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Writing-expository Common Core RI.2.10 resources
Rainforest Animals - Nonfiction Animal Research, Reading Passages, Comprehension
This Rainforest Animals - Reading Passages, Vocabulary, and Comprehension Activities BUNDLE is a comprehensive collection of 12 engaging informational articles centered around the captivating world of Rainforest Animals and their remarkable habitats.Each article is packed with fascinating facts and intricate details, providing students with a wealth of knowledge to enhance their reading comprehension and inspire their informational writing. Rainforest Animals includeAnacondaCapybaraJaguarLeaf Cu
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2nd - 3rd
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46 Nonfiction Animal Reading Passages & Comprehension Activities - 5 Habitats
46 Animal Articles with a reading passage and comprehension activities, including website research, fact-sorting activity, graphic organizers, vocabulary cards, and more! This is a set of animal nonfiction informational articles all about wild animals in five different habitats. These animal articles are full of interesting facts and details that students can use during reading and writing activities in the classroom.Includes an article about each animal in two formats (two-page color photos &
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2nd - 3rd
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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
Antarctic Animal Research Nonfiction Reading Passages, Comprehension, & Report
Do your students love learning about animals? Do they get excited when they hear about new and interesting animals? If so, they'll love these Antarctic Animal Research Reading Passages, Comprehension, & Report Activities.Animals in this Antarctic Reading Passages include:AlbatrossBlue WhaleElephant sealEmperor PenguinLeopard SealOrcaThese six informational animal articles are perfect for students who want to learn about animals that live in the Antarctic. The articles are full of interesting
Grades:
2nd - 4th
African Animals Nonfiction Animal Research, Reading Passages and Comprehension
African Animals: Informational Article, QR Code Research Page & Fact Sort is a set of 11 informational articles all about African Animals. These articles are full of interesting facts and details that students can use during reading and writing activities.Google Classroom Digital Components added in September 2020► Google Slides with student sheets include drag and drop pieces and text boxesIncludes an article about each animal in two formats (two-page color photos & one-page text), QR C
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2nd - 3rd
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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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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
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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Project Based Learning Science - Water Conservation Water Cycle Activities
Everywhere you look, you see water. This Saving Our Water Science unit is perfect for introducing younger elementary students to project based learning science themes. This over 50-page unit is filled with recommended books and websites, a water cycle slideshow, vocabulary, technology, experiments, and research. There are opportunities for differentiation, collaboration, and sharing what they learn. Because water is scarce in different parts of the world, students learn about other cultures. Stu
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
2-LS2-1
Thanksgiving: Mayflower Voyage, Pilgrims, Native Americans GOOGLE Bundle
This Thanksgiving, teach The Story of the First Thanksgiving: Mayflower Voyage, Pilgrims and Native Americans. This unit includes 3 full units and one mini unit. 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 the Native Americans, Plymouth Colony and the pilgrims, the Mayflower voyage and the first thanksgiving in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differenti
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Habitats Bundle {Rainforests, Deserts, Ocean, & Forest}
This bundle includes our Ocean, Desert, Forest and Rainforest units.
Ocean Unit:
(Click above to buy this unit individually)
Student Book Cover
Student Book:
Our Blue Planet
The Sunlight Zone
Coral Reefs
The Twilight Zone
The Midnight Zone
Kelp Forests
Parts of the Kelp Plant
Ocean Animals
Sea Otters
Sea Stars
Sea Urchin
White Sharks
Garibaldi
Sea Anemones
Jellyfish
Kelp Crab
Student Note taking pages (plant and animal adaptations)
Comprehension Questions (student page and answers)
Venn Di
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Lucky Leprechauns St. Patrick's Day Non-Fiction Reading
Don't let students' non-fiction comprehension be left up to "luck".Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with 33 pages of informational passages, reading comprehension checks, cute crafts, and lots of TEXT STRUCTURE practice. 6 non-fiction reading passages/sheets with corresponding comprehension pages.Get Me Gold pot of gold craft - fill our pot with fun facts found in the passages. Add the rainbow to connect your pot of gold to the Comprehension Cloud craft- answer the who, what, when, where, why, how (d
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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
Grades:
K - 2nd
Mentor Texts for Expository Writing on Habitats | Close Reading Passages
We can make Informational Reading fun, a little challenging, and easy to implement by using Close Reading Articles. You can, because I have written these Habitat Close Reading Passages that are leveled (3 levels) to meet the needs of your students. It will save you research time and planning time. Each passage has leveled comprehension questions and an answer key.** Included in our Writing Program! CLICK HERE to see everything included. Hop to our Writing Curriculum to get over 190 Resources. Yo
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Close Reading Bundle and Reading Passages Bundle
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)
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Animal Adaptations Project and Activities | Project Based Learning
This unit is based off of the fun, educational picture book, What if I had Animal Teeth. The students will be educated on various features and adaptation of animals. There are a variety of lessons, that are all step by step and have the students doing research, using technology, informational writing, presenting, creating, listening, group work and more. This is DIGITAL and PRINTABLE. Digital options in a zip drive.** Included in our Writing Program! CLICK HERE to see everything included. Hop to
Grades:
1st - 2nd
NGSS:
1-LS3-1
Also included in: Project Based Learning Curriculum 1st Grade PBL Activities
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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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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The First Thanksgiving Book with Depth and Complexity
The First Thanksgiving Book with Depth and Complexity {single-teacher purchase} UPDATED 11/4/18See student examples of this unit! Make sure to click right to see more.I have created another jam-packed unit to help you teach the Depth and Complexity icons and close reading to primary students. I have taken the traditional story of The First Thanksgiving and added activities for annotation, responses, and close reading. I have also included a writing activity in this unit. It includes a sequenci
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Research Graphic Organizers
This is a pack that can be used to complete several different research projects at the elementary level.
The graphic organizers included are:
Questioning Before Research
KWHL Before Research
Q&A Organizer
Research Organizer
State Research
Animal Research
Biography Research
Organizing Research
Grades:
1st - 5th
Wild About Animals - Common Core Research Pack
What’s Included in This Packet:
Activities to do with the 49 different animals
2 Classroom Book Covers
“I can describe…” Map for each animal
“Have, Can, Are” Maps for each animal
Clipboard Page for each animal
Examples of Research by Kindergarten and 1st grade students
Creature Feature Pages and Examples
Blank copy of “I can describe…” Map
Blank copy of Double “I can describe…” Map
Blank Venn Diagram
Blank “Have, Can, Are” Map
Blank Clipboard Page
Animal Picture Cards
How to use this researc
Grades:
K - 2nd
Informational Writing and Report Templates for Research Reports
Informational writing and research report templates with 6 nonfiction close reading passages. Low to no prep activities will turn your kiddos into scientists with this self-directed research project!Your students will have a blast studying the ocean habitat through reading these kid-friendly non-fiction passages. (Passages may also be used for close reading activities).Turn research reports into one of the most beloved activities you do this year! It's so hard to find quality research materials
Grades:
1st - 3rd
NGSS:
3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
, 3-LS4-2
, 3-LS3-2
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