Write On! Informational Paragraph Writing Unit – printable writing resource by Hope King, Amy Lemons and Get Your Teach On

About this resource

Looking to make your writing block more engaging, structured, and effective? Informational Writing is the perfect way to boost student success while keeping lessons fun and meaningful! This is Unit Four of an 11-unit yearlong writing curriculum, designed to help students master paragraph writing through themed, standards-aligned activities.

✏️ What's Inside Informational Writing:

This unit focuses on informational writing and guides students through three complete writing projects with these exciting themes:

Hamburger Paragraphs – Students learn the structure of an informative paragraph and write about a friend.
All About Holidays – Explore writing with real-world connections and seasonal fun.
My Specialty: ____ – Students choose a hobby or interest and write an informative paragraph to teach others.

Each lesson supports students through the full writing process—brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing—while building confidence and writing fluency.

📘 What You’ll Get:

“I Can” Statements for student-friendly objectives
Daily Lesson Plans with mini-lessons, independent practice, and share time
TEKS & Common Core Standards alignment
Anchor Chart Materials for visual support
Graphic Organizers & Student Printables
Brainstorming Charts & Activities
Rough Draft Templates & Writing Paper
Focused Paragraph Writing Practice
Transition Words Activities
Revision Lessons using sentence structure, adjectives, and adverbs
Editing Lessons on vivid verbs and sentence variety
Simple & Compound Sentence Practice with Conjunctions
Close Editing Strategies for polished writing
Final Publishing Pages & Craftivity
Single Column Rubrics for easy grading
18 Informational Writing Prompts with display cards and journal strips

✍️ Write On Support Materials:

To help structure your writing block, we've included:

How to group students
Writing folder materials
Status of the class tracking tools
Writing templates
Goal-setting anchor chart pieces
Rubric usage guide
Writing block setup tips

By the end of this unit, your students will be paragraph pros—able to organize ideas, use transition words effectively, and publish polished pieces. Whether you're teaching in-person or online, everything you need is included to run a successful writing workshop!

Perfect for: 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade classrooms looking to build strong informational writing skills with low-prep, high-impact resources.

Meet the creators

Hope King

Founder & CEO, Get Your Teach On

Hope taught in the classroom for 13 years before co-founding Get Your Teach On with her husband, Wade. She co-created Magic of Math, Write On!, and Engagement Made Easy with Amy Lemons.

✓Taught grades 1st–6th
✓Master’s in Reading
✓Orton-Gillingham certified
✓Co-Author of The Wild Card

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Amy Lemons

Teacher & Curriculum Author

Amy started teaching in 2006 and spent most of her classroom years in 1st and 2nd grade. She has shared lessons and activities with teachers on her blog since 2011, built around hands-on activities and meaningful books.

✓Co-creator of Rooted in Reading, now serving K–3
✓Co-creator of Magic of Math and Write On! with Hope King
✓Taught 1st, 2nd, and 4th grade

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Write On: 2nd & 3rd Grade Informational Writing with Writing a Paragraph

Name: Write On: 2nd & 3rd Grade Informational Writing with Writing a Paragraph
Brand: Hope King and Amy Lemons
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Resource type: Lesson Plans Curriculum
Pages: 300
Grade levels: 2nd Grade 3rd Grade
Subjects: Writing
Included file types: PDF Zip
Created by: Hope King Amy Lemons
License: One teacher, one classroom
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