Biography Project {Grades 2-5} | Distance Learning | Google Slides
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About this Product
This product came as a result of my students’ love of the biography series “Who Was…?” If you have not looked into this series, I recommend that you do! They are a fun, easy read that offers an engaging way for students to learn about historical figures and important people. Although this product is based on this series, this product could be used for any biography book or project. This is a nice way to integrate Reading, Writing, and Social Studies.
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How I Used this Product
In my 3rd Grade classroom, I used multiple copies of the same book or books and paired students in partnerships. In my school, we have a 30 minute Reading Intervention Block. I began this project with students who were not pulled out or working with me in small groups during this time. This was a nice way for students to work independently or in partnerships. It also created an extension for what they could already do as readers. Plus, they had so much fun! I let them work on this project in their partnerships. This held several benefits. Many students who were not pulled out or working in small groups tend to be higher level students OR students who have untapped potential. Allowing them to work on a project like this can extend their learning, as well as find new ways to enjoy reading. While other students had special groups or went to see other teachers, it was nice for these students to have their own project too.
The Poster Page is a template that you could use for students to turn in with the essay or you could use this as a planning page and then have students create a larger poster on their own. I assigned it as homework and was pleasantly surprised at what my students turned in. I saw a wonderful increase in engagement by students who had shown little motivation or enthusiasm for reading. You can see the photos in the preview or in the product itself. Please know I updated the pages after the photos were taken with more detail and provided the poster template. Good luck to you with this project! If you have any questions, please contact me!
Current Event Newspaper Assignment-What's the SCOOP? | Google Slides + Print
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About this Product:
Current Events are a nice way to integrate Social Studies, Reading, and Writing. Additionally, they are a wonderful way to keep your students connected to the community and world around them.
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This resource addresses the following Common Core State Standards:
Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Common Core Reading Anchor Standard 6: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of the text.
This product includes:
What’s the Scoop? Directions, Rubric, and Checklist? This page gives the student directions for their assignment and then offers a checklist/rubric. In this way, students know exactly what is expected of them and how they will get their grade. This is also helpful for the teacher when grading the assignment.
What’s the Scoop? This part of the assignment requires students to find a newspaper article and then answer Who, What, When, Were, and Why questions based on the article.
The Author’s Craft This portion of the assignment requires students to think about the author’s perspective, angle, and word choice in the text/about the topic. Students will identify the author’s tone (positive, negative, neutral) and then give examples of the author’s word choice. Students will also identify two new words, give the sentence from the article that used the word, meaning of the word, and create a new sentence using the word.
Sum it Up! Students will use the article as well as the answers to the previous questions to write a summary of their article.
Informational Text Set {Polar Bear Problems} | Distance Learning | Google Apps
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Reading and Writing from 1 text set!
What are monthly text sets? The monthly text sets are two or more texts based on the same topic. Each monthly text set can be used for both reading and writing. The topic of each text set is high-engaging nonfiction topics. Each text set supports opinion or informational based writing in response to reading.
What is included in each text set?
2 (or more) related informational articles
Reading Comprehension Questions
Writing Prompt to be used with the texts in an essay format
Writing Plan Example
Teacher Example Essay (editable)
Differentiated for Grades 3-5
Polar Bear Problems Students read articles about polar bears. Using the texts, they write an informational essay about the topic. Standard-based reading comprehension questions help you integrate reading while using the same text you are using in writing.
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These text sets go perfectly with the Informational and Opinion Writing Units:
Check out theMonthly Text Set Bundleand save up! The bundle includes ALL of the text sets that are currently available.
What topics are included for each month? The topics included are thematically related to that month. However, the text sets can be used at any time of the year based on your needs.
🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.
Opinion Text Set {College Athletes Debate} + Digital Option
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Reading and Writing from 1 text set!
What are monthly text sets? The monthly text sets are two or more texts based on the same topic. Each monthly text set can be used for both reading and writing. The topic of each text set is high-engaging nonfiction topics. Each text set supports opinion or informational based writing in response to reading.
What is included in each text set?
2 (or more) related informational articles
Reading Comprehension Questions
Writing Prompt to be used with the texts in an essay format
Writing Plan Example
Teacher Example Essay (editable)
Differentiated for Grades 3-5
Paid to Play: Should college athletes be paid? Students read 2 articles about the positive and negative impact of college athletes being paid to play. Using the texts, they write an opinion essay in which they give their opinion about whether college athletes should be paid. Standard-based reading comprehension questions help you integrate reading while using the same text you are using in writing.
Try the free text set here: https://theliteracyloft.co/FREETextSet
These text sets go perfectly with the Informational and Opinion Writing Units:
🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.
Check out the Monthly Text Set Bundle and save up! The bundle includes ALL of the text sets that are currently available.
What topics are included for each month? The topics included are thematically related to that month. However, the text sets can be used at any time of the year based on your needs.
Opinion Text Set {Homework} | Distance Learning | Google Slides
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Reading and Writing from 1 text set!
What are monthly text sets? The monthly text sets are two or more texts based on the same topic. Each monthly text set can be used for both reading and writing. The topic of each text set is high-engaging nonfiction topics. Each text set supports opinion or informational based writing in response to reading.
What is included in each text set?
2 (or more) related informational articles
Reading Comprehension Questions
Writing Prompt to be used with the texts in an essay format
Writing Plan Example
Teacher Example Essay (editable)
Differentiated for Grades 3-5
Homework: Helpful or Harmful? Students read 2 articles and a poem about the positive and negative effects of having homework. Using the texts, they write an opinion essay in which they give their opinion about whether having homework are helpful or harmful. Standard-based reading comprehension questions help you integrate reading while using the same text you are using in writing.
Try the free text set here:
https://theliteracyloft.co/FREETextSet
These text sets go perfectly with the Informational and Opinion Writing Units:
🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5.
Check out theMonthly Text Set Bundleand save up! The bundle includes ALL of the text sets that are currently available.
What topics are included for each month? The topics included are thematically related to that month. However, the text sets can be used at any time of the year based on your needs.