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Booklet: My Homeschool Memory Book (elementary) 12 half pages for students to fill in simple prompts and draw or attach pictures as illustrations for their favorite memories, etc., with a homeschool focus.
Cloze: Adjectives All About Me! elem/upper elem [member-created with abctools] "I like to wear __ clothes. My ears are __ and __." Complete the sentences with adjectives.
Color and Write: Emotions Journal (elem/upper elem) A small picture to color showing the emotion and space to write WHEN you feel that way. Happy, lonely, shy, jealous, sad, proud, angry, nervous, scared, excited.
Color and Write: Emotions Journal (primary.elem) A large picture to color showing the emotion and space to write WHEN you feel that way. Happy, lonely, shy, jealous, sad, proud, angry, nervous, scared, excited.
Project: The Best Vacation Ever (upper elem/middle) This 16 page vacation planner is a great project to help students understand the process of planning and organizing a vacation. Whether plans are for a low-budget camping trip in a nearby state park, or a fantastic voyage to a faraway country, students will have fun planning budgets, etc., with this unit.
Projects: My Memory Book (primary) 13 pages for students to fill in simple prompts and draw or attach pictures as illustrations for their favorite color, animal, sport, etc.
Rubric: Persuasive Writing (upper elem/middle) Use this rubric to help fairly evaluate persuasive writing.
Shapebook: Cornucopia (elementary) Unlined cornucopia-shaped page with the writing prompt "I am thankful because...". Cut out for a shapebook or hang on the wall.
Story Starter: A Snowy Day (elem/upper elem) "I woke up to see 25 inches of snow!" Write a story about a snowy day!
Story Starter: End of the School Year Thoughts (elementary, middle school) Page of "end of the school year" story starters such as "I improved the most in ___" and "I am looking forward to ____".
Story Starter: First Day of School (primary/elem) [Member-created using abctools] School-shaped page with the story starter "On the first day of school...".
Story Starters: February (elementary) 14 sentences to help start creative February-themed stories.
Unit: Think and Write (upper elem/middle) This unit has several writing prompts that encourage thinking and writing skills. Use alone or in small groups. Great fun! Eighteen pages.
Writing Prompt: A Snowy Day ( upper elem/middle school) "I woke up to see 25 inches of snow!" Write about a very snowy day on narrow-lined paper.
Writing Prompt: Columbus (elem/upper elem) "Write about Christopher Columbus and his expeditions." Lined paper with writing prompt and small illustration of Columbus at the top.
Writing Prompt: I am sad... Wide-lined paper with the prompt, "I am sad...".
Writing Prompt: I wish... (elem) Wide-lined paper with the prompt, "I wish..."
Writing Prompt: Imagine you are a kite... (upper elementary) [member-created using abctools]Four pages of prompts to write imaginatively about life as a kite. Colorful kite illustrations in the borders.
Writing Prompt: January (elem/middle school) Page of 16 writing prompts, such as "The snow is falling and I can't see two feet in front of me...."
Writing Prompt: Nature Metaphor Short metaphor lesson with a nature theme.
Writing Prompt: Summer Goals (elementary) Write down your summer goals on this wide-lined paper.
Writing Prompt: Summer Journal Wide-lined paper with the title "Summer Journal" and the prompt "Jot your thoughts" at the top. Cut out and use for a summer journal.
Writing Prompts: May Writing Ideas (upper elem) "Take a nature walk, write all the things you see and hear." Ten May-themed writing prompts.



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Writing Prompt: Rain Forest (elementary) Seven pages of writing prompts and other activities related to writing and poetry, with a rain forest theme.
Writing Prompt: Spring (elementary) Three pages of writing prompts and other activities related to writing and poetry, with a spring theme.
Acrostic Form: April (elementary) Use this acrostic form to help students write April poetry.
Border Paper: Autumn (elem/upper elem) Nine pages of lined paper with illustrations of autumn leaves in the surrounding border and fall-related writing prompts like, "Write about a fun experience you have had in autumn."
