Informative Paragraph Writing

1st Grade ELAWriting4 pages

About this worksheet

Informative writing on this 1st grade sheet follows a Point, Evidence, Explain, Link frame, shown first with a frog model about webbed back feet. Students then explain how polar bears stay warm, using a fact box (thick fur, heavy fat, traps body heat) and four sentence starters. The owl task gives only a fact box of big eyes, see in the dark and spot tiny mice, and asks for the full structure. It spans 4 pages, links to Common Core W.1.2 and W.1.8, and includes model answers for both animals.

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Informative Paragraph Writing: Writing - page 1
Informative Paragraph Writing: Writing - page 2
Informative Paragraph Writing: Writing - page 3
Informative Paragraph Writing: Writing - page 4

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Curriculum objectives covered

W.1.2

“Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.”

Both tasks name a topic in the Point, give facts in Evidence and Explain, and close with the Link sentence.

W.1.8

“With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.”

Students pull their facts from the polar bear and owl fact boxes to answer each question.

What's inside this worksheet

Frog model

A worked example: frogs are built for water, they have webbed back feet, the feet work like flippers, so they swim fast.

Polar Bear Survival

Four sentence starters, from "Polar bears can live in _____" to "That is how polar bears _____", with the fact box to draw on.

Night Hunters

One open space for a four-part answer about how owls catch food at night, built from three facts.

Answer key

Model paragraphs for both animals, such as large eyes that let in more light to see mice.

How teachers use it

Color-code the model

Give each of the four parts of the frog model its own color as you read it aloud. Students then use the same colors on the polar bear frames.

Copy the starters

Without sentence starters, the owl task is a big jump. Many 1st graders need the polar bear starters copied onto the owl page the first time.

Science unit link

Use it during an animal adaptations unit. The fact boxes act as the source, so students practice taking facts from a text.

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