informational writing unit features:-13 page informational text-Bright, authentic photos of the dairy industry-Variety of text features (headings, subheadings, maps, labels, diagrams, bold words, table of contents, glossary, text boxes and captions).-2nd to 3rd grade level text complexity-Pages for research-Pages for publishing-Supplemental resources (vocabulary cards, write the room, word find, word sort, KWL, Can-Have-Are)
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1st - 3rd
Turkeys Informational Reading and Writing
Would you like your students to tackle a nonfiction research study of turkeys but you are not sure where to start? I have assembled interesting non-fiction facts and given you the steps and worksheets I have successfully used in my first grade classroom. The informational text is also great to review text features. Check out the preview to see everything included.Included in this packet:14 pages are the informational "book" that can be projected or printed. Includes text features such as title p
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K - 3rd
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Continents: South America Digital Distance Learning GOOGLE Unit
Use this distance learning unit to teach all about the continent of South America (grades 1-3). Implement the South America 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 South America in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differentiated for all learners. This unit integrates ELA and social studies at the same time!Included with your
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Digital Resource GROWING BUNDLE for Google Classroom & Distance Learning
Animals and Their Babies Nonfiction Reading Passages and Lesson Plans
Teach nonfiction reading and writing using this baby animals pack. The resources in this packet are designed to meet Common Core Standards for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grade while making learning FUN and ENGAGING!This product has 24 nonfiction articles for close reading on baby {and grown up} animals: Puppies Puppy Fun Facts Hedgehog Hoglets Hedgehogs African Elephant Calves Elephants Panda Cubs Panda Bears Piglets PigsPolar Bear Cubs Polar Bears Giraffe Calf Giraffes Sea Lion Pups Sea Lions K
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Passages Bundle
Informational BUNDLE: Animal, Country, & Biography Reports {Common Core Aligned}
Integrate nonfiction and informational reading and writing with these two awesome units. These informative writing and informational text units are more than just templates. This bundle includes everything you need for researching, drafting, and publishing rigorous animal reports and biography reports. With the Common Core’s emphasis on informational text and informative writing, this unit will walk you and your young writers through the entire researching and writing process. Animal Report Con
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2nd - 5th
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Animal Adaptations Digital Activities
These digital Animal Adaptations activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SCIENCE Independent Work - Print & Digital Activities Mega Bundle
Human Body: Circulatory System Digital Distance Learning GOOGLE Unit
Use this distance learning unit to teach all about the Circulatory System (grades 1-3) in your human body unit of study. Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about the Circulatory System 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 your purchase:Google Slide Presentation: 11 SlidesReading comprehension passages and questions: 4 page
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Digital Resource GROWING BUNDLE for Google Classroom & Distance Learning
Needs and Wants Digital Activities - Needs and Wants Lesson Plans - Economics
These digital Needs and Wants activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all kn
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SOCIAL STUDIES Digital Activities for 1st and 2nd grade
Animal Classification Digital Activities - Animal Classification Sort
These digital Animal Classification activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SCIENCE Independent Work - Print & Digital Activities Mega Bundle
Reading Informational Text Resources
Reading for Information/Informational Writing/Monitoring for Meaning/Guided Reading
Teach your students to be Fact Finders! This pack of resources can be used with ANY informational text you might be working on. It includes resources that you can use while teaching whole group, small group (or guided reading), or while students are reading independently. You will also find resources for when your students are ready to write about what they learned. You will be amazed at the learning going o
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1st - 2nd
Polar Bears Activities: Nonfiction Reading Writing Science Polar Bear Study Unit
Experience the Arctic with Polar Bear Activities! With this versatile resource, you get engaging reading, writing, and grammar activities that teach about polar bears and the frozen north during your study unit. This easy-to-follow lesson plan allows kids to gain an appreciation for these iconic creatures while developing key reading, writing, and grammar skills. Discover exciting facts about polar bear habits and habitats, helpful graphic organizers and so much more — designed to keep your stud
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1st - 3rd
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