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Elementary writing-expository resources for Microsoft Word
Paragraph Writing Rubric
This paragraph writing rubric includes the basic traits necessary to write a meaningful paragraph-introducing your topic-details -concluding sentence-transition words-capitalization and punctuation-answering the question
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Start Your Own School Newspaper and Newspaper Club
Starting your own school newspaper isn't difficult. I've run (and created) our school newspaper for three years. This document has most of the materials you'll need for set-up. The newspaper club in my school was open to fifth grade students and printed copies were distributed in the school to faulty, staff, classroom libraries, school common areas, and to the newspaper club members. Our newspaper is usually 12 pages long and we use Microsoft Publisher to create it.
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3rd - 6th, Staff
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Narrative Persuasive & Expository Essay Outlines
Narrative, Persuasive (Argument), and Expository (Explanatory/Informative) essay outline templates for students offered in editable Microsoft Word .doc so it can be modified to fit your needs.
This IS included in my Essay Writing Resource Bundle: Common Core Aligned.
Created by Tracee Orman
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Kid-Friendly Version of (4 Point) Extended Response Writing Rubric
This is a kid-friendly version of the 4 point rubric utilized to score extended responses on the Common Core New York State ELA test.
I used this to help students understand what is expected of them in their extended responses. I also use the rubric to conference with students about their writing!
One suggestion of how to use this rubric is to have the students rate their own writing on the rubric. Then, separately, you score their response using the rubric. In a conference, you can compare re
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Lucy Calkins Writing Kindergarten Unit 3 Outlines - editable
This is a word document of all 19 Sessions in the Unit 3 “How-To Books” manual for Lucy Calkins kindergarten writing (published in 2013). Teachers College Reading and Writing Project suggests that kindergarten teachers teach this unit in Jan/Feb and first-grade teachers teach it in Oct/Nov. The body of the text is fully editable. The footer is the only part protected.Each outline includes a brief synopsis of the:connectionteaching pointteach portionactive engagementlinkmid-workshop teaching po
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Lucy Calkins Writing First Grade Unit 2 Outlines – editable
This is a word document of all 20 Sessions in the Unit 2 “Nonfiction Chapter Books” manual for Lucy Calkins first grade writing (published in 2013). Teachers College Reading and Writing Project suggests that first-grade teachers teach this unit in Nov/Dec. The body of the text is fully editable. The footer is the only part protected. Each outline includes a brief synopsis of the:connectionteaching pointteach portionactive engagementlinkmid-workshop teaching pointshare Each outline is a maximum o
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1st
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Also included in: Bundle Lucy Calkins First Grade Reading and Writing - editable
Sentence Starters: Introducing Evidence / Elaboration Techniques - Printable
Are you tired of reading the same generic responses from your students? This useful charts helps students improve on their argumentative writing skills by adding variation to their sentences/transitions. It displays different sentence starters (and verbs) to help students introduce and elaborate on evidence when writing their essays (great way to add syntactic variety to formulaic written responses!). ► These charts may be printed out and laminated for students to use in the classroom/at home (T
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5th - 12th
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Biography Research Poster
This poster can be used to create a snapshot of a person's life after a biography research project is complete. After students research someone in history, have them complete this poster to present their research.Or, this can be used to highlight any person and not just one from history.Feel free to change it to suit your needs as it is in a word document.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Expository Writing Graphic Organizer
Students can use this graphic organizer to arrange their thoughts for any type of expository writing. It includes the topic, introduction, ideas, and conclusion.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ( Alice in Wonderland ) Novel Study
Here is a set of 33 worksheets with high level, short answer, comprehension questions for the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (also known as Alice in Wonderland) by Lewis Carroll. Many questions relate to the logically fallacious reasoning Carroll uses for entertainment and instruction within the book. These questions ask the students to figure out where the reasoning is flawed. Each chapter has a worksheet of 5 to 7 questions. In addition, there are a set of worksheets offering a side by
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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RACE Response EDITABLE Rubric for Distance Learning and Classroom Use
Use this rubric in MS Word or upload it to Google and open it in a Google Doc!This rubric was designed to assess specific target skills after a unit of study. It is really helpful for students to use as a guide to writing before, during, and after the writing unit.Please follow me at LisaMIllerPhotos for the latest updates. Distance Learning: Genre: Fiction Weekly Online or Classroom LessonsPlot: Fiction Weekly Online or Classroom Lessons Novels with Interactive Notes:A Monster Calls Novel Uni
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2nd - 10th
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Also included in: 10+ EDITABLE Rubrics for Distance Learning and Classroom Use
Second Grade Common Core & Next Generation Science NGSS Lessons: Full Curriculum
This fun curriculum effectively teaches every second grade Next Generation Science Standard in an engaging way while integrating a common core standard into each lesson. There are 72 lessons provided (approximately 2 per week).
