Student+Quick-Write+Ideas

Online Resources for Student Quick Writes
Wonderopolis - A different wonder every day! Click on the "wonder" - usually there is a video or some type of visual to explain how it came to be.

Superlame.com - If you could add a speech bubble to a picture, what would you have it say? Upload your own photos or browse the internet for a photo. How might this relate to a topic you're teaching about?

Discovery Education - Do you know DE has over 20,000 images in it's database? As you type in the name of an image you're searching for, select "image" under "Media" in the advanced search box at the top of your screen. As a result, your search will only display images. Some different ways to use images....
 * Write 3 sentences about the image shown. Use these sentence starters: "I see," "I know," "I wonder"
 * Write a 6 word story to describe the picture.
 * Write 6 words that describe _ about the picture (i.e. write 6 words that describe the relationship between the stem and the roots shown in the picture....)
 * What do you predict will happen next?
 * What kinds of assumptions can you make from this picture? (can this prepare students for an upcoming unit - i.e. culture, environment, a time period, etc)

- - - - Discovery Ed will also let you create writing prompt builder that you can assign to students - - - -

Literacyhead - Lessons for teaching literacy through art. There are some parts of this site that require a membership, but there are LOTS of free resources to use images to teach concepts! Includes student prompts too!
 * Sample pages: Art as a text for test prep

Scholastic Story Starters - Spin the wheel and let the computer choose your story starter.

Don't have time for kids to respond to these prompts during class? Why not try a blog? Click here to see my example.