5th Grade Writing Activities (by rating)

Are you ready to dive into a world of gratitude this Thanksgiving season? By focusing on gratitude, we can improve our mood, strengthen our relationships, and even boost our creativity! These writing prompts are a great way to engage students with kindness and reflection for November.

Benefits of Thankful Writing Prompts

• Emotional Well-being: Focusing on gratitude can improve mood, reduce stress, and increase happiness.
• Improved Relationships: Expressing gratitude can strengthen bonds with loved ones and build deeper connections.
• Enhanced Self-Awareness: Reflecting on gratitude can help students identify their values and priorities.
• Increased Resilience: A grateful mindset can help students cope with challenges and setbacks.
• Boosted Creativity: Writing prompts spark imagination and encourage creative thinking.

What's Included:

1 journal prompt page

15 journal prompts (word bank included!)

6 pages of writing paper

Get Ready for Gratitude!

Students write, draw, and reflect as they explore many ways to express thankfulness. Let's make this a Thanksgiving filled with positivity and appreciation!

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

Inspira a tus estudiantes a reflexionar y a desarrollar su pensamiento crítico con Holocaust Manualidad, La Mariposa Monarca. Este recurso único permite a los estudiantes crear hermosas mariposas monarca, que sirven como conmovedor homenaje a las víctimas del Holocausto. Inspirada en el poderoso poema de Pavel Friedman y en el Proyecto Mariposa, esta actividad fomenta la exploración de la resiliencia, la esperanza y el recuerdo, ayudando a los estudiantes a conectar profundamente con este trágico capítulo de la historia.

Los maestros pueden integrar perfectamente esta actividad en sus clases. A medida que los estudiantes crean sus mariposas, se les pedirá que reflexionen sobre este evento, fomentando una comprensión más profunda del impacto del Holocausto. Mejora la participación en clase e inspira debates reflexivos con este significativo recurso.

Este recurso incluye:

• Mariposa Monarca, Versión Pequeña 
• Mariposa Monarca, Versión Grande
• Mariposa Monarca, Versión Vacía

¡Enseña a tus estudiantes más allá de los hechos!

Original Size: 14 x 8.5 in or 36 x 22 cm

This is a fun resource to be used on the first day of school and the last day of school. With key information, kids would be able to see how much they have grown and how much things have changed in 10 months!

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This Ultimate WHEN Question Bundle walks you through how to teach every type of WHEN question. Target Wh-Question language comprehension Goals by answering When Questions in the following ways: Time of the Day, Time on a Clock, Seasons, Holidays, Months, Days of the Week, Dates, Year, Cause & Effect, and more. Teaching scripts are included for the concepts that are tricky to explain. Teaching visuals can be paired with engaging task cards that were designed to elicit natural production of answers to all different WHEN questions.

The bundle includes Task Cards, No Prep Worksheets, Visuals, & Sentence Strips for the types of WHEN Question answers:

• Time of the Day - Morning, Afternoon, Night
• Time on a Clock
• Seasons
• Holidays
• Months
• Days of the Week
• Date
• Year
• Cause & Effect (using "when" in the answer)
• Before, After, While, During
• Past, Present, & Future Concepts
• Mixed Sentences

This resource was designed as a start-to-finish guide to teach all WHEN questions. Amazing resource for mixed groups and speech therapy/speech pathology observation. Wonderful ESL/ENL product to teach ELLs English Language Learners. Perfect for mixed speech therapy groups.

Fun way for students to practice writing conversations:

This Valentine's Day themed activity is a fun way to practice the writing conventions involved with writing conversations. Students will use the inspiration of Conversation Hearts to writes a conversation. They will practice writing with quotation marks and the conventions involved.

Students can also have the opportunity to practice oral presentations by using Conversation Hearts to create conversation. They will work with a partner to design and present a conversation.

Students will also be able to write a story using the Conversation Hearts as a starting point and using specific parameters.

**Bonus Activity** Drama class line reading activity.

What's included:

• Teacher instructions.
• Worksheets with student directions.
• Heart templates for student made Conversation Hearts.

How is this product useful:

• Low prep for teachers.
• Engaging approach to writing.
• Variety of approaches.

