Get at least TWO or THREE Assessments for EVERY Common Core Language Arts StandardYou can now use the assessments with ANY state standard. The Common Core Standards version has the standard listed at the top of each page. There is also an additional version where the standard has been removed, so the assessments can be rearranged to work with almost any state standard. *************************************************************************This packet includes a three-page AND one-page assessme

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This comprehensive unit addresses all of the narrative writing standards for the Common Core Standards, as well as most state standards! A traditional PDF version is included, as well as a link for Google Slides. This means this product is also ready for Google Classroom and other digital platforms!************************************************************************This is a 6-week unit that is broken down to day by day lessons. Each lesson contains detailed directions for a mini lesson, ind

When it comes to getting students to write stories that will keep readers or listeners on the edge of their seats, nothing beats a good old-fashioned SCARY or SCARY STORY. This Halloween Narrative Writing Unit is perfect to help your kiddos write super scary stories! There is even a Google Slides version if you are doing distance learning. Click on the PREVIEW to see everything that is included.This product contains two magic words: CHOICE and TOOLS.  Students are offered a buffet of plots, set

Are you looking to spice up your writing block with fun, engaging, and meaningful activities? This is UNIT TWO of our 11 unit series. This unit will guide your students in writing two personal narrative pieces and includes everything you need to drive your instruction. We have two themes for writing in this writing unit: My Ouch Story (A time when I was sick or hurt) and Boo! I Mean it! (A time when I was afraid). We also included everything you need to know about your writing block. Here's what

Get everything you need to teach narrative, opinion, fictional narrative, and informational writing for the entire year! These lessons are broken down to make writing workshop manageable and fun for the teacher and students. Each resource is available as a PDF file and in Google Slides. This makes this unit compatible with Google Classroom!This includes a collection of four of my best selling Writing units. Each of the units is broken down into 30 detailed day-by-day lesson plans and includes al

Adding descriptive words in narrative and informational compositions is tricky! Students will receive a variety of synonyms for 40 commonly used words! These synonym charts (hang on the wall, put into writing folders/journals, or place on a binder ring for portable student access) and thesaurus booklets will increase depth and creativity in student word choice and writing! Students will quickly begin writing more descriptively by placing these interesting words right at their fingertips! These n

These are COMPLETE 400+ pages of Assessments and Teaching Notes for ALL English Language Arts Standards for 3rd Grade. These will cover your entire year! Reading comprehension (literature and informational), writing, language/grammar, fluency, speaking and listening are all included.Use them for more than just assessments. They are a perfect supplement to your English Language Arts Curriculum.·These will work with ANY reading program and allow teachers to conduct a thorough assessment of a stand

First Day Jitters Activities-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 book activities unit! This week-long unit is packed with an emoji writing craft, responding to literature activities, vocabulary, quick prints, and soooo much more!INCLUDES DIGITAL STUDENT ACTIVITIES! _____________________________________________________________✊ Buy the bundle and SAVE BIG!!! ✊Ready to have your student

30 descriptive writing anchor charts to help students show more expressive language in their narrative and expository writing during writer's workshop. This product includes large and mini anchor charts that provide examples to actually SHOW 30 common emotions and feelings in a printable and digital format! Each chart states a commonly used emotion or feeling and gives 8 ways to "show" it in writing. These will encourage students to "show not tell".There are a variety of ways to use these:add t

This huge 150 page The One and Only Ivan Novel Study Unit contains an array of digital and printable reading comprehension activities for this Newberry Award winner by Katherine Applegate. It contains One and Only Ivan activities and projects, including vocabulary activities, graphic organizers, and other One and Only Ivan fun activities.✅Save time planning with these easy to implement NO PREP resources. The wide variety of activities focus on reading comprehension and encourage students to thin

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Writing tips and reminders are great to give to students. These mini anchor charts are helpful when being added to a writing office. Your students will become more independent during writer's workshop. This writing tool will help students with personal narrative, informational, and opinion writing. Anchor charts and tips are right at their fingertips! These writing office folders are easy to store, great for providing privacy, all while giving lots of information in one place! All charts come in

