Curious Minds

Poetry Writing Powerpoint Lesson An interactive way to teach your students how to write 5 different types of poems: Couplet poetry Triplet poetry Acrostic poetry Haiku Poetry Cinquaine Poetry This document is a PDF format (slide show) and can be used as a teacher resource or used as an interactive lesson by viewing each slide on the projector. This is a PowerPoint unit and you will not be able to print this. The lessons are designed to show students multiple examples of what the poems look like

Persuasive Writing Activities - Includes sentence starters that students can use to help support their reasons - Self-check success criteria to help students stay on track -Includes 2 short persuasive stories that can be used as assessment pieces or practice. -Each story also has its own comprehension page where students are asked to answer a series of questions based on the story they have read. -Includes 4 pages of persuasive writing prompts that can be cut out and left at a writing ce

Adding and Subtracting 2 Digit Numbers Without Re-Grouping This Package includes -Base Ten Block visuals to help students find the sum and difference -Students will be given subtraction questions and asked to show their thinking by drawing base ten blocks and crossing out the appropriate values -Students will be given addition questions and asked to show their thinking by drawing base ten blocks to reflect the given question -Students will be asked to write an addition question and include it