Writing Activities

  • Daily Journals (see our worksheet pages for journal ideas and calenders).

  • Summarize a story.

  • Daily News--Write about the events that occurred throughout the school day.

  • Observations around them.

  • Picture Prompts--Use pictures to create a story.

  • Authoring Books

  • Message Writing--to other students, to teacher, or parents.

  • Edit Sentences-- Editing sentences for concepts learned in class

  • Book Reports

  • Daily Word Problems for Math

  • Word Wall or Spelling Activities

  • Story Starters

  • Comic Strips--Fill in what the characters are saying.
  • Writing Packets with themes and key words
  • Pen Pals-- Write letters to another class.
  • Story Responses--Respond to reading story or a trade book.
  • Making Lists
  • Scientific Method/Lab Reports
  • Online Publishing Websites for Kids
  • Poetry
  • Coded Messages
  • Round Robin Writing--Students create and add to stories as they are passed around.
  • Want Ads
  • Emails
  • Wonder Books --Children keep a notebook of things they wonder about.
  • Comic Strips
  • Scripts (TV, movie, play)
  • Speeches
  • Advertisements
  • Recipe
  • Directions
  • Greeting Cards
  • Biographies
  • Invitation
  • Newspaper article
  • Weather Report
  • TV Commercials

Go to our writing worksheets section for free worksheets!

 

 

 

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