If you would like to teach your students a step-by step approach to writing persuasively and also scaffold every stage of the writing process, then you will find this resource very useful. All components in this pack are designed to facilitate students to write persuasive essays effectively in preparation for formal/Naplan testing. The materials adhere to a formal writing style complete with close detail to elements of structure and composition of persuasive texts whereby opinion is supported by relevant details. Further details of lessons included in this pack are outlined below: * All lessons to teach and model the parts of a Persuasive Essay revolve around the mentor text, ‘How Good is Fast Food?.’ Application of writing skills is targeted in the close writing prompt: The Importance of Eating Clean. The graphic organisers also enable students to write on other topics of choice. LESSON 1: THE STRUCTURE ✓ Persuasive Writing Anchor Charts x 3 ✓ Mentor Text x 1 on the topic ‘How Good is Fast Food?’ ✓ Cut and glue parts of the mentor text activity to study structure ✓ Colour-code parts of the mentor text to study the structural components of the introduction, body and conclusion. ✓ Questions x 23 to draw attention to structure (to use with mentor text and informative article) LESSON 2: THE INTRODUCTION ♦ Scaffolded activities based on the mentor text to enable students to write the three parts that make-up the introduction: hook, opinion and thesis statement. LESSON 3: THE BODY ♦ Cut and glue interactive activities and reference to mentor text to help students better understand the parts of the three body paragraphs: the topic sentence encompassing the reason, supporting details and concluding sentence. LESSON 4: THE CONCLUSION ♦ Reference to colour-coded mentor text and deconstructing parts of a concluding paragraph activity to better understand the parts: summary statement, re-statement of reasons and call to action. ALSO INCLUDED: ✓ Graphic organisers to organise ideas of the introduction, body and conclusion when planning to write on a given prompt are included for all lessons. ✓ Writing templates for published pieces. ✓ Self-editing checklist ✓ Peer-editing checklist ✓ Teacher marking rubric ✓ Booklet cover for all lessons if compiling lesson sheets. ✓ Posters x 6 on Persuasive Writing Signal Words Once you have taught students the style and structure of a Persuasive Essay, the job is half done. All the best! I hope you will have an idea of how I have used this resource with my students via the guided notes for each section. Further instructions on how to use this resource are in file. Wish you and your students a successful year!

“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words” – Robert Frost Help your students express their emotions and thoughts in words with this interactive notebook poetry unit on fifteen popular types of poetry. WHAT’S INCLUDED: ✓ Interactive notebook templates for 15 poem types. Colour photographs of assembly instructions included. ✓Coloured and blackline posters/anchor charts for 15 poem types. ✓Editable PowerPoint file featuring poem types. ✓Student Centre Checklist ✓Student self-reflection sheet ✓Teacher Marking Rubric ✓Performance Rubric * The notebook templates provide the opportunity for students to write drafts prior to publishing their poems. The structure of each poem type is scaffolded in the foldables to guide students in each step. Model each poem type prior to students working on the foldable. I also show the notebook template on the interactive whiteboard and model the assembly instructions. The poem sample (colour poster) can then be shown for students to read and see what the finished poem sounds like and looks like. ** You can also print out copies of the assembly instructions of notebook templates and leave them in your centres for students to refer to when assembling and composing their own poems. The colour poster samples of each poem type may also be placed in your literacy centres along with lined sheets. Students can simply write their poems observing the instructions and sample in the poster. A checklist is also included, so students can record the poems completed. * The blackline poster samples can be glued in students’ notebooks for reference. * Each notebook template is accompanied with colour photographs showing assembly instructions. There are also bonus templates included for some poem types. The published version of poems can be compiled into an Anthology of Poem Types. Compile the final published versions (written on lined sheets) together with cover sheet after all poem types are completed. EDITABLE POWERPOINT Use the editable PowerPoint to edit poem content. Type in the textboxes to record students’ responses for each poem type in a whole class/small group instruction session. * These poem types that comprise the anthology will be a valuable keepsake for your students to cherish and indeed a creative outlet for their ‘thoughts to become words’.

