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Teaching Writing Skills to Upper Elementary Students

Writing ideas and activities - anchor charts, writing prompts, and other ideas to help scaffold student writing for 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students. #writingactivities #writingprompts
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Free Constructed Response Example Questions
Sentence starters, questions, and a reading passage for short constructed response practice. And best of all - it's free. Whether you are introducing constructed response to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students, or just need more practice or review, this freebie will help. The reading passage question includes paragraph frames to scaffold student writing and help upper elementary students be successful.
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Short Constructed Response Practice - Writing Scaffolded for Success
Boost upper elementary student confidence with scaffolded, no-prep short constructed response practice. Perfect for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, build skills using paragraph frames, sentence starters, and independent responses. Differentiate with various scaffolds and help students practice restating questions and writing thoughtfully. Includes a handy sentence starter reference sheet!
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50+ Writing Prompts for Compare and Contrast Essays
Spur your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade student's creativity with these compare and contrast writing essay prompts. Some of the topics allow students to write based on what they already know about the topic, while others encourage upper elementary students to build background knowledge on reading, science, social studies, or math topics.
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A No Prep Descriptive Writing Activity Idea
This fun, no prep descriptive writing activity helps motivate 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students to write an essay with eagerness! Students will love secretly drawing a monster, snowman, or alien, describing their image, and then sharing the description with their upper elementary peers! A fun idea for a descriptive writing project.
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Opinion Writing Template for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade
Make opinion writing easy with these scaffolded essay and paragraph frame templates! Perfect for guiding upper elementary students through the writing process, these templates help structure their thoughts and build strong arguments. A great tool for boosting writing confidence and clarity!
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11 High Impact Word Wall Ideas for Upper Elementary
Upper elementary students need words walls that address upper elementary skills. Check out these word wall ideas and examples (that also make great interactive bulletin boards) for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Choose word walls for your classroom that address your students' specific vocabulary or decoding needs.
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8 Halloween Opinion Writing Prompt Ideas for October
Spice up your opinion writing lessons with these fun, spooky prompts! 👻🖊️ Perfect for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students to practice persuasive writing while celebrating Halloween. Includes writing prompt ideas for classrooms and schools that do not celebrate holidays as well as for those that do! Upper elementary students will love these.
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Free October Writing Prompts / Questions for Team Building
Today's freebie: 24 question cards that promote positive conversations and team building! Each question is relevant for October and perfect for a morning meeting, an ice breaker, or a writing prompt for upper elementary classrooms! These free writing prompts cover a variety of October theme topics including Halloween, pumpkins, and more for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students.
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Fun Reading and Writing Activities for a Monster Classroom in 3rd, 4th, or 5th Grade
These ELA reading and writing ideas all involve monsters...but they aren't scary! Whether you have a monster themed upper elementary classroom, are looking for some fun Halloween ideas, or just want to spice up your reading and writing lessons, you and your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will love these ideas!
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Back to School Ice Breakers for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade
These back to school ice breakers can be used for morning work, morning meetings, writing prompts, early finishers, and more in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. It's a great way to help your students get to know each other. And they aren't just for back to school - there are themed, monthly questions for all year long for upper elementary. Available in a Google Slies format.
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Back to School Writing Activities, Ideas, and Prompts
Use these back to school writing activities, ideas, and prompts the first day or first week of school with 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Upper elementary students can complete an All About Me Poem, a Squiggle Story, answer ice breaker questions, and more.
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8 Activities to Help Make Writing Fun in Upper Elementary
Do your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students always seem to have writer's block? Here are 8 fun ways to get them writing - and loving it! Make writing fun for kids.
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6 Opinion Writing Prompt Ideas for Back to School in Upper Elementary
Start off the first week of school with one of these fun opinion writing prompts. You'll get a chance to know your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students better - and get to know their writing abilities! Upper elementary students can share opinions on back to school rules and procedures, favorite movies and books, favorite things about school, and more in their new journals to give you a writing sample!
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A Constructed Response Freebie for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade
Sentence starters, questions, and a reading passage for short constructed response practice. And best of all - it's free. Whether you are introducing constructed response to your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students, or just need more practice or review, this freebie will help. The reading passage question includes paragraph frames to scaffold student writing and help upper elementary students be successful.
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The Easy and Free Morning Work Solution That Improves Student Writing
Morning work that practically preps itself, keeps 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students working confidently on their own, AND improves their writing? Absolutely! Don't miss this post if you could use a little more "easy" in your mornings. This free morning work idea is no prep and will save you from chaos and copies in the morning with your upper elementary students. Students just need a journal and some text.