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Opinion Writing Printable Pack Sample Grades 3-6 | Sentence Frames and More

By MrsBaileyandHerClass

Unlock your students' potential with our comprehensive Opinion Writing Pack for Grades 3-6. This all-in-one resource includes essential tools to help young writers express their thoughts clearly and confidently. This FREE download will provide you with the brain dump pre-write graphic organizer. To get the full Opinion Writing Pack for Grades 3-6, CLICK HERE! Read below to see what's included in the full Opinion Writing Pack!

What's Included:

  • Sentence Frames: Scaffold students' writing with structured sentence starters.
  • Paragraph Guides: Step-by-step guides to organizing their thoughts into coherent paragraphs.
  • Publishing Paper: Professionally designed templates for final drafts, perfect for classroom displays and portfolios.

Key Features:

  • Aligned with Grades 3-6 Standards: Tailored to meet educational standards and foster skill development in opinion writing.
  • Engaging and Student-Friendly: Clear instructions and visually appealing designs keep students motivated.
  • Versatile Use: Ideal for writing centers, homework assignments, or whole-class instruction.

Why You'll Love It:

  • Boosts Confidence: Provides the necessary support for students to develop their opinion writing skills.
  • Saves Time: Ready-to-use materials that integrate seamlessly into your existing curriculum.
  • Promotes Independence: Encourages students to structure their writing independently with the help of structured guides.

Whether you're introducing opinion writing for the first time or looking to enhance your current curriculum, our Opinion Writing Pack for Grades 3-6 is the perfect solution. Enhance your classroom's writing program and watch your students thrive!

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Blush Notes 8.5 x 11 inches 200 Pages for Notebooks and journals

By Zaazoua Mostapha

Blush Notes 8.5 x 11 inches 200 Pages for Notebooks and journals

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Narrative writing sentence starters writing prompts with sentence starters SpEd

By Modz by Laila

This free sample includes 1 writing prompt from the product described below:

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These 15 narrative writing prompts featuring realistic animal photographs will get your students excited about writing. Each prompt is carefully designed to spark imagination and encourage storytelling skills in students, making writing fun and engaging.

Key Features:

  • Differentiated Prompts: Each animal photo comes with two versions of writing prompts—one with a sentence starter and one without—allowing for differentiation based on your students' needs and writing levels.
  • Encourages Creative Thinking: These prompts inspire students to think outside the box and develop unique narratives, enhancing their storytelling abilities.
  • Perfect for Independent Work: Ideal for independent writing assignments, these prompts provide a structured yet flexible way for students to practice narrative writing.
  • Versatile Use: Suitable for grades 3-5 and special education classrooms, making it a versatile resource for various learning environments.

Benefits for Teachers:

  • Time-Saving Resource: No prep needed—just print and distribute to your students for easy, independent writing work.
  • Supports Differentiation: With options for sentence starters, you can easily accommodate different writing levels within your classroom.
  • Aligned with Learning Goals: Helps students practice narrative writing skills, use descriptive language, and engage in creative thinking.

Perfect for use in literacy centers, independent work, as homework assignments, or as a fun classroom activity.

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Episode 1 Disney's The Crossover Series Text Companion Handout

By TooBookedUp

If your students loved reading Kwame Alexander's The Crossover, they need to see the new Disney+ series! As teachers, we want our students to be engaged, even when they are watching a film. With this resource, students will be challenged to think critically about the text and film in a variety of ways including comparing and contrasting, evaluating director decisions, and tracking character development across the series.

This resource includes:

  • A double-sided handout for episode 1
  • This handout contains:
  • One do now question, three discourse questions, compare and contrast section, and two rigorous writing tasks in DOK 3 or 4 and Bloom's Taxonomy Evaluate/Analyze categories.
  • This handout contains a teacher-facing answer key with answers students may write about.

