Using this Word Diving Deep Sorting Words Activity, students sort the word cards into categories (compare, addition, contrast, example, sequence, and summary) in order to see the relationship between various words in each category.

Using this Author At Work Writing Checklist Activity, students use writing checklists when writing narratives, informative essays, and opinion essays.

Using Let's Write RAFT Writing Activity, students write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Using the Ask Me About It Speaking and Listening Activity, students tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

Using Adding Details to Your Story Activity, students give a description and then add detail to the story by responding to questions and peer suggestions to inspire a longer writing piece.

Using W.3.3 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, students writenarratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Using this Car Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about themselves or stories about cars or transportation.

Using this Ice Cream Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about stories about Ice Cream.

Using this Barn Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about life on a farm.

Using this Boy Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about themselves or stories about boy main characters.

Using thisLife Cycle of a Plant Book, studentsdraw pictures of each stage of a plant's life cycle.

Using Stamp A Story Worksheet, students use stamps to create a picture. Then, write a story about your picture.

Eighteen fruits of the spirit writing prompts for 5th Grade — two illustrated scenes for each of the nine fruits, one serious and one funny, each with ruled lines for an open-ended paragraph. No prep, and every answer is the student's own.

Using this Tell Us a Story Vacation Writing Activity, students write a narrative that tells about an event that you experienced or read about.

Using Telling A Story Activity, students use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events.

Using W.1.3 First Grade Common Core Lesson, students write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened.

Using W.2.3 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events.

Using this Girl Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about themselves or stories about girl main characters.

A fruits of the spirit writing prompt pair for 5th Grade students: two illustrated scenes — one serious, one funny — that each ask for a written paragraph about how the kids could show joy. Open-ended, no prep, and genuinely fun to discuss.

A fruits of the spirit writing prompt pair for 5th Grade students: two illustrated scenes — one serious, one funny — that each ask for a written paragraph about how the kids could show peace. Open-ended, no prep, and genuinely fun to discuss.