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Elementary writing-expository study guides
Free ELA Paired Passages for Upper Elementary | Writing Test Prep
Hey teachers!Are you looking for a simple way to review for the state test? Included in this freebie are 6 articles and 3 writing prompts to properly prepare your students for the rigor of writing on demand! This freebie can be used for homework, small group work, or just classwork. All you have to do is print it and pass it out- all the hard work is done for you!Looking for similar monthly products or writing units to get your students ready? Stop by my store to find writing curriculums for th
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4th - 7th
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Text-Based Writing Reference Guide - Flip Chart (Editable)
Is writing a four to five paragraph text-based evidence essay a bit overwhelming for your students? Do they have trouble remembering all the different components and steps? If so, then this Writing Reference Guide is just for you! Get your students engaged and always looking back in their notes with this fun and unique Writing Reference Guide Flip Chart! My students are forever looking at our anchor charts on the wall to help them better enhance their essay, or asking myself or a peer for hel
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4th - 6th
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5th Grade Social Studies - Guided Notes - Jamestown, Roanoke, and Plymouth
Keeping students engaged in social studies and history lessons and helping them remember the huge amount of content in a year can be tough. This product can help by providing a structure for students (and teachers) to dig deeper into the historical content you are teaching which will allow them to begin making deeper connections like cause and effect relationships and analyzing events from multiple perspectives. Best of all it can be used alongside any curriculum your school has adopted and i
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5th
Baseball in April by Gary Soto: Writing Prompts/Discussion Questions
This 3-page download includes written response and discussion questions for Gary Soto's short story collection "Baseball in April."
With open-ended writing and discussion prompts--18 prompts covering all 11 short stories--this set of questions is ideal for in-class seminars, small group discussions, literature circles, quick writes, or providing a starting point for formal essays or in-class responses.
Designed for students in grades 5 through 8, these prompts require students to reflect upon
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5th - 8th
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They Do Exist!-STAAR Writing Revising and Editing Passage
This STAAR practice about real life superheroes has questions that cover transition words and sentences.
TEKS: 4.20Aviii
This has been used in multiple 4th grade classrooms.
Transitions seem to be especially difficult for kids. I thought a separate passage just for transitions would help.
Sample Question:
4. What transition sentence could best be added at the beginning of the second paragraph to smoothly change thoughts from sentence 3 to 4?
A. I want to be a teacher when I grow up.
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4th
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TELPAS samples for students
This product was created with the purpose of showing samples to students on how a TELPAS writing paper looks. It should help by showing the students that they don't need a strong English vocabulary to transmit their message.
The samples were created with some of the prompts provided in the TELPAS manual. There are 7 samples included some written in narrative and other in expository writing form. It is in PowerPoint format and it is an easy way to help students calm their fear of writing in Eng
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1st - 5th
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STAAR Writing Revising and Editing Study Guide
This is a everything you need to make the perfect flip book study guide to prepare for the STAAR Writing test.
Intended for teacher to guide students in completing notes on each individual page.
I print mine in bright florescent colors!
(The essay page is left blank for students to create their graphic organizer and any other tips teacher has given.)
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: STAAR Writing Test Prep Bundle
Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street
“Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street” written by Roni Schotter and illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker is an entertaining story about a girl named Eva who sets out on quest to capture the lives of the charming characters living in her neighborhood.
This story is perfect for teaching the burgeoning writers in your class about the elements of fiction: character development, dialogue and story arc. Each of the three lessons includes sample discussion questions to help facilitate discussions.
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3rd - 5th
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Punctuation Poster - Pirate Theme
This is an adorable punctuation reference page for young students. It gives a definition of periods, question marks, quotation marks, commas, exclamation points, and apostrophes, along with an example of each. 'Full Stop' is used in place of period for my Australian friends.
This page is great to help young children learn to use the correct punctuation in their daily writing. I print enough copies for the entire class in color. I then put the reference page into a sheet protector that goes into
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Writing Resource Bundle - Punctuation, Editing, and I'm Done Resources
McGraw Hill Wonders Writing Every Day Ideas Journal: Unit 2 Grade 4
This journal goes along with McGraw Hill Wonders Writing Every Day Ideas, Unit 1
The journal includes Unit 1, Weeks 1-5, Days 1-4 (Day 5 share aloud)
This journal is excellent to keep the students daily writing organized and can be collected easily to grade and assess.
Days 1&3 students respond to a writing prompt related to the Reading Wonders Essential Question
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Days 2&4 students apply the weekly writing focus skill by using the skill and adding more to the prompt they wrote the pr
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4th
5th Grade Social Studies - Guided Notes and Exit Slips BUNDLE FOR ALL YEAR
This BUNDLE includes all 22 of my Guided Notes and Exit Slips for Social Studies and U.S. History. Keeping students engaged in social studies and history lessons and helping them remember the huge amount of content in a year can be tough. This product can help by providing a structure for students (and teachers) to dig deeper into the historical content you are teaching which will allow them to begin making deeper connections like cause and effect relationships and analyzing events from multip
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5th
Making Text Connections Anchor Chart
This anchor chart helps students understand how to make connections with text. The poster describes how to talk about text to self, text to text, and text to world connections. This resource also includes sentence starters. As with all of our resources, this anchor chart is editable in Canva so you can customize it for your class.
