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It is perfect for your literacy centers during the month of October.
The packet includes:
Self Check for independent writers
Facts about Pumpkin Life Cycle
Graphic organizer on the life cycle
Cut and paste for life cycle
If I were a pumpkin
A pumpkin in a patch might…see, hear, feel
A pumpkin…is, has, can
Final Write
Self Correct for independent writers
The crafts include A Pumpkin for mounting on the final writes.
Are you ready?
Let’s Write…October
Are you ready?
Let’s Write…
This resource includes leveled activities to provide DIFFERENTIATION and to meet the writing needs of every student in your classroom!
October focuses on Narrative and Informative writing with the topics: Fire Safety, Christopher Columbus, Football, Pumpkin
Each lesson begins with a story to engage students.
Literature Used:
No Dragon For Tea
Christopher Columbus
T is for Touchdown
My Bumpy Little Pumpkin
Each lesson also focuses on a grammar skill to include in their writing.
Lesson One Fire Safety … punctuation
Lesson Two Christopher Columbus … Connecting with AND
Lesson Three Football … pronouns
Lesson Four Perfect Pumpkin … adjectives
The resource includes two sections.
Section One STUDENT WORKBOOK
This part includes:
Cover
Literature Suggestion
Lesson Plans
Graphic Organizers … differentiated… Use for idea gathering
Paragraph Organizer helping students with opening sentence, details where they are encouraged to use the skill for the week, closing sentence
These are transferred to the “sloppy copy” page where students can edit their work.
“Sloppy Copy” page with editing
“Sloppy Copy” page
Editing Note for student and teacher editing.
Section Two STUDENT JOURNAL
This part includes:
Pages for publishing
Cover to make a class book
From the “sloppy copy” with edits students prepare a finalized writing piece to share.
Each lesson is designed to last 4 days.
I think these lessons are WRITE ON!
Goblins, Ghosts, and Bats…OH MY!!
Your class will love writing using these creative Halloween templates.
Two levels for each template.
Enjoy!
Simple graphic organizers to promote writing with a October theme.
Pumpkins
Carving a Pumpkin
Scarecrow
Firefighter
Final Write Pages
Each topic has three activities to choose from.
Styles include: adjectives, sensory, sequencing, retell, and labeling.
Ideal for writing centers but could be used as a mini lesson as well.
October Writing Resources:
It is always fun writing “how to” stories with students. How to carve a pumpkin is perfect for this time of year. After the students complete the graphic organizers and the final write, a class book cover is provided to put all their ideas together. Students will love reading each others “recipes”.
Graphic Organizers
Informational text … Pumpkin Life Cycle, How To Carve a Pumpkin
Sequencing Organizers
Colorful vocabulary
How to suggestion cards
Class Book Cover
3 Differentiated Final Write Pages
Word Work… ABC Order, Word Search, Making Words
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