Curated OER
A Short Report on Snakes- Little Book
In this science and writing worksheet, 3rd graders fill in 24 blank lines with information about snakes. They fold the page along dotted lines to make the book. They see a clip art graphic of a snake on the cover but there are no...
Curated OER
Research Report on Earth Science Topics
Sixth graders are given a variety of Earth Science topics which be covered during the year. They select one of their choices to research and work in class and at home to meet the guidelines for their report.
Curated OER
Investigation 10 - Mammal Oral Reports
Fourth graders research a Utah mammal, then create and present a mini-report. They access websites imbedded in this plan to help them with their research. There is also a nice prewrite graphic organizer to help them organize their...
Curated OER
Report Writing in Primary Grades
Learners learn how to read a short section and parepare a sentence to share with the group. Students listen to the reading of expository text, restate, in sentence format, one fact learned from that text, and produce a report.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Couch Potato or Inertia Victim?
Students design a simple behavioral survey, and learn basic protocol for primary research, survey design and report writing. Note: The literacy activities for the Mechanics unit are based on physical themes that have broad application to...
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Ato Zteacherstuff: Report Writing in Primary Grades
This is a fun, hands-on lesson from AtoZteacherstuff! Students go through a study of frogs while learning how to interpret and restate factual information.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Writing Report Abstracts
From Purdue University, a lesson that lays out the details to writing a good abstract.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Common Writing Assignments: Book Report
A handout discussing how to write a book report, including what to do before and during reading.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Question and Answer Books From Genre Study to Report Writing
Contains plans for eight lessons that explore Question and Answer Books and ask young scholars to do research in order to write their own. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites used in...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Weather: A Journey in Nonfiction
Questions about weather clear up when students use what they learned from their books to create a presentation to share with the rest of the class.
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Allwritewithme: Rubrics & Checklists for Fourth Grade Informative Writing
This collection of rubrics and checklists can be used for formative and summative assessments. Students can use many of these to self-assess during various phases of the informative writing process, and teachers may use these to guide...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Writing in Engineering: Handbook on Report Formats
The first page in a series of handouts addressing how to organize various report formats. Developed for engineers but useful across disciplines.