Are you looking to teach your students popular types of poems? This print and digital poetry writing resource will help scaffold the writing of 15 poem types. Items Included 15 sample poem types in print black and white version 15 sample poem types in digital color/colour version: format PowerPoint file & Google Slides (link included) Writing sheets with images and lines to scaffold poem writing Teacher Marking Rubric (grades) Performance Rubric (no grades) Student Self-Reflection Center/Centre Checklist Poem Table of Contents Anthology Cover Sheet You can upload the digital PowerPoint file to your LMS. Recommended Use Students can refer to the sample poem types to write their own poems on the themed lined sheets provided. Simply keep the laminated sample poems, lined sheets, and copies of the checklist in a folder for easy access (print version). The digital version in Google Slides displays a sample poem alongside the writing template. The slides can also be downloaded and printed out. The digital PowerPoint slides can be uploaded to your online learning management system. Use the Teacher Marking Rubric to grade written poems. A performance rubric is also included with no scoring, but just criteria. The 15 Poem Types are: A Simile Poem ‘About Me’ ‘I Am’ Poem ‘With My Senses’ Poem 5 W’s Poem Bio Poem ‘About Me’ Haiku Cinquain Antonym Diamante ‘I Don’t Understand’ Poem ‘Just Because’ Poem Limerick Concrete Poem Creature Alliteration Poem Acrostic Poem Parts of Speech Poem How I Used This Resource For the print version, I have students write initial drafts of the poems in their notebooks first, and after self-editing, peer-editing, and teacher checking they can publish their drafts on the provided lined sheets. Use the ‘My Anthology of Poems’ cover sheet to compile each student’s poems into a poetry anthology. This will definitely be a memorable keepsake for your students. For the digital Google Slides version, I assign a couple of poems at a time via Google Classroom. Students refer to the sample poem alongside to write out their own version. They ‘Turn it’ in when completed. Students also present their poems to the class.

This pack will prove to be extremely handy if you would like to teach your students all about tens and ones. Focus is on repetition of activities for each new skill in order to conceptualise the understanding of tens and ones. The print-n-go sheets feature: One booklet cover (if compiling all sheets into a booklet) ♦ 7 posters on tens and ones, expanded form ♦ Count in Tens with Popsicle Sticks visuals ♦ Count in Tens with Ten Frames visuals ♦ Count in Tens with Base Ten visuals ♦ Count in Tens with Cookie visuals ♦ Count in Tens with Money visuals ♦ Count in Tens with Groups of Ten Images ♦ Count in Tens and write in Word Form ♦ Counting in Tens and Matching Standard Form and Expanded Form ♦ Counting in Tens and Matching Standard Form and Word Form ♦ Counting groups of apples, ice-cubes, pencils, kids in buses in groups of ten ♦ Tens and Left Overs with images, base ten blocks, ten frames, and Rekenreks frames ♦ Write in Tens from 10 to 150 in Standard Form ♦ Write in Tens from 10 to 100 in Word Form ♦ Writing the Tens Value of the underlined digit in Standard Form ♦ Writing the Tens Value of the underlined digit in Word Form ♦ Cut-n-Glue matching Standard Numbers to tens visuals ♦ Cut-n-Glue tens cards in Number Houses ♦ Colouring Tens given a Standard Number ♦ Colouring Tens on a hundred chart given a Standard Number ♦ Making and Drawing Tens ♦ Tens Number Roll ♦ Tens Number Spin ♦ Tens Visuals Spin ♦ Link to nursery rhymes: Counting groups of sheep, soldiers in tens ♦ Count in Ones with Block Visuals ♦ Counting Tens and Ones with Base Ten Visuals ♦ Colouring Tens and Ones (Base Ten Visuals) ♦ Cut-n-Glue Tens and Ones in Number Houses ♦ Cut-n-Glue Tens and Ones with Base Ten Visuals ♦ Cut-n-Glue Tens and Ones with Popsicle Stick Visuals ♦ Cut-n-Glue Tens and Ones matching Word Form to Standard Form ♦ Cut-n-Glue Tens and Ones expanded Form to Base Ten visuals ♦ Drawing Tens and Ones for a given number in the Number Bond ♦ Making and Drawing Tens and Ones ♦ Standard Form of Tens and Ones to Expanded Form ♦ Word Form of Tens and Ones to Expanded Form ♦ Expanded Form of Tens and Ones to Standard Form ♦ Writing the Value of the underlined Tens or Ones digit ♦ Writing Tens and Ones from Word Form to Standard Form ♦ Tens and Ones Visual Spinner ♦ Tens and Ones Addition Sentences with House Visuals ♦ Representing Tens and Ones visuals in three ways: Word Form, Expanded Form and Standard Form ♦ Drawing more of an amount in a ten frame to match the standard number. ♦ Comparing Numbers with signs: < > =

