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Do you think schools should give homework? Why or why not?

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What do you like to do after school?

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What is your favorite holiday and why?

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Another resource for writing prompt ideas, but all of these ideas are for creative writing!

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Whether you're looking for a new way to keep your 4th grade kids occupied on a rainy day or hoping to help your class branch out in their writing, journaling can be a wonderful tool to inspire and motivate kids to express their thoughts.

Before we get to those writing ideas and prompts for fourth grade students, I have some news to share with you. Recently, I made a video about 25 Innovative Journaling Ideas for Kids. Here it is. Take a look! 😀

Benefits of Writing and Journaling- Journaling has many benefits for both children and adults, and the simple act of writing is a powerful way to express feelings, new ideas, and to instill creativity. Writing daily can translate into encouraging kids to find innovative ways of thinking, and will excite them endlessly with the prospect of possibility.

But kids can be a tough audience and that's why we've provided a list of seventy-three new 4th-grade writing prompts. These prompts are sure to help the wheels start turning and to brighten up any student's day. This listing of journal prompt ideas ranges from the silly to the reflective, and from practical to the impossible. This list of journal starters is sure to help your fourth-grader develop an entirely new outlook on writing and the opportunities that journaling can bring.

Ok, without further ado, here are those exciting new journal starters for 4th grade writers!

1. Finding an undiscovered planet

2. This year, I want to learn...

3. Hiking in the mountains

4. My favorite family tradition

5. My best friend is awesome because...

6. What my family does on the 4th of July

7. A list of things on my desk

8. What America means to me

9. One of my best memories

10. Would I rather be rich or famous?

11. Time capsules are...

12. Something I'd like to be better at

13. Climbing the world's largest tower

14. A secret garden

15. Finding a secret room in your house

16. Jumping on clouds

17. Diving undersea to find a hidden temple

18. Becoming a giant

19. Growing up with cousins

20. Taking an escalator to the moon

21. Underwater house

22. Having a food fight

23. Being in a video game

24. Race car driver

25. Making a new ice cream flavor

26. Exploring the pyramids

27. Do aliens exist?

28. Living on a farm

29. An epic game of hide and seek

30. Playing a professional sport

31. Life as a germ

32. Playing instruments

33. Being a rock singer

34. Write a letter to a pen-pal

35. If I could live in any state

36. If I could have any pet

37. The best compliment I ever received...

38. My favorite book

39. Television is...

40. Cooking with family

41. Someday, I want to be ________

42. If I could live in any time in history, I would choose ________

43. My favorite toy when I was younger

44. What 5 things would I want if I was stranded on a desert island?

45. I felt grown-up, when ______________

46. Brothers/sisters are important because...

47. If I could trade places with anyone for a day

48. The best April fool's joke I ever played

49. A perfect day

50. My favorite month of the year

51. Walking on the ceiling

52. My favorite pair of shoes

53. Finding buried treasure

54. If dinosaurs still existed

55. My greatest talent

56. What if there were only 18 hours in a day?

57. Something that embarrasses me is...

58. The best restaurant I've ever been to

59. I like living in [city], because...

60. The most important thing I ever learned

61. If I were the principal, I would _______

62. Can wishes come true?

63. People who I couldn't live without

64. My favorite thing in my bedroom

65. A list of states or countries I've been to

66. What would grow in my garden?

67. A day in the life of a superhero

68. Rules are important because...

69. If I were a color, I would be _______

70. My favorite thing about myself

71. I think tests are important/unimportant because...

72. Staying home alone

73. The best teacher I ever had

I hope that this listing of 4th-grade writing prompts was inspiring and useful to you and your students, children, and special kids.

BONUS: 11 Expository Writing Prompts for 4th Graders

1. Describe how things will be different for you in middle school when you have a locker to put your things in.What will you put in your locker?Will you decorate it in any way?

2. Explain the rules and requirements at your new middle school and where they differ from your current school.

3. Think about the homework you have in the 4 grade and explain how homework might differ in middle school.

4. When you enter middle school, describe some ways that you can go about making new friends.

5. Define the characteristics that make a good friend.

6. Explain several ways that you might handle someone who is trying to bully you.

7. Define what being a good listener means to you, and explain ways you can be a good listener in your new middle school environment.

