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Informative Texts Writing Tasks - Fact Files and Scaffolding Template

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PDF, Google Slides | 12 pages|Grades: 3 - 6

A set of 5 fact files and a scaffolding template that can be used to write an informative text.

Use this teaching resource when your students are learning how to write an informative text.

It includes a set of 5 fact files covering the following topics:

African Lions
Cupcakes
The Giza Pyramids
Halloween
The Weather.

Students read the facts in the fact file and sort them into the table provided.

Using these facts, students then write an informative text using the scaffolding sheet provided.

An answer key for the sorting tasks have been included with this download.

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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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We have added an answer key for the sorting tasks included in this resource.
Addition by Natalie Sep 24th, 2020
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Addition by Natalie Aug 17th, 2020

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