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This 23 slide PowerPoint provides insight on how to help students develop better introductions and conclusions for both opinion and explanatory writing. Struggling writers often benefit from these fun "SMURFS" examples of introductions and conclusions. A variety of strategies are provided with examples, cooperative partner practice, and practice quiz activities. This product can be utilized for grades 3-6 and aligns with Common Core Standards. *W5.2a Introduce a topic clearly, provide a gener

This product will help your students write detailed written responses to text-dependent questions. It's called RACE: Restate- Answer-Cite Evidence- Extend. After a few modeled lessons, the students will be able to effectively and thoroughly respond to open-ended questions. There is an 18-slide PowerPoint with examples on how to use RACE with your students. There is also a RACE poster (or) student sheet for their writing toolkit, as well as a detailed assessment rubric. I began using the RACE

This product is an EDITABLE assessment covering punctuation with commas and titles. It is intended to cover 5th grade standards, but can easily be adapted for grades 3-4.

These Accelerated Reader Reading Club incentive posters can serve as a motivational tool to encourage your students to read more. The file is EDITABLE to best fit the needs of your classroom.

This is a free ELA Lesson Plan Template!