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Explanatory/Informative writing graphic organizer and bookmarks using the INFORMS method. This graphic organizer can be cut out and used in an interactive notebook, used to help your students with their own explanatory writing, as an intro to this type of writing, or as a study tool! With this download you get: - Intro graphic organizer - Two bookmark styles - Three graphic organizers for explanatory writing, with 3 different levels of writing.

Create your own amusement park! This project combines writing, geography skills, and art to help students visualize their own theme park. This project can be used on its own or as a fun activity at the end of a unit. We incorporated this into our James and the Giant Peach novel study as a fun way to finish the unit during state tests. My students designed rides based on key moments in the novel and created their park theme based on the an aspect of the novel. Project includes: • Graphic organ

This download contains a, 11x17 poster of the structural elements of poetry, an 8x11 version that could be used in binders, and a graphic organizer you can use for notes or as a review.

These are notes you can provide for students to put into ELA binders to refer to later, or to use to introduce the differences between poetry, prose, and dramas. One version has fill in the blanks, one version has the complete notes.

Here's a bundle of writing strategies bookmarks! Strategies included are: Transition words & phrases Evidence & citations phrases RACES editing CUPS editing ARMS revising TAPE writing Small moments writing CUPS checklist Essay writing checklist I've also included a fill in the blank bookmark page with: ARMS revising CUPS editing TAPE writing

This chapter journal is set up to be used during a novel study for Fourth Grade Rats. There are one or two short questions to answer after each chapter. There are 14 sections in all with a bonus conclusion question at the end. I love these for quick comprehension checks after reading if I don't want to do a full blown novel study with my class.

Here is a shape classification graphic organizer and foldable set for 3rd grade geometry. This interactive organizer gives all of the possible names for shapes and gives space for listing angles, parallel sides, and equal sides. Cut and glue into an interactive notebook or pass out and have students work independently on filling it in as an introductory lesson.

Earth Day resource for grades 3 - 5. This packet is an fun and creative way to integrate art, math, and language arts into your classroom for Earth Day. Use it as a daily lesson or as an enrichment activity! This activity should be used along with a reading passage about Earth Day or recycling to help your class connect recycling to the real world. I've provided links to the article and YouTube video we used below. In this download you will find: • A graphic organizer designed to help organize r

Celebrate our national parks with these fun research activities! Have students pick a park and learn about the history, geography, and special features. As additional activities: • have them create their own word search using their new vocabulary related to their park • recreate a poster for their park in the traditional screen print style of the WPA posters • create a presentation for their classmates on their park • calculate travel expenses for guests and from your own location This unit inc

Here are a mix and match set of bookmarks to help your students set their reading goals for the year! You get: 6 options for the front of the bookmark, four including quotes about reading 3 options for the back, including Lexile, AR, and reading level

These graphic organizers are meant to be used to retell a story in a fun and different way! There are a few different layouts in this file, designed to offer scaffolding to the different levels of student ability, including a version with SWBST.

I used these two worksheets to introduce hook writing with my gifted students and topic sentence writing whole class. I've uploaded a PDF and a word doc so you can feel free to edit if you use 'thesis' or other terminology.

This is a bundle of one pagers to practice reading comprehension with fables. Each page is laid out the same for cohesiveness and ease of use with a fable and comprehension questions. Currently this product is only 4 stories but I will be continuing to add to it!

Here's an alternative spelling activity or extender for early finishers. Students write their words and add up each letter to determine its "worth". Challenge them to see who can come up with words that are worth the most!

These "I Can" statements are based off of the Ohio Visual Arts Standards, updated 2018. These are sized for 8.5x11, with two standards on each page.

These two writing prompts were used in my classroom after reading Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass, written by Suzanne Buckingham Slade. The prompts come with an answer key of potential points. They also worked as great conversation starters when we were starting to talk about writing prompts.

Earth Day resource for grades 3 - 5. This FREEBIE is an easy and creative way to integrate art into your classroom for Earth Day. The full packet also includes a writing prompt and area activity. Use this activity along with a reading passage about Earth Day or recycling to help your class connect recycling to the real world. I have used the ReadWorks passage titled "Your Recycled House". In this FREEBIE you will find: A graphic organizer designed to help organize recycled building materials.

Here's a blank timeline template that I used with my 4th graders!

This simple graphic organizer is something we use in class to preview vocab words and focus on new words. This freebie has a blank version and one with labeled boxes.

This is a main idea organizer and a summary writing sheet. Print them double sided to use together or just one.