These scaffoled writing activities are the perfect tool for your upper elementary students to grow their skills as they begin to learn how to craft a well organized and well thought out informational essay. They will learn how accurately respond to the prompt and write an introduction paragraph with attention grabbers and a main idea. Your students will be highly engaged learning with the science based writing prompts and passages. Theyll discuss and explore topics like Velociraptors, The history of space exploration, the role of bees, and types of weather.

This product includes:

• table of contents
• link to interactive instructional video
• answer key for: Finding the Main Idea in the Prompt, Understanding the Prompt, and Choosing the Best Supporting Details
• 5 activity pages for Finding the Main Idea in the Prompt
• 5 activity pages for Understanding the Prompt
• 5 activity pages for Choosing the Best Supporting Details
• Incredible Introductions poster
• Elements of an Incredible Introduction answer key
• Elements of an Incredible Introduction activity page
• Introduction Must Haves
• Improve the Introduction Butterfly’s Life Cycle
• Improve the Introduction Plants & Photosynthesis
• Write an Introduction Mammals and Reptiles
• Write an Introduction The Role of Bees
• Write an Introduction Types of Weather

This is a fun and engaging, PRINT AND GO resource for your classroom.

This product supports Common Core Standards (CCSS), TEKS, and VA Sol:

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