Why Is the Sky Blue 2nd - 5th Grade Writing Resources

What is that strange object in the sky? This prompt will be a lift off for your young writer's imagination as he creates a story to match the picture.

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Picture Writing Prompt: UFO

Worksheet

Picture Writing Prompt: UFO

What is that strange object in the sky? This prompt will be a lift off for your young writer's imagination as he creates a story to match the picture.

Fifth Grade

Writing

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Walking Under a Ladder

Worksheet

Walking Under a Ladder

Fourth Grade

Writing

Beware of walking under ladders! Find out the origins of this superstition and why people avoid walking under ladders.

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Walking Under a Ladder

Worksheet

Walking Under a Ladder

Beware of walking under ladders! Find out the origins of this superstition and why people avoid walking under ladders.

Fourth Grade

Writing

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Response to Literature

Worksheet

Response to Literature

Fourth Grade

Reading

After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

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Response to Literature

Worksheet

Response to Literature

After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

Fourth Grade

Reading

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Easter Creative Writing #3

Worksheet

Easter Creative Writing #3

Second Grade

Writing

Why do we celebrate Easter? Encourage your child to practice her creative writing skills by answering this holiday question.

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Easter Creative Writing #3

Worksheet

Easter Creative Writing #3

Why do we celebrate Easter? Encourage your child to practice her creative writing skills by answering this holiday question.

Is that a pirate on a dinosaur's back? Yes. Why? Let your child decide (and slip in great composition skills practice)!

Is that a pirate on a dinosaur's back? Yes. Why? Let your child decide (and slip in great composition skills practice)!

Read up on the various number superstitions around the world and why certain numbers are so lucky or unlucky for certain cultures!

Read up on the various number superstitions around the world and why certain numbers are so lucky or unlucky for certain cultures!

Fourth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Writing Prompt: My Favorite Season

Worksheet

Writing Prompt: My Favorite Season

Third Grade

Writing

In this thoughtful opinion-writing worksheet, children will describe the season they like best, and why.

Worksheet

Writing Prompt: My Favorite Season

Worksheet

Writing Prompt: My Favorite Season

In this thoughtful opinion-writing worksheet, children will describe the season they like best, and why.

Third Grade

Writing

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Expanding Sentences: Mysteries

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Expanding Sentences: Mysteries

Fifth Grade

Writing

Expand sentences by answering the questions how? when? where? and why?

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Expanding Sentences: Mysteries

Worksheet

Expanding Sentences: Mysteries

Expand sentences by answering the questions how? when? where? and why?

Fifth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Brainzy Presents: The Amazing Adventures of Cuz-Cuz and Roly

Worksheet

Brainzy Presents: The Amazing Adventures of Cuz-Cuz and Roly

Kindergarten

Writing

Oh no! Cuz-Cuz is in Roly's food! It's up to your child to figure out why by adding text to the characters' speech bubbles.

Worksheet

Brainzy Presents: The Amazing Adventures of Cuz-Cuz and Roly

Worksheet

Brainzy Presents: The Amazing Adventures of Cuz-Cuz and Roly

Oh no! Cuz-Cuz is in Roly's food! It's up to your child to figure out why by adding text to the characters' speech bubbles.

Kindergarten

Writing

Worksheet

Easter Creative Writing #8

Worksheet

Easter Creative Writing #8

Fourth Grade

Writing

Easter decorations are full of pastels, pinks and yellows! But why do those colors represent Easter? Help your child write a response to this question.

Worksheet

Easter Creative Writing #8

Worksheet

Easter Creative Writing #8

Easter decorations are full of pastels, pinks and yellows! But why do those colors represent Easter? Help your child write a response to this question.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Expanding Sentences: Exploration

Worksheet

Expanding Sentences: Exploration

Fifth Grade

Writing

Explore more complicated sentences as you add details about where, when, why, and how!

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Expanding Sentences: Exploration

Worksheet

Expanding Sentences: Exploration

Explore more complicated sentences as you add details about where, when, why, and how!

Fifth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Make a Dinosaur Sentence

Worksheet

Make a Dinosaur Sentence

Second Grade

Writing

Why is this dinosaur holding an egg? Help your second grader get creative with his reading and writing skills with this beginning sentence writing worksheet.

Worksheet

Make a Dinosaur Sentence

Worksheet

Make a Dinosaur Sentence

Why is this dinosaur holding an egg? Help your second grader get creative with his reading and writing skills with this beginning sentence writing worksheet.

Second Grade

Writing

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Portrait of a Soldier

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Portrait of a Soldier

Third Grade

Writing

Help your child learn more about the military by having him create a portrait of a soldier and write a short summary about why that soldier is important.

Activity

Portrait of a Soldier

Activity

Portrait of a Soldier

Help your child learn more about the military by having him create a portrait of a soldier and write a short summary about why that soldier is important.

Third Grade

Writing

Activity

Great Pyramid of Giza

Worksheet

Great Pyramid of Giza

Fourth Grade

Writing

Learn all about the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, and find out why Egyptians built it hundreds of years ago.

Worksheet

Great Pyramid of Giza

Worksheet

Great Pyramid of Giza

Learn all about the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, and find out why Egyptians built it hundreds of years ago.

Fourth Grade

Writing

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Design Your Own Zodiac

Worksheet

Design Your Own Zodiac

Third Grade

Writing

Children learn about the traditional Chinese Zodiac calendar — then get creative and design a calendar of their own, including a brief description of why they chose each animal.

Worksheet

Design Your Own Zodiac

Worksheet

Design Your Own Zodiac

Children learn about the traditional Chinese Zodiac calendar — then get creative and design a calendar of their own, including a brief description of why they chose each animal.