If you would like to teach your students a step-by step approach to writing persuasively and also scaffold every stage of the writing process, then you will find this resource very useful. All components in this pack are designed to facilitate students to write persuasive essays effectively in preparation for formal/Naplan testing. The materials adhere to a formal writing style complete with close detail to elements of structure and composition of persuasive texts whereby opinion is supported by relevant details. Further details of lessons included in this pack are outlined below: * All lessons to teach and model the parts of a Persuasive Essay revolve around the mentor text, ‘The Need to Have a Best Friend.’ The graphic organisers also enable students to write on other topics of choice. LESSON 1: THE STRUCTURE ✓ Persuasive Writing Anchor Charts x 3 ✓ Mentor Text x 1 on the topic ‘The Need to Have a Best Friend’ ✓ Cut and glue parts of the mentor text activity to study structure ✓ Colour-code parts of the mentor text to study the structural components of the introduction, body and conclusion. ✓ Questions x 23 to draw attention to structure (to use with mentor text and informative article) LESSON 2: THE INTRODUCTION ♦ Scaffolded activities based on the mentor text to enable students to write the three parts that make-up the introduction: hook, opinion and thesis statement. LESSON 3: THE BODY ��� Cut and glue interactive activities and reference to mentor text to help students better understand the parts of the three body paragraphs: the topic sentence encompassing the reason, supporting details and concluding sentence. LESSON 4: THE CONCLUSION ♦ Reference to colour-coded mentor text and deconstructing parts of a concluding paragraph activity to better understand the parts: summary statement, re-statement of reasons and call to action. ALSO INCLUDED: ✓ Graphic organisers to organise ideas of the introduction, body and conclusion when planning to write on a given prompt are included for all lessons. ✓ Writing templates for published pieces. ✓ Self-editing checklist ✓ Peer-editing checklist ✓ Teacher marking rubric ✓ Booklet cover for all lessons if compiling lesson sheets. ✓ Posters x 6 on Persuasive Writing Signal Words Once you have taught students the style and structure of a Persuasive Essay, the job is half done. All the best! I hope you will have an idea of how I have used this resource with my students via the guided notes for each section. Further instructions on how to use this resource are in file. Wish you and your students a successful year!

Scaffold the structural components of a Persuasive Essay with this comprehensive pack of interactive notebook templates, posters, anchor charts, and graphic organisers. FOCUS OF SCAFFOLDED LESSONS ON: * Lesson activities feature the sample text, ‘Fast Food’. 1.The Introduction: hook, opinion, thesis statement 2.Five types of hooks: a strong statement, a scene, a rhetorical question, a definition, and a quotation. 3.The Body Paragraphs: topic sentence (reason), supporting details, concluding sentence 4.The Conclusion: summary statement, re-statement of reasons, call to action SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES 1.Graphic organisers on the introduction, body and conclusion (can be used with other topics). 2.6 persuasive writing prompt cards (colour and blackline). 3.Self-editing checklist 4.Peer-editing checklist 5.Teacher Marking Rubric 6.Lined sheets 7.Flipbook (editable) to scaffold structure (maybe used as draft for editing and revising). 8.Posters/Anchor charts on the parts of a Persuasive Essay and persuasive language. 9.Links to four interesting topics for students to gain content knowledge prior to writing their own persuasive essays. Brief Overview of Nature of Work: The Introduction, Body and Conclusion THE INTRODUCTION: Students will read the sample text on fast food (coloured posters) and note the parts of the Introduction. They will also read the sample texts for the five different ways to begin an persuasive essay: a strong statement, a scene, a rhetorical question, a definition, and a quotation. Students will colour-code the parts of the introduction in the five sample texts (interactive notebook templates). Students will then practise writing the five ways of beginning an introduction. They will use a graphic organiser to plan their thesis (interactive notebook templates). THE BODY: Students will read the sample text on fast food (coloured posters) and note the parts of the body: a topic sentence encompassing the reason, supporting details and a concluding sentence. Students will colour-code the parts of the body in the sample text (interactive notebook templates). Students will then practise writing the first body paragraph. They will use a graphic organiser to plan their writing (interactive notebook templates). THE CONCLUSION Students will read the sample conclusion on fast food (coloured poster) and note the parts of the conclusion: a summary statement, re-statement of reasons, call to action. Students will colour-code the parts of the conclusion in the sample text (interactive notebook template). Students will then practise writing the conclusion. They will use a graphic organiser to plan their writing (interactive notebook templates).

