Kindergarten Writing-Expository Resources (by date, latest first)

This product is especially fun for your class animal writing projects! It is a fun engaging writing task your students will enjoy. Prep Free! Ready to go!

Task:

1. Students are going to write a five sensory informational writing about your favorite animal using the Red Barn Craft Book pages.

2. This is a seven page-writing project: one page for the cover, one page for the topic sentence, four pages for the middle (five sensory writing: eye/see, hand/feel, ear/sound, mouth/food, + action), and one page for the conclusion.

3. Each student will choose an animal of his own to write.

Step by step assignment directions are giving using Teacher Writing Sample "Horses" as a model.

You could use this Red Barn Craft Book to write anything related to Animal Studies.

This product includes:

- Red Barn Craft Book in four formats: colored with/without writing lines and black lined with/without writing lines

- Lesson Plan for My Favorite Animal Writing Project

- Step by Step Assignment Directions

- All the posters your students need to write their favorite animals

- 1 Teacher Animal Writing Sample

- 2 Student Animal Writing Samples

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This adorable K – 2 writing resource is the perfect product for teaching sequence writing during the fall! Students must be creative and sequential as they describe ways in which they would catch a turkey. It is modified to support all learners in the classroom. There are options to draw only, draw and write, and finally writing alone. There are also some built-in supports that you can provide to students which includes transition word sentence starters. These writing templates for perfect for your Thanksgiving/fall writing project: How to Catch a Turkey.

This product is now a TeachShare Digital Activity! It can be used for Distance Learning.

You can now:

1. Customize this resource for your students

2. Preview and assign to students through Google Classroom (assign one of the five worksheets as opposed to all)

3. Review completed assignments and return feedback

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Great for distance-learning discussions or in-class use. Using these science phenomena digital-ready photos are a great way to introduce many of the NGSS. There are 108 different photos; with at least one per standard. The standards are listed at the top of each sheet. Pick and choose what you want. Using this strategy with students creates a routine way of thinking. It requires them to observe, think, and wonder!

Using these science phenomena digital-ready photos are a great way to introduce many of the NGSS. There are 22 different photos; with at least one per standard. The standards are listed at the top of each sheet. Pick and choose what you want. Using this strategy with students creates a routine way of thinking. It requires them to observe, think, and wonder!

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Combining a collaborative art project with the how-to writing adventure can enhance the overall experience and engage students in a multi-sensory creative activity.

How-To Catch a Gingerbread Man Writing!

Creating a how-to writing guide on catching a gingerbread man, complete with two types of writing papers (dotted and lined) and a graphic organizer for brainstorming.

Graphic Organizer:

• A fun and interactive graphic organizer to help readers plan their gingerbread-catching strategy.
  • Sections for brainstorming ideas, creating a step-by-step plan, and considering potential challenges.

Writing Papers:

• Dotted Paper:
  • Ideal for younger writers or those practicing handwriting skills.
• Lined Paper:
  • Suitable for more advanced writers or those who prefer a traditional writing format.

First page of the final draft comes in 2 versions. One with the gingerbread man clipart and one without.

Collaborative Art Project- Each student will color one square to create a colorful Gingerbread Man mural

This integrated approach allows participants to not only develop their individual writing and artistic skills but also to experience the power of collaboration and storytelling as a collective activity.

How-To Catch a Gingerbread Man Writing!

Creating a how-to writing guide on catching a gingerbread man, complete with two types of writing papers (dotted and lined) and a graphic organizer for brainstorming.

Graphic Organizer:

• • A fun and interactive graphic organizer to help readers plan their gingerbread-catching strategy.
  • Sections for brainstorming ideas, creating a step-by-step plan, and considering potential challenges.

Writing Papers:

• Dotted Paper:

  • Ideal for younger writers or those practicing handwriting skills.

• Lined Paper:

  • Suitable for more advanced writers or those who prefer a traditional writing format.

First page of the final draft comes in 2 versions. One with the gingerbread man clipart and one without.

Enjoy!!!

How-To Catch a Gingerbread Man Writing!

Creating a how-to writing guide on catching a gingerbread man, complete with two types of writing papers (dotted and lined) and a graphic organizer for brainstorming.

Graphic Organizer:

• • A fun and interactive graphic organizer to help readers plan their gingerbread-catching strategy.
  • Sections for brainstorming ideas, creating a step-by-step plan, and considering potential challenges.

Writing Papers:

• Dotted Paper:

  • Ideal for younger writers or those practicing handwriting skills.

• Lined Paper:

  • Suitable for more advanced writers or those who prefer a traditional writing format.

First page of the final draft comes in 2 versions. One with the gingerbread man clipart and one without.

Enjoy!!!

How-To Catch a Gingerbread Man Writing!

Creating a how-to writing guide on catching a gingerbread man, complete with two types of writing papers (dotted and lined) and a graphic organizer for brainstorming.

