Paragraph of the Week | Informative Writing Routine | Grades 3-5 | Print + Google Slides

Teach students to write a strong informative paragraph, one step at a time. Paragraph of the Week is a LOW PREP, 10-week writing routine for grades 3-5. Every week follows the same five-day plan, and every paragraph follows the SOAR structure: State your topic, Offer details, Add examples, Restate and wrap up.

What's included

• 10 weekly prompts, each with an original color-coded mentor paragraph
• 50 daily student pages: Monday plan, Tuesday topic sentence, Wednesday details and transitions, Thursday conclusion and revising checklist, Friday final copy with self-score
• 4 anchor charts: SOAR paragraph, transition words, topic sentence starters, CUPS editing
• 4-point rubric and class tracking sheet
• Google Slides version (72 slides): typing boxes for every day, put-the-paragraph-in-order drag activities, and build-a-sentence word tiles

Standards: W.3.2, W.4.2, W.5.2 (a-e), W.3.5-W.5.5, L.3.2-L.5.2.

Format: printable PDF (69 pages) + PowerPoint file that opens in Google Slides. License: one classroom.

Designed by a classroom teacher and instructional coach. Illustrations are created with AI tools; all content is written and reviewed for standards alignment and classroom use.