Twenty slides make up a set of festive, May-themed writing prompts designed to grab scholars' attention and warm-up their writing skills. Prompts include story starters, holidays, research questions, the five senses, and more! 

Concepts

Writing, Writing Prompts, may, cinco de mayo, mother's day, teacher appreciation, the five senses, research writing, national holidays, Holidays

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Choose prompts for the day that correlate to specific holidays or special occasions such as Mother's Day, Teacher Appreciation Day, and Cinco de Mayo
• Use prompts as reading bell ringers—display the prompt at the start of the period as a transition tool to focus learners on the next subject
• Give every class member a journal to keep track of their writing, collect and review work frequently to gauge proficiency and time-on-task 

Classroom Considerations

• Copy in color for best results and laminate for continued use
• Pages print on a letter-sized piece of paper 

Pros

• Slides are written in a fanciful font on colorful backgrounds 
• The last page lists each writing prompt without the decorative background 

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.4.4 W.5.4 W.6.4