Share-a-Prompt Giveaway
Posted by Diane Badden on 18 Jul 2012 | Posted in: Drawings and Giveaways, Teachers and Teaching
Wouldn’t it be out of this world to start the school year with a refreshed stash of prompts? I think so. So let’s make it happen! Shared-writing prompts, journal prompts, story prompts, math prompts—any kind of prompts—are welcome!
Just think, if each person shares one prompt (or more!), we’ll have a stash in no time! Everyone wins a new supply of prompts. And to sweeten the deal, one contributor will also win a book from The Mailbox for the new school year! Now that’s my kind of giveaway!
Please share your prompt(s) before midnight EDT, Sunday, July 22.
Ready to write!
Diane
Congratulations to Kym S. the winner of this giveaway and a brand new book from The Mailbox!
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I try to pick creative prompts that relate to events we’ve had in our city. Last year we had a bad rain storm one day and it ended up flooding the teacher’s parking lot. I had the students write about the day the water came to life….
They had a great time with this because they could visualize that “water monster”!
I love Gingerbread Man prompts!
Here are some I like to ask my students:
How would you try to catch the gingerbread man? If you caught him, would you eat him?
If you had written the story, what animals would you have had chasing the gingerbread man?
What other choices do you think the gingerbread man had besides riding the fox or jumping into the river?
- Ruth
Have students write about something they did this summer but from the view of an object that they had with them this summer. For instance, if they went to the beach, the could write about “A Day in the Life of a Sand Castle” or “A Beachball’s Day at the Beach”.
They might decide to write about “The Places I’ve Been…” BY A. SuitCase.
If you were principal for a day you would ________?
This year for our 100th day the class illustrated and wrote about “When I am 100 I will…” Some very interesting answers.
We always have a writing prompt every week. On Monday we activate background knowledge by reading a book related to our prompt or watch video about it, then Tuesday we make brainstorm a lists of what we should write. On Wednesday, we fill in our writing plan or graphic organizer. Thursday we model how to write and Friday students write their idea independently based on the topic.
Everyone likes to play at the park. Think about the times you played at the park and write how you spend your day at the park.
Thanksgiving is a special day to celebrate with our family. Think about what you know about Thanksgiving. Write and tell a story on how you celebrate Thanksgiving with your family.
What would you do if you find a $100 bill while at the park? Think about the things you will do if you find a hundred dollar bill at the park. Write and tell the readers.
What do you think it would be like to live in a zoo?
A vault has been sealed for over fifty years, no one hasbeen able to get in. Write about what is inside or ways to get inside. This is based off of a newspaper article I first read to them, but would be neat independently.
If you could change one thing about snow what would it be> Students draw and write about their answer.
A day when the teacher’s out:
What happened to Mr. / Mrs. ________________?
The kids get super creative!
One that I will be using this year will be to give the students a set of may (20) maltipulatives and have them to create numbers sentences.
Give students various types of seeds….have them to describe what kind of seed it is….then let them plan it and track it progress
CSI….give students a mystery picture and have them become CSI agents to discover what it is.
Most classes have a mix of boys and girls in one classroom. Some schools are trying out the idea for putting all the boys in one classroom and all the girls in another. What do you think? Would you like to be in a mixed classroom with boys and girls OR would you rather have all boys or all girls in the same room? Explain your decision with plenty of supporting details.