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Back to School Activities for First Week of School - Word Search, Coloring, Math
The Back to School Bonus Pack has everything you need for the first week of school! This no-prep back-to-school pack allows you to start the school year on the right foot without added stress! The pack includes everything you need for the first few days of school to get to know students, establish class rules, expectations, and get students back in the groove with school.***DOWNLOAD THE PREVIEW FILE TO SEE THE MATERIALS INCLUDED!***UPDATE: As of July 2023, this resource has been updated with a
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1st - 3rd
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Daily Writing Prompts for February | Quick Writes for 2nd 3rd 4th grades
Your 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students can learn to love writing with these February Daily Writing Prompts called Quick Writes. By taking the focus off the quantity of writing, we can teach them to love writing. These quick write writing prompts are designed to be used as a daily writing activity that takes only 5-10 minutes. The students just write and focus on getting their thoughts and ideas down on paper. The monthly prompts cover a wide range of topics giving your students pr
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Daily Quick Writing Prompts for BIG KIDS Bundle
Memoir Writing: Using Mentor Texts for Student Voice and Assessment in ELA
Reading and writing memoir are powerful ways to have students experiment with narrative writing and have a chance to explore some groundbreaking nonfiction reading. Whether your students are in the midst of a literature circles unit or wrapping up a great novel, have you considered adding a memoir writing element to your curriculum?This mini unit is designed around a metaphor: the footprint. They’re what we leave behind us, no matter how muddy, messy, small, or imperfect, and that’s our legac
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8th - 11th
Weekly Writing Activity 2nd Grade WONDERS
Updated for 2017 and 2020/2023 versionsUsing McGraw Hill WONDERS and looking for a weekly writing activity to go along with the Essential Question? Look no further. This file has a writing activity specific to the topic discussed all week. Give your students the opportunity to write their ideas, opinions or thoughts each week. Bind it together for an entire year of progressive writing.This file has been updated to include a blank piece of writing paper with matching border for those student
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2nd
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Also included in: 2nd Grade WONDER BUNDLE
Fake News: Media Literacy Writing Unit
This fun and engaging unit explores the current world of fake news. Through mini-lessons, students will learn strategies for identifying fake news and put them into practice through various activities. They will also apply their knowledge of non-fiction text features of an online news article to create their own fake news. This unit is sure to keep students hooked with the real-life connections and creative writing process. A differentiated version of the fake news article writing piece is inclu
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Language Writing Units Volume ONE
Memoir Unit: 2+ Weeks of Reading, Writing, & Discussion
Read and tell true stories through a memoir unit that keeps students engaged from the first web quest to each mentor text to the last interview!
All of the frontloading and reading activities build up to the grand finale: writing our own memoirs (and/or doing the interview project to write someone else’s memoir for them).
This unit uses a lot of choice to make room for student engagement (and differentiation); the unit can be easily adapted for middle OR high school, based on the texts you ch
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Reading Nonfiction Lessons & Projects Bundle for Secondary ELA
Writing Conferences Checklist
~*Writing Checklist for Conferencing
I use this after I complete a writing conference with a friend.
These can be printed on sticky notes or just the plain sheet of paper. There are explicit step by step directions on how to print on the sticky notes with pictures.
It is helpful when doing report cards, or having conferences.
