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Looking for an easy-prep narrative writing unit for your 3rd, 4th, or 5th graders? Look no further! This resource includes scaffolded lessons for building characters, events, and setting in creative writing as well as workshop opportunities for your students!Each resource is editable through Canva for ultimate customizability! :) This resource includes:  16 Slide Canva Direct Instruction Presentation on Argumentative Essays11 Creative Writing Prompts Brainstorming/ Building Exposition Worksheets

Engage students in describing the ways in which different European settlers developed conflict with the Native Americans and how they solved it. This downloadable bundle includes a direct instruction presentation, a matching notetaker, a RAFT writing activity, a create-your-own-quiz activity, and a post-assessment. This download includes:  An editable Canva presentation that discusses the different ways Native Americans, British, Spanish, and French settlers developed and resolved conflictA matc

Looking for easy-prep grammar lessons for your 3rd, 4th, or 5th graders? Look no further! This resource includes over 10 engaging resources for your writing lessons including a 150+ slide Canva presentation, two guided practice activities and games, 10 independent practice worksheets, and a grammar review game called SLAP! for 13 days of writing lessons!Concepts covered include: nouns, adjectives, verbs, possessive nouns (plural and singular), subjects, predicates, complete sentences, compound s

Engage students in thinking about informational main ideas (4.RI.02) with this editable PowerPoint presentation and matching graphic organizer. The ice cream theme provides a relatable structure for identifying a text’s topic, main idea, and supporting details. This downloadable content includes three short passages and questions to help students practice identifying the main idea of informational text. This download includes:  29 Slides of Strategies for Determining Main IdeaIce Cream Theme for