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Free Ready-to-Go Spring Writing Prompts
Encourage your students to write daily with seasonal, creative topics.
For students to become both confident and comfortable writing, they need to practice the habit daily. Devoting as little as 15 minutes of each day to writing can make a big difference.
"That’s where writing prompts are valuable," says Genia Connell, a third-grade teacher in Troy, Michigan.
“I rely on writing prompts for my students to get their daily dose of writing,” Connell says.
Having them on hand is particularly helpful on whirlwind days, as well as when you have a guest teacher or an unexpected substitute filling in, she says. Read on to discover the writing prompts Connell uses in her classroom each spring (they're free!), such as the following:
Explore the best read-alouds for your spring lesson plans.
These handy writing prompts stand alone, Connell notes. “They don't need an accompanying mini-lesson,” she says.
Plus, students can complete them independently — no need to pair students up in groups, or stand over them to offer help.
These springtime-themed writing prompts from Connell take advantage of the season, from marking big holidays and events (think Earth Day) to acknowledging spring’s occasionally stormy weather.
It’s Raining Cats & Dogs
Springtime brings wet weather that’s evocatively described as “raining cats and dogs.” In this writing prompt, students will write a story about what it would be like if it actually rained cats and dogs.
Download a printable that includes the prompt, plus writing space for students to use.
Brainstorming Solutions on Earth Day
On Earth Day — or anytime of year — use this writing prompt to encourage students to think creatively about ways to preserve the planet and introduce key STEM concepts.
Download the Earth Day printable.
Reimagining Paul Revere’s Ride
Patriots’ Day commemorates Paul Revere’s midnight ride. For this writing prompt, students will rewrite the events of that historic evening as if they were occurring today.
Download a printable with this prompt along with writing paper.
An Interview With Mother Nature
Help get kids thinking about nature! For this writing printable, students will brainstorm interview questions for Mother Nature. Next, they can pick one and write out a potential response.
Download the Interview With Mother Nature printable.
This printable includes the writing prompts mentioned above, along with seven additional ideas to get students writing.
Download the printable of 11 springtime writing prompts!
To get more ideas for writing lessons and prompts, shop the print and digital resources below! You can find all books and activities at The Teacher Store.
This ready-to-use resource contains 30 exciting story starters that model good writing and help any student get past writer's block!
If you want to teach writing skills without taking the joy out of writing, this teacher-written resource is for you. You'll find easy, ready-to-use activities and thought-provoking prompts that will help your students become inventive and flexible writers.
Encourage young learners to write meaningfully about their favorite subjects with this big collection of month-by-month prompts!
This collection of descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive prompts sparks students' imaginations, scaffolds the writing process, and gets them prepared for the writing tests.
These whiteboard-ready lessons provide a dynamic tool for helping students master key writing forms. Each lesson presents a must-know format, such as a personal narrative or a summary, and shows step by step how to introduce and teach the model-and how to use the interactive whiteboard to engage students in learning.
Veteran teacher Mary Rose provides lessons, activities, and tips for weaving writing test prep seamlessly into everyday lessons.
After Lola reads a book of garden poems, she wants to plant some flowers. She gets books from the library and chooses her plants. Then Lola and her mommy buy the seeds, make the garden, and mark the rows. Now it's time to wait...
Frog does not want to sit on a log! But Cat tells him that's where he belongs. Doing his best to find an alternative place to sit, Frog asks Cat a whole lot of questions. For every answer Cat has, Frog has another question, until he finds out what dogs sit on! A silly read-aloud story with funny rhymes and hilarious illustrations.
While children splash in puddles above, down below an earthworm delights in a rainy day. The lively comparison will delight preschoolers.
The familiar song gets a new twist in these silly energetic books.
Because of an acorn, a tree grows, a bird nests, a seed becomes a flower. Enchanting die-cuts illustrate the vital connections between the layers of an ecosystem in this magical book. Wander down the forest path to learn how every tree, flower, plant, and animal connect to one another in spiraling circles of life. An acorn is just the beginning.
Before spring comes, the trees are dark sticks, the grass is brown, and the ground is covered in snow. But if you wait, leaves unfurl and flowers blossom, the grass turns green, and the mounds of snow shrink and shrink. Spring brings baby birds, sprouting seeds, rain and mud, and puddles. You can feel it and smell it and hear it - and you can read it!
Say hello and goodbye to the seasons in this gorgeously illustrated picture book as children walk through town and nature.
It's wonderful springtime, and there are so many flowers, leaves, and seeds outside. Siblings Feather, Flap, and Spike want to explore on a sunny day. But will Spike"s sneezes make him the odd dino out? ACHOO!
Patience pays off for Gus in this sweet and simple story. Spring is here, and Gus patiently waits for his plant to grow. He digs and plants and waters and waits...and waits. Will his hard work be rewarded?
