There are so many things to celebrate in the month of April, like April Fool's Day, Earth Day, and spring! Use these fun prompts to get young writers writing during the month of April.

Concepts

explanatory writing, Narrative Writing, poetry, Writing Prompts

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Give one to two writing prompts a week for the entire month of April
• As a class, generate ideas and words to be used in a writing prompt upon assigning
• Set up expectations for sentence number, punctuation, and capitalization ahead of time
• Challenge leaners to write in cursive

Classroom Considerations

• Prompt topics are April and spring-themed, making them best used during the month of April
• Provide notebook paper for writing

Pros

• Offers seven writing prompts

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.3.1.a W.3.3.a W.4.1.a W.4.3.a W.5.1.a W.5.3.a W.6.1.a W.6.3.a