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Help your early writers find immediate success in writing with these scaffolded writing activities. This download includes: 7 writing prompts for any time of yearpetsmy friendon a tripthe weatherhelping at homemy favorite toymy favorite booksentence starters for each promptpicture frames for illustrationssimple, labeled illustrations for visual supportPLUS 8 blank writing pages with lines and frames for illustrations

Looking for something quick, fun, and digital to get your students engaged? Get your day/lesson started with these interactive Pear Deck slides. There are 40 unique activities that work best for students in grades 3-6, but there are plenty of activities that work for any age and ability.. You will need the Pear Deck extension for the interactive features. Alternatively, you can project these slides for a whole group activity or print them.

These 5 journal prompts are perfect for beginning writers! There are 5 sets of labeled illustrations accompanied by journal templates that include sentence starters. How to use this product: Use alone or pair with a mentor text (some ideas of texts listed below)Project or display the illustrations. Students use the illustrations and labels to complete their journal template pages.Included Templates: 1. Food ("I like ___. I do not like___.") Suggested Mentor Text: Creepy Carrots2. Community ("Th

This middle/upper grades activity is a great for a brain break or for getting to know students likes and tastes at the beginning of the year. Each student gets a chance to highlight what they personally find to be beautiful. It makes for a great class discussion as students find similarities and contrasts with their classmates choices. Student Directions: Find a slide and type your name on it. Find images for each category to show your aesthetic, or what you judge to be beautiful.

This is a great, no-prep activity for newcomer multilingual students of any age or middle-elementary students. Perfect for sub plans! First, students look for items around the class for objects that begin with teach letter of the alphabet. Then, students write sentences using the objects with the goal of stretching their writing to include as many details as possible.

Get your students engaged with these interactive Pear Deck slides.  For more, check out my other TPT listing, 40 Pear Deck Brain Breaks and Bellringers.

Visual to support writer's understanding of how time is divided up in the writer's workshop model

Perfect visual to display in your classroom or school library!

This poster/visual is a great addition to your writing/reading class walls! It reminds students of the importance of how both subjects are critical parts of our lives.