This is such a fun creative writing activity. This activity has students work in a small group to create a fun and unique story. They will be passing around their writing outline to their group of 5. The first student will choose a character and their characteristics. Then fold the paper down so the next student cannot see what they have written. Student 2 will decide the setting and then fold the paper down again. This will continue to student 3 and 4 where they will choose the conflict and the solution. Then the original student will get their paper back and open their paper and use their outline to create their own creative story. This makes the writing a little bit challenging as they try to create a story that was chosen by their fellow classmates. This can also be a super fun and creative way to expand students writing by stretching them a little outside their comfort zone.

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Valentine Coloring Sheets with Bonus Envelopes

Make Valentine’s Day extra fun and creative with this set of Valentine coloring sheets, complete with 2 bonus envelope designs! These festive coloring pages are perfect for students to decorate, personalize, and share with friends and family.

What’s Included:
18 Valentine-themed coloring pages featuring hearts, cute animals, and cheerful designs.
2 envelope templates to color and assemble, perfect for gifting cards or small notes.

Valentine Letter Template & Valentine Card Template

Make Valentine’s Day extra special with this creative and customizable Valentine Letter Template |Valentine Card Template! Perfect for classrooms, homeschool settings, or even at home, this resource allows students to express their creativity while crafting heartfelt messages for friends, family, or classmates.

What’s Included:
13 un and easy-to-color Valentine Card Template designs for personalized creations.

Valentine Dot to Dot Activity: Fun and Festive Classroom Engagement

Looking for a creative and low-prep way to celebrate Valentine’s Day in your classroom? This Valentine Dot to Dot is perfect for engaging students while practicing fine motor skills, number sequencing, and creativity. Designed for all ages, this resource combines a dot to dot worksheet with optional coloring or dot marker fun, making it a versatile and exciting addition to your Valentine’s Day plans!

What’s Included:
❤️ 4- Valentine-themed dot to dot worksheet revealing a surprise image.
❤️ 4 - coloring or dot marker option to bring the artwork to life.
❤️ Festive, student-friendly designs that fit perfectly into any classroom setting.

Do you need paperless morning meeting slides or paperless morning work that is engaging, raises academic achievement levels, and lowers behavioral issues?

This bundle includes

1. Morning Meeting Questions (180 slides)

2. Picture of The Day (180 slides)

3. Video of The Day (60 slides)

Morning Meeting Question Slides

What I do each morning is display one morning meeting question slide. Every student responds and we have a discussion. These are higher-order questions that inspire thought-provoking answers. Additionally, I have built strong meaningful relationships with these slides!

"Higher-order questions put advanced cognitive demand on students. They encourage students to think beyond literal questions."

Picture of The Day Slides

We use a picture of the day every morning during our morning meeting routine. The slides are projected on our screen for all students to see. Students are asked to infer, visualize, synthesize, and create connections with the picture. Looking closely at a picture is an important reading skill for students to develop to create inferences about what they are reading. 

Additionally, the Picture of The Day can be used for writing prompts or centers. Students can look at the picture and write a story based on the picture. 

This is also an excellent resource to use with your remote learners as well. You could assign one or more slides to their learning management system for morning meetings and writing or reading activities. 

“Morning Meeting is an engaging way to start each day, build a strong sense of community, and set children up for success socially and academically.” -Responsive Classroom

“Morning meetings are an excellent way to help students transition from home to school and help them get ready to learn. In addition, these meetings can help you connect with your students, help students build relationships with each other, and promote an overall sense of community in the classroom.” -Centervention

Video of The Day Slides

The Video of The Day is on PowerPoint and can be used every morning during your Morning Meeting routine. All you have to do is bring up the PowerPoint each morning and play the video on the slide. There are 60 EDITABLE and DIVERSE videos! This is part 1 of 3, and part 2 and part 3 have numerous editable videos as well! If you would rather use a different video one day, you can delete the video and add your own! 

Students will infer, visualize, synthesize, and create connections with the videos.  Looking closely at a video is an important reading skill for students to develop to create inferences about what they are watching. Therefore, the inferences they are creating about the videos will lead to connections and inferences within their reading texts. Students who practice those skills outside of reading will most likely utilize those same skills while reading. You will need to teach students how to do that throughout the school year with the PowerPoint. 

