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Elementary writing-expository task cards
PARAPHRASING Practice Task Cards
Are you looking for a paraphrasing activity to guide your students into restating it in their own words? Do your students tend to copy sentences straight out of a book? These simple yet engaging paraphrasing task cards will grab your students' attention with their high-interest topics and unusual facts. This resource is perfect for mini-lessons, small group instruction, or adding it to a writing center.What's Included:32 High-Interest Paraphrasing CardsParaphrasing How To Poster2 Student Answer
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2nd - 3rd
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Transition Words and Phrases Lists, Worksheets, Task Cards, and Easel Activity
Transition Words and Phrases Lists, Task Cards, and Sorting Activities. Transitional words and transitional phrases are useful in writing clear and fluent paragraphs, but students need to be familiar with when to use them. Includes a Word Splash of Transition Words with a graphic organizer for word sorting, several different handouts with lists of useful transition words, and a categorizing worksheet for groups to work on and discuss, and a set of 36 task cards. Digital and Print: I have also ma
Grades:
5th - 8th
RACE Strategy - Complete Bundle - Stations, Task Cards, Practice Pages
This Bundle Includes 5 RACE Strategy Products. Please see descriptions of each product below. The preview file with this resource includes all the preview pages in each of the individual products.RACE Strategy - Identifying the Parts Task CardsDo you need exemplars to help you teach what the parts of RACE look like?In my classroom, students need to see what a good constructed response should look like. I use the RACE strategy in my room (R-Restate A -- Answer the question C - Cite the Text E -
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4th - 6th
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4th and 5th Grade Writing and Grammar Task Card Center Kit
If your school is anything like mine, it's incredibly difficult to find the time for students to practice the necessary grammar and foundational writing skills for expository and creative writing. This kit includes the essential components of a self-contained, no-maintenance center that students can work on throughout the year.
The kit includes 90 task cards focusing on main idea and the construction of an argument, creative brainstorming, word choice, sentence structure, and standard 4th and
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4th - 5th
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Revising Practice Task Cards
The focus of this resource is ALL REVISING. Provided in three formats: Printable, Google Forms, and TpT Digital Overlay. Perfect for face to face or distance learning because the content is identical in all three formats. Fun test prep! Great practice to master the skill of revising. Use for independent practice in learning stations, playing scoot, or work on the cards individually, in groups, or online. When students are finished with the practice questions, use the bonus free quiz to assess
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Revising and Editing Grammar Practice Bundle
Story Starters Creative Writing Prompts
Looking for a FUN and ENGAGING way to captivate your students' interest and enhance their writing skills? Look no further!
Have students who struggle with getting started when writing? Tired or hearing, "but I don't know what to write about!"? Well then, this is the product for you!
"Story Starters" are 24 writing task cards that provide students with the beginning sentence of a story and let their imaginations do the rest!
10-page packet includes:
Teacher directions
24 Prompt Task Cards
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Grades:
1st - 6th
February Writing
***FEBRUARY WRITING CENTERS***
How will this resource make my planning easier?
If you’re anything like me, you are constantly trying to improve your writing station. Searching for new ideas, scrambling to get things prepped and ready, wishing you had “just one more thing” to keep your kids excited about writing and engaged in the process. Does this sound familiar?! The activities and task cards in this resource were created to help make all of that easier for you! Help keep your kids excited
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Also included in: Work On Writing - The Year Long Bundle
Transition Word Task Cards
Transitions words and phrases are like traffic signals; they are essential to keeping a smooth "flow!" Without appropriate transitions, the reader may get lost, lose interest, or simply CRASH into confusion! These 15 road trip-themed task cards will help your students identify the best transition words and phrases to connect ideas. I have incorporated a variety of time-order, compare/contrast, cause and effect, and addition/elaboration transition words, such as:- First, next, then, after that, f
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4th - 6th
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Claim & Evidence Matching Task Cards
These task cards are a great way for students to practice matching claims with accurate evidence. Included in this set are 12 claim cards along with 12 matching evidence cards. All evidence is factual and was found using reliable internet resources. A student sheet and answer key are included.
Use these task cards as a table/partner activity, during classroom stations or as a literacy center task.
To take these cards a step further, once students have matched the cards, you might ask studen
Grades:
5th - 9th
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COMPOSITION BUNDLE ~ WRITING READY 4th Grade Task Cards- 8 Basic & Advanced Sets
SAVE 25% WHEN YOU PURCHASE THIS EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION BUNDLE (includes all of our Basic & Advanced WRITING READY Expository Composition 4th Grade Task Cards sets – 8 total sets)!*****************************************************************************Customers who used our 4th grade STAAR WARS Writing Task Cards loved them, and many emailed us asking us for more. So we listened! But instead of creating more STAAR review sets, we thought it would be even better to have task card sets t
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4th
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100 Writing Prompts
Included are 100 writing prompts. These are perfect for Daily 5, writing centers, early finishers, or morning work. Simply cut (there are 9 per page) and laminate (if you choose). You can either put them in a jar or folder for kids to choose. They simply pick one out and write what the prompt tells them. Students can write their stories in their journal or on writing paper.
Included are opinion, persuasive, narrative, how to, informative expository, and imaginative writing prompts! Also include
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: 100 Reading & 100 Writing Prompts BUNDLED
Essay Writing Resources and Prompts Megabundle (FSA Style)
This is a bundle of all of the FSA writing resources in my store including prompts, text sets, and writing tools. I will add additional prompts and writing resources as I make them and adjust the price accordingly.
