Walt Disney Biography Activities for Elementary Students
Teaching a Walt Disney biography unit gives students a story that genuinely captures their attention — a kid who loved to draw, faced real setbacks, and kept creating anyway. Whether…
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2nd Grade How To Writing Prompts: Step-by-Step Ideas
Teaching second graders how to write clear instructions can feel a little like herding cats… with pencils. Students often think they explained everything, but somehow the reader is left wondering…
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Free Frog Informational Writing Resource for 2nd and 3rd Grade
If you’re looking for a free informational writing resource for 2nd or 3rd grade, this frog informational article includes structured nonfiction text, note-taking, and paragraph writing support in one ready-to-use…
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Informational Writing Sentence Starters For Grades 3-5
If you’re teaching informational writing in grades 3–5, one of the biggest challenges students face is knowing how to start their sentences. Informational writing sentence starters, sometimes called informational paragraph…
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Why Our Fact Sorts Don’t Include Answer Keys (And How to Make the Most of Them in Your Classroom)
If you’ve ever used our fact sorts, you may have noticed that they don’t come with answer keys. We occasionally get questions about why we don’t provide one, so we…
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6 Tips to Teach Informational Writing to Elementary Students
Elementary school is a critical time for teaching students how to write effectively. One of the most important types of writing to teach in elementary school is informational writing. Here…
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Gray Wolf Reading Passage & Comprehension Activities
Help elementary students do animal research about gray wolves with this informational article, list of website resources, note-taking graphic organizers, and comprehension activities. What is included in the Gray Wolf…
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Animal Articles – Informational Articles, QR Codes & Fact Sorts
Easy to read animal articles written at a middle elementary school level that include QR codes and a fact sort for informational writing. These animal articles have been a lifesaver…
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Informational Writing Week 4: Using Checklists to Revise Writing
As students begin writing more independently, they need clear guidance on what to improve and how to improve it. During Week 4 of our informational writing unit, the instructional focus…
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Informational Writing Week 5: Organizing Facts Around a Concept
As students prepare for more independent informational writing, they need opportunities to organize facts around a clear idea rather than just a specific animal. During Week 5 of our informational…
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Informational Writing Week 3: Finding and Ordering Related Facts
One of the biggest challenges students face in informational writing is keeping their paragraph focused. Even when students have strong facts, they often include unrelated details or struggle to decide…
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Informational Writing Week 2: Introducing the Topic in Second Grade
Writing an introduction is one of the hardest parts of informational writing for young students. Many students jump straight into facts without telling the reader what the paragraph will be…
