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This bundle combines my 4 informational writing resources that use the POW and TIDE strategies. POW and TIDE are part of the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) model and helps students become more confident and competent writers. The SRSD model has especially helped my struggling writers. POW is the basic writing process (Pick my idea, Organize my notes, Write and say more) and the TIDE acronym is specific to informational writing (Topic sentence, Important Details, Ending sentence). The

Looking for some fun and content-driven Halloween math activities for your 2nd graders? These activities are perfect to review 2nd grade place value standards. The activities cover expanded form, unit form, word form, and base ten pictures. There are some activities that will take more time (the color by number pictures and the cut and paste sort) and some grab-and-go worksheets that make great morning work, homework, or fast finishers. Use the activities as best fits your schedule! Halloween M

These anchor charts will introduce informational writing to your students using the POW and TIDE strategy. POW and TIDE is based off the SRSD (Self-Regulated Strategy Development) model. There are charts defining informational writing, the meaning of POW and TIDE, and examples of transition words. Color and black and white versions allow for great anchor charts as well as printable versions which are great for writing notebooks! There are 3 graphic organizers- 2 for TIDE and 1 for recording po

Using POW and TIDE to teach informational writing? These writing prompts and rubric align perfectly! This product includes a graphic organizer, as well as 3 informational writing prompts for the lower grades. Using the POW and TIDE framework to pick an idea, organize notes, and write and say more, this product also allows students to evaluate their own work with a self-check rubric that is student-friendly. Included:3 full page color versions of the writing prompts to be projected on the board 3

Writing informational paragraphs can be tricky for young writers- try using mentor text to help your students understand the parts of an informational paragraph before having them write their own! There are 3 informational writing sample essays in this product, all complete with answer keys for how to highlight them and dissect them with your class! (TIDE stands for Topic sentence, Important Ideas, and Ending sentence. It is part of the SRSD model for writing.) Using mentor text was a game-cha