Additionally, The Video of The Day can be used for writing prompts or centers. Students can view the video and write a story based on the video. The students may also write predictions on what they think would happen next if the video continued.  

This is also an excellent resource to use with your remote learners as well. You could assign one or more slides to their learning management system for morning meetings and writing or reading activities. 

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Looking for a No-Prep Christmas/Winter Activity with Color and Black/White options? Check out this Let's Build a Snowglobe Craft, Writing and Hands-on-Activity that's perfect for Toddler Age thru 5th Grade. There are **9 Pre-designed Snowglobes **for students to choose or they have the option to create their own with the 100+ Christmas Elements provided.

This Snowglobe quick activity will be great for your December Hallway bulletin boards or to display in the classroom. Students can complete the Christmas Winter craft and then go more in depth with Enhancing their Fine Motor Skills by adding on the Writing Page/Paper that is included. The writing page is open so You or the Student choose the Prompt, Theme or Story. By using the 2 writing pages ( 1 in Color, 1 in Black/White) students Boost their confidence in their writing abilities and also Improve Letter Alignment/Spacing and Formation all while they are having fun.

Have a Toddler or Pre_K-er, this Craft Hands on Activity would be perfect for them to get in the Holiday spirit. Turn this resource into a Felt Board,File Folder or Mat activity for them by adding some Velcro and let them design their own snow globes multiple times over and over.

What's Included

Color

2 Blank Snowglobes

• 1 Snowglobe Blank w/Perforated cut line to cut and glue to writing paper
• 1 Snowglobe Blank for Cut/Glue/Paste or Velcro/Felt Board

11 Pages of Perforated Colored Christmas Element Designs

1 Writing Page

2 Pages of Colored Perforated Snowglobe Phrases

Black/White

2 Blank Snowglobes

• 1 Snowglobe Blank w/Perforated cut line to cut and glue to writing paper
• 1 Snowglobe Blank for Cut/Glue/Paste or Velcro/Felt Board

8 Pages of Perforated black/white Christmas Element Designs

1 Writing Page

2 Pages of black/white Perforated Snowglobe Phrases

Resource is Perfect for

• Literacy Stations
• Morning Baskets
• File Folders
• Toddler Mats
• Substitute Folders
• Centers
• Writing a Story
• Early Finishers

Recommend

• Printing on Cardstock for Durability
• Laminate for Durability (For Toddler and PreK Mats/Felt Board)

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These summer Reading Passages with comprehension multiple choice questions and answer keys are designed to help students in grades 3 and 4 retain their reading abilities and foster a love for learning. They are also suitable for 5th-grade students.

The passages, accompanied by thought-provoking questions, offer a valuable learning tool for both teachers and students during the summer holidays.

Engaging in reading comprehension activities during the summer will help students retain and strengthen their reading skills. It will also prevent the "summer slide" and allow them to confidently enter the next grade level.

Download this product to keep your students engaged during the summer holiday.

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Get ready for a frightfully fun and educational Halloween Scavenger Hunt designed specifically for 3rd graders! This interactive activity combines spooky excitement with learning opportunities. Kids will embark on a thrilling hunt around the room to uncover Halloween-themed fun facts, engage in reading, writing, and listening activities, and enjoy a fang-tastic time.

What's Included:

1. Halloween Scavenger Hunt Clues

• Spooky Riddles and Clues: A set of Halloween-themed riddles and clues that lead to different stations or spots around the room. Each clue reveals a fun fact about Halloween, monsters, or seasonal traditions.

1. Fact Cards

• Learn and Discover: Fact cards featuring intriguing and age-appropriate Halloween-related facts. Each card includes a question or prompt to encourage kids to read, write, and reflect on the information they find.

1. Activity Sheets

• Engaging Challenges: Printable worksheets with tasks such as fact-finding, writing down interesting details, and answering questions related to the Halloween facts they uncover during the scavenger hunt.

How It Works:

1. Setup: Decorate the room with Halloween props and set up the scavenger hunt stations.
2. Hunt Begins: Give each group of students the first clue and let them start their search.
3. Discover and Learn: At each station, students will read fact cards, listen to audio clips, and complete activity sheets.
4. Completion: Once all facts are uncovered and activities are completed, kids return to the starting point for a spooky celebration and receive their prize certificates.

