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Daily Journals (see our
worksheet pages for journal ideas and calenders).
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Summarize a story.
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Daily News--Write about the
events that occurred throughout the school day.
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Observations around them.
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Picture Prompts--Use pictures
to create a story.
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Authoring Books
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Message Writing--to other
students, to teacher, or parents.
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Edit Sentences-- Editing sentences for concepts
learned in class
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Book Reports
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Daily Word Problems for Math
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Word Wall or Spelling Activities
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Story Starters
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Comic Strips--Fill in what the characters are
saying.
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Writing Packets with themes and key words
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Pen
Pals-- Write letters to another class.
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Story Responses--Respond to reading story or a trade
book.
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Making
Lists
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Scientific Method/Lab Reports
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Online
Publishing Websites for Kids
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Poetry
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Coded
Messages
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Round Robin Writing--Students create and add to
stories as they are passed around.
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Want
Ads
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Emails
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Wonder Books --Children keep a notebook of things
they wonder about.
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Comic
Strips
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Scripts (TV, movie, play)
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Speeches
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Advertisements
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Recipe
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Directions
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Greeting Cards
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Biographies
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Invitation
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Newspaper article
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Weather Report
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TV
Commercials
