This writing center has been featured on Scholastic.com and numerous other websites. It is the original Writing Center on Teachers Pay Teachers and has been completely revised with more samples and new templates!!! This kit is also available in a MONEY SAVING BUNDLE! Click here to check it out

*** EVERYTHING YOU NEED *** for your ELA Common Core Assessment needs- all student pages 152 student assessments and 46 binder divider pages-Great Resource - Just print and go. Some assessments are 2 pages- we only counted them as 1 assessment - So there are 290 plus pages in all with this packet -n

Teach students HOW to write a paragraph with these simple steps!Use back to school picture books to give students step-by-step lessons in how to write a structured paragraph!***************************************************************************Use Picture Books That Focus on ProceduresAt the be

This yearlong bundle of narrative, opinion, and informational writing lessons for second grade makes it easy to plan your writing instruction. Also included are posters and visuals, assessments and writing rubrics, and grammar/language arts activities to save you time!------You know that writing is

Whether you need print or digital, these ready-to-use pages (and slides) are an effective way to provide your students with regular paragraph writing practice. They can be used with teacher support while your students are learning how to write paragraphs and independently once they have mastered the

BEST SELLER! These EDITABLE Monthly Writing Prompts are perfect for a writing center or for early finishers! Just print and you have writing prompts for the ENTIRE YEAR! THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES: ■ 20 different writing prompts for EVERY month ■ Word bank of 32 themed words for EVERY month ■ Editable w

In 1st and 2nd Grade, students begin writing paragraphs for the first time. They need continual practice with real-world prompts. The 64 prompts and differentiated graphic organizers in this resource are ones my students loved! I printed the prompts, put them on a binder ring, and hung them in our W

First Day Jitters: Close Reading Unit for Traditional and Distance Learning Do you love using the book, “First Day Jitters” at back to school time? Then, you and your students will love this engaging and fun First Day Jitters Close Reading unit! This week-long unit is packed with crafts, responding

Bring your geometry unit to life with this project based learning (PBL) experience. This simulation is designed to help your third grade students apply their knowledge about the properties of quadrilaterals.During this project based learning unit, your students will be invited to create a new layout

76 PARAGRAPH WRITING PROMPTS and ACTIVITIES (informative, narrative & persuasive / opinion) FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR with a DIGITAL VERSION INCLUDED for FREE!Paragraph of the Week is a proven, step-by-step, scaffolded system. It makes teaching kids how to improve sentence structure and write a parag

Paragraph Writing is one of the three main writing strands for 1st and 2nd graders. Our writers are expected to introduce a topic, give and explain a detail, and then, provide a sense of closure. Essentially , our students should be able to independently write a cohesive paragraph by the end of the

Integrating social studies and language arts is a great way to reinforce the standards while teaching history. This unit can be used to teach history while practicing reading and writing skills. About this unit:This unit includes a variety of materials that can be used to teach your students about

Are you looking for something to help assess all of the 2nd grade Common Core Language Arts standards? This comprehensive assessment packet is for you. Having an assessment for every standard all in one place is a huge time saver. What does this product include?This assessment packet includes at

Topic Sentences and Conclusion Sentences: The bundle contains materials for 4 days of writing lessons. The first two days focus on writing Topic Sentences, and the final two days zero in on writing parallel conclusion sentences.It contains the following resources:1. Topic Sentences PowerPoint: Thi

Crankenstein Activities: Digital Classroom and In Print Are your kids obsessed with "Crankenstein" by Samantha Berger? Then, they'll love this Beyond the Text reading unit! You'll love the academic focus this Crankenstein unit has! This Crankenstein unit has everything done for you and follows a cla

This CCSS aligned informative writing unit contains lesson plans, student printables, rubrics, anchor papers, and other materials needed to teach the information gathering process for research-based writing. Specifically, this pack includes:--Detailed day by day lesson plans broken into 3 categories

This Early America unit focuses on the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe. It includes information about how both groups of people used the land to survive (food, clothing and shelter). There are activities for reading and understanding non-fiction text, informational writing based on understanding

Are your students struggling to find information on famous historical figures for their biography reports? Do you have technology in your classroom to help in their research, but aren't sure if they will find the right websites? The QR Codes for Biography Research Reports are what you need. No lon

Text features are fun to learn with this unit!This pack is filled with effective lessons for teaching nonfiction text features. Your students will understand the terms that go with informational or nonfiction texts. Your students will create their own animal report using text features in their repo

Let’s face it, teaching students to write can be a struggle. For many teachers, it is one of the most difficult content areas to instruct. Engaging Writing™ is your answer to the writing block challenge! This comprehensive writing curriculum is the ONLY writing program you will need!***Please see th

Systems of the Human Body: Updated April 2021THIS TEACHING RESOURCE INCLUDES:• a Smart Art science project• a research template for a Body Part Report• a set of Poems and Songs about the human bodyThe Smart Art activity contains directions, photos, and templates for a creative, hands-on science &amp

These fall riddles are a fun-filled and engaging way to lay the groundwork for early comprehension skills. Solve a riddle a day every day to give your students daily practice inferring, identifying and answering key questions, drawing conclusions, and building vocabulary.These riddles are a sample o

Learning to structure writing is a critical skill for 1st and 2nd grade writers. These paragraph puzzles were created has a hands-on way to help students internalize how writers organize their ideas in different contexts. Working in teams, my students organize several sentences (anywhere from 4 to 7

By request, I have created Common Core Writing Rubrics based specifically on the language used in the Common Core Standards to assess the students in their writing. I have included a rubric for each grade level (Grades 1-4) in each of the 3 types of Common Core Writing: Opinion, Informative/Explana