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Writing/Language
Arts Ideas!
| Idea Title | Grade | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sight-Word "BOO!" | K-2 |
A fun game to play at Halloween when teaching sight words |
| Dot-to-Dot Creative Writing | K-2 |
Inspire creative writing by introducing a dot-to-dot puzzle into the mix |
| No Bones About It... Add On | K-1 |
A twist on "no bones about it" |
| ABC Order Game | K-3 |
A fun game for reviewing alphabetical order |
| Message in a Bottle | 3-6 |
A creative writing activity and a fun way to display the work |
| Haiku Poems with Pizaazzzz | 4 |
Make beautiful, artistic haiku poems |
| English & Spanish Vocabulary | 1 |
A sweet way to teach foreign words |
| Crazy Conversations | 6 |
Teach grammar and other lang arts lessons |
| The Back Game | 1-6 |
A fun game that helps students learn the definitions for vocabulary words |
| Columbus Journals | 6 |
A unique way of displaying student's writing. |
| Practicing Handwriting | K-2 |
A little bit of shaving cream not only makes a clean desk, but a fun way to practice letters! |
| The Verb Song | 1-6 |
A very creative song to teach verbs. |
| Prefix, Root Word, Suffix | 2-6 |
A simple, but very effective way of remembering the order of these words! |
| Match Maker | 1-3 |
A fun way to learn new compound words! |
| Clap 3 Times for Citizenship! | K-1 |
A thematic unit created by Kindergarten teacher. |
| Shared Poetry Writing | 1-6 |
A fun way to involve all students in writing poetry! |
| Leaving Memories | K-6 |
Writing activity for the "end of the school year." |
| Time Capsule | 6 |
Ideas of things to include in a time capsule. |
| Memory Books | 2-6 |
A great way to highlight the past school year. |
| Memories |
4-6 |
Idea for a scrapbook/yearbook |
| Making a Children's Book | 3-6 |
An excellent writing activity that not only helps recall things learned in the year, but also helps younger children. |
| Facts & Opinions in Commercials | 3-6 |
Help kids see the difference between facts and opinions with this fun activity involving television commercials. |
| TV Dinner Trays | K-6 |
Oh, the many ways you can use a TV dinner tray! (Especially writing!) |
| Creative Writing Prompt | K-6 |
An assortment of pictures will help get those minds thinking! |
| Practice Writing Dialogue | 3-6 |
By using comic strips, you'll have a fast and effective way of assessing dialogue! |
| George's Friendly Letters | 1-3 |
Students take "George and Martha" on an adventure while getting the practice of writing a letter! |
| Acrostic Poems About Special People | 1-6 |
Students write a special poem about the people in their lives. |
| My Life as a Spider | K-6 |
A fun art and writing activity for Halloween! |
| Song Lyric Synonyms | 4-6 |
Sing those synonyms away with this musical activity! |
| Antonym Says! |
2-4 |
This fun version of simon says will get your students doing just the opposite of what "Aunt Nym" says! |
| Idiom of the Day and DOL | 1-6 |
Personalize idioms as part of your "Daily Oral Language" |
| Highlighting Misspelled Words | 3-6 |
A way of having students "self-check" their own spelling. |
| Fishing for your Thoughts | K-6 |
A great activity to use when you have a few extra minutes! |
| The Bard in Hollywood | 6 |
Combine film and literature with this Shakespearen bulletin board idea. |
| Upgraded Candyland | K-1 |
A fun way to teach and reinforce identification of the color words! |
| Special Thank You Notes | K-6 |
Let
the fire department, police department, school custodian, libarian,
and principal know how much you appreciate them! |
| Story T-shirts | 3-6 |
Students create the main ideas of a story on a t-shirt! |
| 100 Words No More No Less | 4-6 |
Writing technique with a twist of science fiction! |
| Fourth Grade Class Reunion | 4-6 |
A motivational writing activity that gets students thinking about their futures! |
| "Around the World in 180 Days" Suitcases | 3-6 |
Create "big books" with your students' traveling experiences. Also a nice way to display a study of states or countries. |
