All Resources

Writing, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository

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Also included in: Interactive Notebook ELA Bundle of 5

Paragraph Writing - How to Write a Paragraph of the Week - Writing Prompts

Created by

Rachel Lynette

Paragraph writing just got easier! Whether you need print or digital, these ready-to-use pages (and slides) are an effective way to help your students learn all about writing a paragraph.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:60 different writing prompts (20 opinion, 20 informative, & 20 narrative)Brainstorming PagesOrganizing and Planning PagesFirst Draft PagesRevision & Editing PagesFinal Draft PagesPublishing PagesDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel ActivityDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintParagraph

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Writing

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Also included in: Paragraph Writing of the Week - Differentiation Bundle for Grades 2-3

Writing Center | Printables & Interactive Learning Display

Created by

Joey Udovich

How do you get your students enjoy writing? This is a question that I asked myself for years! After being in the classroom for 8 years, I had the idea of giving my students a say in what they would be writing. This idea changed it all!PLEASE TAKE TIME TO VISIT MY DETAILED PREVIEW ABOVE!By offering a variety of topics that they could choose to learn and write about, I found that my students weren't just writing, they were asking to write! I filled my bulletin board with a "writing menu." It allow

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Printables, Lesson, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.5

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5th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages With ELA Standards Based Assessments

Created by

Kristine Nannini

Teaching 5th grade ELA has so many components - and that’s before you even think about aligning to English Language Arts standards and state test prep! Supplement your main ELA curriculum with my 5th Grade Mini Lessons With Standards Based Assessments. Whether you use this resource every single week to supplement instruction, as a part of your literacy rotations, or as a robust review for test prep season, your 5th graders will show what they know as you thoroughly assess each standard. No more

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5th

Types:

Assessment, Rubrics

CCSS:

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Opinion Writing

Created by

Panicked Teacher

You will be an Opinion Writing EXPERT after teaching this unit! Your students will LOVE this unit that takes them STEP by STEP through Opinion Writing! This unit provides:*Opinion Writing Must Haves Poster*Fact Vs. Opinion Activities*Baseline Opinion Writing Assessment*Opinion Writing Elements Posters and Mini-book: Selecting a Topic Introducing a Topic Developing an Organizational Structure Linking Words Word List Supporting Evidence Writing a Conclusion*Opinion Writing

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Lesson

CCSS:

Unit Plans, Printables, Lesson

Also included in: Narrative, Opinion, & Informational Writing Bundle

I "Mustache" Your Opinion Writing Unit | Prompts & Graphic Organizers

Created by

Create Teach Share

UPDATED 3/19: New Design, Same Content. Mustaches seem to be a big hit with kids right now! My own 5th grade daughter used the campaign slogan “I ‘MUSTACHE’ you to vote for me for President!” to win her spot on student council. For this product, I thought it would be fun to use the “craze” to engage my students in opinion writing. Aside from the catchy title, this unit provides students with tools to help them become excellent opinion writers. It includes all of the following items needed

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Word Problems

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Design a Haunted House Writing Halloween PBL Activities Halloween Math Project

Created by

Shelly Rees

Halloween activities like this original Design a Haunted House PBL Unit will get your students excited about learning like never before! What better way to have students use real-life Halloween math, reading, and writing skills? In this unit, students will have the opportunity to plan and design a haunted house and persuade others to visit their haunted attraction!Please click the PREVIEW button above to get a better idea of everything included.SAVE 25% on this resource in the PBL Activities Bun

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Projects, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

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Informational Text, Reading Strategies, Writing

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Also included in: Project Based Learning for the Year PBL Math Project & Writing Activities

RACES Writing Strategy Posters | EDITABLE | Citing Text Evidence

Created by

Sweet Tooth Teaching

Your students have a basic understanding of what text evidence is, but are struggling to incorporate it in their writing. The RACES strategy is designed to guide students through the process of answering a constructive response prompt. (or text-based prompts)This resource is equipped with Text Evidence Discussion Bubbles which are perfect for small groups, whole-group discussions, teacher-led centers, or even online learning! These sentence starters encourage students to speak about the text. --

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Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Posters, Literature Circles

CCSS:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts

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Writing Workshop Bundle | Print and Digital | Informational, Opinion, Narrative

Created by

Ashleigh

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

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Writing, Writing-Essays

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Fact Based Opinion Writing - Should Animals be in Zoos?

