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Picture Prompt: Penguins and Christmas Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
What happens when penguins put up a Christmas tree? Only your students know for sure, since they're the ones writing the story! A picture of penguins around a Christmas tree is sure to inspire even your most reluctant writers to begin,...
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Join The Circus

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this literacy learning exercise, students use a picture and word bank to draw a picture depicting what they would like to do in the circus, then write about it.
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The Four Friends

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy learning exercise, students color in the picture and then respond to the short writing prompt about working together and friendship.
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Write a Story

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this creative writing worksheet, students write a story about the picture on the worksheet of a boy chasing a frog.
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Picture Prompt: Valentine Mice

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students write the story after seeing the picture of one mouse giving a Valentine to another mouse. They provide the title, as well as the beginning, middle, and end of the story. A text box allows teachers to type in preferred words,...
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Silly Stories

For Students Pre-K - 4th Standards
Young writers get a jump start on story telling by selecting a plot, a setting, and multiple character cards and then use these basic elements to create a tale.
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I'm Afraid of the Dark

For Students K - 2nd
In this writing instructional activity, students read a story starter which asks them to recall a time they were afraid of the dark. Students write the story telling of their experience.
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My Pumpkin Patch

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this literacy activity, students practice writing about the subject of harvest and pumpkins. They also color in the picture.
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Where Will Skaterdog Go Next?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Skaterdog is going somewhere, all right - but where? Engage your students' interest with this activity, which allows them to write Skaterdog's story in two modalities: first, as a three-pane comic strip, and then in a three-line story.
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Young Writers Workshop

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Easter writing worksheet, students will write a short story about Betty and her Easter basket. The first sentence and blank writing lines are provided.
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My Pet!

For Students K - 2nd
Furry friends are a big part of kids' lives, and here, they can be immortalized in pictures and stories. Give your students a chance to draw and color their pets - real or pretend - and then write a short sentence about them.
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Pirate Adventure: Story Starter

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this creative writing worksheet, students first read a short story starter about a pirate adventure. Students finish the story on the lines provided.
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Finish the Snowman: Tell the Story

For Students K - 3rd
Using pictures and words young writers create a story about a snowman decorated with "funny things."
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The Magic Egg

For Students 2nd - 5th
A butterfly? A dragon? A golden fairy? Young writers create a tale about a magic egg, its contents, and what happens next. No yoke.
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My Restaurant Visit

For Students K - 3rd
Young writers recount their visit to a restaurant, describing where they went, what they ate, and who was in the party.
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Thanksgiving Traditions

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Everyone celebrates traditions in different ways. Young writers share the ways their families celebrate Thanksgiving with a journal writing prompt and discussion activity.
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Creative Writing Picture Prompt - Aliens

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this creative writing worksheet, students examine a picture prompt of an alien and a frog prince. They write a story about the picture.
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Magic Seeds

For Students K - 2nd
In this Language Arts learning exercise, students color in a picture of flowerpot. Students also write a story or description about the illustration.
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Marc Chagall

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students are asked to draw a picture from their imagination. They are then to synthesize writing about their picture and write on the lines provided.
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Paul Gauguin

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts instructional activity, students read a story starter, write a story and illustrate it. The topic is where students would like to live if they could live anywhere.
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My Hiding Place

For Students K - 2nd
For this writing worksheet, students read a story starter that asks if they have a special hiding place. Students write the story and illustrate it.
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The Summer Fun Summer Learning Poetry Unit

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
Focus on poetry this summer to enhance those comprehension, fluency, and language skills with a set of resources intended to explore different types of poetry, specifically lyric poetry. The daily activities contain differentiation ideas...
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Starting Something New

For Students K - 2nd
Students write a short composition about learning something new that is hard to do after reviewing the nouns, verbs, prepositions, adjectives, and conjunctions in a picture-word bank.
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Picture Prompt: Kids by the Creek

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students finish the story in this picture prompt, which shows two kids fishing by a creek. The prompt lends well to creative writing, as well as autobiographical writing. A word box allows teachers to type words that they want students...