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Use the excitement of Halloween to engage your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students in opinion writing! Choose one or more of the Halloween-themed opinion writing prompts below to have your students celebrate Halloween in an educational way. There are prompt ideas that are specific to Halloween, as well as October-themed prompts for the schools or classrooms that do not …
Looking for some engaging upper elementary writing ideas for those first few days and weeks of school? These back to school writing activities and prompts are great for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students.1. Back to School Opinion Writing PromptsYour upper elementary students will need plenty of practice with opinion writing this year, so why not start practicing the first …
Back to school season offers opportunities for some engaging opinion writing and is a great way to collect a writing sample from your new 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Use the back to school opinion writing prompts below as inspiration. If you find that your upper elementary students are lacking some opinion writing skills, these opinion writing tips and …
Get your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students eager and excited to write with this fun, no prep descriptive writing activity idea that can be used any time of year! Not only will your students be motivated to complete their own writing, but they will also enjoy hearing their peers share their writing!A Fun Descriptive Writing Prompt for 3rd, 4th, …
The compare and contrast writing prompt ideas below will help keep your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students engaged with essay writing. Topic ideas for comparing and contrasting are endless, but some prompts appeal to upper elementary students more than others. Below, you’ll find general writing prompt ideas that can be used at any time and do not require much …
The end of the year offers opportunities for some engaging opinion writing! Have 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students reflect on the school year while practicing their writing skills. Use the EOY opinion writing prompts below as inspiration. If your students are still struggling with opinion writing, then these opinion writing tips and paragraph frames can help provide scaffolding. 1. Favorite …
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students while sneaking in some fun writing practice with one of the 9 ideas below. It’s a win-win for students and teachers!1. Write a LimerickSt. Patrick’s Day is an ideal time to teach your upper elementary students about limericks. This fun poem is believed to be named after Limerick, …
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students while sneaking in some fun writing practice with one of the 11 ideas below. It’s a win-win for students and teachers!1. Write ComplimentsWhat better way to encourage kindness around Valentine’s Day than by having students write kind words and compliments to each other? And as an added bonus, this …
Need some low prep activities before Thanksgiving Break? Providing your students with some engaging Thanksgiving writing prompts is a great way to keep students learning while minimizing your prep. Thanksgiving covers a variety of topics – from turkeys, to thankfulness, to the relationship between Native Americans and the first European settlers. No matter what your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade …