Exploring Closing Sentences in Informative Writing

The video tutorial guides first-grade students through writing an informative paragraph about elephants' trunks. It covers planning, drawing a teaching picture, writing a topic sentence, adding teaching sentences with facts, and crafting a closing sentence. The teacher emphasizes the importance of structure and review in writing.

What is the first step in writing an informative paragraph about elephant's trunks?

• Drawing a teaching picture

• Writing the closing sentence

• Choosing a topic sentence

• Re-reading the paragraph

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What does the topic sentence in your paragraph do?

• It provides detailed examples

• It asks the reader a question

• It introduces what will be taught

• It concludes the information

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

How many teaching sentences did the teacher suggest you could write?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

For what purposes do elephants use their trunks, according to the paragraph?

• To sleep

• To see better

• To make sounds

• To breathe and smell

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is another use of an elephant's trunk mentioned in the teaching sentences?

• To paint pictures

• To grab food

• To play with other elephants

• To swim

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What should the closing sentence in your paragraph do?

• Ask the reader for their opinion

• Describe the elephant's habitat

• Summarize what was taught

• Introduce a new fact

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the first word of the closing sentence?

• Finally

• So

• Then

• Now

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What did the teacher use to create space between words?

• Two finger space

• A ruler

• A pencil

• A space bar

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What does the word 'know' in the closing sentence relate to?

• Forgetting

• Understanding

• Questioning

• Guessing

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Why is it important to re-read your paragraph?

• To find any spelling mistakes

• All of the above

• To make sure it makes sense

• To add more details

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5