New Year’s Paragraph Writing Prompts and Activities

• Perfect for students in grades 3-5
• This resource is easy to implement for students of different levels and abilities
• Mixed groups
• Whole class lessons
• Small group lessons
• Classroom teachers
• Special education teachers or services
• Speech therapy
• ENL/ESL
• Homeschool
• …and much more!

• Teaching Video: Play our How to Write a Paragraph video to engage students to help them learn and practice writing a paragraph.

• 49 Color Pages + 49 Black & White Pages: Activities are included that go along with the teaching video. They help to further develop and strengthen your students’ understanding of how to write a paragraph.

• New Year’s Paragraph Writing Activities Include: 
  • Identifying the parts of the paragraph non-fiction Levels 1 & 2
  • Identifying the parts of the paragraph fiction Levels 1 & 2
  • 2- Writing a topic sentence given 3 details activities
  • 2- Writing 3 supporting details given a topic sentence
  • 3- Writing about a picture with writing supports
    • Scaffolded New Year’s activities include:
      • Brainstorming
      • Organizing thoughts onto a graphic organizer
      • Drafting a paragraph
      • Publishing a paragraph
  • 3- Writing about a New Year’s writing prompt with writing supports
    • Scaffolded activities include:
      • Brainstorming
      • Organizing thoughts onto a graphic organizer
      • Drafting a paragraph
      • Publishing a paragraph
  • 3- Writing about a given New Year’s topic with writing support
    • Scaffolded activities include:
      • Brainstorming
      • Organizing thoughts onto a graphic organizer
      • Drafting a paragraph
      • Publishing a paragraph

• Checklists: Checklists are included for students to use when completing the paragraph writing activities. Checklists are available to print as well as digital moveable checks on each activity page.

• Graphic Organizers: Paragraph graphic organizers are provided for each activity. In addition, blank organizers are provided to practice these skills during other academic activities.

• Review Page: Paired with the How to Write a Paragraph video to check your students’ understanding of this skill.

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