Get Ready to Write Activity
Use this get ready to write activity with 3rd to 5th grade writers. Kids pick a topic card, plan with a simple planner, and write; an answer key is included.
$6.97
Want this one free?
Tell us where to send it and it’s yours — no card, no catch.
One free resource per teacher. We’ll also send free teaching ideas each week — unsubscribe anytime.
Free teacher account · no credit card
Membership
Get every game, song, & printable
- Every game, on any device
- 6,500+ resources
- Assign online with HFT Classroom
Then $39.97/year · cancel anytime · See plans
- Instant digital download
- Printable PDF + answer key
- Made by real teachers
Teacher / Family membership
Teaching is easier with every resource
One membership for your whole year: 6,500+ worksheets, games, songs and videos for Preschool–6th, for your classroom or homeschool.
- Unlimited printables & downloads
- Every game, on any device
- Assign online with HFT Classroom
- Cancel anytime
Teacher / Family membership · 3 days free
Yearly
Monthly would be $119.64 a year
$3.33/month
Billed $39.97 once a year
You save $79.67 every year
Start My 3 Free Days$0 today · cancel anytime
Monthly
$9.97/month
Flexible, month to month
Yearly is just $3.33/mo. Switch and save $79.67
Start My 3 Free Days$0 today · cancel anytime
About this resource
Description
This get ready to write activity gives students something fun to write about every day. Many young writers sit with a blank page because they cannot think of a topic. With a stack of colorful Topic Cards, every student has a clear prompt and a reason to write, whether they are sharing an opinion, explaining how something works, or telling a story.
Each Topic Card looks like a little page of notebook paper with a colored tab that names the kind of writing: Opinion, Inform, or Story. Students pick a card, read the prompt, and fill in the Get Ready Planner with their audience, big idea, three details, and an ending. Then they write a draft in their notebook and share it with a partner. A practice page checks that students can tell what kind of writing a prompt asks for, and an answer key is included.
What’s Included
- A colorful cover and a How to Use page with prep tips and simple steps
- 16 Topic Cards: 6 opinion, 5 informative, and 5 narrative prompts
- A Get Ready Planner page for organizing ideas before drafting
- A 3rd grade practice worksheet on the three kinds of writing
- A Topic Card list and an answer key for the practice page
Why It Helps Kids Learn
- Writing often, on topics kids care about, builds stamina and confidence.
- Knowing the purpose of a prompt helps students pick the right structure.
- Planning before drafting leads to clearer, better organized writing.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Keep the cards in a writing center, use one each morning for a quick-write, or let early finishers choose a card. Set a timer for ten minutes and write fast, then go back and revise. Invite students to make their own Topic Cards for classmates. At home, this get ready to write activity is a simple way to keep writing skills sharp over breaks, and it works as an essay prompt activity for any week of the year.
Related Resources
What teachers say
Reviews
Write a review, earn store credit
Get 25¢ in credit for every approved review of a resource you’ve downloaded, played or purchased — up to 15 a month. Credit applies automatically to your membership payments, so your reviews can help pay for your membership.
Honest reviews only — any star rating earns the same. Program rules
Log in to write a review and earn store credit.
This third grade Citing Evidence from the Text Worksheet guides students to state an opinion about a book or article and support it with evidence from the text. A no-prep opinion-writing organizer for reading and writing time.
This using digital resources assessment worksheet asks 3rd graders to choose the right online tool for each job and solve writing problems with computer skills. An answer key is included.
The Creating a Powerpoint Worksheet walks 3rd graders through ordering the steps, deciding what belongs on a slide, and planning their own opening slide. Answer key included, so presentation practice takes no prep at all.
A Smarter Balanced (CAASPP / SBAC) 3rd grade ELA practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 24 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
Let's Publish My Writing Activity helps 2nd to 4th Grade writers pick a prompt card, plan, and type one full page on the computer, then check their work with a publishing checklist.
A NJSLA-A 3rd grade ELA practice test workbook for teachers, with a pretest, skill practice for all 19 standards, mixed review and 2 full-length practice tests. Answer key included, so test prep is ready to go.
This writing tweets activity has kids read a bird feeder how-to text and answer fun prompt cards. Made for 3rd to 5th grade, with an answer key included for the practice page.
This take note writing activity has 3rd to 5th grade students sort print and digital sources, research a state with question cards, and take notes in their own words. Answer key included.
Students use a four-rule conventions checklist, then proofread and rewrite four sentences that each hide two mistakes. This 3rd grade command of the conventions writing checklist worksheet includes an answer key for confident, independent editing practice.
This supporting an opinion worksheet helps 3rd graders find the opinion, reasons, example and conclusion in a model paragraph, then plan their own. An answer key is included.
This back to school adjective writing activity helps 1st to 3rd grade students plan a first-day story and add describing words. An answer key is included for the practice page.
The best season is writing activity guides 1st-3rd Grade writers to plan and publish an opinion piece about their favorite season, with a model, practice and answer key included.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet