Looking for a way to make teaching paragraph writing so much easier ? Want to help your students write well-crafted paragraphs? This Complete Paragraph Writing Bundle in both print and digital will help you teach each part of the paragraph in a direct way! It combines four of my very popular writing strategy sets: Paragraph Color Coding and Outlining, Topic Sentences, Transitions in Writing, and Conclusion Sentences. Everything you need is here to help your students truly understand how to creat

This is the companion to my Interactive Writing Notebooks, picking up where it leaves off with more advanced writing assignments. Just like my other products, all of these lessons are differentiated and scaffolded to meet ALL of your students' needs. This product includes 5 very detailed writing units that will likely take between 1-2 weeks to complete each one. These units can be done in any order but do increase in difficulty with each one. You do not have to have my Interactive Writing Note

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

Argument, narrative, and informative essays are fun and easy to teach when you use strong mentor texts and a step-by-step process. These highly-rated writing units include everything you need, all in one place.Each writing resource is comprehensive and easy to use. The lessons at a glance pages are also included in an editable format for easy insertion into a digital plan-book.This is what awesome teachers like you have said about this resource: "Tons of resources that I go back to again and ag

Looking for book report templates that help scaffold the writing of a fiction book report? This resource includes templates, guiding questions, and visuals in both printable and digital format (Google Slides, Google Forms) to help your students write impressive book reviews. Also included are posters and banners to decorate your classroom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------⭐ This resource features both US and British Engli

The Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox contains 77 learning activities aligned to the CCSS for grades 6-8. It includes printables that can be used multiple times throughout the year to address nearly all of the standards in reading literature and informational texts, and many of the speaking and listening, writing, and language standards. It also has two pages of writing prompts and warm-ups. The Standards Guide at the end details the CCSS that correspond to each printable. Three grade level

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RACE writing strategy 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. These informational texts are quick, easy reads, so that your students can focus on writing. Do you have a wide range of readers? This money-saving bundle combines three of best-selling products, giving you 40 passages that range from 4th grade to 9th grade reading level. Perfect for special education,

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These 10 high-interest passages are paired with reading comprehension questions and short response questions for students to practice multiple comprehension skills AND writing with the RACE writing strategy. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. Passages range between reading levels of 4-6th grade, making them perfect for groups of students with a wide range of reading levels. Comprehension skil

•••This resource was updated in January 2021 to include a Google Slides version of this resource that can be used for in-person or distance learning lessons.•••Are you looking for a meaningful Black History Month activity that will not only let your students have fun and show their creativity, but also requires them to conduct research and think critically? Look no further than the Black History Month Banners: Mini Research Project! This project contains over 30 pages on instructional materials

Need to assign your students an animal research report project? These print and digital (google slides) animal research report templates will scaffold the research writing process. This pack features both U.S. Spellings and British English in Flipbook Templates, Rubrics, Checklists, and Vocabulary Flashcards included. Resource OverviewScaffold the writing of an Informational Report on an animal of choice or one from 10 animal groups with this bundled pack both in print and digital format (google

These are COMPLETE 400+ pages of Assessments and Teaching Notes for ALL English Language Arts Standards for 6th Grade. These will cover your entire year! Reading comprehension (literature and informational), writing, language/grammar, 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 standard.·The

These 10 high-interest passages are paired with reading comprehension questions and short response questions for students to practice multiple comprehension skills AND writing with the RACE writing strategy. This resource is perfect for test-prep, special education and progress monitoring, differentiating, and scaffolding for struggling readers. Passages range between reading levels of 6-8th grade, making them perfect for groups of students with a wide range of reading levels. Comprehension ski

Students will erupt with excitement when they work on this fun and flashy circlebook activity! Fifteen mix-n-match templates feature ready-to-color illustrations of a Cinder Cone, a Composite Cone, and a Shield Volcano, complete with keys. For longer circle books, students can fill in additional templates with vocabulary words, create pages of volcano facts, research types of lava or the formation of volcanoes, or write a creative story about exploring a volcano. Check out the PREVIEW MOVIE to s

3rd, 4th, & 5th Grade Writing Curriculum - This resource gives you a step-by-step instructional plan that will help you teach the writing process. The Writing Plan includes my 6 favorite go-to writing units - informative, narrative, descriptive, opinion, summary, & conclusions! Most of these units consist of 5 initial lessons. Students will explore topic sentences, supporting details, and concluding sentences of paragraphs. At the end of these lessons, students will have the organization

Why do we study history anyway? This back to school activity is a must have for any history or social studies class! Start the first day of school (or the first lesson of any history class) with “WHY” because students always want to know why? Why am I learning about history? Why do we have to study this stuff anyway? When am I ever going to use this in life? Isn’t history about a "bunch of old dead people" and things that have already happened? **Major necessary upgrades have been made to ma

Aesop's fables are a timeless collection of stories that your students will love. Help students master the skills of determining theme, making connections to the text, and responding with textual evidence. This packet contains 8 fables to read, followed by multiple choice and short response questions. Each fable is produced on a ready-to-print and use, one page worksheet, followed by 2-3 questions. Each fable is short and manageable, and can be read and understood relatively quickly. → Looking f

This writing unit focuses on explanatory and informative (expository) writing and is aligned with the Common Core State Standards. It has also been recently updated to include Google Drive / Google Classroom editable handouts (perfect for distance learning!) and MLA 8 style handouts.This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.Students will learn to write informative/explanatory essays and research papers by following the step-by-step process. The zipped file in

READING PASSAGES BUNDLE: Use these reading comprehension worksheets to stimulate your kids' learning today! You will receive effective, simple and clear reading passages. Each test is full of color and contains CCSS aligned questions that are going to improve any teacher folder. Topics include sports, families and school. Each lesson has a mix of questions to check understanding, a vocabulary or spelling activity to help remember key language introduced, and a writing exercise. Full answer keys

Get 40 passages and writing prompts to practice the RACE Strategy. RACE 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. Great for independent work during distance learning!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 tea

Writing a body paragraph and formulating a topic sentence is sometimes tricky for our students! This video teaches your students how to write an awesome topic sentence, claim, cite textual evidence, and write with elaboration. Here is a step-by-step 8-minute tutorial to take your students' paragraphs to the next level and change their writing, using the acronym TALES/RACER.*This will be so helpful to your classroom, as I use this with my students every year!☆How would you like 5 English Languag

If you are looking to add some high interest activities to your lessons, try using animated shorts to teach reading and writing skills. This packet contains graphic organizers covering many Common Core skills. $Save$ when you purchase this mega bundle which includes all 6 units.Part 1 – READING AND WRITING Inference and Drawing Conclusions Summarizing Main Idea and Supporting Details Perspective and Point of View Theme Character and Setting Cause and Effect Compare and Contrast Problems and So