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Introduce informative writing to your 3rd-5th grade students with an engaging video lesson and comprehensive activity bundle!
This complete resource package includes everything you need to teach students what informative writing is and how to identify credible sources for research.
▶️ Watch here: Informative Writing YouTube Lesson
📝 Video Lesson Quiz (6 pages with answer key)
- 10 multiple choice questions
- 7 fill-in-the-blank questions with word bank
- 4 free response questions encouraging student creativity
- Assesses understanding of informative writing characteristics and the 6 types
- Includes engaging graphics and age-appropriate formatting
🔍 Credible Sources Extension Activity (9 pages with answer key)
- Part 1: "Be a Source Detective" - 16 real-world sources for students to evaluate (credible vs. not credible)
- Includes diverse examples: museum websites, social media posts, academic books, YouTube comments, professor interviews, and more
- All sources themed around Ancient Egypt for cross-curricular connection
- Part 2: 12 multiple choice questions about source credibility
- 4 free response questions applying knowledge to real situations
- Teaches students to identify .gov/.edu domains, expert authors, and reliable publishers
✏️ Editing Extension Activity (2 pages with answer key)
- "Be the Editor!" fact-checking activity
- Students identify opinion statements vs. informative writing in sample paragraphs about Ancient Egypt
- 3 themed paragraphs: The Pyramids, Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, and The Pharaohs
- Reinforces that informative writing uses facts, not opinions or guesses
- Includes engaging Ancient Egypt graphics
✨ Perfect For:
✅ Introducing informative writing genre studies
✅ Common Core Writing Standards W.3.2, W.4.2, W.5.2
✅ Teaching research skills and source evaluation
✅ Cross-curricular connection with social studies (Ancient Egypt)
✅ Distance learning or hybrid classroom models
✅ Substitute teacher plans
✅ Assessment of informative writing understanding
✅ Differentiation - extensions for advanced learners
Intro to Informative/Informational Writing Activity Bundle! (Expository Essays)
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Description
🏷️Reminder: Followers of the Hiikoo Learning store receive a permanent 10% discount on all products (including 10% off of already discounted bundles)
Introduce informative writing to your 3rd-5th grade students with an engaging video lesson and comprehensive activity bundle!
This complete resource package includes everything you need to teach students what informative writing is and how to identify credible sources for research.
▶️ Watch here: Informative Writing YouTube Lesson
📝 Video Lesson Quiz (6 pages with answer key)
- 10 multiple choice questions
- 7 fill-in-the-blank questions with word bank
- 4 free response questions encouraging student creativity
- Assesses understanding of informative writing characteristics and the 6 types
- Includes engaging graphics and age-appropriate formatting
🔍 Credible Sources Extension Activity (9 pages with answer key)
- Part 1: "Be a Source Detective" - 16 real-world sources for students to evaluate (credible vs. not credible)
- Includes diverse examples: museum websites, social media posts, academic books, YouTube comments, professor interviews, and more
- All sources themed around Ancient Egypt for cross-curricular connection
- Part 2: 12 multiple choice questions about source credibility
- 4 free response questions applying knowledge to real situations
- Teaches students to identify .gov/.edu domains, expert authors, and reliable publishers
✏️ Editing Extension Activity (2 pages with answer key)
- "Be the Editor!" fact-checking activity
- Students identify opinion statements vs. informative writing in sample paragraphs about Ancient Egypt
- 3 themed paragraphs: The Pyramids, Daily Life in Ancient Egypt, and The Pharaohs
- Reinforces that informative writing uses facts, not opinions or guesses
- Includes engaging Ancient Egypt graphics
✨ Perfect For:
✅ Introducing informative writing genre studies
✅ Common Core Writing Standards W.3.2, W.4.2, W.5.2
✅ Teaching research skills and source evaluation
✅ Cross-curricular connection with social studies (Ancient Egypt)
✅ Distance learning or hybrid classroom models
✅ Substitute teacher plans
✅ Assessment of informative writing understanding
✅ Differentiation - extensions for advanced learners