Graphic Organizer:

• • A fun and interactive graphic organizer to help readers plan their gingerbread-catching strategy.
  • Sections for brainstorming ideas, creating a step-by-step plan, and considering potential challenges.

Writing Papers:

• Dotted Paper:

  • Ideal for younger writers or those practicing handwriting skills.

• Lined Paper:

  • Suitable for more advanced writers or those who prefer a traditional writing format.

First page of the final draft comes in 2 versions. One with the gingerbread man clipart and one without.

Enjoy!!!

How-To Catch a Gingerbread Man Writing!

Creating a how-to writing guide on catching a gingerbread man, complete with two types of writing papers (dotted and lined) and a graphic organizer for brainstorming.

Graphic Organizer:

• • A fun and interactive graphic organizer to help readers plan their gingerbread-catching strategy.
  • Sections for brainstorming ideas, creating a step-by-step plan, and considering potential challenges.

Writing Papers:

• Dotted Paper:

  • Ideal for younger writers or those practicing handwriting skills.

• Lined Paper:

  • Suitable for more advanced writers or those who prefer a traditional writing format.

First page of the final draft comes in 2 versions. One with the gingerbread man clipart and one without.

Enjoy!!!

How-To Catch a Gingerbread Man Writing!

Creating a how-to writing guide on catching a gingerbread man, complete with two types of writing papers (dotted and lined) and a graphic organizer for brainstorming.

Graphic Organizer:

• • A fun and interactive graphic organizer to help readers plan their gingerbread-catching strategy.
  • Sections for brainstorming ideas, creating a step-by-step plan, and considering potential challenges.

Writing Papers:

• Dotted Paper:

  • Ideal for younger writers or those practicing handwriting skills.

• Lined Paper:

  • Suitable for more advanced writers or those who prefer a traditional writing format.

First page of the final draft comes in 2 versions. One with the gingerbread man clipart and one without.

Enjoy!!!

How-To Catch a Gingerbread Man Writing!

Creating a how-to writing guide on catching a gingerbread man, complete with two types of writing papers (dotted and lined) and a graphic organizer for brainstorming.

Graphic Organizer:

• • A fun and interactive graphic organizer to help readers plan their gingerbread-catching strategy.
  • Sections for brainstorming ideas, creating a step-by-step plan, and considering potential challenges.

Writing Papers:

• Dotted Paper:

  • Ideal for younger writers or those practicing handwriting skills.

• Lined Paper:

  • Suitable for more advanced writers or those who prefer a traditional writing format.

First page of the final draft comes in 2 versions. One with the gingerbread man clipart and one without.

Enjoy!!!

Inspire your students with our Leaf-Themed Writing Paper! Perfect for fall-themed activities, this fun apple-shaped design will make writing assignments more engaging. Featuring clip art leaves around the main shape, you can easily choose from six different line styles to suit your students' needs. Each style is also available with or without name and date lines for added convenience.

Free Apple Writing Paper!

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Inspire your students with our Pumpkin-Themed Writing Paper! Perfect for fall-themed activities, this fun pumpkin-shaped design will make writing assignments more engaging. Featuring clip art pumpkins around the main shape, you can easily choose from six different line styles to suit your students' needs. Each style is also available with or without name and date lines for added convenience.

Check out my store for more themed writing paper!

Turtle themed writing paper with lines can be used for for final copies and writing centers in your classroom. Paper is available with and without midlines and in a variety of widths. Use these pages for fiction or nonfiction writing about turtles or nature!

Celebrate Thanksgiving in your classroom with this fun writing activity that doubles as classroom decorations! Students can each decorate a piece of the banner and reflect and write about what they are thankful for this year. This is a great writing center activity and students will love seeing their writing displayed as a banner in the classroom or hallway.

This activity set is perfect for use during November, around Thanksgiving, or anytime during the Fall.

This printable banner activity is perfect for third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, and sixth grade. With minimal prep time, this activity is ready to go in just minutes.

Make sure to take a look at more of my Thanksgiving Resources:

- Thanksgiving Writing Prompts

- Thanksgiving Activity Placemat

- Thanksgiving Coloring Pages/Placemats

⭐See more of my Print & Go resources here: Beth Kinane Designs

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Veteran’s Day Bundle

This three packet activity bundle has more than 50+ handouts to help students define, understand, and discuss the importance of Veteran’s Day.

Packet 1: Veteran’s Day Thank You Cards (English and Spanish)

Product Description

Pages: 23

Instill gratitude for our Armed Services with these 20 Veteran's Day Thank You Cards. Write a note of thanks, color images, fold, and give to make a veteran smile!

Includes a mix of English and Spanish gratitude phrases, black and white images to color, and one blank card for students to create their own Veteran's Day message. Highlights each branch of the Armed Services: Army, Marines, and Navy. Includes female and male armed services members.