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Multiple Genre Thanksgiving Writing Fun Story Starters Centers Activities

By TooBookedUp

Looking to spark creativity in your classroom this Thanksgiving season? These 10 Thanksgiving-themed story starters are perfect for getting your students' imaginations flowing! Designed for grades 4 and up, these engaging and open-ended prompts let students craft their own festive, adventurous, and even magical stories.
Use these story starters as:

  • Bell ringers to jumpstart creative writing sessions
  • Writing centers or stations for independent work
  • Extension activities when students need an extra challenge
  • Fun, seasonal writing prompts for November or Thanksgiving-themed lessons

Included Story Starters:

  • “While preparing the Thanksgiving feast, you discover the turkey is enchanted! It starts talking and asks you to help it break a 100-year-old curse. What will you do?”
  • “A UFO lands in your backyard on Thanksgiving Day. The aliens are friendly, but they want to join your dinner. What happens next?”
  • And 8 more fun and imaginative prompts!

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

  • Easy to Use: Simply print and go! Perfect for quick lesson planning.
  • Engaging & Fun: Each prompt is designed to capture students’ attention and foster creative thinking.
  • Flexible Use: Ideal for writing centers, bell work, or independent writing projects.
  • Perfect for November: Add a festive twist to your writing lessons during the Thanksgiving season.

This FREE resource will keep your students engaged and excited about writing. Download today and watch their Thanksgiving tales come to life!

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Creative Spring Writing

By Morgan Jeffries

This is just a fun spring writing activity. Students can color in the picture and then write about what spring means to them.

Hope you enjoy this little freebie!

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Book Review Template

By Inspired By MlG

Discover a world of reading through our engaging book review platform! Students can dive into captivating stories, share their thoughts on what they've read, discuss their favorite parts, and rate the books they love. Unlock the magic of literature and connect with fellow bookworms, exchanging ideas and recommendations. Whether you're seeking thrilling adventures, heartwarming tales, or mind-bending mysteries, our platform is the perfect space to express your opinions and uncover hidden literary gems.

 Join the community of young readers and embark on a journey of knowledge and imagination!

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Spelling Practice Templates - Definitions, Syllables, & Sounds FREEBIE

By Sign with me TOD

This product is made for:

  • adapting instruction
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  • on level learners
  • ESL/ENL/ELL
  • Deaf Education
  • Homework
  • Classwork
  • Homeschooling
  • Bell Work
  • Virtual Instruction
  • Remote Instruction
  • Struggling Readers
  • Struggling Writers

In this packet, students will write 20, 10 or 5 definitions from their spelling word list, write all 20, 10, or 5 of the syllables in each spelling word, and write all 20, 10, or 5 of the sounds they hear in each spelling word. This product provides three templates of each for students who require adapted instruction or do not have 20 spelling words, but may have 10 or 5.

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Nouns - Grammar Review FREEBIE

By Sign with me TOD

In this product, students will identify nouns, common/proper nouns, singular nouns, singular possessive nouns, plural nouns, and plural possessive nouns.

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In this product, students will identify nouns in sentences, proper/common nouns, singular form of plural nouns, plural form of singular nouns, identify the difference singular nouns, singular possessive nouns, plural nouns, and plural possessive nouns, and rewriting sentences is required throughout this product to help student's improve grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling skills.

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Nouns-Grammar-Review-9721577

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Paragraph Templates FREEBIE

By Sign with me TOD

This packet includes 4 paragraph templates that are useful for students who are just beginning to write a paragraph. 4 templates are included to fit the length of each student's paragraph.

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Essay Templates FREEBIE

By Sign with me TOD

This packet includes 2 essay templates that are useful for students who are just beginning to write an essay or for students who are going to write a rough draft after brainstorming.

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Sentence Grammar Practice FREEBIE

By Sign with me TOD

In this product, students will identify sentence and sentence fragments, write the correct end punctuation for each sentence, label each sentence declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory, identify each simple subjects and simple predicate.

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In the full product, students will identify sentence and sentence fragments, write the correct end punctuation for each sentence, label each sentence declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory, identify each complete subject and compete predicate, simple subjects, simple predicate, identify conjunctions in a paragraph, rewrite short sentences as compound sentences and use conjunctions in sentences, and correct run on sentences.

