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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing Strategies

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young writers complete a unit of activities to learn and use writing strategies. They will complete 8 activities to prewrite, use descriptive words, asking and telling sentences, and correct spelling within their writing. Then they watch...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Identifying Types of Sentences

For Students 1st
For this identifying types of sentences worksheet, 1st graders read 5 sentences and draw a line under the telling ones, then read 5 more and draw a line under the questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Telling Sentences - Capitalization and Punctuation

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sentence writing learning exercise, students read the rules for capitalizing the first letter of a telling sentence, and for placing a period at the end of the sentence. They read 10 telling sentences, circle the first letter and...
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Show What Your Mind Sees

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This writing activity asks writers to make use of both showing and telling as they create a well-organized paragraph of description. After reviewing showing versus telling by building a writer's notebook page, each writer will show what...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Joining Telling Sentences

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Provides practice for combining telling sentences.