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 classroom-proven five-day lesson plan routine. Not only do these Crankenstein activities engage your students, but they also help them understand how truly special books can be! Especially Crankenstein

Small Moments Writing Pack Narrative Writing Activity-Authors often use, “small moments” as inspiration for a story. Use this small moments pack to inspire your authors to write about their small moments and watch their small moments narrative writing quality grow! This pack included LOTS of resources to help inspire, organize, and publish your students’ narrative writings. Please note this pack is part of the Writing All Year Growing Bundle*******************************************************

Are you looking to spice up your writing block with fun, engaging, and meaningful activities? This is UNIT THREE of an 11 unit series. This unit will guide your students in writing three how-to/procedural writing pieces and includes everything you need to drive your instruction. We have three themes for this writing unit: How to Make a Pie in a Cup (will need recipe materials), Writing an Original How-To (any topic), STEM project with How-To (students transform a box into a new creation with a

Are you looking to spice up your writing block with fun, engaging, and meaningful activities? This is UNIT NINE of an 11 unit series. This unit will guide your students in writing two fictional stories, and includes everything you need to drive your instruction. We have two themes for writing in this fiction/realistic fiction writing unit: How I Became A Pirate and My Night in the White House. We also include everything you need to know about your writing block. Here's what is included:Ho

This free pack is sure to help you through your writing dialogue unit! In this pack you will receive: -Posters outlining the rules to edit and punctuate dialogue correctly -A passage for students to correctly edit and punctuate dialogue, with answer keys -Links to my blog posts on teaching dialogue with additional ideas, lessons, and mentor texts -Student center/group activity and recording sheet to practice putting together a quote with the correct punctuation See my 2 blog posts at: YoungTe

This packet includes everything you need to post the standards you are teaching in your classroom. This can be placed on a bulletin board, focus wall, or dry erase board, or anywhere you have a little extra space. The packet includes 6 different decorative alphabet schemes to choose from, 10 colors of bracket frames to use as a heading, and editable individual letters. There is a whole page version and a half page version. The posters and include all of the Common Core Standards for Third Grade,

This resource on Personal Narratives was designed to teach students about this particular genre, and to walk them through the process of writing their first personal narrative. Digital pages are available for the student pages only. These can be used with Google Slides.This unit is broken down into 16 lessons and should be used over the course of 3 to 4 weeks:Lesson 1: What is a Personal Narrative?Lesson 2: Personal Narrative TopicsLesson 3: Small MomentsLesson 4: Brainstorm & OrganizeLe

Do your students misuse quotation marks when trying to add dialogue to their stories? Would you like to teach them the punctuation rules for writing with dialogue? If so, this highly interactive 71-slide PowerPoint may be exactly what you are looking for! Three dialogue rules are introduced. Quotation marks enclose the words that the character said.Use a tag at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of the dialogue.Use the correct punctuation for writing dialogue.Next, punctuation rules as

These personal narrative writing activities help your students create strong compositions focused on small moments. Ideal for struggling writers, this resource includes activities, graphic organizers, prompts, and checklists to help learners solidify understanding and work through the writing process. With both print & digital formats, you can easily differentiate to help those who struggle with writing or getting ideas on paper. Aligned with a popular curriculum, this resource is designed t

How would you like to save time and never have to create an anchor chart by hand ever again??? Get a full year's worth of Anchor Charts that are ready to print and use! This ready-to-print bundle includes over 350 anchor charts to help you teach some of the key reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary concepts taught in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade.  This bundle seriously will save you so much time. I used to spend hours each weekend creating my anchor charts until I finally decided to create them in

Writing ALL YEAR- Ready to have your writing activities all planned out for the ENTIRE YEAR? From Expository, How To or procedural writing, to persuasive or narrative this huge pack has everything you need to teach writing for the year! Here's the pack for you!This chunky download includes ALL my writing craft units for the ENTIRE year! The best part? It also includes all future writing crafts that I make. Save Over 50% off by purchasing this growing bundle! ************************************