Looking to teach your students essetial elements of poetry? This comprehensive resource is designed to teach 12 essential poetic devices, ideal for National Poetry Month. With printable response sheets, interactive task cards with QR codes, and visually appealing posters featuring explanations of the poetic devices and sample poems, this resource promises to engage and inspire your students in their poetic pursuits. Your students will have the option to scan a QR Code, access a poetic element information card and respond to 4 questions for a total of 48 questions in all. And if you prefer not to use QR Codes, you can print the 12 poetry elements information cards from the pdf file and have your students refer to them as they respond to the questions. The stunning artwork in these posters makes a striking bulletin board display too. Items Included (US and British English Files) Landscape-size posters/information cards on 12 poetic elements (google drive and pdf). Every poster includes a clear definition of the poetry element it represents, complemented by an example poem that showcases its application. 12 task cards - with a QR Code and 4 questions on each card for each poetic element Response sheets x 6: (4 questions for each poetic element for a total of 48 questions) Answer Key – detailed responses for teacher reference to provide students with comprehensive explanations The 12 elements of poetry featured are: Alliteration Analogy Assonance Consonance Hyperbole Idiom Imagery Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification Simile Symbolism Activity Students have the option to scan the QR Code on each task card or refer to the print out of the poetic element information card to respond to the questions on their Response Sheets. If printing the poetic elements information cards, you may spread them around the classroom. I personally like to tape to walls, so they don’t get lost in all the excitement. Students work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to record their responses. Display the poetic elements information cards on the bulletin board post activity to craft an eye-catching and informative display. Post Activity Use the Answer Key to provide a comprehensive explanation for each response.

Use the 51 presentation slides in conjunction with the Cornell-style student guided notes to teach students the art of writing persuasively. Students record information as you present. Best of all, the slides and student note-taking sheets are editable empowering you to modify the resource to suit your students’ needs. You will be able to edit all written content. All clip art is secured. This is in accordance with the artists’ terms of use. You will receive an editable Power Point file and a PDF file if you do not wish to make any changes to the existing file. ITEMS INCLUDED Editable Power Point presentation comprising of 51 slides complete with animation 15 page Cornell-style student guided notes (also editable) to use in conjunction with the PowerPoint presentation. PDF files of the presentation and the guided notes Teacher Guided Notes (answer key) PDF file 6 Teach To Tell fonts used in this resource (comes with installation instructions). All fonts are embedded, however if the fonts do not show up due to computer settings, then you will need to install them. Content information and writing samples for each writing section will help model and scaffold students’ writing. The writing sections in focus are: Learning to Write Persuasively (overview of persuasive writing) Learning to Write a Hook (Strong Statement, Rhetorical Question, Quote, Scene, Definition – samples of each) Learning to Write an Introduction (hook, opinion, thesis statement) Learning to Write a Body Paragraph (topic sentence, supporting details, concluding sentence) Learning to Write a Conclusion (summary statement, re-statement of reasons, call to action) As each writing section is introduced and taught, students will have the opportunity to identify the structural elements and write an introduction, a body paragraph and a conclusion observing written samples. Content information and writing samples for each writing section will help model and scaffold students’ writing. SUGGESTED USE: With the slideshow, elicit responses from students prior to playing out the animations on each slide. For example, for slide 1, ask the question, what is Persuasive Writing – prior to revealing the slide content on the same. Refer to the guided notes as you present. This gives the opportunity for students to think constructively prior to recording the words that fill in the blanks. Students will also be more engaged whilst recording. All text is editable, simply type inside the text box to edit content.