8. Define the term "time management" and describe ways you can make use of it in middle school.

9. Describe how you believe you have matured in the past year.

10. Mistakes are not all bad if you learn from them.Think of a mistake you've made and explain what lesson you learned from it.

11. Define the term "dress code" and explain why a school might have a dress code.

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Exciting Journal Starters for 4th Grade Writers!

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Here is a great resource for narrative writing prompt ideas if you are stuck trying to think of new ones!

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1. Suppose you had invented a time machine. Write a story about what you did with it.

2. Write to tell of a day when you were the teacher. What did you do?

3. Write a story about trading places with your favorite TV, movie, or rock star.

4. One day a spaceship lands on the playground of your school . . .

5. Your shoe must have a story to tell. Tell it.

6. Your class grew plants as a science project. One day you looked at your plant and saw

something really strange had grown there.

7. Write a story about what it would be like if you woke up one morning with wings.

8. On your birthday, a strange-looking lady came to you door and handed you a wrapped present. You rattled it. It made a noise. Write a story about this present.

9. Your teacher one day announced that your class was going on a wonderful field trip. Write a story about this field trip. In your story, you can have your class go anywhere you wish.

10. One day, as you were petting and talking to your friend's dog, it answered back! Write a story about this.

11. Write a story about yourself as a hero. What did you do to become a hero? Tell your story.

12. As you walked down the hallway at school, you heard some strange music coming from the custodian's closet. What was it? Write a story about it.

13. Tell a story about children who live in a world where there is no such thing as television, computers, or electronic games.

14. A distant relative bequeathed you a strange ring. As you put this ring on, you discover that it has strange powers. What does it look like? What does it do? Tell a story about this ring.

15. Tell a story about your ideal place to live. What would it be like to live here?

16. The teacher comes into the room and places a bag on her desk then leaves. The bag moves and wriggles. Write a story about what is in the paper bag.

17. Everyone has a day in his or her life that was extra special or dreams about what he or she would do on a special day. Write a story about a special day you have had or imagine you might have.

18. Every day you pass a door. It's always closed and locked. One day, as you pass, you notice that the door is open. You step inside. Write a story about what was on the other side of that door.

19. Tell a story about what happened when you traveled on a wagon pulled by horses.

20. Tell a story about a day in which everything went wrong.

21. Imagine you could travel to the future and live there. Think of what you think the future would be like. How different would it be from today? Now, write a story about living in the future.

22. Imagine you could go to any place you wanted for as long as you wanted any time you wanted. What place would you visit? Think about what you would do there. Write a story about a visit to a really neat place.

23. Pretend that you lived in colonial times. Think about what your life would be like, how it would be different living more than 200 years ago. Now, write a story about a young person (or yourself) living in George Washington's day.

24. Novels are fun to read because the action keeps you interested, and the characters almost become your friends. Think of a book you really liked. Imagine that you were a new character in this book {choose a book your class has read}. Write a story about what happened.

25. Imagine you woke up one morning and found that you had switched places with a dog or a cat. Think what it would be like. What would you do? Write a story of your day as a dog or a cat.

26. What if you had a personal genie who would grant your every wish? What would your life be like? Think of some of the details. Write a story about having a personal genie.

27. Imagine you had a car that would take you anywhere you wanted to go for one day. Think of where you went in that car and what you did. Write a story about that day.

28. Everyone has a favorite season of the year. What is your favorite season? What do you like to do? Write a story about your favorite season.

29. Imagine one morning there's a knock at your front door. You open the door, and to your great surprise, you find an alien standing there. What do you do? What does it look like? Write

a story about your encounter with this alien.

30. On your way to school one morning you see a huge truck speeding down the road. Suddenly, the back door of the truck opens and a large, mysterious box falls off the back of the truck. It sits there in the road. What is in the box? What do you do? Write a story about this mysterious box.

31. One spring day a skunk wanders into your classroom. What are the results? Write a story about the skunk that visited school.