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Personal Narrative Writing Checklist

By Abigail J McClellan

Use this quick & easy freebie in your classroom while teaching personal narrative writing! This checklist is for students to use in order to monitor and self-assess their writing. This product comes two to a page, so it is very convenient to print!

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Thankful Acrostic Poem Template FREEBIE!

By Abigail J McClellan

Enjoy this “Thankful” acrostic poem template for Thanksgiving this year! It is a fun and creative way to explore poetry and what students are thankful for during this season.

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Women's history month writing and reading activities

By Learn smartly

Women's History Month is an annual observance in March that celebrates the contributions and achievements of women throughout history. It highlights the important role that women have played in shaping society, politics, and culture. This month-long celebration is an opportunity to recognize the barriers that women have overcome, honor the progress that has been made, and continue advocating for gender equality.

The children will get to know some of the women who have achieved great success.

What's Included:

  • PDF 2 pages + Solutions

  • Size 8.5 × 11 in.

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Summer Writing Prompts Templates ( Journals ) "Clip Art "| End of Year Writing

By The Students Palace

With creative lined papers, your students can focus on expressing their ideas without worrying about the structure.

These sheets will not only engage their writing skills but also allow them to have fun while honing their creativity.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

  • ( PDF )

  • square 11'' x ''8.5 designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

  • High-resolution images

  • Unlimited prints

  • Great for kids, boys, girls, and teens

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

  • This item comes as a high-resolution PDF file that you can download straight after purchasing.

  • You can print as many copies as you want.

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  • No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

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Juneteenth Quotes Mandala Coloring Pages - Juneteenth Activities Freebie

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Take a little break to relieve stress and boost your creativity with a variety of Teacher mandalas to color!

As a part of art therapy, nowadays it is widely recognized that coloring of mandalas Quotes is an effective way to find one's inner balance and escape from the hectic everyday life. Find your inner peace and balance while coloring the complex shapes.

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WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

  • 3 Pages Coloring Pages

  • ( PDF + PNG )

  • Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

  • High-resolution images

  • Unlimited prints

  • Great for kids, boys and girls

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

  • This item comes as a high-resolution PDF + PNG files that you can download straight after purchasing.

  • You can print as many copies as you want.

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This resource is a simple template for an apology letter. While working with middle school students, I heard a lot of snarky comments being spewed without much forethought. I started having students write apology letters when those comments came out. The template is designed to help students think about their intentions, how they likely made the other person feel, and what they will do differently in the future.

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Fixing Run-On Sentences Interactive Easel Activity

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With this activity, students will drag and drop a comma or a semicolon to fix each run-on sentence. Before assessing student knowledge with this activity, students should know when to use a comma and when to use a semicolon. Students will receive immediate feedback with this activity.

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Sentence Diagramming Bell Ringers WEEKS 1-4 & TEST

By Ms. J's ELA

*These bell ringers are part of a larger bundle of resources.*

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These sentence diagramming bell ringers will last a full month. This resource contains four Google Slide presentations- one for each week. There is also an assessment for the end of those four weeks to test student knowledge. The daily activities should last 5-10 minutes.

This resource covers:

- Subject

- Predicate / Verb

- Helping Verbs

- Articles

- Adjectives

- Adverbs

Answers are included for all diagrams.

My bell ringers are color-coded. Red slides should be covered on Monday, yellow on Tuesday, green on Wednesday (missing from preview), blue on Thursday, and purple on Friday.

Sentence diagramming is so helpful when teaching students parts of speech and sentence structure. The repetitiveness of diagramming for a bell ringer is extremely beneficial for students. I tried grammar workbooks for years, but my students hardly retained anything. Daily sentence diagramming made them remember their parts of speech, and was an amazing foundation for my students to have when we started forming different types of sentences. They picked up on fixing run-ons quickly as well because of their diagramming foundation.

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