Are you teaching your students all about the four kinds of sentences or the four types of sentences? Use this collection of Cornell-style note templates and the animated PowerPoint Presentation to reinforce the understanding of the four types of sentences: Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, and Exclamatory. Students will record information on the note-taking sheets while you present the Power Point. The Dragon-theme will make learning all the more interesting for your students! Both US and British English spellings and terminolgy included. Items Included Cornell-style Guided Note Templates x 4 sheets and 21 slide PowerPoint Presentation (US spelling & terminology) Cornell-style Guided Note Templates x 4 sheets and 21 slide PowerPoint Presentation (British English spelling & terminology) 8 Posters Style 1 (color and blackline) featuring definitions and examples of the four types of sentences. 8 Posters Style 2 (color) featuring definitions and examples of the four types of sentences. Posters come in two sizes: 8.5x11 inches and A4 The note-taking takes after Cornell styled guided notes. The PowerPoint presentation will equip your students with key content knowledge and ample practice on the four types of sentences prior to students working on other reinforcing activities. The note-taking sheets require students to fill in the blanks as you present the PowerPoint slides. Content ranges from writing parts of definitions of grammatical terminology in addition to interactive practice examples. Topics Covered in Presentation Definition, Examples, Changing Sentence Type and Practice Quiz Declarative sentence Imperative Sentence Interrogative Sentence Exclamatory Sentence Suggested Use Run through the presentation yourself prior to presenting to students. Present the slides one at a time, students will follow instructions on each slide like filling in the blanks on their note-taking sheets and attempting practice examples. The slides are animated to present information in manageable chunks. Follow-up with task cards, practice sheets or notebook templates available in the bundle.

How often have we been inspired by reading about other people’s lives, the major events that contributed to who they became in society and the impact they had on those around them? well, perhaps far too many times to recall. This unit on writing a Biography will not only take your students on a journey of learning and discovery about the lives of prominent individuals who have shaped our society for the better, but also enable them to hone their research skills and in the process adhere to the structural components of writing a Biography. The 20 QR codes, editable flipbook, and interactive notebook templates will serve as effective research and writing tools for scaffolding at every stage of the writing process. Links are also provided to enable students to research their subject. The QR codes are sure to lend great excitement to the activity as students eagerly find the person they have to research and write a biography on. You may download the free QR code reader i-nigma to scan the QR codes. WHAT’S INCLUDED: 1. Posters/Anchor Charts on structural elements. 2. INB TEMPLATE 1: IDENTIFYINGTHE STRUCTURE OF A BIOGRAPHY: 6 shutter flaps that provide scaffolding on adhering to the structure of a Biography. The cover of each flap comprises of questions to guide research. 3. INB TEMPLATE 2: IDENTIFYINGTHE STRUCTURE OF A BIOGRAPHY : Three shutter flaps that include key questions that focus on the Introduction, Body, and the Conclusion of a Biography. 4. INB TEMPLATE 3: LET THERE BE ORDER: Ten shutter flaps that focus on adhering to the chronological order when writing a biography. Students interview a friend to collect information in sequential order of the events. ‘Girl’ and ‘Boy’ templates included. 5. INB TEMPLATE 4: JUST FOR LAUGHS: Students imagine they are writing a biography on a famous nursery rhyme character and collect information in a one page organiser. 6. INB TEMPLATE 5: PICTURE STIMULUS: Choice of 4 pictures. Students select any one picture and imagine the life of their character. They record information to guiding question in the 10 flap organiser and then write out a biography on the chosen character represented in the picture. BONUS ORGANISERS: 1.Bio Cube Organiser: information on the subject is collected in a cube shape template. This can be suspended as a mobile or stacked on a flat surface in the classroom to form a Bio cube mini wall. 2.Timeline Organisers: choice of 10, 12, and 15 events that can each be recorded on a single template. WHAT ELSE: * Self-editing checklist * Peer-editing checklist * Teacher Grading Rubric * 20 QR Code Cards to make the research process exciting. * Flipbook templates - EDITABLE

