A writing template to help children when structuring text types.
Are you looking to switch up your nonfiction reader response activities? These nonfiction reading crafts are a fresh, engaging and unique way students can visually see each nonfiction reading strategy and skill broken down. This, of course, will help students towards the ultimate goal of improving their reading comprehension of informational texts. These activities require little to no prep, and the only materials needed are just scissors and glue (metal fasteners are needed for the fan crafts, word rings needed for the “key details” ring craft). 5 NONFICTION CRAFT SETS INCLUDED: (Click on the individual product titles below to view each in more detail) Set 1: Nonfiction Text Features Set 2: Summarizing Set 3: Facts & Key Details Set 4: Nonfiction Reading Skills & Strategies Set 5: Nonfiction Text Structures 3 CUMULATIVE NONFICTION READING CRAFTS These crafts allow students to practice multiple skills at a time from the sets above. Nonfiction Reading Robot Nonfiction Thinking Caps Nonfiction Reading Fan
How to write a novel is a legitimate question. It can be a scary and overwhelming concept. Novels go unfinished all the time, and writers everywhere get frustrated and discouraged.
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Explicitly teaching, as well as continually modeling and practicing reading comprehension strategies with students is one of the most important jobs we have as teachers of growing readers. Research shows that teaching reading strategies encourages
K-1 NONFICTION WRITING My nonfiction writing unit is here! This is the perfect way to introduce kindergarten and first grade students to what informational writing is. This unit is so engaging for students because it uses real life photographs and animals. We discus
1-2-3 Come Do Some Dr. Seuss Activities With Me Do you read “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” by Dr. Seuss? It’s one of my all-time favorite Seuss stories. “Oh the Places You’ll Go” is not only perfect for March is Reading Month, Read Across America, or a Ce...
Students will love learning about a new animal as they create an informational report using this helpful guide!
A blank novel outline template for use with Google Docs, Google Keep, and Scrivener. The One Page Novel is a simple, memorable structure for novelists.
Teaching students reading strategies, as well as allowing them to interact with them, is crucial to their reading comprehension of both nonfiction and fiction texts. This reading comprehension strategies fan is a fresh, hands on and unique way students can visually see each reading strategy broken down for them. It is an alternative to reading response that will help you to reach all learners in your classroom. This reading strategy fan craft requires little to no prep, and the only materials needed are scissors, glue, and metal fasteners. Included are two options: 1 Book: Students write the title of their book on the “Fan Full of Reading Strategies” cover. 2 or More Books: Students write the title of the book they are reading on each fan blade. Students can use some or all of the strategies included. You can also print out multiple of the same fan blade to focus on just one strategy at a time. Strategies Included: Make Connections Determine Importance Draw Conclusions Make Inferences Make Predictions Ask Questions Create Sensory Images Use Background Knowledge Close Read Use Fix-Up Strategies Synthesize Information Use Context Clues Visualize
Have I mentioned how creative my kiddos are!? I could shout it from the rooftop! They never seize to amaze me with their ideas and passion for learning. They remind me why I love my job so much. I love watching them learn. In writing, we have been working on our writers crafts. We have been trying to enhance our own writing by adding figurative language to engage our audience. Today, we focused on onomatopoeias. I introduced the lesson by reviewing what we already knew about the craft. In fifth and sixth grade, a lot of the things we are focusing on in writing is review. Most of my students have a pretty good handle on the idea. We talked about where we see onomatopoeias most often. They responded by saying things like, "children's books", "captions", and "comics". We centered our focus on the latter. Some many of my students are so interested in comic books. I decided this was a wonderful way to incorporate this! I gave the students each a blank comic consisting of a variety of frames. They were in charge of creating a comic using onomatopoeias! One onomatopoeias had to be present in each frame. They turned out wonderfully! I gave them mine as an example: The students' had so much fun reading their peers comics in the hallway. I loved hearing them standing outside my door reading the onomatopoeias with such emotion! "BANG! BOOM! CRASH!" The hallway has been filled with figurative language excitement.
