3rd Grade Writing-Essays Activities

Creative Writing Activities for 2nd, 3rd & 4th Grade! These picture prompts are ideal for practicing writing and critical thinking, using senses, adjectives, and adverbs. They will help your students improve their writing skills by analyzing each picture and using descriptive words to write about it.

Use these Nonfiction-themed writing picture prompts to help your students develop their creative writing skills! Students use descriptive words based on the picture provided. Engage your 2nd–4th graders with these creative writing prompts.

Perfect for Homeschooling: This resource is also great for homeschooling. It offers structured writing tasks to keep students actively engaged. It makes writing easier, allowing you to focus on students' growth rather than just busy work.

These fun writing prompts are perfect for elementary students. They can be used to evaluate writing abilities or as on-the-spot prompts. Each picture comes with question-doodle sense images to inspire creative writing.

Included:

⭐ 16 Picture prompts: Students use their senses to describe what they see, feel, smell, and hear and use adverbs and adjectives.

⭐ 16 Pictures: They are an integral part of the lesson, designed to enhance your understanding and engagement. You can save on ink by printing the pages without the pictures, but keep in mind that you might miss out on some visual cues.

⭐ 16 Images to display for whole groups during morning work, writing practice, or upload images to your digital platform.

⭐ Teacher's Tips

⭐ Print & Go Instructions

⭐ Teacher's Guide

⭐ Why

Perfect :

⭐ Morning Work

⭐ Early Finishers

⭐ Substitute

⭐ Test Prep

⭐ Quiz

⭐Assessment

More than just worksheets:

⭐ Fun and whimsical graphics to keep students engaged.

⭐ Engaging that makes learning fun

⭐ Comprehensive

⭐ Differentiated instruction to meet individual needs.

⭐ Easy-to-implement activities for busy teachers.

⭐ Alignment with Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for easy curriculum integration.

Ready to transform your reading lessons and empower your students? 

Don't delay – unlock the potential of your classroom with our Creative Writing Activities.

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Literacy Tales

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Are you a 3rd-6th grade struggling to create a routine for your writing literacy center? If so, this Writing Activities Year-Round Monthly Theme & Prompts can help you save time and reduce your preparation workload. Download and print it, place it in your writing center, and change it once a month. This set of writing prompts covers a full year, with topics aligned to each month.

This resource was created to help teachers push students beyond foundational skills, fostering a deeper appreciation and mastery of writing that prepares them for more rigorous academic challenges.

Why do you need this :

⭐ Save time Planning & Preparing

⭐ Change Your Writing Centers at the beginning of the month

(Once a Month) August -July

⭐ Collect and Have the data for admins & parents in one place

⭐ Cover all genres

⭐ Monitor Students writing success and challenges

⭐ Set Goals

⭐ Perfect for a Sub or last-minute writing activities

More work doesn’t = more learning.

Ensuring that the right resources are in the right place will save your sanity and help students succeed.

Included in this Writing Packet :

⭐ How To 

⭐ Students’ Directions 

⭐ 6 Writing prompts, 2 narratives, 2 Persuasive or opinion, & 2 Informational for each month of the year. From August to July 

⭐ A Monthly Letter Template 

⭐ A Monthly Newsletter Template. 

⭐ Rubric Templates

⭐ 3 months in assessment tips and guide 

⭐ 6 months in assessment tips and guide 

⭐ A monthly explanation for writing prompts will help teachers understand the use of each template. 

This resource: 

⭐ Alignes with Common Core Standards

⭐ Detailed answer keys for easy assessment only Maze

⭐ Printer-friendly design

⭐ Reinforce essential writing topics to prepare students for State Testing

Ready to transform your reading lessons and empower your students? 

Don't delay – unlock the potential of your classroom with our Test Prep Packet.

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Literacy Tales

Where Stories Come Alive✎

Boost your students' vocabulary and comprehension skills all year with our Prefix and Suffix Text Passage Bundle! This bundle, ideal for grades 5 to 7, includes engaging worksheets that highlight a variety of prefixes and suffixes. Each worksheet contains carefully crafted text passages featuring multiple words with the same affix, helping students recognize patterns and understand how prefixes and suffixes change word meanings.

Suffixes included: -able, -ible, -al, -ance, -ence, -ant, -ent, -ary, -dom, -er, -or, -ess, -ful, -hood, -ic, -ion, -ist, -ity, -ive, -less, -ment, -ness, -ous, -ship, and -ology.
Prefixes included: un-, re-, dis-, pre-, mis-, non-, over-, under-, inter-, sub-, super-, trans-, anti-, auto-, bi-, co-, ex-, fore-, multi-, and semi-.

Teachers can use these worksheets weekly for vocabulary practice, reading comprehension, warm-ups, or bell-ringer activities. This bundle is perfect for building students' word analysis skills, enhancing reading fluency, and expanding vocabulary knowledge throughout the year.

