Reading AND writing from one text set, every month of the year! ✏️
Each monthly text set has two or more high-interest nonfiction texts on the same topic. Students read, answer questions, then write an opinion or informational essay in response. It's reading and writing, connected.
What's in each text set
- 2 (or more) related informational articles
- Reading comprehension questions
- An essay writing prompt that uses the texts
- A writing plan example
- An editable teacher example essay (also in Google Docs)
- Differentiated for grades 3-5
- Standards alignment in Google Sheets
Topics for each month
Each topic ties to its month, but you can use them anytime!
- January: MLK (Opinion)
- February: Equality in Education: Thurgood Marshall & Mary McLeod Bethune (Informational)
- March: Ants: Perk or Pest? (Opinion)
- April: The Benefits of Bees (Informational)
- May: Sea Turtles (Informational)
- June: Sharks (try it FREE!)
- July: Hurricanes (Informational)
- August: Video Games: Helpful or Harmful? (Opinion)
- September: Homework: Helpful or Harmful? (Opinion)
- October: Bats (Informational)
- November: Paid to Play: Should College Athletes Be Paid? (Opinion)
- December: Polar Bear Problems (Informational)
Pairs perfectly with: the Opinion Writing Unit and the Informational Writing Unit, or see all Writing Units.
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Happy teaching!
-Jessica