Writing Prompt: Back to School (upper elem) "It was the first day of school and I forgot..." Fifteen writing prompts and story starters with a back-to-school theme.
Writing Prompt: Earth Day (elementary) "Write about ways you can help." Lined paper with an Earth Day illustration at the top and a writing prompt.
Border Paper: Fall Leaves (elementary) Lined paper with illustrations of leaves in the surrounding border.
Writing Paper: Groundhog Day "Describe what the weather is like where you live." Lined paper with writing prompt and cute illustration of a groundhog.
Writing Prompt: 101 Journal Topics (middle school) Use this two page list of journal topics as prompts for a daily journal. Students can mark off topics as they complete them.
Writing Prompts: All About Me! "All About Me" This twelve-page unit helps students express their interests and goals.
Journal: Camp (elem/upper elem) Print and fasten together
Writing Prompt: Cowboy/Rodeo (upper elem) Four pages of writing prompts and other activities related to writing and poetry, with a cowboy/rodeo theme.
Writing Prompt: Friends (elem/upper elem) "Write about a friend of yours." Lined paper with an illustration of friends and a prompt to write about a friend.
Writing Prompt: Moving (upper elem/ middle) Moving to a new place is exciting...
Writing Paper: My Friends Lined writing paper with the title "My Friends" at the top.
Writing Prompt: Pond Theme (elem/upper elem) Includes: Danny the Dragonfly, Duck Travels, Marty the Butterfly, Friends at the Pond (Descriptive Writing), Life on a Lily Pad and Swan Story. Six pages of lined paper with pond-story writing prompts and cute illustrations at the top.
Border Paper: School is (primary) Unlined paper with illustrations of school-related objects in the surrounding border (apples, pencils, crayons) and the writing prompt "School is..." at the top.
Border Paper: School is (primary) Wide-lined paper with illustrations of school-related objects like pencils and apples in the surrounding border, and the prompt "School is..." at the top.
Writing Prompt: Camping (elementary) A page of writing prompts about camping in the summer.
Writing Prompt: Unit (elementary) This is an easy version of Writing Prompts for younger children. 24 pages of illustrated prompts with lines for writing. Includes instructions for teachers.
Writing Prompt: Writing Exercises (upper elementary) Eight pages of writing prompts and exercises including "how to write a hook," and "time-sequence transition words".
Writing Prompt: Vol. 2 (Elementary) Five writing prompts. Includes illustrations, lined paper and suggestions for teachers. Seven pages in all.
Writing Prompts: Imagination (elem/upper elem) A collection of 26 creative writing prompts, from trading places with your pet to porquoi stories.
Writing Paper: You are special... (elementary) Wide-lined writing paper with illustrations of flowers in flower pots in the upper-right and lower-left corners, and the prompt, "You are special".
Writing Prompt: Christmas (elementary) Choose characters, settings, and conflicts from the pictures, and then build a story around them. A fun creative writing exercise.
Writing Prompts: Christmas (upper elem/middle) Get students writing with these thought-provoking prompts.
Writing Prompt: Dear Mom (elementary) Write a letter to mom with this wide-lined paper with illustrations of flower pots in the upper-right and lower-left corners, and the prompt "Dear Mom..." at the top.
Writing Prompt: Easter (elementary) Eight pages of writing prompts and story starters in an Easter egg shape.
Writing Paper: Halloween - Frankenstein Upper elementary lines; with a Frankenstein's monster illustration to prompt a creative story.
Writing Prompt: Halloween 1 One dark and rainy Halloween... (lined paper)
Writing Prompt: Halloween (elementary) Two Halloween-themed writing prompts, about trick-or-treating and jack-o'-lanterns.
Writing Prompt: Thanksgiving (upper elem) 2 It would take great courage to leave...
Border Paper: Lucky Poem (elementary) Paper with illustrations of three-leaf clovers in the surrounding border and sentences to complete that will make a poem about luck when finished, such as, "I am lucky when I ___".
Story Planner: Mummy Lined paper with a mummy illustration, and two story planners to help write a fantastic mummy story.