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Engaging-Lessons-By-Frank
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2nd
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Kindergarten TC Writing Unit 1 - Launching the Writing Workshop Lesson Plans
Kindergarten TC Writing Unit 1 - Launching the Writing Workshop Lesson Plan BundleThis bundle includes all 19 lesson plans from Lucy Calkins/TC (Teacher's College) Kindergarten Writing Unit 1 - Launching the Writing Workshop. THIS RESOURCE IS BASED ON THE 2018 EDITION, NOT THE NEW 2023 UNITS. I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEW UNITS TO MAKE UPDATES. This includes Bends I, II, III, and IV. This lesson plan bundle is completely editable and each lesson includes:Teaching Point/I Can StatementCommon Co
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Grades:
K - 1st
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Gifted and Talented GATE WRITING COLLECTION 122 Pages
Get six highly rated GATE writing lesson bundles at 33% off individual purchases. This collection is packed with variety, creativity, challenge, and the Common Core.
See the big preview! Hours and hours of class instruction and engagement!
You'll get the following bundles adaptable from 3rd through 8th grade:
Road Trip Adventure Cross-Curricular Writing Journey: Students practice all sorts of writing from graphic design to narrative to expository as they journey across the USA and create p
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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TC Grade 2 TC How to Guide for Nonfiction Writing Unit 3 New Book 2nd Grade
Included are 19 Writing lesson plans for TC Unit 3 How to Guide for Nonfiction Writing Grade 2 New Book. Included in this bundle are 19 TC Unit 3 How to Guide for Nonfiction Writing Grade 2 New Book in TC or Teacher's college. This is the most recent edition. Each lesson plan includes differentiation, scaffolding, and all parts of the mini lesson, use of assessment, and more, including several charts. Save time writing lesson plans, and spend time teaching. The resource is a docx version that is
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2nd
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Persuasive Writing Assignment - Finding Nemo
Persuasive Writing Assignment based on the movie Finding Nemo. Includes specific scenario and instructions for students. Also sold in a separate download is a fishbowl outline - this can be used to create a final copy of the writing. (0.25) Fishbowl not included in this purchase.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Lucy Calkins Writing Kindergarten Unit 1 Outlines – editable
This is a word document of all 19 Sessions in the Unit 1 “Launching the Writing Workshop” manual for Lucy Calkins kindergarten writing (published in 2013). Please be sure you have the manual to refer to when using these outlines. The body of the text is fully editable. The footer is the only part protected. Each outline includes a brief synopsis of the:connectionteaching pointteach portionactive engagementlinkmid-workshop teaching pointshare Each outline is a maximum of one page, so they are qui
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PreK - K
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TC K TC Kindergarten Persuasive/Opinion Writing Lesson Plans Teachers College
These are 16 lesson plans for the Opinion/Persuasive Writing Unit in TC. This is Book 4 but Unit 5 in the Curriculum Map. Each lesson plan includes differentiation, scaffolding, use of assessment, and more. Each lesson is editable in word. Included are several charts, by no means do these take the place of your TC user guides, they are simply lesson plans that offer support.
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K
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Holocaust Research - A Guide to Writing an Informational/Expository Essay
Take students through 9 steps of research with this guide. Whether your class is studying the Holocaust or you just need a process to teach how to research and how to write a research paper, this guide will not disappoint. Includes:• 25 research topics for students• 9 steps for writing a research paper• Tips/charts/outlines to help students in the process of researching• List of suggested websites for students to use to gather information
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Writing a Topic Sentence
This worksheet contains six different ways you could teach your students how to write an effective 'topic sentence'. There is also some advice on what phrases should not be included in topic sentences.
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2nd - 8th
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News report and Newscast Project
In this project, students select local news, world news, sports or weather as their focus. They they self direct their research with teacher support and graphic organizers to help guide them. They then write a news story and participate in a newscast. I had the students use iMovie to create their finished newscast, but it is not required. Students can perform their newscast in front of the class. My students loved this activity and I loved that it hit individual interests, but also had the
Grades:
4th - 8th
FSA Writing 4th/5th Grade Model Essay with 3 Paired Passages - Natural Disasters
A GREAT resource to use when teaching writing.
Includes articles, prompt, and model essay.
4th/5th Grade FSA Writing Model Essay
on
Natural Disasters
with
THREE Paired Passages
Paired Passages are not original – copyright is given.
Price is for Model Essay
This is the process I use in my classroom:
1. students read prompt
2. students read articles
3. we text code articles together
4. we write model essay together (or I show them it)
5. students write their own response to original, or
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Grades:
4th - 5th
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4th Grade Autobiography Project
This packet includes step-by-step directions for fourth graders to compose an autobiography while studying narrative writing. Specific directions are given to students so that they are able to author ten pieces of writing.
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Animal Diorama Project with Rubric
This is a complete animal diorama project, in which the students choose an animal and create an animal and habitat diorama in a shoebox along with a four paragraph report about the animal. The students will write about the animal's characteristics, habitat, diet, and what they learned. The report can be adjusted down to a fill-in-the-blank type of activity if paragraph writing is too difficult for the students; there is a planning sheet included to make this possible.
This document includes:
-a
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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