There is a k-2 sticky note option
**This file is NOT editable
Each child has their own page, and I can use post it notes easily to write on, and put right in their bin
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PreK - 5th
Haiku Poetry Lesson - How to Write a Haiku Assignment Haiku Templates and Rubric
Teach students the history of haiku and about writing haiku poetry with this haiku poem workshop! This lesson includes haiku templates and a haiku rubric for assessment. Suitable for distance learning and Google Classroom®!Included with this Writing Haiku Poetry Workshop:✏️ Haiku Poetry Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®✏️ Guided Note for Haiku Poetry Lesson - Digital & Print✏️ Haiku Writing Assignment Instructions - Digital & Print✏️ Differentiated Haiku T
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4th - 10th
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Create a Restaurant Descriptive PBL Writing Project | Figurative Language
This assignment is perfect for Grade 4 - 8 students learning figurative language and descriptive writing. Students will experience real-world applications to their learning by designing a menu for a restaurant, describing menu items using figurative language and writing a descriptive paragraph about the restaurant (sensory details). This is a printable and digital, no-prep resource that provides students with mentor paragraphs for mini-lessons and organizers to help scaffold the learning for top
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4th - 8th
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On Demand Writing Assessments - Easy Grade Writing Prompt BUNDLE Grades 3 - 5
By far one of the biggest “difference makers” for me as a writing teacher has been my use of demand writing prompts to guide my instruction and assess writing. In our class, we have a balance of free writing, process writing, and demand writing—but for me, the most effective writing assessment involves doing a regular demand prompt to see how students are doing on the targets we have worked on all year. Process writing is critical in the classroom, but as students work together, confer, share,
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3rd - 5th
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Media Literacy Unit - Design a Cereal Box
Teach and assess your media literacy unit with this project and rubric package while integrating it into your Oral Language, Math and Healthy Eating curriculum. This media literacy unit is perfect for Grade 1, Grade 2 or Grade 3. Using media literacy skills, students will design a cereal box front and then create a game on the back using skills learned during the probability mini-unit. In the end, students can present their finished product, and you can assess it using the provided rubrics.
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1st - 3rd
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BUMP IT UP wall display for writing. With visuals.
This BUMP IT UP wall is for beginning writers.There are six levels within the pack. Each level has an example piece of work with both picture and writing. Rather than 'I can' statements (which my little ones couldn't read/had difficulty reading) there are simple descriptive labels, with picture cues for each, making it easy for the kids to understand what they need to include in their writing for each level. This also makes it easy for them to see what they need to work on to reach the next leve
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PreK - 1st
Writing Dialogue Practice | Quotation Marks Worksheets and Activities
WRITING DIALOGUE in narrative writing is tricky! If your students struggle with dialogue writing and correct use of quotation marks in their narrative writing, my Writing Dialogue Practice is the perfect, no-prep solution. With quotation marks worksheets and activities, rules for writing dialogue, exit tickets, and an assessment, your students will be writing dialogue correctly in their narratives in no time. ❤️Why you will LOVE this resource!My Writing Dialogue Practice mini unit is no lift for
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6th - 8th
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Fable, Fairy Tale, Myths, Legends Unit
This comprehensive unit is a fantastic resource to use with a variety of fables, fairy tales, myths, or legends of your choice. Students will discover how life lessons are learned from understanding fables and how fairy tales influence society. They will also be able to identify connections to cultures that legends originated from and realize how myths illustrate the belief systems and customs of the cultures that created them. Here is what is included:★Essential Questions★Vocabulary Word List★
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6th - 10th
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September Writing Prompts Journal Choice Board Fall
Looking for September, Back To School writing activities and journal topics to engage your writers this fall? These high-interest and engaging writing prompts are seasonal and relate to what students are experiencing this month and will surely keep their motivation high as you get to know your new students as writers.Writing genre posters make great anchor charts for your writing bulletin board and will help guide your instruction all month long!This writing unit can be easily infused into any w
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Monthly Writing Prompts Narrative Opinion Expository Choice Board May
Easy Teach Poetry Unit
-Need a quick refresher course on common poetry forms for your students? -Excited to try poetry but not sure where to start?-Poetry not your thing but you know you need to teach it?Well, we can take care of ALL of those concerns for you!Finally, an EASY TEACH unit that will have your kiddos writing 6 common forms of poetry in no time. Everything is print-and-go ready with easy-to-follow instructions!This unit has everything you need to get started teaching!Included is:6 pages of teacher directio