Writing Prompt: My mom is... (elementary) Wide-lined writing paper with the prompt "My mom is..." at the top and "Love," at the bottom.
Writing Prompt: New Year's Resolutions (elem/upper elem) Write down your resolutions for the New Year.
Writing Prompt: Thanksgiving - Turkeys 1 Once upon a time, there was a turkey who never...
Shapebook: Thanksgiving - Turkey "T is for turkey..." Trace and cut out. This turkey-shaped shapebook has five pages of short turkey-related prompts.
Writing Prompts: Thanksgiving (upper elementary) "Why do you think people are so generous and caring at Thanksgiving?" Five pages of thoughtful, Thanksgiving-related writing prompts on narrow-lined paper.
Story Planner: Great Pumpkin "Josh and his friends grew the biggest pumpkin..." A writing prompt and two story planners to help write a great pumpkin story.
Writing Prompt: Thanksgiving (elem) 4 The people who came over on the Mayflower ...
Think and Write: Pumpkins (elem/upper elem) Pumpkins in transformation, pumpkins in space, pumpkins in advertising. Fantastic pumpkin-themed creative thinking and writing work for elementary/upper elementary students.
Writing Prompt: Thanksgiving - Turkeys (upper elementary) "The turkeys were nervous the week before Thanksgiving..." Lined paper with an illustration of turkeys at the top and a writing prompt.
Writing Prompt: Thanksgiving - Turkeys 4 There were turkey feathers in the barn, but...
Writing Prompt: Thanksgiving (elementary) "On Thanksgiving Day, it is traditional in my family to..." Narrow-lined paper with this prompt and an illustration of a turkey at the top.
Writing Prompt: Thanksgiving (elementary) My favorite Thanksgiving memory is...
Writing Prompts: Christmas (upper elem/ middle) Five narrative prompts and five expository prompts, all with a Christmas theme.
Writing Prompts: Christmas (primary/elem) Five expository and five narrative prompts, all with a Christmas theme.
Writing Prompt: Thanksgiving (elem) 1 The Pilgrims had a feast on the first Thanksgiving...
Writing Prompt: Thanksgiving (middle) 1 Many Pilgrims came to America because they wanted to live in a way they weren't allowed to live in England. How important is lifestyle to you?
Writing Prompt: How to Build a Snowman (upper elementary) Lined paper with illustrations of snowmen at the top and the prompt, "How to build a snowman..."
Acrostic Form: Mitten (elementary)  
Poetry Prompt: October (elementary) Word prompts including six poem forms, acrostics, similes, rap.
Writing Prompts: Pumpkins (elementary) Five great writing prompts for pumpkin-themed fairy tales (from "Gourdilocks and the Three Hares" to "Jack and the Pumpkin Vine"). Creative fun!
Writing Paper: Summer Journal (elementary) Print out pages, and bind this journal for summer writing. Wide lines.
Writing Prompt: My Vacation (elem/upper elem) Writing form with prompts to write about your summer vacation.
Writing Prompt: Winter Fun (elementary) Paper with winter-themed illustrations in the border, and prompts to write similes about winter.
Writing Prompt: Winter Metaphors (primary/elem) Winter is ___." Use this paper, with snowmen in the surrounding border, to write a winter poem.
Writing Prompt: Winter (elementary) "Winter is..." ten pages of delightful winter-related writing prompts and writing exercises.
Report Form: Mayflower Seven pages: 1) an overview planner; 2) WHO was on board; 3) WHAT did the Mayflower look like; 4) WHEN - make a timeline; 5) WHERE- map the Mayflower's route; 6) WHY- writing prompts about the Pilgrims; 7) HOW- planning the trip.
Booklet: Simple Machines (elementary) easy to read, vocabulary and pictures to color
Booklet: Memory Strips 16 card strips for students to cut out, complete, and connect on a ring for a flip book of happy memories, from what they learned to what they loved.
Booklet: My Memory Book A ten page book for students to fill in personal information, such as current favorites of all categories, goals made and met in the past year, friends, etc. A great way to encapsulate the past year, as well as create a lasting memento.
