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All About Snails: Writing Facts

Read a short model text about snails, then practice topic sentences, facts and closing sentences before writing an informative text.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.1.2

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1 Common Core standard
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9 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students name a topic and choose facts that belong with it.
Students tell facts from opinions in an informative text.
Students write a topic sentence, facts and a closing sentence.

How to use

Read the model text aloud and talk about its topic, facts and ending. Students answer the first questions alone, then plan their own animal text with an adult nearby.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.1.2

Write an informative text that names a topic, gives some facts about it, and has some sense of closure.

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All About Snails: Writing Facts

Name a topic, give facts and finish with a closing sentence.

Read the model text

An informative text names a topic and tells facts about it. Read how one writer did it.

All About Snails

1Snails are small animals with a hard shell on their backs. Some snails live on land, and some live in water. The soft body of a snail slides along the ground. It leaves a shiny trail behind it.

2A snail moves very slowly. A snail cannot run or jump. Many snails eat leaves. When a snail feels scared, it pulls into its shell to stay safe.

3Now you know some facts about snails.

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