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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 122 teaching resources for those 'aha' moments

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Boston Tea Party - RACES Writing Strategy Worksheet

Integrate reading, writing, and American history with a worksheet about the Boston Tea Party using the RACES writing strategy for text evidence.

1 page Grades: 3 - 5
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Milton Hershey RACES Writing Strategy Worksheets

Bring National Chocolate Day into your classroom with a biography and RACES writing worksheet about Milton Hershey.

1 page Grades: 2 - 4
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Looking Forward to a New School Year – Writing Template

Encourage students to look forward to the new school year by adding this writing template to your collection of back-to-school activities.

1 page Grades: 3 - 5
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Mexican Cession- Constructed Response Passage Worksheet

Teach your students how to write a good constructed response and integrate grade level Social studies concepts with a Mexican Cession-based Constructed Response worksheet and graphic organizer.

2 pages Grades: 3 - 5
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Assorted Writing Prompts Calendar – Upper Grades

Monthly writing calendar with 240 writing prompts for the year.

12 pages Grades: 4 - 6
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Armstrong vs. Earhart -Differentiated Paired Passage Worksheets

Combine reading and history content with differentiated reading comprehension worksheets.

5 pages Grades: 2 - 5
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Reading and Writing Nonfiction Text: Earth Day Close Read Worksheets

Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with this nonfiction Earth Day passage and accompanying activities.

11 pages Grades: 3 - 5
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Moving West- Constructed Response Writing Worksheet

Teach your students how to write a good constructed response and integrate grade level Social studies concepts with a Westward Expansion-based Constructed Response worksheet and graphic organizer.

2 pages Grades: 4 - 5
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First Grade Informational Writing - How To Prompt Worksheets

Help your first graders learn how to write an informational piece using these handy writing prompt worksheets

10 pages Grades: K - 2
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'If I Was an Astronaut ...' – Writing Template

A writing prompt template for students to write what they would do if they were an astronaut.

1 page Grades: 1 - 3
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5 Narrative Writing Prompt Stimulus Sheets

A set of 5 writing prompt stimulus sheets with a narrative focus.

5 pages Grades: 2 - 4
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Narrative Sentence Starter Cards

Thirty sentence starter cards for narratives.

10 pages Grades: 1 - 6
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Narrative Setting Craft Templates

A set of circular diorama templates that combine to create three scenes.

6 pages Grades: 3 - 6
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Writing Prompt Jar – Cut and Assemble Kit

A set of labels and prompts to create a writing prompt jar.

4 pages Grades: 1 - 5
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Nature-Inspired Gratitude Writing Prompt Sheets

A set of 5 nature-inspired gratitude prompt sheets.

5 pages Grades: 1 - 5
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Opinion Prompt Cards – Set 1

A set of opinion prompt cards that can be used in a multitude of ways.

6 pages Grades: 3 - 6
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Opinion Prompt Cards – Set 2

A set of opinion prompt cards that can be used in a multitude of ways.

6 pages Grades: 3 - 6
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Topic Sentence Starter Cards

A pack of 32 narrative, persuasive, and report (informative) writing sentence starter cards.

13 pages Grades: 4 - 6
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Story Ideas - Character, Setting, and Complication Cards

A fun way to help your reluctant writers choose something to write about.

9 pages Grades: 2 - 6
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Bike Riding is Fun! - Writing Prompt

A writing prompt about riding a bicycle.

1 page Grades: 1 - 4
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Persuasive Speech Writing Task

A persuasive writing task based on real-world issues affecting children.

4 pages Grades: 5 - 6
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Assorted Writing Prompts Grid

A writing grid with 20 writing prompts.

1 page Grades: 4 - 6
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Persuade Me: Persuasive Writing Prompts

A set of 4 persuasive writing prompts.

4 pages Grades: 3 - 5
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Gratitude Journal Writing Prompt Cards

A set of 50 gratitude journal writing prompt cards.

10 pages Grades: 2 - 6
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5 Procedure Writing Prompt Stimulus Sheets

A set of 5 writing prompt stimulus sheets with a procedural text focus.

5 pages Grades: 1 - 2
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5 Opinion Writing Prompt Stimulus Sheets

A set of 5 writing prompt stimulus sheets with an opinion text focus.

5 pages Grades: 3 - 5
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5 Research Report Prompt Stimulus Sheets

A set of 5 writing prompt stimulus sheets with a research focus.

5 pages Grades: 3 - 6
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5 Informational Writing Prompt Stimulus Sheets

A set of 5 writing prompt stimulus sheets with an informative text focus.

5 pages Grades: 3 - 5
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Informative Text Writing Task - Cars

A writing activity to help students construct an informative text based on factual information.

4 pages Grades: 3 - 6
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Opinion Texts Writing Task - Movies Are More Enjoyable Than Books

A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.

3 pages Grades: 3 - 6
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Roll to Create a Superhero Comic

A fun, hands-on activity using a die and a chart to create a comic strip story.

1 page Grades: 2 - 6
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Informative Paragraph Starters - Topic Sentence Cards

20 topic sentences to be used at the beginning of an informative paragraph.

5 pages Grades: 3 - 6