Skill:

Make lists, discuss ideas, and look at examples of writing to get ideas for writing

Activities:

• Bright Ideas for Writing

  Use these pictures and questions to get a bright idea for your writing!

• Aliens!

  Write a story with the pictures and boxes for the dialogue.

• Got a Good Reason to Write

  Get inspired to write with this snappy video!

• Picture Prompts

  Print out these pages with pictures and lines and write a story or essay that is all yours.

Skill:

Use complete sentences with more than one subject or predicate

Activities:

• Kung-Fu Sentences

  Put the words in the right order to make a sentence!

• Grammar Blast-Verbs

  Can you get all the questions on verbs right?

• The Patchworker

  Put the words in order to reveal the picture.

• Traveling Pronouns

  These sentences need the right pronouns. Can you help?

Skill:

Use capital letters in proper nouns, initials, days of the week, months of the year, and titles

Activities:

• Punctuation Paintball

  Find all the punctuation in the sentences and fix them with the paintball thrower!

• Alien Punctuation

  Choose the correct punctuation to talk to the aliens!

• Grammar Blast-Capitalization

  Answer all the questions correctly and you are a capitalization master.

Skill:

Use the correct spelling for commonly known words and words that do not fit spelling patterns

Activities:

• Word Wizard

  Can you make the words from the letters provided?

• Spelling Match

  Match the pictures with the first letter.

• Wordblender Game

  Choose the start and ending sounds and blend them together to make a word!

• Word Wheel

  Use the word wheel to make a word to match the clues.

Skill:

Write directions, instructions, descriptions, stories, journals with a sequence of events, and creative pieces such as songs or rhymes

Activities:

• Diamante Poem

  A diamante poem is in the shape of a diamond. Try writing one on your favorite subject.

• Funny Fill-In

  Fill in the words and create a funny story!

• Poetry Idea Engine

  Use the poetry idea engine to write haikus, free verse, limericks, and more!

• Myth Brainstorming Machine

  Can you create your own myth? Use this machine to choose the elements of your myth!

Skill:

Write a story or journal entry that has a beginning, middle, and ending

Activities:

• Seussville Story Maker

  Make your own story featuring characters from Horton Hears a Who!

• Fractured Fairy Tales

  Write your own fractured fairy tale using familiar characters, setting, or plots.

• The New News

  Can you put the news stories in order?

• Beginning, Middle, and End Song

  Sing along to this song about the beginning, middle, and end.

Skill:

Create rhymes, poems, or songs to entertain others

Activities:

• The Cream Cake Mystery

  Solve the mystery by finding the correct rhymes for each verse.

• Wizards & Pigs

  Explore the maze, but watch out for the monsters! They hold the key to poetry concepts.

• Magnetic Poetry

  Now you can create your own poetry with word tiles.

• Acrostic Poem Forms

  Use these forms to write acrostic poems on lots of different topics.