Informational Writing Can Be Fun!

I've been coaching in a 5th grade classroom during their Informational Reports unit. It's not my thing! But, I have to admit, I'm enjoying myself and am thrilled to see how much the students are enjoying it too. We combined the research reports unit with a social studies unit on Native American tribes. Students chose a tribe, researched, and are now drafting. This week, we've been turning our research notes into sentences, adding details with partner sentences, and drafting leads and conclusions. Here's an example of an introduction to one of the student's subheadings on food for the Comanche tribe
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