Using Explain It All Informative Explanatory Writing Activity, students write informative and explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Using this Find It In The Text Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Using this Digital Dilemma Research Activity, students use digital tools to follow directions on a task card.

Using this Writing Tweets Activity, students choose a prompt about the included story "Making a Milk or Juice Carton Bird Feeder" and produce a writing sample.

Using this Take Note Writing Activity, students use a variety of print and digital resources to research about a topic.

This Now Presenting - Report on a Topic Activity is a fun way for students to learn about Summarizing and presentations!

Using this Help From Other Author's Activity helps, students collect story elements from literary or informational texts to write their own story.

Using W.5.7 Common Core Activity, students conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

Using this Get to the Point PowerPoint Activity, students learn to include multimedia components such as graphics, sounds, and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

Using this Author At Work Writing Checklist Activity, students use writing checklists when writing narratives, informative essays, and opinion essays.

Using this Why oh Why Story Details Activity, students answer the questions "What happened?" and "why did it happen?" while citing their textual evidence.

Using Enhancing My Presentation Activity, students add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations to enhance the development of main ideas.

Using Get Ready to Write Activity, students write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of purposes, and audiences.

Using Write All About It Newspaper Writing Activity, students write newspaper articles using the topic cards and the writing process.

Using this Look in the Text Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.