Third Grade

Writing

Worksheet

My Teacher for President!

Lesson Plan

My Teacher for President!

Second Grade

Writing

Need a promotion? Then have your students participate in a writing lesson that will have them voting for you! Give students the opportunity to place teachers in the spotlight, as they persuade others why teachers make the best presidents.

Lesson Plan

My Teacher for President!

Lesson Plan

My Teacher for President!

Need a promotion? Then have your students participate in a writing lesson that will have them voting for you! Give students the opportunity to place teachers in the spotlight, as they persuade others why teachers make the best presidents.

Second Grade

Writing

Lesson Plan

The Five W's of Notetaking

Lesson Plan

The Five W's of Notetaking

Second Grade

Writing

Thinking about who, what, when, where, and why isn’t just for detectives! Students will practice gleaning important information from texts using these questions and a few other tools.

Lesson Plan

The Five W's of Notetaking

Lesson Plan

The Five W's of Notetaking

Thinking about who, what, when, where, and why isn’t just for detectives! Students will practice gleaning important information from texts using these questions and a few other tools.

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Activity

Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense

Lesson Plan

Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense

Third Grade

Reading

Improve your students' comprehension of non-fictional reading through this lesson that teaches them about text features. Students will find their own text features and explain why they aid in the reading process.

Lesson Plan

Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense

Lesson Plan

Text Features: Reading that Makes Sense

Improve your students' comprehension of non-fictional reading through this lesson that teaches them about text features. Students will find their own text features and explain why they aid in the reading process.

Third Grade

Reading

Lesson Plan

Indentation Intentions

Lesson Plan

Indentation Intentions

Third Grade

Writing

What is the intention of an indentation within a paragraph? Within this lesson, students will explore the reasons why we indent. They’ll categorize and classify content to construct paragraphs that include indentations.

Lesson Plan

Indentation Intentions

Lesson Plan

Indentation Intentions

What is the intention of an indentation within a paragraph? Within this lesson, students will explore the reasons why we indent. They’ll categorize and classify content to construct paragraphs that include indentations.

Third Grade

Writing

Lesson Plan

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Activity

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Kindergarten

Reading

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Activity

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Activity

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

The mysterious comma is arguably the trickiest form of punctuation, which is why assigned it it’s own unit in 5th grade. As students become more sophisticated writers they craft more complex sentences. They incorporate independent phrases and clauses, generate compound sentences, and utilize transition words to combine ideas - and the exercises in this unit will teach them how to use commas correctly in each scenario.

The mysterious comma is arguably the trickiest form of punctuation, which is why assigned it it’s own unit in 5th grade. As students become more sophisticated writers they craft more complex sentences. They incorporate independent phrases and clauses, generate compound sentences, and utilize transition words to combine ideas - and the exercises in this unit will teach them how to use commas correctly in each scenario.

Roll up your sleeves and get out the magnifying glasses! In this lesson, your students will practice finding supportive details and examples in informational texts.

Roll up your sleeves and get out the magnifying glasses! In this lesson, your students will practice finding supportive details and examples in informational texts.

Fourth Grade

Reading

Lesson Plan

St. Patrick's Day Haiku

Activity

St. Patrick's Day Haiku

Third Grade

Writing

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Activity

St. Patrick's Day Haiku

Activity

St. Patrick's Day Haiku

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Third Grade

Writing

Activity

Fantastic Fables: 5 W's

Lesson Plan

Fantastic Fables: 5 W's

Second Grade

Writing

In this lesson, students use highlighters, graphic organizers, and a classic fable to exercise their understanding of key details and main idea in a text. They will use manipulatives to promote visual and kinetic learning styles.

Lesson Plan

Fantastic Fables: 5 W's

Lesson Plan

Fantastic Fables: 5 W's

In this lesson, students use highlighters, graphic organizers, and a classic fable to exercise their understanding of key details and main idea in a text. They will use manipulatives to promote visual and kinetic learning styles.

Second Grade

Writing

Lesson Plan

Write an Art Project Proposal

Activity

Write an Art Project Proposal

Fifth Grade

Writing

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Activity

Write an Art Project Proposal

Activity

Write an Art Project Proposal

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Activity

Loch Ness Monster vs Megalodon

Worksheet

Loch Ness Monster vs Megalodon

Fourth Grade

Writing

What would happen if Megalodon and the Loch Ness Monster went head-to-head? Your budding writer can have fun narrating this epic battle!

Worksheet

Loch Ness Monster vs Megalodon

Worksheet

Loch Ness Monster vs Megalodon

What would happen if Megalodon and the Loch Ness Monster went head-to-head? Your budding writer can have fun narrating this epic battle!

Fourth Grade

Writing

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Independence Day Creative Writing Prompt #1: Fantastic Fireworks

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Independence Day Creative Writing Prompt #1: Fantastic Fireworks

Fourth Grade

Writing

Get learners' creative juices flowing with this fun Independence Day-themed writing prompt!

Worksheet

Independence Day Creative Writing Prompt #1: Fantastic Fireworks

Worksheet

Independence Day Creative Writing Prompt #1: Fantastic Fireworks

Get learners' creative juices flowing with this fun Independence Day-themed writing prompt!

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

Time to play detective! Can you describe what happened int his scene, just by looking at the picture? Practice making inferences by looking at context.

Time to play detective! Can you describe what happened int his scene, just by looking at the picture? Practice making inferences by looking at context.

Second Grade

Writing

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2nd - 5th Grade Writing Resources for 'why is the sky blue'

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2nd - 5th Grade Writing Resources for 'why is the sky blue'