Booklet: My Memory Book (elementary) 12 half pages for students to fill in simple prompts and draw or attach pictures as illustrations for their favorite memories, etc.
Booklet: My Memory Book (elem/upper elem) 13 pages for students to fill with memories of field trips, friendships and more, including space for drawings, cut outs, and other artwork. A great end-of-year project.
Shapebook: My School Year Trace and cut out the computer-shaped pages for a shapebook. Includes writing prompts that highlight the school year, and room to draw pictures. Multi-age.
Writing Paper: Earth Day (upper elementary) Two pages of lined paper with illustrations of recycling and the earth in the left-hand border, and at the top, respectively. Use for reports,poem, or stories. Great for final drafts.
Form: Friendly Letter Wide-lined paper with a b/w illustration of books at the top and the opening "Dear..." and room to sign at the bottom
Writing Paper: Friendly Letter Form (elementary) Wide-lined writing paper with a cute illustration of a bookworm at the top, in the form of a friendly letter (begins with "Dear..." and leaves space to sign at the end).
Activities: Holidays General activities to use with any holiday.
Rules and Practice: Pronouns Simple introduction with lots of practice. Nine pages and an answer key
Worksheets: Sentence Fragments (primary) Learn about sentences and sentence fragments with these worksheets. Seven pages, answer sheet included.
Writing Prompt: Three Words (elementary) Three pages of three word groupings to help students create sentences.
Rules and Practice: Closing Punctuation (elementary) Seven pages and an answer key
Worksheet: Similes (elem/upper elem) Brief introduction to similes.
Research and Report: Utah (elem/upper elem) Report forms and pages for the state of Utah. Venue of the 2002 Olympics.
Writing Prompts: Paragraphs (upper elem/middle) Helps students understand the basics of paragraph writing. Choosing and ordering sentences, writing clear topic sentences, and more.
How to... Write an Exciting Story Kid-friendly instructions help students creatively create the elements of an exciting story.
Writing Prompt: Add a New Cafeteria Food (middle school) Improve writing skills by focusing on the topic, audience, purpose, and form of writing. This simple persuasive writing prompt could even be turned into a class project, if students are inspired.
Writing Prompt: Describe Your Bedroom (middle school) Improve writing skills by focusing on the topic, audience, purpose, and form of writing. Students can describe their actual bedrooms, or their imaginary ideals.
Writing Prompt: Design a Gadget (middle school) Improve writing skills by focusing on the topic, audience, purpose, and form of writing. For this writing prompt, students will first use their creative skills to design gadgets using simple items in their homes.
Story Starters (elementary) Fifteen simple writing prompts to get your early writers off to a creative start. Includes wide-lined paper and space to draw illustrations.
Story Starters: Like Most Other Kids Except (elementary) "Like other kids, except..." Eight pages of fun story starters for elementary students.
Story Starter: Children (elementary) "Jeremy found that when your father is President of the United States, strange things happen,like the time when..." Eight pages of story starters about the wild adventures of various children, including cute illustrations and wide lines for writing.
Story Starter: Like Other Kids Except... (elementary) Like other kids, except... Eight cute story starters with b/w illustrations.
Story Starter: Like most other kids, except... (elementary) 15 illustrated story starters about kids.
Writing Prompt: Writing Packet (elementary) Writing packet with lots of pictures to help prompt students into writing a story, writing prompts and other ideas.
Writing Prompt: Thanksgiving (middle) 3 When the Pilgrims came to the New World...
Unit: Fairy Tales - The Three Pigs PLUS (primary/elementary) Write and illustrate an alternate version (or a faithful rendition) of the Three Pigs. Following directions, practicing word sounds, reading comprehension, basic graph skills, and more are included in this engaging multitask unit.
Writing Prompts: Thanksgiving (middle) 1-4 Four of our upper elementary/middle school writing prompts/discussion topics in one place. Thought-provoking Thanksgiving writing prompts.
Writing Prompt: Thanksgiving (middle) 2 Would you be willing to leave your home...?
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