Use as across curriculum government/history/social studies and ELA lesson, to practice fact-based letter/note writing skills, develop social skills, learn more about U.S. history, practice vocabulary, and meet local veterans in your community. Contact your local Veteran's of Foreign Wars (VFW) for a list of veterans in your area.

Packet 2: 30 Veteran’s Day Activities

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Pages: 32

30 activities to celebrate Veteran's Day! Coloring, lists, poems, writings, and more...for using critical thinking skills to learn about a national holiday.

Includes:

Democracy is...
Freedom is...
Liberty means...
The eagle is representative of...
Veteran's Day Speech
Map for listing no. of veterans/naming veterans
10 Ways to Thank a Veteran
Make your own dog-tags
Many faces of soldiers
Many roles of soldiers
What Veteran's Day means to me...
Thank you to a Veteran
My Message to a Veteran
Decorate the tombstone of a fallen soldier
Veteran Acrostic Poem
A Veteran's Poem
My favorite branch of armed services
My Pledge for Peace
Veteran's Day Maze
Veteran's Day Word Search
Women's roles in the Armed Services
How many words can you make from "veteran"
What will you do on Veteran's Day?
From a soldier's point of view: What Veteran's Day means...
The War Wall--fill in to make and display your own war wall

30 activities to help students acknowledge, appreciate, celebrate, and honor veterans and what the special day means.

Packet 3: Get Fit Action Story: A Veteran’s Day Celebration

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Pages: 15

What is Veterans Day? When does it fall each year? What kinds of celebrations honor our veterans? Students get an introduction and definition of Veterans Day, plus why it is different than Memorial Day. Then, get ready to join the parade! Play ball, watch fireworks, and thank a veteran for serving!

Get Fit Action Stories combine reading, sight words, listening, speaking, directions, and physical education into one assignment. It's a fun, physical learning adventure!

Action Words included:
1. salute
2. clap
3. Miss America wave
4. struts
5. moves a scepter up and down
6. twirl
7. toss
8. catch
9. plays a violin
10. toots a horn
11. beats a drum
12. pedal
13. flip hamburgers
14. toss salads
15. swing bats
16. hit homeruns
17. yells, “Ewwwww” then “Awwwww”
18. “Thank you!”
19. salute
20. “Happy Veterans Day!”

This three packet activity bundle with over 50+ handouts will encourage discussions, increase understanding, and reinforce meaning of Veteran’s Day.

Have students write their own expository, fact-based newspaper articles and complete their own entertainment reviews with Talkin' Turkey Times. Plenty of templates for students to: draw pictures work on grammar skills work on spelling/vocabulary write themed articles paste related images (great for lower levels/extensions) practice main ideas write headings write titles form topic sentences work on paraphrasing/summarizing develop paragraphing skills work on proofreading/editing Easy to use, and great for bulletin board displays during Thanksgiving. Send home for students to complete with Thanksgiving memories while on holiday break. Great assessment tool and meets Common Core Standards.

Instill gratitude for our Armed Services with these 20 Veteran's Day Thank You Cards. Write a note of thanks, color images, fold, and give to make a veteran smile! Includes a mix of English and Spanish gratitude phrases, black and white images to color, and one blank card for students to create their own Veteran's Day message. Highlights each branch of the Armed Services: Army, Marines, and Navy. Includes female and male armed services members. Use as across curriculum government/history/social studies and ELA lesson, to practice fact-based letter/note writing skills, develop social skills, learn more about U.S. history, practice vocabulary, and meet local veterans in your community. Contact your local Veteran's of Foreign Wars (VFW) for a list of veterans in your area.

This Thanksgiving writing activity set has everything you need to get your students writing about Thanksgiving.

Prompts included:

My _______ will be at my Thanksgiving Table. (8 different family options to choose from)

My favorite food at Thanksgiving is _____.

I am thankful for _____.

I am thankful for you because ______. (letter to friend or family member)

Also included:

Build your own family cut and paste

Build your own Thanksgiving dinner cut and paste with 12 food options, with and without text labels.

All pages are offered only in black and white so your students can customize to their specific family or meal preferences!

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Keywords: Thanksgiving, writing, Kindergarten, first grade, 1st grade, writing practice, my family, at my Thanksgiving table, Thanksgiving dinner, Thanksgiving food, reading, ELAR

A perfectly adorable February Bulletin Board! 4 sweet animal templates made with hearts and options for extending the craft with expository writing! A cute way to learn about animals while having festive fun. Options to use purchased foam hearts or construction paper hearts from the patterns included.

*Bonus! "These Animals Have Our Hearts" Bulletin Board Headers!

Animal crafts and non-fiction text included in this resource:

Owl

Panda

Leopard

Groundhog

Each non-fiction text can be used for student readers or reports and include a color picture of the animal.

*Groundhog is also sold separately