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Friday the 13th Debate Lesson & Activity | Opinion Writing | Free ELA Test Prep
Hey teachers!My hope is that all students (and teachers!) will find debates a great way to practice speaking their mind and gain strength as opinion writers. By figuring out how to express opinions out loud, students will become better opinion and argument writers! Writing time should always be fun and manageable. Nobody enjoys taking a writing test, but being able to write “on demand” is a skill that serves a viable purpose. I firmly believe that a writing curriculum and systematic on demand wr
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4th - 8th
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Thanksgiving Opinion Writing Prompts & Sample Model Paragraph
Introducing our engaging and educational digital product, "Thanksgiving Opinion Writing Prompts & Sample Model Paragraphs." This PDF resource is designed for teachers, parents, and educators seeking to enhance students' opinion paragraph writing skills while exploring Thanksgiving-related topics. With five comprehensive pages, it serves as both a step-by-step guide and a model to facilitate effective and thoughtful writing.Product Features:Two Thoughtful Writing Prompts: This resource includ
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K - 12th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Bundle Activities Middle School
30 Minute Reading Test Prep for Reading Comprehension with Essay Writing
Calling all 4th Grade Parents, Teachers, and Homeschoolers!Are you ready to supercharge your child's reading comprehension skills in just 30 minutes a day? Look no further! Introducing the Ultimate "30 Minute Reading Test Grade 4" Workbook! Dive into the world of reading with a comprehensive, engaging, and Common Core-aligned resource that guarantees remarkable results. Features:✅ Reading Comprehension Mastery: Boost your child's understanding and retention of non-fiction texts.✅ Multiple Choi
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4th
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Workbooks for Readers and Writers: Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
This workbook accompanies the book *Sadako and the Thousand Cranes* by Eleanor Coerr. Although the book can be read quickly, this workbook requires intensive study of the text. The Common Core Standards listed here on TPT are for 4th grade, but the workbook has been used effectively in a 4th/5th combination classroom.
Each chapter includes a *writing assignment* which asks students to use evidence from the text to support the topic of their paragraphs. For example, this is the writing prompt
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4th - 5th
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The Anatomy of an Objective Summary: Mini-Lesson Presentation and Practice
This is a 15-slide PDF presentation intended to accompany a whole or small group introductory minilesson on objective summaries. The presentation begins by explaining what an objective summary is, and how it is a useful and critical skill to possess both as a reader and a writer. Next, it goes through the “anatomy” of an objective summary, including five components: the central/main idea, essential facts, and details, concise restatement/retelling, paraphrased language (not plagiarized language)
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5th - 7th
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ABECEDARIO - AlFABETO DECORACIÓN DEL AULA
El proceso de lectoescritura requiere de mucho apoyo visual para los niños. El día de hoy queremos mostrarte nuestro material de apoyo docente para el aula de los mas pequeños.Incluye:Abecedario con letras en tamaño carta para imprimir y colocar en la pared.
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: PAQUETE APRENDE A LEER Y ESCRIBIR. SILABARIOS Y ABECEDARIOS
Expository Writing Guide/Sample
This resource is a combination of: 1. The structure/outline of each of the paragraphs of an expository essay: introduction, 3 body paragraphs, conclusion2. sample paragraphs for those listedThis sample is a very basic style essay, for young writers or struggling older writers.
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4th - 8th
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5th Grade Social Studies - Guided Notes - The Three Branches of Government
Keeping students engaged in social studies and history lessons and helping them remember the huge amount of content in a year can be tough. This product can help by providing a structure for students (and teachers) to dig deeper into the historical content you are teaching which will allow them to begin making deeper connections like cause and effect relationships and analyzing events from multiple perspectives. Best of all it can be used alongside any curriculum your school has adopted and i
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5th
Writing Resource Bundle - Punctuation, Editing, and I'm Done Resources
These reference pages are simple and easy tools for students to use in their writing. When unsure of when to use a comma, they can just look at their punctuation pirate page. When they are done writing, they can use their checklist to make sure they have everything they need. When they're done, (or think they are), there's a page to help them think of other ideas to make their writing better.
I print enough copies for the entire class in color. I then put the reference page into a sheet protect
Grades:
1st - 3rd
How to Write a Conclusion Sentence
Do your students struggle with how to start a conclusion sentence or paragraph? Are you tired of reading "This paragraph has been about..." or "In this essay I have talked about..."This is a two-page handout with tips and sentence starters to help students craft the perfect conclusion sentence!
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4th - 8th
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Grammar Writing Vocabulary Spelling Basic Level Summer Home School Bundle
These PDF files include spelling, writing, vocabulary, and grammar worksheets, perfect for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders. Total of 200 pages.These worksheets have many uses:1. Home school2. Substitute teacher3. Snow days4. Busy work5. Online distance learning6. Class work7. Independent work8. Warm up activity9. Homework10. Quizzes11. End of quarter review12. End of year review13. Summer school / summer learning14. Back to school review15. And more!
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
5th Grade Social Studies - Guided Notes - Discovery of America
Keeping students engaged in social studies and history lessons and helping them remember the huge amount of content in a year can be tough. This product can help by providing a structure for students (and teachers) to dig deeper into the historical content you are teaching which will allow them to begin making deeper connections like cause and effect relationships and analyzing events from multiple perspectives. Best of all it can be used alongside any curriculum your school has adopted and i
Grades:
5th
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