Created by

Shannon Maree Teaching

Engage your writers like never before! Should animals be in zoos? Let them decide! This 3 week long research and fact-based argumentative writing unit contains everything you need to have your students begging to write each day, including research materials! Students love being knowledgeable on the topic when forming their opinions during these research-based writing lessons. Click here to SAVE 20% by buying ALL 3 Research-Based Opinion Writing Units in one convenient bundle.Included in this Res

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Strategies

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Also included in: Opinion Writing Bundle [DIGITAL + PRINTABLE]

The One and Only Ivan Novel Study Unit - Comprehension Questions - Project

Created by

Creative Classroom Core

This huge 190+ 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 thi

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Writing

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Also included in: Novel Study Bundle | One and Only Ivan | Lemonade War | Charlie and Choc Factory

RACE Strategy Writing Passages & Prompts 4th 5th 6th grade RACE writing prompts

Created by

Read Relevant

RACE Writing Strategy is a structure to help students answer passage-based, short response questions in a formal style, with using clear reasons and evidence from the text, and to provide concluding statements. Why use the RACE strategy? This mnemonic device is especially helpful for struggling writers and students with disabilities, but it can also be a helpful scaffold for all students. It teaches students to do what good writers do naturally—restating the question in a complete sentence, answ

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

W.4.1

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Visual Arts

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Also included in: RACE Strategy Writing Prompts and Passages BUNDLE of 40 RACE Writing Prompts

Persuasive Writing Donut Theme {Design a Donut Project}

Created by

The Knitted Apple

Almost all kids love donuts! Something they might not love as much is writing. This persuasive writing project pairs the topic of donuts (YUM!) with a fictional contest to increase engagement, especially for your reluctant writers.In the "Design a Donut Contest," students develop and practice persuasive writing skills with a fictional contest. First, they'll design and sketch a new and unique donut. Then they will use persuasive writing to explain why the shop owners should choose their donuts f

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Projects, Rubrics

CCSS:

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English Language Arts, Tools for Common Core, Writing

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Also included in: Persuasive Writing Bundle {Design a Donut and Promote a Pet}

Opinion and Persuasive Writing Unit

Created by

Wise Guys

Do your upper elementary students struggle with opinion and persuasive writing? This persuasive and opinion writing unit will give you the tools necessary to successfully teach this topic in your classroom. Rubrics, planning sheets, and handouts will help guide you through the process.Included in this 40-Page Resource:Teacher Tips & Lesson Plan Handout (3-pages) Persuasive Writing Student Handout (4-pages) Persuasive Writing Teacher Example (4-pages)Business and Friendly Letter Examples (2-p

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Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Lesson

CCSS:

Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing

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Also included in: Creative Writing Resources Bundle

Upper Elementary Writing Office Folder of Anchor Charts

Created by

The Literacy Dive

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

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Printables, Centers

CCSS:

Printables, Graphic Organizers

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Also included in: Primary and Upper Elementary Writing Office Folders Anchor Charts

Essay of the Month

Created by

Teaching in Room 6

Essay Writing This daily, scaffolded approach to essay writing is perfect to help get your students writing good, solid, detailed 5 paragraph essays. Students will write one essay a school month (20 days), focusing on the organization and format of the essay itself. There are 20 separate writing prompts in this 300+ page file. Prompts cover the genres of: Personal Narrative Imaginative Narrative Informational Writing Opinion Writing All of the prompts are student-centered so that they will

Subjects:

Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

Literature, Reading, Tools for Common Core

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Also included in: Paragraph of the Week and Essay of the Month Writing Bundle

