Elementary School Writing-Essays Activities

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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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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This summer writing challenge for 1st and 2nd grade now includes a digital distance learning option in Google Slides™. Please refer to the final 7 pages of the product for the link and instructions.

These varied summer writing prompts for 1st and 2nd are both challenging and engaging!

This FREE SAMPLE from my 30-Day Writing Challenge for 1st and 2nd graders contains 3 days of writing material for your students in a printable version as well as a Google Slides™ version.

In the full product, there are 30 different writing activities (2 sheets per activity, created to be copied back-to-back and bound into a book, if you choose). For a total of 60 writing pages, you will see the following activities:

• 2 opinion essays
• 1 explanatory essay
• 1 informative essay
• 2 descriptive writing activities
• 2 narrative writing activities
• 1 "how-to" essay
• 5 journal prompts
• 5 story starters
• 2 recipes activities
• 3 newspaper articles
• 1 packing list activity
• 2 book reports
• 1 biography
• 1 restaurant review
• 1 autobiography

These writing activities are purposeful and fun. Students will find that completing all of them is challenging, but rewarding.

You can find the FULL PRODUCTS HERE (choose your grade level):

30 DAY SUMMER WRITING CHALLENGE FOR 1st-2nd GRADE

30 DAY SUMMER WRITING CHALLENGE FOR 3rd-4th GRADE

NOTE: THIS FILE NOW INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

As of 6/9/20, this product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

Technology Requirements:

• A Google Drive account
• If sharing with students, a Drive account that is linked to student Google accounts
• Can be shared/delivered on Google Classroom
• Only need access to Google Drive--no outside links to worry about!

These file can be used with iPads, chrome books, laptops, and desktops as long as your students have access to Google Drive or Classroom on a device. The digital portion of this product is on Google Slides.

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Kirsten Tulsian has 18 years of experience in elementary education. She has been a homeroom teacher for first grade, third grade, and fourth grade, as well as ESL. She has also been a school counselor for grades PK-6, an ESL pullout teacher for K-6, and a Reading Recovery Teacher. She received her Bachelor’s degree in elementary education and psychology from The University of Iowa and a Master’s of Education in school counseling from Sam Houston State University. She believes that students make the most progress when they are engaged in their hearts as well as their minds. Her resources offer relevant, rigorous, engaging content that nurtures the whole child.

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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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Free Fall Sentence Writing Prompts with Picture Box | 1st & 2nd Grades | Occupational Therapy Support

This free resource offers fun and engaging fall-themed sentence writing prompts designed specifically for 1st and 2nd grade students. Perfect for occupational therapy support, these worksheets help develop fine motor skills while encouraging creativity and structured writing. Each page includes a picture box for students to draw their ideas before writing, fostering both imagination and sentence-building skills.

With 20 writing papers featuring fall-related images, this resource is ideal for use in the classroom or therapy sessions to make writing practice enjoyable and educational.

8.5 x 11 inches, 200 Pages Blank Pages Paper, College Ruled, Lined Journal & Music Sheet for Writing and Music Composition

Perfect for teachers and students to write in everything they want

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Do your students struggle with capitalizing titles of books, songs, and movies? This activity is the perfect way to practice these skills! This activity can be completed at once or broken up into 3 segments. Students have the opportunity to tell the difference between a title that is correctly capitalized and one that is not, and then use these skills to write titles correctly. A great resource for morning work, homework, or as a "must do." The donut theme adds a touch of fun!

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Inspire your students with Easter Bunny writing paper. Your students will love writing their spring themed writing on this fun bunny shape. Rabbits and Easter eggs surround the main shape. Simply choose the line style that is most appropriate for your students. Each line style is available with and without name/date lines. Additionally a bunny outline without lines is included.

Your students will love writing on this Dr. Seuss, cat in the hat writing paper. Use this paper for Read Across America Day or anytime you are reading books with Dr. Seuss. This pack includes paper in various line styles appropriate for kindergarten through upper elementary students. This pack also includes a blank hat with no writing lines. Your students will love displaying their work on these writing pages!

Basic, simple, easy-to-follow rules with examples that cover writing concepts of: Numbers Dates Money Time Includes: Tips for using and writing numbers, dates, money, time Peer Workshopping Activity for student/peer essays Activities/comprehension checks for numbers, dates, money, time in sentences Answers to sentences Great for centers, flipped classes, homeschool, small/whole group, ELL/ESL, adult learners, beginning writers, test prep, assessment, and quick brush up on skills. Easy to use and follow!

