Writing Standards

Responding to these fall-themed creative fiction and nonfiction writing prompts can help children and teens keep their literacy skills sharp. Each set includes 10 total prompts that encourage responders to draw from Common Core ELA Writing Standards skills. Tips for including reflection and providing teacher or caregiver feedback are also included.

Printable Prompts With Lines for Writing By Hand

Grades K-2 Spring Writing Prompts

Grades 3-5 Spring Writing Prompts

Grades 6-8 Spring Writing Prompts

Grades 9-12 Spring Writing Prompts

Prompts With Fillable Fields for Writing via Typing

Grades K-2 Spring Writing Prompts

Grades 3-5 Spring Writing Prompts

Grades 6-8 Spring Writing Prompts

Grades 9-12 Spring Writing Prompts

Responding to these winter-themed creative fiction and nonfiction writing prompts can help children and teens keep their literacy skills sharp. Each set includes 10 total prompts that encourage responders to draw from Common Core ELA Writing Standards skills. Tips for including reflection and providing teacher or caregiver feedback are also included.

Printable Prompts With Lines for Writing By Hand

Grades K-2 Winter Writing Prompts

Grades 3-5 Winter Writing Prompts

Grades 6-8 Winter Writing Prompts

Grades 9-12 Winter Writing Prompts

Prompts With Fillable Fields for Writing via Typing

Grades K-2 Winter Writing Prompts

Grades 3-5 Winter Writing Prompts

Grades 6-8 Winter Writing Prompts

Grades 9-12 Winter Writing Prompts

Learn about different writing prompts, the five components of a writing prompt, and the writing skills to be taught in order for students to respond to prompts of different genres.

Understanding and Responding to Writing Prompts Guide

In order to support families with children who may be participating in virtual instruction or otherwise learning at home, this guide offers tips on establishing home learning areas, improving the home-based learning experience, and utilizing web resources for students kindergarten-Grade 6 and Grades 7-12 in the subjects of English-language arts, science, social studies, and history. Web resources for assistive technology for home learning are also included for students with reading disabilities.

Supporting Your Children's and Teens' Home Learning Guide

Questions about a mentor text guide discussion, help students organize their thoughts, and identify techniques and approaches from the example of good writing that students can use. The organizer can be used in a group or individual setting.

Improve Your Writing Using Mentor Texts

Teachers can use this graph to record writing goals and progress toward those goals with their students. A partially completed graph is also included to demonstrate how teachers and students can use the tool.

Example Student Graph for Progress Monitoring