compose informational texts, including brief compositions that convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and genre characteristics and craft;
Use this passage, second grade writing prompt, and worksheet to help students write a constructed response paragraph about Amelia Earhart.
Research and create an interactive biography for a historical figure.
20 topic sentences to be used at the beginning of an informative paragraph.
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using a high-interest reading passage about Tornadoes.
Differentiate reading instruction with nonfiction texts, compare and contrast activities, and response to text writing opportunities.
Bring National Chocolate Day into your classroom with a biography and RACES writing worksheet about Milton Hershey.
Practice informative writing with this versatile template.
Guide students through the structure and elements included in biography writing.
An assessment rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' informative writing.
Create a flipbook that clearly illustrates the most significant aspects of a biography subject.
A scaffolded writing task for students to complete when learning about the informative text type.
An 84-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
An assessment rubric designed to help teachers to assess students’ biography writing.
A pack of 32 narrative, persuasive, and report (informative) writing sentence starter cards.
A poster about the information report text type, including an annotated example.
A set of 36 vocabulary words related to informative texts and informative writing.
Create a pennant banner for students to record and display their biography research.
A research template for older students to use when writing a biography.
A set of 3 worksheets to help your students identify informative language features in informative texts.
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
A scaffolded writing task for students to complete when learning about the informative text type.
A 29-slide, editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching older students about the structure and language features of biographical texts.
A scaffolded writing task for students to complete when learning about the informative text type.
A scaffolded writing task for students to complete when learning about the informative text type.
A worksheet to use in the classroom when writing athlete profiles.
A planning sheet that can be used to write an informative text.
A template for students to research and write a report on the school system from a different country.
Practice using the RACES writing strategy and unravel the mysteries of the U.S. Government system of checks and balances with a passage, organizer, and prompt.
Read and learn about Thomas Jefferson with a printable informational reader and activity booklet.
Blend reading, writing, and history concepts surrounding the Industrial Revolution with a constructed response worksheet and graphic organizer.
A sorting task to help students learn about the structure of an informative text.
Integrate reading, writing, and Social Studies content with a Louisiana Purchase Constructed Response worksheet and graphic organizer.