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Informative Paragraph Starters - Topic Sentence Cards

In Development ... Writing

PDF | 5 pages|Grades: 3 - 6

20 topic sentences to be used at the beginning of an informative paragraph.

Use these topic sentence cards when teaching your students how to write an informative paragraph.

This teaching resource includes 20 informative paragraph starter sentences, covering the following topics:

animals
objects
places
events
phenomena.

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Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
In Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards Writing Text Types and Purposes
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Writing Text Types and Purposes
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Writing Text Types and Purposes
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
In Grade 6 English Language Arts Standards Writing Text Types and Purposes

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