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Fables are an important part of English Language Arts instruction. The genre, which often includes animals that act like humans and moral lessons, is perfect for targeted lessons in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and analyzing. Classic and modern fables are both entertaining and approachable. Fables also shed light on other cultures, characterization, and moral lessons. Most importantly, they're just plain fun to teach! Here are 6 easy ways to teach fables in your classroom... I LOVE giving students a chance to write their very own fable. I recommend starting with mentor texts so that students can become experts on the genre. Then, through targeted writing instruction, students can write their own story that includes a moral, animal characters, story elements, and illustrations. As students develop their stories, you can even have them "pitch" their stories to their peers acting as storybook editors. Once students have written a strong fable, take these lessons to the next level and let students create a children's book filled with illustrations. You could even have them share their fables with younger students. Check out this ready-to-teach Fable Writing Unit! Don't you just love lessons that meet a ton of instructional standards at once? Well, this fable unit does just that! It’s a 7-day unit designed around Aesop’s fable “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” and in it students read three different versions of the fable. After building background on each form, they have the opportunity to critically read and respond to the fable in prose, verse, and drama form. Through small group work, independent studies, and class discussions students will not only understand and appreciate the elements of a fable and each form of literature, but they’ll also develop a deep understanding of each text. Learn more about this unit here. Of course, fables are wonderful to read in the classroom. But, why just read a fable when you can also connect, investigate, write, and draw? I created this Foldable Fables resource with Art with Jenny K. to combine reading, writing, and illustrating. This resource is super engaging because students create an accordion-style booklet filled with their learning and creativity. It's fun and educational! The seven learning activities help students connect deeply to their reading. Check out the super engaging Foldable Fable here! I've found that fables are wonderful to add to learning stations focused on reading comprehension skills. For instance, in this sequencing centers resource, students investigate "Fox and the Goat" at one of the learning stations. At the station, they're tasked to read the fable and then put the fable in the correct sequence with an interactive shape. Since fables are often short and focused they're the perfect addition to reading comprehension learning stations! Fables lend themselves perfectly to plays. I've found that students respond really well to opportunities to perform short skits and plays in the classroom. In this theme mini-unit, students get to act out "The Four Oxen and a Lion." As a small group, they practice reading out loud, acting, and investigating theme. It's fun for students to get into different characters as they act out a fable! I'm a big fan of reading out loud to students. Often, I would read stories to students as they completed their daily warm-ups. My read alouds included novels, poems, short stories, and of course, fables. You might mix-up your own read alouds with fables from around the world or modern fables. Here are a few collections of fables that you might want to add to your classroom library... --- Aesop's Fables: The Classic Edition --- Buddhist Stories for Kids --- Filipino Children's Favorite Stories ------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you've found some simple ways to teach fables in your classroom! Fables really are wonderful literature treasures for teaching reading, writing, investigating, performing, and more! Thanks for stopping by! Mary Beth P.S. My friend, Art with Jenny K., has another idea for adding fables to the classroom. Check out her post here. *This post contains affiliate links.
I have been meaning to update my Read and Sequence pack for a while now. This is a combination of all of my Read and Sequence pages from various other packs (literacy menus, holiday packs, seasonal packs, fairy tale pack, etc.) So if you own those packs, you don’t have much use for this. If you ... Read More about Read and Sequence (unit makeover and a lemonade freebie)
Every sentence has to have a subject and a predicate to make a complete sentence. I have one daughter who loves math, but doesn't love anything to do with language arts or writing.
This "How to" Writing lesson includes How to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich writing activity where students can write the steps to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in their very own pb&j booklet. Additional writing pages are also included.NOTE The HOW TO MAKE A PEANUT BUTTER &...
Teaching students reading strategies, as well as allowing them to interact with them, is crucial to their reading comprehension of both nonfiction and fiction texts. This reading comprehension strategies fan is a fresh, hands on and unique way students can visually see each reading strategy broken down for them. It is an alternative to reading response that will help you to reach all learners in your classroom. This reading strategy fan craft requires little to no prep, and the only materials needed are scissors, glue, and metal fasteners. Included are two options: 1 Book: Students write the title of their book on the “Fan Full of Reading Strategies” cover. 2 or More Books: Students write the title of the book they are reading on each fan blade. Students can use some or all of the strategies included. You can also print out multiple of the same fan blade to focus on just one strategy at a time. Strategies Included: Make Connections Determine Importance Draw Conclusions Make Inferences Make Predictions Ask Questions Create Sensory Images Use Background Knowledge Close Read Use Fix-Up Strategies Synthesize Information Use Context Clues Visualize
