Kite Craft Coloring and Writing Template – End of Year Activity
Students respond to writing prompt stems ('If I were a kite I would fly to...', 'What would a kite say to you?') and color/decorate a paper kite craft.
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Students respond to writing prompt stems ('If I were a kite I would fly to...', 'What would a kite say to you?') and color/decorate a paper kite craft.
Listen to or read the John Henry tall tale, answer comprehension questions, use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast John Henry with characters from other tall tales, and complete accompanying coloring pages and writing prompts.
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This is a Science Writing Prompt Packet full of worksheets, posters and rubrics. There are 8 different writing prompts included. Mini rubrics are included at the bottom of the page for one set and the other set omits the rubrics. Posters for the RACE writing strategy can be printed in this packet as well.
A 24-page printable end-of-year packet for Grades 3-5 combining reflective writing, a keepsake craft, and word puzzles for the last days of school.
A lesson using passages from Jerry Spinelli's novel 'Loser' and Jamaica Kincaid's short story 'Girl' as mentor texts to teach students how to write in second-person point of view
Provides a printable 'passport'-style booklet of August-themed writing pages for students to complete, with teacher feedback/stamp tracking.
A cross-curricular writing and art activity where students document, describe, and invent a biography for a 'pet rock' they have created.
A narrative-writing activity for 2nd-5th graders to practice thinking through and writing about calming-down strategies via a created story.
A narrative-writing activity that has students create a self-control story, choosing story elements and applying a self-control strategy to a problem, then editing their writing.
Tall Tall Tall Tales Gr. 4-6: A Dynamic Teaching Resource Tall Tall Tall Tales Gr. 4-6 is an exceptional teaching resource which has been designed for educators who are eager to imbibe amusement and understanding in students regarding the vibrant world of folktales. This unique unit effectively marries reading…
A creative-writing/social-studies activity where students design a personal coat of arms/family crest using heraldic symbolism to represent their own personality, values, and interests.
Biography research and creative-writing project in which students build an imagined social-media profile for a historical scientist or inventor.
A micro-learning digital deck built around an animated short film 'The Field Trip', teaching narrative writing skills through sequencing, true/false comprehension, and summarizing activities.
An interactive PowerPoint writing/reading activity built around an animated short film 'Llama Drama', teaching sequencing, true/false comprehension, and summarizing.
An interactive slide-deck writing activity built around an animated short film about a bird ('Peck Pocketed') that steals items from a woman's purse to build a nest.
Students read a Grades 2-3 passage and/or a Grades 4-5 passage about birthday party customs and vocabulary (navigable via 'click for passage' slide links), then work through 7 multiple-choice comprehension questions, 4 short-answer questions, 5 vocabulary fill-ins, a personal narrative writing prompt about a favorite birthday…
Read an informational passage about astronaut Bill McArthur and life aboard the ISS; fill in blanks to answer reading comprehension questions; write a fictional space-log journal entry; look up Greek-root vocabulary words and write sentences; solve math problems (fractions, percentages, metric conversion); use a map…
Formal, gradeable test-style assessment version of the same 'Birthday Fun' differentiated reading comprehension lesson (one lesson sample from a larger themed series), covering vocabulary-in-context, multiple choice, short response, a personal narrative, a summary, and a math word problem.
For each of 5 themed lessons, students read a Grades 2-3 passage and a Grades 4-5 passage, answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, answer short-response questions, complete vocabulary and math word-problem activities, and write a personal narrative and summary, entering answers directly into fillable type-in boxes.
A 'get to know me' book-companion writing activity, paired with the book 'A Letter From Your Teacher,' for students to introduce themselves to their new teacher at the start of the year.
Students read two differentiated passages ('Birthday Fun' - a simpler version and a more advanced version) that explain birthday party customs and vocabulary, then answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, short-answer questions, write a personal narrative about a favorite birthday moment, write a 20-words-or-less…
An interactive, no-prep micro-lesson slide deck that uses an animated short film ('Course of Nature', about a girl and clouds) as a prompt for writing and reading-response practice.