If your students loved reading Kwame Alexander's The Crossover, they need to see the new Disney+ series! As teachers, we want our students to be engaged, even when they are watching a film. With this resource, students will be challenged to think critically about the text and film in a variety of ways including comparing and contrasting, evaluating director decisions, and tracking character development across the series.

This resource includes:

• A double-sided handout for episode 6
• This handout contains:
• One do now question, three discourse questions, compare and contrast section, and two rigorous writing tasks in DOK 3 or 4 and Bloom's Taxonomy Evaluate/Analyze categories.
• This handout contains a teacher-facing answer key with answers students may write about.

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Narrative writing just got fun! Challenge students to write a story about a silent bunny who can only speak on Easter Day. Encourage them to develop the plot, characters, and setting to create a captivating tale.

⭐Narrative Writings:

Earth Layers

Turkey Escaped Dinner

Trapped in a Snow Globe

Snowman Came to Life**⭐**

⭐More for Easter:

Rename Fractions | Easter/Spring Bunnies**⭐**

Don't forget to share with me how it went with your little ones. I hope it was useful in your classroom.

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This fun and engaging craft is a great way to teach Grades 2-5 about the life and accomplishments of George Washington Carver, a brilliant scientist and inventor who made many important contributions to agriculture and science.

Perfect for Black History Month or any time of year, this craft engages your students in learning about this important figure.

Students will create their own George Washington Carver craft using simple materials like paper, scissors, and glue and write about him choosing any of the six different writing prompts.

Help your students develop their writing skills with this adorable addition to your classroom bulletin board or hallway display!

What’s Included:

▪︎ George Washington Carver template

▪︎ Peanut template × 6 writing prompts

▪︎ Writing template

▪︎ Answer key to All about G.W. Carver

Just print, make and write!

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October Writing Journal: Daily Prompts Inspired by Special Observances

Engage your 3rd-grade students with this creative October Writing Journal, designed to inspire their imaginations while celebrating special observances throughout the month! This comprehensive worksheet includes daily writing prompts that align with both popular holidays and lesser-known observances, encouraging students to explore their thoughts and creativity.

Each day features a unique prompt that connects to a specific observance, such as National Homemade Cookies Day or Halloween, inviting students to write about their favorite treats, share personal experiences, or create imaginative stories. With a mix of fun and meaningful topics, this journal not only enhances writing skills but also fosters critical thinking and self-expression.

Perfect for classroom use, homework assignments, or individual creative projects, this worksheet will provide hours of engaging writing activities that celebrate the spirit of October. Encourage your students to share their stories and reflections, making this a memorable month of writing!

Did you know that the Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the world? Learn more about the Sahara Desert in this comprehensive reading comprehension Google lesson.

This product is so easy to use and has practically no prep:

1. Read the book
2. Print the 9-page template
3. Review the no-prep reading comprehension Google lesson with a built-in reward system (students LOVE this feature!)
4. Fill out the book report template based on the reading comprehension review as a group or independent work/homework

The template pages include (and are reviewed in the digital Google lesson):

• book title info
• rating & review
• vocabulary
• facts
• the land (animals & landmarks)
• key information (capital, population, languages, climate, agriculture, natural resources, politicians)
• what I learned
• questions I have
• historic events
• draw a map

Love,

Teacher Bethanie

Learners will unleash their creativity with our Design Your Own Board Game learning resource. This resource is the perfect tool for encouraging creativity, actively engaging learners, or wrapping up a unit with a fun project. This resource provides step by step guidance over 10 days of learning to help research, brainstorm, outline, and design your very own board game.

This resource includes:

• 2 Game Research Tools
• 3 Game Brainstorming Tools
• 6 Game Design Tools
• Over 15 Game Design Templates

When and how to use it:

• Small group work
• Individual Learning
• One on One guided lessons

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Includes prompts for writing informative and argumentative essays. Also includes writing powerpoints, outlines, and rubrics

Leaf Shape Book

Includes a front cover, middle section with primary handwriting lines, and back cover. (3 pages total)

Print as many middle pages as needed for your book. Use the back side(s) for illustrations. Decorate, cut out, and assemble your book!

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