Show Don't Tell Story Elaboration with Editable Sensory Detail Word Cards

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If your 3rd - 8th grade students struggle to "show don't tell" and stretch their narrative writing with dialogue, character emotions, and descriptive and sensory details, this resource is for you. Teach the art of elaboration by showing kids how to add sensory details, dialogue, and character emotions.

4th - 7th Creative Writing, Writing

Also included in: Narrative Writing Unit Activities Bundle for Gr. 3-8: SBAC and CAASPP Test Prep

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Earth Day Creative Writing Prompts & Bookmarks: Printable & Digital Activities

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Celebrate Earth Day with printable and digital creative writing activities about the Earth! This Earth Day activities resource includes 3 digital photo writing prompts (each slide includes a soundtrack to inspire kids), 5 printable Earth Day bookmarks, and a printable Pull-a-Prompt flyer.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Creative Writing

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Write Expository Essay Introductions and Conclusions ELA SBAC CAASPP Test Prep

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Prepare for the SBAC CAASPP test with 10 Finish the Informational Essay brochures that allow students to write both the introduction and conclusion to finish an essay. Differentiating is easy with these printable or editable digital essays. Start by analyzing the existing body paragraphs for the aut

4th - 6th ELA Test Prep, Writing Essays, Writing Expository

Also included in: Write Essay and Story Introductions and Conclusions SBAC CAASPP Test Prep BUNDLE

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Information Paragraph Graphic Organizer Foldables For Adding Details Elaboration

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Practice informational paragraph writing with these 20 accordion-style foldable expository writing graphic organizers! Students use the context clues found in the short topic sentence and conclusion to identify the author's main idea before adding facts and elaboration to complete the author's info essay.

4th - 6th English Language Arts, Writing, Writing Expository

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Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer Foldables For Adding Reasons and Elaboration

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Practice opinion writing with these 20 accordion-style foldable opinion writing graphic organizers! Students use the context clues found in the short introductions and conclusions to identify the author's viewpoint and reasons before adding examples and explanations to complete the author's opinion essay.

4th - 6th English Language Arts, Writing, Writing Expository

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Write Opinion Essay Introductions and Conclusions ELA SBAC CAASPP Test Prep

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Prepare for the SBAC CAASPP test with 10 Finish the Opinion Essay brochures that allow students to write both the introduction and conclusion to finish an essay. Differentiating is easy with these printable or editable digital stories. Start by analyzing the existing body paragraphs for the author's

4th - 6th ELA Test Prep, Writing Essays, Writing Expository

Also included in: Write Essay and Story Introductions and Conclusions SBAC CAASPP Test Prep BUNDLE

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Perfect Tense Verbs: Grammar Scoot Game Task Cards for 5th Grade Grammar Review

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iTeach & iWrite

These printable and digital Perfect Verb Tense Scoot Task Cards are a fun, interactive way to teach, review, and practice grammar skills all while sneaking in test prep.

5th - 8th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Also included in: Perfect Tense Verbs Hands-on Grammar Activity Bundle: SCOOT & Cloze Passages

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Progressive Verbs Scoot Game Grammar Task Cards: 4th Grade Verb Tense Activity

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These Progressive Verbs Scoot Grammar Task Cards are a great way to teach, review, and practice verb tenses all while sneaking in a little test prep.

4th - 7th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Also included in: Progressive Tense Verbs Hands-on Grammar Activity Bundle: SCOOT & Cloze Reading

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Fixing Run-On Sentences Grammar Task Cards & Scoot Game Grades 4-6 ELA Activity

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iTeach & iWrite

Fix sentence run-ons in this interactive fun grammar SCOOT game or activity for grades 4-7. Students move through 20 different task cards to identify and fix the run on sentence by either forming compound or complex sentence, or separate into smaller simple complete sentences.

4th - 6th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Also included in: Fragments and Run-On Sentences Bundle: Grammar Activities & Practice 4th-6th Gr.

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ELA Foldable Note-Taking Graphic Organizers for Reading and Research Skills

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iTeach & iWrite

Make reading and research easy with 8 ELA foldable style note-taking graphic organizers. You’ll get a trifold for the following: narrative stories, expository texts, biographies, state reports, animal reports, planet reports, as well as a customizable Q&A style trifold, and a generic ALL ABOUT ___ research report trifold.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Close Reading

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Poetry Elements Note-Taking Booklet: Print Digital Graphic Organizers Worksheets

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This printable and digital Poetry Terms guided note-taking booklet is ideal for your upcoming poetry unit. It covers poetry elements such as lines, stanzas, rhyme, rhyme scheme, rhythm, meter, repetition, figurative language, alliteration, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, personification, simile, metaphor,

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Poetry, Writing

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Narrative Writing Graphic Organizers Worksheets 4th-5th Gr. Note-Taking Booklet

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iTeach & iWrite

This Narrative Writing Note-Taking Booklet is designed to help kids learn and practice key story elements such as setting, characters, plot structure, beginning-middle-end, conflict, dialogue, and show don’t tell—all in one organized, student-friendly handbook.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Also included in: Narrative Writing Unit Activities Bundle for Gr. 3-8: SBAC and CAASPP Test Prep

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Comma Rules Notes Booklet, Print & Digital Graphic Organizer Worksheets for 3-6

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iTeach & iWrite

This printable and digital Comma Rules Guided Notes Booklet helps students master essential grammar skills through structured note-taking, modeling, and meaningful grammar practice. Perfect for upper elementary (Grades 3–5) and middle school (Grades 6–8) ELA classrooms.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Also included in: Grammar Note-Taking Booklet Bundle: Parts of Speech, Sentence Structures, Commas

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Sentence Types & Terms Note-Taking Booklet, Print & Digital Graphic Organizers

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This printable and digital Sentence Structures & Terms guided note-taking grammar booklet covers types of sentences and concepts like subject, predicate, complete sentences, sentence fragments, independent clauses, compound sentence, dependent clauses with subordinating conjunctions, complex sen

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Also included in: Fragments and Run-On Sentences Bundle: Grammar Activities & Practice 4th-6th Gr.

