Lessons tagged with "writing-strategies"

This writing strategies lesson focuses on using the organization of a dictionary to locate words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the organization of the dictionary to practice looking up words in alphabetical order. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on using chronological order to convey information. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students put information in the correct chronological order and then write a paragraph to convey in information in chronological order. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on understanding the organization and use of an almanac. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use information from an almanac entry to answer questions. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on creating supporting and concluding paragraphs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read an introductory paragraph and identify the main idea. Then, they identify supporting sentences and create a supporting paragraph for each one. Last, students write a concluding paragraph. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing a concluding paragraph for expository text. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and identify the main idea and supporting details. Then, they select the best sentence to add to the end of the text to build a better conclusion and write a conclusion. In addition to the lesson, there are six pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.