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Getting to Know You Biography Template

Google Slide, PDF | 1 page | Grades: 3 - 6

A must have back to school activity for upper year students.

Use this teaching resource in the classroom as a back to school activity for upper-grade students.

This template is ideal to use when encouraging your students to get to know their peers and make new friends.

For more tips and ideas for building a connection with upper-grade students at the start of a new school year, read our blog Back to School Activities for Upper Year Students.

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Curriculum

ELAR 3.1(C)

Speak coherently about the topic under discussion, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively;
ELAR 3.12(B)

Compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft;
ELAR 4.1(C)

Express an opinion supported by accurate information, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and
ELAR 4.12(B)

Compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft;
ELAR 5.1(C)

Give an organized presentation employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, natural gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively; and
ELAR 5.12(B)

Compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft;

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