Description
Paraphrasing is an essential skill for many types of writing, but a difficult one to master. Each of these 32 paraphrasing task cards (print or digital) features a different informational text (nonfiction) paragraph for students to paraphrase. These paragraphs are ideal for working on this skill because their shorter length will not overwhelm your students, but will still provide plenty of practice. Additional support material is also included with the cards.
PRINT VERSION INCLUDES:
- Teacher Instructions
- 32 Fun Facts Sentence Task Cards – Color
- 32 Fun Facts Sentence Task Cards – Black Line
- A cover card and 3 challenge cards to extend the learning
- Make Your Own Sentence Task Cards Template in Color or Black Line
- Sample answer keys (answers will vary)
- 3 different student response sheet options
- Printable Poster – Color
DIGITAL VERSION INCLUDES:
- 32 Fun Facts Sentence Digital Task Cards each with a text box for students to respond digitally.
Paraphrasing Task Cards for grades 2-4 are available here.
Terms of Use
This resource was created by Rachel Lynette for Minds in Bloom INC., all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded. If you want to share this resource with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses. Thank you for respecting these terms of use. ๐
This product is happily brought to you by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom
SKU: 1128601
Carey C. –
This was a great resource to help my students review the skill of paraphrasing.
Jennifer S. –
Great practice for my students! It helps to have multiple options for both whole group and small group.
Beth D. –
Excellent resource. High quality and engaging for students. I would recommend.
Julie N. –
I used this to prepare my students for writing a research paper and avoiding plagiarism. This resource is wonderful!
Lisa M. –
This is a great way to warm up kids or have something to fill in when you have a few minutes to spare. It is handy to have at my finger tips.
Safeera A. –
I used these task cards for Grade 4 where we were learning about the paraphrase. This really helped them a lot to practice with the technique of paraphrasing. The topics included was very much interesting which made the task more easier.
Breana K. –
this is a useful tool for practicing putting thoughts into student’s own words
Alyssa R. –
Students struggle with paraphrasing so this helped as practice for our research project.
R C. –
This resource was excellent for showing my junior high students how to put information into their own words after doing research. Hopefully, this will help reduce the constant plagiarism.
Val R. –
I do interventions for 7th grade online and the passages are short but on target for students to be able to practice and reinforce skills.