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Writing Prompts Teaching Resources

Unlock writing prompts for kids ready to use in your classroom! Designed by teachers and carefully curated by our expert teacher team, these writing prompts spur kids' creativity and help them develop their skills as young writers! This collection of teacher-created writing resources includes writing prompt examples, writing prompt templates, and options for teachers throughout elementary school, including (but not limited to!):

2nd grade writing prompts
3rd grade writing prompts
4th grade writing prompts
5th grade writing prompts
6th grade writing prompts

Find examples to help students with opinion, argumentative, and narrative writing, holiday-inspired writing templates, and more resources available to print or download.

What Is a Writing Prompt?

A writing prompt introduces a writing topic for kids and helps students to focus their writing. Designed to spark students' interest in a particular topic, every writing prompt in this teacher resource collection was written to encourage students to stretch their writing muscles and write thoughtfully and creatively.

32 of 123 teaching resources for those 'aha' moments

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Sloth Story Starters - Animal Writing Prompts

Help students get over writers’ block with these cute sloth-themed writing prompts.

1 page Grades: 1 - 5
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Using Descriptive Adjectives - Tree Sloth Writing Prompt

Help your struggling writers build their skills with a descriptive paragraph prompt worksheet about tree sloths.

1 page Grades: 2 - 4
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Groundhog Day Writing Craftivity

Celebrate Groundhog Day in the classroom and show off your predictions with a printable Groundhog Day Craft.

5 pages Grades: K - 2
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St. Patrick's Day Writing Prompt Worksheets

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and write imaginative stories using a collection of narrative writing prompts.

1 page Grades: K - 2
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Valentine's Day Persuasive Writing - Resource Pack

Write some really “sweet” Valentine’s Day essays with our differentiated Persuasive - Opinion Writing Essay pack.

1 page Grades: 2 - 3
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Valentine's Day - Writing a Personal Narrative Resource Pack

Boost your students’ “sweet” writing skills with a Valentine’s Day Narrative Writing essay pack.

1 page Grades: 2 - 3
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Valentine's Day Informational Writing - Writing Prompt Activity Pack

Sweeten up your informational writing lessons with a Valentine’s Day Informational Essay pack.

1 page Grades: 2 - 3
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Soccer vs. Football -Differentiated Paired Passage Worksheets

Differentiate reading instruction with nonfiction texts, compare and contrast activities, and response to text writing opportunities.

5 pages Grades: 3 - 5
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Abraham Lincoln - 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Pack

Celebrate Presidents' Day and discover the accomplishments of Abraham Lincoln with a printable reading comprehension activity pack for 3rd grade and up.

14 pages Grades: 3 - 5
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Spring Writing Prompts for Beginning Writers

Celebrate a new season with Spring writing worksheets for primary grades.

1 page Grades: PK - 1
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Presidents' Day Writing Prompts

Celebrate Presidents’ Day and your growing writers with writing worksheets for Kindergarten and first grade.

10 pages Grades: K - 2
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Ocean Animals Report - Crab Writing Template

Research, write and create a crab report with a printable crab-themed animal report template.

4 pages Grades: 1 - 3
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Natural Resources – Journal Task Cards

Integrate science and writing while responding to specific scenarios regarding natural resources with this set of 24 journal task cards.

13 pages Grades: 3 - 4
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MLK Writing Prompts - Sentence Starter Task Cards

Reflect on the concepts explored near Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with these 15 Martin Luther King writing prompts.

5 pages Grades: 1 - 4
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Groundhog Day for Kids - Writing Prompts

Celebrate Groundhog Day and write imaginative stories using a collection of Groundhog Day writing prompts.

1 page Grades: 2 - 4
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Write About It! What Happens on Groundhog Day?

Bring the holidays into your writing instruction with a set of Groundhog Day worksheets for Kindergarten and First Grade.

1 page Grades: K - 1
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St. Patrick's Day Writing Prompts and Word Wall

Help your young students learn and write about St. Patrick’s Day with an illustrated word wall and writing prompts.

1 page Grades: K - 2
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Memorial Day Writing Center

Help your young students understand the meaning of Memorial Day with a vocabulary lesson and Memorial Day writing prompts.

1 page Grades: K - 2
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Opinion Writing Anchor Chart

A poster for younger students using simpler language to introduce them to opinion writing.

1 page Grades: 1 - 6
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New Year Writing - Story Starters

Inspire your students to write creatively with a set of 24 New Year’s writing prompts for kids.

1 page Grades: 1 - 3
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Halloween vs. Dia de Los Muertos - Differentiated Paired Passages

Integrate reading, writing, and celebration of world cultures with differentiated paired passages comparing Halloween and Dia de los Muertos.

1 page Grades: 3 - 5
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How to Carve a Pumpkin - Accordion Book

Get crafty and inspire potential pumpkin carvers to write with a “How to Carve a Pumpkin” accordion book.

1 page Grades: K - 2
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Morning Affirmations for Kids - Writing Worksheets

Complete and read aloud these positive affirmations for kids.

1 page Grades: PK - 2
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If I Were a Sloth... - Writing and Craft Activity

Excite your students to write with this super cute sloth-themed imaginative writing prompt.

2 pages Grades: K - 1
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Fairy Tales Word Wall Vocabulary

Build vocabulary and inspire fairy tale writing with sixty-eight fairy tale-themed vocabulary cards.

1 page Grades: K - 3
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Write About It! Winter Sentence Builder Pack

Differentiate writing instruction in primary grades with a group of leveled informational writing prompts about winter

1 page Grade: K
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How to Decorate a Christmas Tree - Kindergarten Writing Worksheet

Practice kindergarten writing skills with a Christmas procedural writing prompt.

1 page Grades: K - 2
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Christmas Writing - Story Starter Cards

Inspire your students to write creatively with a set of 30 Christmas writing prompts for kids.

1 page Grades: 2 - 5
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Winter Writing Prompts for Beginning Writers

Celebrate winter and your growing writers with Winter writing worksheets for Kindergarten and first grade.

1 page Grades: K - 1
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Write About It! Pumpkins - Differentiated Writing Prompts

Differentiate writing instruction in primary grades with a group of leveled fall writing prompts about pumpkins.

1 page Grades: K - 1
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Spring Writing Prompts for Beginning Writers

Celebrate Spring and encourage creativity with Spring writing worksheets for Kindergarten and first grade.

1 page Grades: K - 1
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Christmas Writing Prompts for Beginning Writers

Celebrate Christmas time and practice those writing skills with your young sentence writers.

1 page Grades: K - 1