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Poetry Power Pack | Poetry Resources | Poetry Lessons
Weekly Writing - 3rd Grade WONDERS
Using McGraw Hill WONDERS and looking for a weekly writing activity to go along with the Essential Question? Look no further. This file has a writing activity specific to the topic discussed all week. Give your students the opportunity to write their ideas, opinions or thoughts each week. Bind it together for an entire year of progressive writing.2017, 2020 and 2023 versionsBe sure to print you pages as FIT TO PAGE.I featured these on my blog last year... if you'd like a closer look check L
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3rd
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Also included in: 3rd Grade WONDER BUNDLE
Novel Study Final Group Project (for ANY short story, book or play)
Are you looking for a new, fun, creative and engaging way to wrap up a novel study? This group project works in conjunction with ANY text. This novel study project is a great way to assess comprehension of a text, an easy way to incorporate technology into your curriculum, as well as the fact that this project gives students an opportunity to work in groups. I have personally used this project numerous times with my students, so the instructions, templates, rubric and other assessment pieces are
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7th - 12th
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March Writing Prompts Activities Spring Journal Topics 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Looking for spring writing activities and journal topics to engage your writers this March? These high-interest and engaging writing prompts are seasonal and relate to what students are experiencing this month and will keep student motivation high.This writing pack is perfect to help students practice writing all three writing genres: opinion, informative, and narrative.Writing genre posters make great teaching tools and anchor charts for your writing bulletin board.Also included are models of c
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Monthly Writing Prompts Narrative Opinion Expository Choice Board May
REPORT|Class Magazine|Fun Culminating or End of Year Writing Project
Your students will be completely engaged in this Class Magazine! This is a fun way your students can show what they have learned about WRITING in a creative way! Includes:27 Magazine Templates (cover, blank and lined pages)Teacher InstructionsStudent News Team PacketsMagazine Theme Ideas Writing IdeasCCSS Posters for 3rd, 4th and 5th gradeStudent-Friendly Writing RubricThis is a great way to assess your students' writing skills and also looks great on a bulletin board!by Upper LMNtary
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3rd - 6th
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Free Verse Poetry Lesson - Poetry Writing Workshop with Pages for Blackout Poems
Explore free verse poetry with this poetry writing workshop! Students will read modern free verse poems with the option to write blackout poetry, a collage poem, or an illustrative poem. Includes an editable poetry rubric, assignment instructions, and digital worksheets for distance learning!Included with this Free Verse Poetry Writing Workshop:✏️ Free Verse Poetry Slideshow Lesson - Microsoft PowerPoint® and Google Slides®✏️ Free Verse Poetry Informational Handout - Digital & Print✏️ Writi
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6th - 11th
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April Writing Prompts Activities Journal Topics Spring Writing 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Looking for spring writing activities and journal topics to engage your writers this April? These high-interest and engaging writing prompts are seasonal and relate to what students are experiencing this month and will surely keep motivation high.This set includes BOTH a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroom™.Writing genre posters make great anchor charts for your writing bulletin board. Included are models of completed graphic organizers and prompts for each genre for you t
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Monthly Writing Prompts Narrative Opinion Expository Choice Board May
Gothic Literature: Elements and Motifs, EDITABLE VERSION
Thank you for visiting the PerfettoWritingRoom©! Gothic Literature: Elements and Motifs, EDITABLE VERSION is a thorough PowerPoint Presentation of 38 slides including a very handy Pre-test (pre-activity) which helps you assess how much students already know about the Gothic genre beforehand, plus a Post-test with Key. *This is the EDITABLE VERSION of the Same Product offered by PerfettoWritingRoom©. If you feel you need to augment the presentation, tweak the pre- or post-test to better suit YOU
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7th - 11th, Higher Education
Media Literacy Review Writing 16 Lessons
Get ready to inspire your students to actively engage with media through 16 exciting media types in this Media Literacy Review Writing Bundle. With this comprehensive lesson bundle, you'll find two fantastic options for review writing: a graphic organizer version and a writing prompt version. This variety allows you to cater to the individual needs of your students, providing scaffolded support for some while offering independent writing tasks for others.An Implementation Plan: A step-by-step gu
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6th - 8th
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