Grade Level: Grade 3

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Using 5-5-5 Breathing to Calm Down

Teach 5-5-5 breathing to calm students.

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Seeing Emotions in Body Language

Create mindfulness of body language.

six images showing different body language

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Seeing Emotion in Facial Expressions

Create mindfulness of facial expressions.

nine faces with expressing different feelings

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Thinking About a Process

Prepare students for how-to or process writing.

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Forming Pronouns: Possessives and Contractions

Teach possessives and contractions.

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Creating Command Sentences

Help students build command sentences.

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Asking and Answering the 5 W's and H Questions

Teach students to collect key details.

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Freewriting for Writing Topics

Have students freewrite for topic ideas.

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Drawing a Life Map

Help students gather ideas for narratives.

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Writing Back-and-Forth Stories

Inspire students to collaborate in writing.

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Writing: Now how do I get out of this one?

Assign this prompt to spark students' creativity.

Books

In Focus (3-5)

Books

Write on Track

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Writing Descriptions That "Show" Instead of "Tell"

Teach students to use sensory details.

A GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN, WITH A GUIDE, WHITE WATER RAFTING ON THE PATATE RIVER, ECUADOR

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5 Fun Creative Writing Activities

English Language Arts:

Student Writing Model

Hello, Spring!

Connor, a third grader, rhymes words in his poem about spring.

Student Writing Model

Fire

Joey, the third-grade writer of this poem, uses personification when he says the smoke can “run up the chimney” and the “ashes dodge.”

Student Writing Model

Cheetahs

The beginning paragraph of this writer's report invites the reader to keep going. The details show that she knows a lot about cheetahs.

Student Writing Model

How to Make Boiled Eggs

This model of “How-To” writing is based on a model submitted by Dagmary. She has decided to list the steps in her recipe instead of putting them in paragraph form.

Student Writing Model

Plastic, Paper, or Cloth?

This short persuasive paragraph is based on a model that third-grader Rachel submitted. She begins her writing in a way that makes the reader want to keep reading. The reader wants to find out what decision she is talking about.