Teach W.1.2 with ease using informative writing anchor charts and informational writing graphic organizers. Perfect for 1st grade, students get writing prompts and writing lesson plans.

This W.1.2 informative writing product includes lesson plans, writing prompts, writing papers, graphic organizers, and assessments perfect for making your Informative Writing unit a breeze. In first grade, students must introduce topic/text, supply facts, and provide a sense of closure.

11 Lessons-

There are 11 lesson plans, which can be spread out over the course of 3 or 4 weeks. There are many activities within each lesson plans, which should take you about 2 or 3 days to complete each. The lesson plans are scaffolded to gradually teach the process of writing opinion pieces.

• Lesson 1- Fact vs. Opinion (similar to Opinion Writing Unit's 1st lesson)
• Lesson 2- Organization of an Informative Piece
• Lesson 3- Writing Strong Facts
• Lesson 4- Strong Introductions
• Lesson 5- Body and Illustrations
• Lesson 6- Strong Conclusions
• Lesson 7- How-To Focus
• Lesson 8- All-About Focus
• Lesson 9, 10, and 11- Putting It All Together Writing Pieces

There are also...

• Writing Prompts for cyclical practice throughout the year
• Graphic organizers to use as needed
• Writing papers with primary lines and regular lines (3 options with picture sizes)
• Assessments (teacher and self)

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This unit covers the Writing Common Core State Standard W.1.2:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.2- Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

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