These 8 protocol/guideline slides are perfect for any essay in any subject! Students will follow the guidelines in order to present their essays to their peers and recieve direct and specific feedback through 3 column note taking.

Before the Lesson:

• Students should have completed a rough draft of their writing.
• Pre decide small revision groups.
• Make copies of each students essay for each of their group members.

Directions:

• Go through each of these 8 protocol slides with students as they recieve feedback from their peers in order to make revisions on their essay:

1. Distribute
2. Explain
3. Read
4. Read again
5. Share
6. Receive
7. Clarify
8. Repeat

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This word sleuth will provide your students/children with a fun journey in writing ELA Essays with key vocabulary words. It can be done in class, centers, or as a fun homework assignment.

Word sleuth is in PPTX format along with the answer key.

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This word sleuth will provide your students/children with a fun journey in writing ELA Essays with key vocabulary words. It can be done in class, centers, or as a fun homework assignment.

Word sleuth is in PPTX format along with the answer key.

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Engage your students in a creative writing activity that combines imagination, persuasion, and argumentation. This resource provides students with a compelling prompt to write a persuasive letter to their parents, arguing why their witch should remain a permanent member of the family!

What's Included?

• Customize the witch's face to match their imagination.
• Start with opinion and reasons.
• Continue to write the essay.

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Do your students need help figuring out what topic to write about for their persuasive texts? Then look no further, these Persuasive Writing Topic Cards are a great way to prompt your students into developing their thinking on a topic of interest which they can write about! Includes different topics to motivate students to start thinking, convincing, and writing!

FEATURES

✏️ 6 Persuasive Writing Topic Cards Posters PDF

✏️ 24 Topics

✏️ Topics covering: school, food, technology, animals, politics & exercise

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Are you an AVID teacher or English Language arts teacher? Need to explain how to write a thesis statement in an argumentative essay to middle or high school students? In this product you will find everything you need to help your students craft their thesis statements!

What You Get:

✏️5 teach slides

✏️"make it better" activity direction slide

✏️7 bad thesis statements

✏️7 better thesis statement examples

✏️argumentative writing prompt

✏️21 argumentative writing topic ideas

✏️4 steps guiding students in crafting their thesis statements

Make it Better Directions:

• Each slide students will be given a bad thesis statement.
• In small groups, their goal is to fix it and make it better.
• Classmates, selected judges, or teacher will vote on the best one and that group earns a point.

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Are you an AVID or English teacher? Need to explain the difference between argument and persuasion to middle or high school students? In this product you will find 6 explanations that show the difference between argumentative and persuasive writing. After teaching students the differences, they will have the chance to practice what they learned with the This or That game where students will read different text examples and have to decide which ones are persuasive or argumentative.

What do you get?

• 5 teach slides
• 6 this or that game slides (3 for each persuasion and argumentative types of writing)
• 6 circled answer slides

Use For:

• essay writing, Framework Friday, AVID, ELA, and more!

This or That Directions:

• Each slide you will be looking for either argumentative or persuasive sentences that match the titles of the slide.
• Decide which of the sentences is correct and either hold up a thumb or 2 fingers to show your answer.

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Do your students need a template to record their persuasive writing ideas onto? Then look no further, these Persuasive Writing Planning Templates are the perfect choice for your students to record their ideas and plan out their persuasive texts! Includes 6 different templates to choose from to suit your students' learning needs!

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✏️ 6 different planning templates

✏️ Different levels of scaffolding & differentiation!

✏️ Includes a BONUS sample plan!

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Need your students to understand the purpose, structure and content of a persuasive text? Then this Persuasive Writing Interactive Notebook is the ideal resource! Your students can add these to their writing books for easy reference. Includes an example of a persuasive text! The small text size is due to the content within the sample text which cannot be reduced. To counteract the small text size, please print on bigger size paper or have a large A3 version for the class as a display for students to easily refer to.

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✏️ What is a Persuasive Text Interactive Notebook PDF

✏️ Structure of a Persuasive Text Interactive Notebook PDF

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Need your students to publish their persuasive texts? Then check out these Persuasive Writing Publishing Templates! You'll have your students publishing their writing in no time. Incorporates real-life modes of publishing for persuasive texts!

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