180 Journal Writing Prompts: Enough for Every Day of the School Year. Notes on Journal Promptsjournal journal writing promptswriting prompts Based on the assumption that an academic year, in most cases, consists of 180 days divided into 4 quarters, I have grouped these prompts accordingly. You, of course, may choose to use any of these at whatever time you like. There are eight graphics on this page to serve as general visual bookmarks. Additionally, please consider using the following text links to jump to specific points on this page: Go to 1st Quarter PromptsGo to 2nd Quarter Prompts Go to 3rd Quarter PromptsGo to 4th Quarter Prompts 1st Quarter Journal Writing Prompts Return to top of page What follows below is a simple listing of prompts.
If you'd like to make these really POP (and save yourself some effort at the same time), you may be interested in Journal Jumpstarts, Volume 1, which contains prompts 1-20 listed below. 1. Journal writing prompts 2. 4. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. WritingFix: prompts, lessons, and resources for writing classrooms.
Make It Blog » “Would You Rather” Questions for Kids. Whew – that weekend went fast! I can’t believe it’s Monday already… I had THREE birthday parties on Saturday. Two were for my weekend gig and one was for my very best friend in the whole world, Laura. (she comments on every post – how awesome is that?) She had a cookie decorating party because she loves to decorate cookies. I’ll post some pics soon. One of the weekend gig parties was a pop star karaoke party for a 9 year old girl! My problem with “WOULD YOU RATHER” used to be that I could only think of questions that were totally inappropriate for kids (“Would you rather have small boobs or big boobs?” Here is my list of go-to WOULD YOU RATHER questions for kids (along with some notes): Would you rather only be able to whisper or only be able to shout? *I like to start with this one because I can ask critical-thinking follow-up questions that really get them thinking: (Whispering) What if there was an emergency and you could only talk like this (whisper “help, help”)?
Exploing "Would You Rather..." Questions. Would you rather... teach a year of third grade using no books or print media of any kind orteach a year of third grade using no pencils, whiteboard, or writing materials of any kind? "Would you rather... " questions are great for practicing critical thinking because they require you to evaluate two different, but seemingly equally appealing (or unappealing) options and choose one. One way to use "Would you rather... " questions is to ask them whenever you have an extra few minutes.
In classroom setting it can be valuable to have kids first choose by a show of hands and then discusss the question. There are several different kinds of "Would you rather... " questions that you can pose. Some questions have an ethical bent and ask you to pick one value over another: Would you rather have someone give you $100 or give $1,000 to the charity of your choice?
Some questions use the same variables: Asking the questions is great, but you can step it up by having kids come up with their own questions. Answers to Riddles for Kids. This article is for those riddlers, who love tantalizing their gray matter. Check out the following riddles, and see if you can find answers to them. These are some funny riddles for kids, along with the answers. 1. What do you call a gorilla, who has a banana in one ear, and a clove or garlic in the other? Answer: Anything. He can't really hear you. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Hope you enjoyed the answers to these riddles. Famous Quotes - Over 2.5 Million Funny, Inspirational, Life Quotes!