WHAT This unit on fractions features fun fraction interactives that break down and greatly simplify the teaching of fractions. Other than interactive notebook activity sheets, you will also find a fraction game to break the monotony and a 20 questions Fraction test to assess taught content. WHO Experience shows that teaching fractions has always been unconsciously challenging, hence the interactives are especially great for the academically challenged as they break down complex material into learnable chunks. ITEMS/TOPICS INCLUDED: Fraction Vocabulary Bulletin Board Display Fractions of a Shape Fractions of a Group Comparing Fractions Ordering Fractions (Descending Order) Ordering Fractions (Ascending Order) Types of Fractions (Equivalent Fractions) Types of Fractions (Mixed Numbers): Types of Fractions (Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions) Simplest Form (lowest terms) of Fractions Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Like Denominators Subtracting Fractions from a Whole Problem Solving Fractions on a Number Line Equivalent Fraction Game Fraction Test WHAT ELSE Equivalent Fraction Snap game comes with instructions to play and a cheat sheet. There is a coloured version as well as a black and white one of the game. Answer sheets to all activity sheets are included. This is especially handy, as answer sheets can be displayed on the interactive whiteboard for students to self-check. This saves you loads of marking, besides it is an invaluable learning moment as students take note of their mistakes. Table of contents included to make navigation easier. Interactive templates are designed to be time-saving as they feature more learning content and minimise on unnecessary cutting. (8 and 10 flaps) Clear-cut instructions accompanied with photos for assembling the interactive sheets.

Are you looking for four types of sentences worksheets? Use this collection of no prep print-n-go sheets and posters to teach the four kinds of sentences: Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, and Exclamatory. In this collection, your students will have the opportunity to practice the four types of sentences, not in isolation, but rather through integration with writing. They will write: a creative paragraph a formal persuasive letter an eight-line poem a narrative short story informatively Answer key to practice sheets and writing samples included. Both US and British English spellings and terminolgy included. Items Included No prep worksheets, 1 Pdf file (US spelling & terminology; 8.5x11 paper) No prep worksheets, 1 Pdf file (British English spelling & terminology; A4 size paper ) 8 Posters Style 1 (color and blackline) featuring definitions and examples of the four types of sentences. 8 Posters Style 2 (color) featuring definitions and examples of the four types of sentences. Posters come in two sizes: 8.5x11 inches and A4 Overview of Content (worksheets) Cover sheet if compiling all sheets into a booklet Definitions of the four sentence types with examples Identifying sentence type Identifying sentence type with QR answer codes Writing the missing punctuation for each sentence type Writing sentences featuring the four types Writing sentences on visuals Changing Interrogative sentences to Imperative sentences Changing Declarative sentences to Interrogative sentences Sentence Transformations to each of the four types of sentences Writing a creative paragraph using the four types of sentences Writing a formal persuasive letter using the four types of sentences Writing an eight-line poem using the four types of sentences Writing a narrative short story using the four types of sentences Writing informatively using the four types of sentences Answer Key and sample writing pieces Your students will not only have strong conceptual knowledge of the four types of sentences in writing, but will also be fascinated to learn about the magnificent Nile crocodiles, the subject in focus. Thank you for visiting Teach2Tell.

This resource will help you teach the structural elements of the persuasive genre and enable your students to write persuasively. The 47 editable slide presentation and 13 page student guided notes (Cornell-style) will help you present a step-by-step approach to teaching writing. Written samples are provided at each stage of the writing process. Students will record information as you present. Best of all, the slides and student note-taking sheets are editable empowering you to modify the resource to suit your students’ needs. You will be able to edit all written content. All clip art is secured. This is in accordance with the artists’ terms of use. You will receive an editable Power Point file and a PDF file if you do not wish to make any changes to the existing file. ITEMS INCLUDED Editable Power Point presentation comprising of 47 slides complete with animation 13 page Cornell-style student guided notes (also editable) to use in conjunction with the PowerPoint presentation. PDF files of the presentation and the guided notes Teacher Guided Notes (answer key) PDF file 6 Writing Prompt Cards (colour and black and white) Self-editing and peer-editing checklists; Teacher Marking Rubric Graphic organisers, Writing Sheets 6 Teach To Tell fonts used in this resource (comes with installation instructions). All fonts are embedded, however if the fonts do not show up due to computer settings, then you will need to install them. The writing sections in focus are: Learning to Write Persuasively (overview of persuasive writing) Learning to Write a Hook (Strong Statement, Question and a fact, (samples of each) Learning to Write an Introduction (hook, opinion) Learning to Write a Body Paragraph (topic sentence, supporting details) Learning to Write a Conclusion (summary statement, re-statement of reasons, call to action) As each writing section is introduced and taught, students will have the opportunity to identify the structural elements and write an introduction, a body paragraph and a conclusion observing written samples. Content information and writing samples for each writing section will help model and scaffold students’ writing.