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Students must use all they have learned as readers and writers to respond to a piece of text and write a literary response -- text-dependent analysis. They must combine what they know as readers with what they have learned about writing for literary responses. The intention of this study is for students to craft critical thinking about their independent reading into a written reading response essay. Prior to completing this unit, students should have experiences in Shared Reading and Independent Reading and a variety of opportunities to jot their thinking and have discussions with partners and groups about their reading thinking. Key Teaching Points: • What is literary response writing? • Sifting through my thinking notes and jots • Narrowing down my thinking about my chosen book/theme/character/series • Stretching our thinking • Finding focus on my thinking about my reading • Drafting my response • Crafting an eye-catching lead • Crafting an eye-catching ending • Editing—Express Lane Edit • Publishing • Celebration You might also be interested in these products for your writing instruction… • Launching Writer's Workshop--A Unit of Study • Getting Started with Writer’s Notebooks • Writing Reflection and Kind Compliments • Writing Personal Narratives—A Unit of Study • Writing Expository Essays—A Unit of Study • Unit of Study for Persuasive Writing: Writing Persuasive Speeches and Letters • Book Reviews—A Writing Unit of Study This product is also part of my Writing Workshop bundle. As always, if you plan to share this product with other education professionals, additional licenses MUST be purchased for each individual using the product. Additional licenses are available for purchase on this product page. Any feedback you give regarding this product will be greatly appreciated. Please click the green star to follow me and to never miss when new products are added to my store. Please visit my literacy blog at www.LiteracyTreasures.com for tips, tricks and strategies to use within your literacy instruction. You can also find me at… Website Literacy Treasures Pinterest @teachershuddle Instagram literacytreasures Twitter @teachershuddle Facebook Literacy Treasures
I am so excited to share that first grade no prep packs are here! This resource makes it so easy to teach the first grade standards for math, reading, phonics and writing. No more searching for high quality, engaging worksheets and activities.. they are all here. Plus I am sharing thr
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If you're writing a book for the first time and you're not sure what the steps to do it are, you can follow these simple tips to start writing your novel.
Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
These outdoor writing ideas for primary students are a great way to get kids enjoying outside, but with an academic focus as well!
Does your child struggle with letter reversals? Try our free printing practice sheets. Extra guidance and daily practice will soon set things right.
The Ghost's Dinner Writing Activity (Halloween Craft) This easy peasy Halloween craftivity will make for a ghoulishly amazing bulletin board! After reading the story "The Ghost's Dinner" by Jacques Dequennoy, have your students create and write about what their ghost ate for dinner and turned into! Just print out the templates and watch your students create hilarious foodie ghosts! These writing prompts can be used for an October or Halloween Unit, in a writing center, or for morning work/end of day activity! These are a hit in my classroom! Included in this resource: UPDATED 10/24/19 -2 sets of 10 different ghost face templates (Print and Go!) 10 ghosts have the sentence stem: "The ghost is a...." and 10 ghosts have the sentence stem: "The ghost ate..." -One page, print & go, no cut writing prompt templates. Students will complete the sentence stem "At dinner, the ghost ate..." using descriptive words. There is a trace and complete the sentence option as well. NEW: MATH CRAFT! Counting, Addition & Subtraction math word problem craft have now been included. -Link to a short cartoon adaptation of "The Ghost's Dinner" on YouTube. (Updated 10/16/19) Click here for my other best selling monthly writing prompt printable activities! Monthly Writing Prompts Questions before you purchase? Ask away in the Q&A! If you notice any errors, please email me before leaving negative feedback. My email address is located on the credits page. Thank you so much! ***************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about my store. ☺ *****************************************************************************
Writing a great plot twist needs a few ingredients. Read this post to find out how to mislead and surprise your readers.
A printable eyeglasses template can significantly simplify your DIY projects or educational activities. Whether youre planning a creative craft session, designing costumes, or teaching children about vision and accessories, having a template allows for easy customization and saves time..
FREE personalized name tracing sheet for preschool and kindergarten. Can be edited to include any child's name. Great for kids learning to write their name, as well as kids who need more handwriting practice.
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR NAME It is so exciting when children become curious about how to write their name. I believe teaching them to write their name should be the first word they learn how to spell . It is personal, concrete and helps them realize that putting letters together in writing has me
I love writing prompts for my kids, because honestly, I just have to find things for them to write about when my ideas run out. Check out these 10 FREE samples of writing prompts worksheets for your homeschool this year.
These methods of outlining will help you create a novel outline that makes writing your first draft a breeze, whether it's your 1st or 10th time writing a book.
I am all done with parent conferences and it feels great! I had the most terrific year and I’m so happy to share my students’ progress with their parents. During parent conference time, I always love to have lots of student work to display. I absolutely love to incorporate student pictures into student work. This ... Read More about Silhouette Autobiographies and Read Across America
Seek out all the things that start with S sounds in this picture. This is a sensational way for preschoolers to learn concepts they'll need for kindergarten!
My favorite first grade Back to School Activities in my classroom! These are my go-to activities for the first week of school!
