Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful. The student is expected to:
Use this passage, second grade writing prompt, and worksheet to help students write a constructed response paragraph about Amelia Earhart.
A template for students to use when planning a narrative text.
A template for students to use when planning the plot structure of a narrative text.
A worksheet to use in the classroom on St. Patrick's Day when talking to kids about lucky during social-emotional lessons.
Research and create an interactive biography for a historical figure.
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
A template for students to use when writing their own Readers Theater script.
39 activity task cards based on the Frida's Fiesta Restaurant menu which is included.
Demonstrate writing a persuasive letter with an opinion writing anchor chart.
A 2 page worksheet for students to use when learning how to write a limerick.
A planning template to use when writing a persuasive or opinion text.
A fun way to help your reluctant writers choose something to write about.
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using a high-interest reading passage about Tornadoes.
A fun, hands-on activity using a die and a chart to create a creature to include in a narrative text or a comic strip.
An assessment rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' narrative writing.
A set of 9 annotated poetry anchor charts to use when introducing structured forms of poetry.
Research and learn about the amazing tree sloth with a printable research guide for kids.
A fairy tale themed narrative writing teaching pack containing 8 worksheets and posters.
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
Guide students through the structure and elements included in biography writing.
Create a flipbook that clearly illustrates the most significant aspects of a biography subject.
Practice using the RACES writing strategy and unravel the mysteries of the U.S. Government system of checks and balances with a passage, organizer, and prompt.
Use an animated instructional slide deck to guide your students through a sloth research project!
Bring National Chocolate Day into your classroom with a biography and RACES writing worksheet about Milton Hershey.
6 jumbled narrative paragraphs for students to sequence in the correct order.
A poster about fairy tales, including an annotated example.
A research template for older students to use when writing a biography.
Create a pennant banner for students to record and display their biography research.
Differentiate reading instruction with nonfiction texts, compare and contrast activities, and response to text writing opportunities.
Would You Rather use this set of 31 question cards or eat a can of worms?
Use this PowerPoint template for students to author a researched-based biography on a historical figure.
A worksheet to help teach students the author's craft of using modality words to persuade the reader.