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Parts of Speech Guided Grammar Note-Taking Guide Booklet: Printable & Digital

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Grammar made easy! This Parts of Speech guided note-taking booklet covers nouns, pronouns, common versus proper nouns, possessive nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions and is handy for any language arts teacher or AVID school.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Also included in: Grammar Note-Taking Booklet Bundle: Parts of Speech, Sentence Structures, Commas

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Parts of Speech Grammar Games Hands-On Sentence Building and Expanding Activity

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iTeach & iWrite

Review and practice parts of speech with printable grammar games! In this hands-on, fun grammar resource, students either roll a dice or spin a paperclip around a wheel in order to add new parts of speech to grow an existing sentence, or build a word bank to build a new sentence from scratch.

3rd - 6th ELA Test Prep, Grammar, Writing

Also included in: Reluctant Writers Activity Bundle: Engaging Activities for Writing Intervention

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Write Narrative Story Introductions and Conclusions ELA SBAC CAASPP Test Prep

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iTeach & iWrite

Prepare for the SBAC CAASPP test with 10 Finish the Story brochures that allow students to write both the introduction and conclusion to finish a story. Differentiating is easy with these printable or editable digital stories. Start by analyzing the existing story text for setting, character point o

3rd - 6th Creative Writing, ELA Test Prep, Writing

Also included in: Narrative Writing Unit Activities Bundle for Gr. 3-8: SBAC and CAASPP Test Prep

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Writing Intervention: Activities to Help Reluctant Writers Crush Writer's Block

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iTeach & iWrite

Got reluctant writers? This no-prep writing intervention resource includes 20 digital writing prompt slides and 9 printable graphic organizers to help students crush writer’s block. Students will generate their own word banks for a given topic, collaborate with peers to discuss and refine their idea

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Writing

Also included in: Reluctant Writers Activity Bundle: Engaging Activities for Writing Intervention

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Sentence Combining Scoot Game Task Cards for Grammar & Writing Revision Practice

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iTeach & iWrite

Tackle revision and grammar at the same time with these 20 Sentence Combining Scoot Game or Write the Room Task Cards for students in grades 5-8. As students or travel from task card to task card, they try to combine the sentences in at least 2 different ways.

5th - 8th English Language Arts, Grammar, Writing

Also included in: Reluctant Writers Activity Bundle: Engaging Activities for Writing Intervention

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Paragraph Writing Foldable Graphic Organizers For Adding Details and Elaboration

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Using Step Up To Writing? Help your students pack paragraphs full of juicy details with a printable (and digital) color-coded, accordion-style foldable graphic organizer. Each of the 20 expandable paragraphs includes a topic sentence and concluding sentence.

4th - 7th English Language Arts, Writing, Writing Expository

Also included in: Reluctant Writers Activity Bundle: Engaging Activities for Writing Intervention

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Back to School Scoot: Printable, Digital and Editable BTS Scoot Task Cards

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iTeach & iWrite

These editable digital and printable Back to School Scoot Task Cards are a great (and fun!) way to build community. Each of the 12 ready-to-use task cards includes a Talk About It task and a Write About It task to get students up, moving and breaking the ice.

4th - 7th Writing, Classroom Community, Speaking and Listening

Also included in: Back to School Activities Bundle: Icebreakers, Writing Prompts, Scoot, Bookmarks

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Back to School Writing Prompts: 15 Printable and Editable Digital Writing Paper

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iTeach & iWrite

Start the school year off right with 15 printable and digital Back to School Writing Prompts (a mix of opinion, informational, and narrative writing prompts included) that feature a fun zentangle border fast finishers can color when done!

3rd - 6th Coloring Pages, English Language Arts, Writing

Also included in: Back to School Activities Bundle: Icebreakers, Writing Prompts, Scoot, Bookmarks

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Narrative Picture Book Writing Project for Grades 4-8: Max, The Library Cat

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iTeach & iWrite

In this narrative picture book writing project for grades 4-8, students partner up in Author-Illustrator teams to create a picture book about the adventures of Max, the Library Cat.

3rd - 6th Visual Arts, Creative Writing, Writing

Run On Sentences Activity Bundle: Notes booklet, SCOOT, Interactive Card Game

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iTeach & iWrite

Need your third, fourth, or fifth graders to review fixing sentence run-ons and writing in complete sentences? This fun activity bundle includes a direct instruction guided grammar note-taking booklet, collaborative Run-On or Sentence Scoot task cards, and an engaging Run-Ons card game.

3rd - 6th ELA Test Prep, Grammar, Writing