The BFG Novel Study Unit | Comprehension Questions with Activities and Tests

Created by

Nothing but Class

This novel study for The BFG, by Roald Dahl, contains 150 pages of resources, including comprehension questions and vocabulary by chapter, creative activities, assessments, and more. Focus standards include figurative language, character analysis, plot, and opinion writing.Perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ♥You're free to use the printable OR digital version; BOTH are included with your purchase!♥Excellent for school OR homeschool. No-prep and so easy for teachers, pare

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Literature Circles

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Writing

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Also included in: The BFG | The Phantom Tollbooth | The Witches | Novel Study Bundle

Opinion Writing Unit | Writing Workshop | Print and Digital

Created by

Ashleigh

This opinion writing unit teaches all of the opinion writing standards! This is available as a traditional PDF file AND Google Drive file!This is a 6-week unit that with 30 day-by-day lessons. These lessons are designed to scaffold students into writing, revising, and editing a five paragraph opinion essay. There are detailed lessons on organization, style, word choice, and so much more!Each lesson contains directions for a mini lesson, work time, and share time. There is also an additional hand

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

W.2.1

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Literature, Reading, Writing

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Also included in: Writing Workshop Bundle | Print and Digital | Informational, Opinion, Narrative

Mentor Text Reading Activities & Writing Prompts for Volume 1: Better Than Basal

Created by

ideas by jivey

Why is this better than a basal? Because YOU get to choose the order and even the skills you want to cover with each book! A GOOD mentor text will provide opportunities to teach or review a variety of skills, not the ONE the teacher manual says you have to teach. This product is JAM-PACKED with Common Core aligned lesson ideas, activities, graphic organizers, and writing prompts for 40 of your favorite mentor texts to use in grades 3-5! (See the complete list below.) With over 100 graphic organ

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

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Michael Friermood - The Thinker Builder

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Also included in: Yearlong Mentor Text Grammar & Reading Curriculum Bundle: Volume 1 Grades 3-5

St. Patrick's Day Opinion Writing Lesson & Activity

Created by

A full lesson to practice opinion writing (persuasive writing) with a St. Patrick's Day-related focus question about four-leaf clovers. Digital and Printable versions included!The focus question for this lesson is: "Is a four-leaf clover actually lucky?" Eight carefully-selected facts about four-leaf clovers are included for students to analyze, discuss, and use to help support their opinion and persuade their audience.Printable Version Includes:• Lesson Plan• "Poll Question" to engage students•

Subjects:

English Language Arts, St. Patrick's Day, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

Back to School, English Language Arts, Specialty

Also included in: Opinion Writing BUNDLE (18 Seasonal/Holiday-Related Resources) Print & Digital

First Day of School Activities for 3rd Grade {First Week of School 3rd Grade}

Created by

Jason's Online Classroom

This beginning of the year activities packet includes 22 pages of back to school activities to start the year off right! It comes in black & white only so that the kids can color their own books and you can save on ink. We've taken many of the ideas from our top selling end of the year memory books and revamped them to make them fun first day of school activities. This resource is included in a larger back to school bundle. CLICK HERE TO VIEW!Download Preview FileDownload the back to sch

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities

CCSS:

W.2.1

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Informational Text, Writing

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Also included in: First Week of 3rd Grade Fun Activities & Games Bundle

Opinion Writing Prompts - Opinion Writing Passages - Digital and Printable

Created by

Rockin Resources

Are you looking for high-interest opinion writing prompt passages? These opinion articles provide students with just the right amount of information to help them form a powerful opinion paragraph or opinion essay. Some opinion passages show facts from both sides, whereas others provide multiple opinions to help students form their own! Most importantly, it is a useful source for text analysis or text evidence that students can apply in their essay writing! For this reason, the articles are perfe

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Printables

CCSS:

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading

Charlotte's Web Novel Study Unit - Comprehension | Activities | Tests

Created by

Nothing but Class

This novel study for Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White, contains 135 pages of resources, including comprehension questions and vocabulary activities, creative activities, assessments, and more!Focus standards include figurative language, setting, character analysis, theme, and plot.No-prep, predictable, and extremely user-friendly, this literature guide is perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. ♥You're free to use the printable OR digital version; BOTH are included with your pu

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Literature Circles

CCSS:

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