This resource will help your students write the tightening tension in a narrative. Writing lessons scaffold the writing of the exposition, inciting incident, rising action (pebble, rock, boulder). In addition, the graphic organizers, checklists, and writing assignment will facilitate your students to write with impressive style and technique. Activity Students will respond to 40 questions on the structural components, figurative language, and writing techniques used in the mentor text. Students will find and highlight evidence in the sample text. They will document their responses on the Story Map, Sensory Details, Figurative Language, and Writing Techniques organizers. Items Included Cover Sheet (if compiling pages into a booklet) Sheets that scaffold the writing of the exposition, inciting incident, rising action (pebble, rock, boulder) through a sample text. Writing assignment with scenario Writing prompt sheets Story Map Sensory Details, Figurative Language, and Writing Techniques organizers. Self-editing and peer-editing checklist Teacher Key The sample personal narrative is based on the short animated movie, ‘The Present’. The narrative is written from the viewpoint of the boy in the movie. You may have students watch the movie before or after you begin the lesson to provide context to the story. Link to movie in download. This writing unit can also be done without having students watch the short animated movie.

This Opinion Writing / Persuasive Writing activity will help scaffold the structural elements of an opinion essay or a persuasive essay. Based on the sample persuasive essay, ‘Should you Ride Your Bike to School?’, students will be introduced to the writing process from brainstorming, planning, drafting, editing, and publishing. Writing activities revolve around the structural elements: The Introduction (sizzling start, opinion, thesis) The Body (Topic Sentence, Supporting Details, Concluding Sentence), and rebuttal The Conclusion (summary statement, call to action) Activity Students will respond to 20 questions on the structural components of a persuasive essay or an opinion essay. Students will find and highlight evidence in the sample text. They will document their responses on the Planning Grid, Persuasive Writing Graph and other Organizers. Students will write against the claim written in the sample essay. Additional writing practice with 5 earth-day themed writing prompts Items Included Sample Persuasive Essay, ‘Should you Ride Your Bike to School?’ to study structural elements and writing style Persuasive Writing Graph to map out structural components 20 questions analyzing writing style and structural elements Annotation of structural elements using the final compiled sample essay from start to finish Writing Assignment to write against the claim made in the sample persuasive essay Self-editing and peer-editing checklists Teacher Marking Rubric Publishing Writing Sheets Cover Sheets to collate sheets into a booklet 5 Earth-Day themed Writing Prompts General Organizers (planning grid, writing graph, Introduction, Body, Conclusion) to use with any persuasive writing prompt Recommended Use Review of form and structure prior to testing Recap of form and structure prior to a writing assignment Writing activity to celebrate Earth Day

Are you teaching your students all about factors and multiples and are looking for fun hands-on activities? These no-prep print and digital sheets will reinforce the understanding of factors and multiples, factor families, prime numbers, prime factorisation, composite numbers, arrays, proper factors, perfect numbers, Greatest Common Factor (GCF) and Least Common Multiple (LCM). Each topic features a definition, explanation and practice examples prior to students attempting given problems. Both US and British English spellings included. Items Included 33 Student Practice Sheets Pdf File 33 Student Practice Sheets Digital PowerPoint File (upload to your LMS) 33 Student Practice Sheets in Google Slides 33 Teacher’s Copy Sheets (key) Topics Covered Factors and Factor Families Multiples Prime Number Prime Factorisation Arrays Proper Factors Perfect Numbers Composite Number Greatest Common Factor (GCF) Least Common Multiple (LCM) In addition, there is an interactive section featuring sheets that require students to work with dice, spinners, and visual cards to enable students to have a clear understanding of the key topics listed above.

Develop phonemic awareness skills with this handy 262 page resource featuring five fun activities for each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. The hands-on activities for each letter of the alphabet are: ✓ Letter Puzzle: students colour the puzzle, cut out the pieces, assemble, and glue onto the provided sheet. ✓ Letter Connect the Dots: Dots range from numbers 1 to 20 ✓ Letter Cut-out: students colour the letter, cut around the outline and glue onto provided sheet. ✓ Letter Bingo Dab: Students use a bingo dabber to dab the outline of the letter, alternatively they may colour in the circles. ✓ Letter Maze: Students enter and follow the path through the maze in each letter to exit. (Answer Key included). This resource complements the teaching of the letters of the alphabet to build phonemic awareness and phonic skills in the beginning reader.