Easy Writing Homework - FREEBIE!

Hey guys! It's Ashley from Teach Create Motivate!

Do you want to incorporate writing into your students' homework somehow? But you don’t want to make a ton of copies each week? This year my team started something new and EASY, and we love it! Writing Homework Menus!

(side note: I am not sure why we call it a menu…it is more like a bingo board, haha. We already have a spelling menu, so this just goes along with that.)

Every 9 weeks the students get a a writing menu. It has 16 writing prompts. Each week the students are required to complete one writing prompt. It is always due on Friday. At the beginning of the year we started off expecting 6 sentences at least. As the year goes on, we increase the minimum amount of sentences, as well as add grammar expectations that they have now learned; proper nouns, action verbs, etc!

When they student has chosen a prompt and turned it in, they cross it off! This allows them to eventually write all but 7 of the prompts we have chosen for them.

We like to think of prompts that tie into what we are teaching in science or social studies  also! It is a great way to review concepts and integrate subjects for homework!

On Fridays as I am checking their homework, I let them share their writing. They really love this time. It helps build confidence, fluency, writing skills, etc!

We have the writing prompts copied onto bright paper and put in a page protector in their binder. You could also hole punch them to put in a homework folder.

It is easy, quick, and effective!

So far I have created two writing homework sheets. I put them in my store for FREE! You can get them here! It is never too late to start sending this home!