These topic sentence task cards help students to practice identifying and writing topic sentences in paragraphs. With 24 nonfiction texts, students will become experts in understanding and practicing the parts of a topic sentence, making it easier to generate and write their own topic sentences throughout the year. These task cards allow for easy planning and easy teaching that leads to effective learning. Teach your students how to identify a topic sentence with activities that are set up to build on one another.

This versatile resource is great for writing centers or grabbing on the go as it is no prep and can be used as DIGITAL or PRINTABLE resource.

It includes lots of topice sentence practice with differentiated high-interest nonfiction texts with multiple choice and open response, checklists, a student answer sheet, a datasheet, and an answer key!

▶️ Using multi-modality based learning is an effective way to reach all students. Watch our paired teaching video lesson on topic sentences for a complete lesson!

**After using this resource with the paired video teaching lesson your students will be able to identify topic sentences in paragraphs and begin writing their own complete topic sentences with less support from you!

Who is it for?

• Perfect for students in grades 3-6
• This resource is easy to implement for students of different levels and abilities.
• Great for mixed groups, whole class or small group lessons
• Use within ENL and RTI services, Special education services and speech therapy sessions!

*PLEASE NOTE: The digital component will be opened on Google Slides™. You can print directly from the slides or download as a PDF.

Resource information:

✅ Watch the video teaching lesson on Topic Sentence to build your students’

foundational understanding of topic sentences.

✅ Once teaching has concluded, use the extension activities in this resource to further develop and strengthen your students’ understanding of a topic sentence. You can choose from printable task cards or digital task cards via Google Slides™.

✅ The differentiated task cards include the following:

• SET  1
  • 24 multiple-choice task cards with author-written non-fiction passages.
  • Each card provides the opportunity to identify the topic, main idea, and topic sentence with multiple choice answers.
  • The passages increase in complexity based on vocabulary, sentence structure, and ease of locating the topic, main idea, and topic sentence.

• SET  2
  • 24 open response task cards with the same author-written non-fiction passages.
  • Each card provides the opportunity to identify the topic, main idea, and topic sentence with open response answers.
  • The passages increase in complexity based on vocabulary, sentence structure, and ease of locating the topic, main idea, and topic sentence.

✅ Checklists are included for students to use when completing the activities.

✅ Student answer sheet, datasheet, and answer key are also included.

Need more support with topic sentences?

Check out the Foundations of Topic Sentence resource in our store.

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