Your students will enjoy seeing how prefixes and suffixes shape language, and you’ll appreciate the convenience of having a comprehensive, all-in-one resource! Don’t forget to leave a review to let us know how this bundle has supported your classroom learning—your feedback helps us create even more engaging resources for you!

Help your students master CVC words with this ultimate bundles CVC Unscramble Sentences with short vowels Fix-It, Write-It, Cut-and-Paste, and Draw-It Worksheets! This resource is packed with engaging activities designed to improve early reading, writing, and sentence-building skills, perfect for kindergarten and 1st-grade learners.

Each worksheet includes:

• Unscramble Sentences featuring CVC words to practice correct word order.
• A Fix-It section where students correct capitalization and punctuation.
• A Write-It section for students to rewrite the sentence independently.
• A Cut-and-Paste activity where students cut out words and rearrange them into a complete sentence.
• A Draw-It activity that encourages students to draw a picture related to the unscrambled sentence.

These hands-on activities are great for literacy centers, independent work, or morning tasks. Your students will have fun while strengthening their understanding of CVC words and sentence structure!

Summer Writing Prompts Journal: Writing Challenge Activities for 3rd & 4th Grade:

This 30-Day Summer Writing Challenge for 3rd and 4th graders contains a variety of engaging writing material for your students. There are 30 different writing activities (2 sheets per activity, created to be copied back-to-back and bound into a writing journal, if you choose). For a total of 60 writing pages, you will see the following activities:

• 2 opinion essays
• 2 persuasive essays
• 2 descriptive writing activities
• 2 narrative writing activities
• 1 "how-to" essay
• 5 journal prompts
• 5 story starters
• 2 recipes activities
• 3 newspaper articles
• 1 packing list activity
• 2 book reports
• 1 biography
• 1 restaurant review
• 1 autobiography

These writing activities are purposeful, but fun. Students will find that completing all of them is challenging, but rewarding. Some teachers choose to stretch the challenge to 60 days so that students have 2 days to complete each activity. I also reward my students with a pizza lunch party if they complete the writing challenge (for the summer challenge, I plan the pizza party during the first or second week back to school).

NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

Are you a 1st or 2nd grade teacher? Please click below to find the summer writing challenge for your students. The format, content, and prompts will be more appropriate for your students:

• 30 DAY SUMMER WRITING CHALLENGE FOR 1st-2nd GRADE

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Persuasive Writing Prompts & Graphic Organizers: Opinion Writing Prompts

Say goodbye to boring persuasive writing prompts! These opinion writing prompts are FUN and ENGAGING for students!

These no-prep persuasive writing prompts worksheets are standards-aligned for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade.

This file includes the following:

• A brief overview of the purpose of persuasive writing on reference pages
• 24 persuasive writing prompts with built-in graphic organizers

NOTE: Each prompt includes a prewriting brainstorming map for students to identify their position or opinion, reasons for their opinion, evidence or examples, and evidence of thought about the opposite point of view. The second page (could be the back side if copied that way) of each persuasive writing prompt gives space for students to complete their persuasive writing essay.

NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL OPTION!

This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The digital portion instructions appear at the end of the packet.

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This engaging Adopt a Pal trendy activity designed specifically for upper elementary students grades 3-5. This captivating end-of-year adventure will have your students immersed in a world of storytelling and imagination using narrative writing. It's the perfect way to get your students excited about writing again. You can scaffold for your students by providing them writing prompt starters or choose the Create Your Own path and let them write a story from scratch. Everything you need is included and ready to use, just add a little but of student imagination. Beat the end of the year slump with a fun activity!

What's Included:

☑ Pal Booklet: A comprehensive guide for students to chronicle their Peep's unique journey.

☑ Black and White & Color Versions: Choose between black and white or vibrant color options.

☑ Narrative Prompts: Inspiring story starters to ignite creativity and enhance narrative skills.

☑ Narrative Planning Sheets: Differentiated Structured worksheets to aid students in organizing their Peep's story.

☑ Babysitting Ad Template: Craft a convincing ad to seek the ideal babysitter for their Peep.

☑ Birth Certificate: Personalize a birth certificate for their newly adopted Peep.

☑ "Coming Soon" Poster: Generate anticipation with a teaser poster for the Peep adoption event.

☑ Teacher Tips: Clear, concise guidance for teachers

This delightful activity was a resounding success in my own fourth-grade classroom, providing a fun and meaningful way to conclude the school year. Students will relish the opportunity to adopt and nurture their very own Pal character while refining vital writing and planning abilities.

Whether you seek an end-of-year project, a creative writing exercise, or a distinct classroom activity, "Adopt a Pal" is the ideal addition to your curriculum.

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