| "Sequence of Events" & Peanut Butter! | 2-6 |
Find out how making a peanut butter sandwich can get your students writing! |
| Personalizing my Sentences | 2-6 |
Kid's names in writing and spelling practice keeps their interest! |
| Positive Feedback to Authors | 1-6 |
Give a child's self-esteem a boost with positive notes in a library pocket! |
| Puppet Shows | 2-6 |
Student-created puppets and fables |
| Tool for the Stumped | 1-3 |
Special pencils makes things happen! |
| Did You REALLY Mean What You Said?!? | 2-6 |
Learn about idioms through this creative activity! |
| Magic Shoes! | 1-6 |
Where will these shoes take you? Only you will know once you place them on your feet and begin to WRITE! |
| Student-Created Big Books with Carpet Holders! | K-6 |
5 ideas on how to use your big books held together with a carpet handle! |
| Conversation Heart Sentences | 2-6 |
This Valentine candy helps write sweet stories! |
| World-Wide Traveling | 3-6 |
"Around the world, where will you go? Spin 3 times, and soon you'll know!" An idea to integrate social studies and writing. |
| Managing Writing Time | K-6 |
An idea for managing your student's writing time at a quick glance. |
| All About Me Timelines | 3-6 |
A student's timeline rolled up in a scroll |
| Creating a Class Newspaper | 2-6 |
A perfect way to communicate with parents and show off your student's writing and illustrating skills! 10 ideas to show you how to get started... |
| Making a "Noun" Book | 3-6 |
Students create their own book of nouns using pictures from magazines. |
| ABC Book | 3-6 |
The concept of alliteration shines through with this first day activity. An easy way to get kids working through the writing process. |
| Word Lists to a Familiar Tune | K-1 |
Practice word lists or word parts with this simple little tune... |
| Handwriting Motivator | 1-3 |
Motivate students to practice their best penmanship with a wonderful writing tool. |
| ABC Popsicle Sticks | 1-3 |
Students will learn ABC order with the use of popsicle sticks! |
| "How to" Writing Project | 5-6 |
Students display their knowledge of a favorite topic in this fun writing assignment. |
| The Hundred Penny Box | 3-6 |
Collecting pennies and their own stories could never be so much fun! |
| Adopting A Tree | K-6 |
This field trip ensures that students will never look at a tree the same again! |
| Who Am I? | K-6 |
Kids love to find out answers to clues. Now have them write one of their own! |
| Show and Tell | 3-6 |
A "bubbly" art activity turned into a very creative writing assigment inspired by this picture book. |
| No David | K-2 |
Guaranteed chuckles when your students write their own story based on this one! |
| My Backpack | K-2 |
Turning rhyming words into couplets! |
| Lesser Known Holiday Greeting Cards | 3-4 |
A unique extension of teaching your students about adjectives. |
| I Love You The Purplest | K-6 |
Connecting our feelings with colors. |
| Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? | K-1 |
A perfect book of repetition only invites itself to a perfect class-written book! |
| A Porcupine Named Fluffy | K-6 |
Create a new book while studying synonyms and antonyms! |
| December: "Sharing Christmas Joy!" |
3-6 |
An activity that will get all students writing! Discover some fabulous illustrators as well! |
| The Adventures of Dilford the Dragon! | K-2 |
A dragon and a notebook gets taken on a grand adventure in your student's homes! |
| Letter to Previous Teacher | 2-6 |
Excellent first day activity which also serves as an informal assessment tool for you as the new teacher |
| My Adventures on a Flying Carpet! | 2-5 |
Turn carpet samples into high-flying books! |
| Water Colored Leaves | 2-6 |
Write poems on these leaf silouttes! |
| Posters as Topics for Writing | 4-6 |
A great way to get your young writers thinking! |
| Letters to Invention Companies | 3-6 |
Connecting real-life ideas to the classroom. Students will learn more than what is just in the textbook! |