Help students write with confidence using prompts, sentence frames, planners and crafts that give them something real to write about.
This category covers opinion writing, journal prompts, errorless writing for special education, research projects, gratitude writing, Write the Room centers and creative writing crafts. Many include two or three levels so every writer can join in.
30 resources in this category
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Created byActivity ExpressA Thanksgiving hot cocoa gratitude craft for K–5: 4 mug designs, leveled marshmallow writing, talk cards, writing pages and a bulletin board kit.
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Created byActivity Express75 K–2 writing prompts across 25 year-round themes: narrative, opinion and informative, with picture word banks, directed drawings and two levels.
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Created byActivity ExpressRun a nonpartisan class election in K–5: polling place signs, voter ID cards, secret ballots, 3 levels of graphing, opinion writing and reflection pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressK–3 students make a Talking Spoon and a Thankful Table Talk Book with 12 family prompts to take home for Thanksgiving. English and Spanish family pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressA K–2 Thanksgiving turkey fold-out craft that opens to 4 hidden gratitude writing boxes, with 3 writing levels, GRATEFUL feathers and talk cards.
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Created byActivity ExpressA K–3 citizenship craft and mini unit: Good Citizen Tree with 8 behavior leaves, 3 writing levels, scenario cards, sorts and a class bulletin board.
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Created byActivity ExpressHalloween figurative language for grades 3–5: 7 types, anchor posters, 28 practice pages, 28 task cards, an original poem, flip book and quiz.
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Created byActivity ExpressA K–3 Halloween read aloud with the story included: 8 leveled reading responses, 2 flip book crafts, 4 writing prompts, word work and shadow science.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Halloween narrative writing workshop for grades 2–5: 48 story cards, 8 anchor charts, a mentor text, planners, word banks, rubric and publishing pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressA 6-week RACES constructed response unit for grades 3–5: 30 original passages, mini-lessons, organizers, rubrics and model answers for every lesson.
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Created byActivity ExpressA no-tech escape room for grades 6–8: an original dystopian story and four locks on comprehension, plot, characterization and theme.
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Created byActivity ExpressA collaborative K–5 Thanksgiving wreath: 2 wreath sizes, 8 card designs, thankful and kindness writing cards, 24 kindness ideas and a family mini-wreath.
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Created byActivity ExpressA PreK–2 Thanksgiving wreath craft: 9 fall gratitude pieces, 2 wreath sizes, 3 writing levels, a brainstorm page and 8 circle-time conversation cards.
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Created byActivity ExpressA 1-week bat unit for PreK–2nd: leveled reading, vocabulary cards, echolocation, bat life cycle, bats vs birds sort, writing, graphing and two bat crafts.
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Created byActivity ExpressAll About Me for PreK–K: 2 class books, an 8-page mini book, 5 class graphs, shoe and hand measuring, body crafts, 12 circle time cards and a 2-week plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Disguise a Turkey family project for PreK–5: English and Spanish letters, 3 templates, leveled K–5 writing, gallery walk, voting ballots and awards.
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Created byActivity ExpressSix fall disguise crafts for PreK–2: pumpkin, apple, acorn, maple leaf, pinecone and ghost, each with a template, sentence frames and story writing.
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Created byActivity ExpressOriginal fall read-aloud, Nutmeg's Leaf Bed, with a lift-the-leaf hedgehog retell craft in 12 versions, vocabulary, writing and a 5-day plan for PreK–2.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Halloween sentence building center for K–1: 72 Who?, Did What? and Where? picture cards, 6 recording sheets and 12 scrambled sentences.
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Created byActivity Express12 Halloween errorless journal prompts in 3 levels for special education and emergent writers, with picture symbols, tracing, cut and glue and IEP data.
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Created byActivity ExpressHalloween PBL for grades 3–5: students design a haunted house with area and perimeter, a budget, graphs, persuasive letters and a 3D fold-up model.
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Created byActivity Express7 holiday Write the Room sets for PreK–1st, Halloween to Earth Day: 12 picture word cards each, 5 differentiated recording sheets and a seated word chart.
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Created byActivity Express24 November writing prompts for K–2 in two levels: narrative, opinion, informational, how-to and letter writing, with word banks and I Can checklists.
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Created byActivity Express30 Wonder Question Cards for grades 3–6 with organizers, a source checklist, mini report, presentation planner and rubric for quick research projects.
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Created byActivity ExpressA free Halloween roll and draw for K–5: two leveled charts, a monster drawing mat, descriptive and persuasive writing, a partner game and a class graph.
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Created byActivity ExpressStudents decorate a spoon, families pass it at Thanksgiving dinner with 24 gratitude cards, then send back a reflection. PreK–5, color and low-ink PDFs.
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Created byActivity ExpressStudents fill THANKFUL or GRATEFUL bubble letters with words, sentences or drawings. Leveled K–5 writing, a 3-day plan and giant bulletin board letters.
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Created byActivity ExpressA free Thanksgiving thankful tree for K–5: 3 tree templates, 4 leaf pages, 24 prompt cards, leveled gratitude writing and a giant class tree display.
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Created byActivity Express40 Would You Rather opinion writing prompts in two levels for K–3, with OREO organizer, sentence starters, linking words poster, rubric and 4-week plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressFive original Halloween read-aloud stories for 1st and 2nd grade with comprehension, vocabulary and writing activities and a 5-week plan. No books needed.
A K–5 guide to gratitude writing that starts with talk: Think-Pair-Share, brainstorming, leveled writing, buddy classes and a cozy November display.
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How to teach young writers all three writing types in K–2, with drawing, word banks, sentence starters, a weekly routine and simple rubrics.
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Plan a fair, nonpartisan class election in K–5: teach voting vocabulary, set up a polling place, cast secret ballots, graph results and write opinions.
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Help K–3 students take turns, listen and share gratitude at home: a talking object routine, family prompts, bilingual tips and a 5-day plan.
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A K–2 guide to Thanksgiving gratitude writing in three levels: drawing, one word and because sentences, plus planning, folding tips and a week plan.
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A K–3 guide to teaching citizenship: what a good citizen does, scenario talks, sorting at home, school and community, leveled writing and a 3-day plan.
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