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Grades:
4th - 5th
4th Grade Writing - TEST PREP SURVIVAL MEGA BUNDLE - STAAR / TEKS Aligned
All your favorite resources in one MEGA BUNDLE! Just what you need to make it through the big test with ease and confidence! Save 30% when purchasing this mega bundle compared to buying individual sets! Included:1) 34 Weeks of Daily Spiral Review for 4th Grade2) Differentiated Skill-Based 4th Grade Writing Task Cards for Revising & Editing {18 sets}3) Assessment Review Task Cards for 4th Grade {6 sets} These resources help you address all the 4th grade writing skills below needed to prepare
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4th
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Work On Writing - May/June/July
****MAY/JUNE/JULY WORK ON WRITING CENTERS****
How will this resource help make my planning easier?
If you’re anything like me, you are constantly trying to improve your writing station. Searching for new ideas, scrambling to get things prepped and ready, wishing you had “just one more thing” to keep your kids excited about writing and engaged in the process. Does this sound familiar?! The activities and task cards in this resource were created to help make all of that easier for you! Help kee
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Work On Writing - The Year Long Bundle
Crafting Topic Sentences for Expository Essays
This product is teacher-approved and student-tested. The need for this product developed after observing our 4th graders struggle with expository writing. Also, knowing that this is the first year they are exposed to expository writing and tested on it made it even more important to us. Not only will students practice noticing and/or writing good topic sentences, but it will also allow them to see well supported expository paragraphs. You will find 3 different activities in this unit:-Topic S
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3rd - 5th
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Fortnite Revising Task Cards: Inserting Sentences
These revising task cards focus on inserting sentences into an expository piece of writing about Fortnite. The focus is on TEKS 4.18A, 4.18B, and 4.18C. Your students will be required to insert a sentence that creates a clear central idea, supporting sentences, and concluding sentences in both the paragraph and at the end of the essay. Included:One expository essay about Fortnite8 revising questions that cover inserting sentencesAnswer KeyI chose to use the exact font and verbiage that is used
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Writing: Month By Month Writing Prompts, Posters, and Graphic Organizers Bundle
With this Month by Month Writing Prompts, Posters, and Graphic Organizers Bundle you are certain to keep your students motivated to write the entire year! Your students will enjoy the fun writing prompts inspired by unusual and offbeat holidays as well as traditional holidays. For each writing prompt there is a graphic organizer that can help your students learn how to plan and organize their writing. Colorful writing posters can be used to decorate your bulletin boards, walls, or use in writing
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Main Idea Match & Worksheets
This main idea match set includes the following:
- 20 main idea sets (with main idea sentence and four supporting detail sentences)
- answer key for main idea sets
- 3 individual assessment worksheets with answer keys
The main idea match cards can be used as a center activity for individual students or cooperative learning groups. Students work to sort the cards by topic and either identify the main idea sentence card (when included at the center) or develop their own main idea sentence (when m
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4th - 8th
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STAAR Writing Prep BUNDLE
Are you looking for a purposeful and engaging way to prepare your fourth graders for the 2020 STAAR Writing Test? These products are for YOU!This is a comprehensive review that includes all the important skills your students need to know in order to be successful on the STAAR Writing Test!This BUNDLE includes:DIGITAL AND PRINTABLE VERSIONSEDITING*Lesson Plan with 2020 ELAR TEKS, each day is planned for an hour Writing block, but activities can be arranged to be used in a Writing Blitz or Bootca
Grades:
4th
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MLA Citation Task Card Stations
In this MLA citation activity, your students will learn and practice how to properly cite videos, articles (online and in print), websites, and books using MLA citation format in a bibliography. This task can be adapted to ANY content requiring MLA citation of websites, books, videos, and articles. Set up as 4 stations, students will rotate and complete 2 task cards per station following the master citation sheet (MLA anchor chart) for that station. The activity can be repeated multiple times du
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Fourth Grade Mega Bundle of Resources
Set 2 BUNDLE WRITING READY 4th Grade Task Cards – Revising Drafts {TEKS-aligned}
#testprepsale**SAVE 20% WHEN YOU PURCHASE THIS BUNDLE (includes both our Basic & Advanced WRITING READY Revising Drafts 4th Grade Task Cards sets)!*****************************************************************************Customers who used our 4th grade STAAR WARS Writing Task Cards loved them, and many emailed us asking us for more. So we listened! But instead of creating more STAAR review sets, we thought it would be even better to have task card sets that could be used WHILE you’re t
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4th
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Nonfiction Text Structures: Writing / Discussion Prompt Task Cards
Four task cards are provided for each of the five main text structures (cause and effect, chronological/sequencing, compare/contrast, problem/solution, description). Twenty task cards total. Each card reminds students of the "signal words" that can be used to show each specific text structure. Each card includes a prompt for writing/discussion/graphic organizing that can be easily applied to the given text structure.
Several ideas for classroom use included!
Ink-saver (border-free) version p
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4th - 7th
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Elaboration Practice - Hands-on Activity / Worksheet
Elaboration is one of the more difficult writing skills to teach. Repeated exposure to different examples is imperative. In this activity, students analyze twenty different examples of commentary and try to classify each as one of the six given types of elaboration or explanation : Fact, Example, Definition, Reason, Importance, or Process. It includes a handout/reference sheet that defines and gives an exemplar of each type and lists “look fors,” signal words or traits that will help student
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5th - 7th
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Daily Paraphrase Practice for Text Based Writing
Many students struggle with putting text in their own words. Using this resource, teachers will give students practice 3 times a week. Students are given text to paraphrase. This short practice, a few times a week, will have them doing the skill correctly in no time. Teachers should model when students are finished or give feedback on students' work.Visit my Freebie Vault for loads of free resources that go along with this purchase.Free Video Writing Lessons click “Trial” on the left for the
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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