32. Imagine you had a time machine that you could take only to the past. Where would you choose to go? Think of what you would do there, what it would the like. Write a story of your adventure in the past.

33. One day you are sitting under a large tree. An acorn hits you on the head, and you look up. There, on the branch above you sits a squirrel, laughing at you. The squirrel then looks you square in the eye, begins to talk to you, and asks you to return its acorn. What would you do?

What would happen if you encountered a talking squirrel? Write a story about the experience.

34. Imagine a world where there was no money. What would people do? What would life be like? Write a story about living in a world without any money.

35. There are times when we all wish, even for just a moment, that we could be someone else for a day. Who would you choose to be for that day? What would you do? Think of some details of your day. Now write a story about what your day was like as that person.

36. In a recent disaster, there were some kids who did some heroic things. Think what constitutes (makes) a hero. Imagine yourself as one. Now write a story in which you were a hero/heroine in a tough situation.

37. A little old lady gave you and a friend some magical glitter and told you to sprinkle it on your hair and something special would happen. What happened when you tried it? Write a story about this mysterious magical glitter.

38. One day you and your friends walked up to an old, seemingly abandoned house. You couldn't see inside due to the dust and cobwebs on the windows. You decide to see if the door is locked. You try the knob, and it turns. The door creeks open as if it has not opened in years . . . What happens next? What do you find? What do you and your friend do? Write a story about entering that old, seemingly abandoned house.

39. Love comes in all forms. We can love our parents, a boyfriend or girlfriend, a favorite pet, a brother or sister, a place, even a thing. Thing about someone or something you love. Write a story about that person or thing that involves your feelings.

40. Imagine that your sense of smell was more highly developed than everyone else's. What experiences might you have? How might your life change? What would you be able to smell? Write a story about a person with a very highly developed sense of smell.

41. Imagine yourself temporarily lost in a foreign country where you do not know the language. How do you manage to communicate? What might happen to you? Write a story about a day you might have spent lost in a foreign country without knowing the language.

42. Imagine a city project to have every school student do some hours of community service as a part of the required curriculum. What would you choose to do? What do you think it would be like? What people might you meet? What would you be doing to help? Write a story about your day of community service.

43. Sometimes family members or friends embarrass you when other people are around. Think of some times this has happened to you. Think of what could happen. Write a story about some embarrassing incident you might have had and how you coped with it.

44. Now and then you, without meaning to do so, break something that belongs to someone else. Think about what might be broken. Think about what might happen as a result. Now, write a story about accidentally breaking something that belonged to someone else and the story of what happened as a result.

45. One day your teacher must go home. Your teacher leaves, telling you that someone else will teach the class for the rest of the time. Who do you think will replace the teacher? What happens as a result? Write a story about a time your teacher had to go home, and someone

else took over the class.

46. Imagine you opened your own restaurant. Tell the name of your restaurant. Explain what the restaurant looks like, who works there, and what you serve.

47. Describe your favorite character from a book, a movie, or television.

48. Write a story titled, "My Journey on a Pirate Ship." You and your friends can star in the story.

49. If you could have any animal for a pet, what would it be? Describe the pet and how you would take care of it.

50. Do you have any brothers or sisters? If you do, tell what they're like. If not, tell whether or not you would like to have a brother or sister.

51. If you could have lunch with any famous person who would it be? What would you talk about with this person?

52. How old were you four years ago? Describe some things you can do now that you could not do then.

53. If you could be on any game show, what would it be? Describe what happens when you're on the show.

54. Describe several ways a person your age can earn money.

55. If you could spend an afternoon with one member of your extended family, who would it be? Tell why you chose this person and tell what you do together.

56. Which superpower would you most like to have- invisibility, super strength, or the ability to fly? Describe what kids of things you would do with your powers.

57. Think of a time when you've won something. Tell what you won and how you won it.

58. Invent a new kind of sandwich. Describe what is on it and how you would make it.

59. Describe one thing you're really good at.

60. Imagine you were twenty feet tall. Describe what life would be like. How would it be different from your life now?

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What do you think would be a great creative writing prompt that I could ask my 4th grade students to write about? (ex. a new planet, a day at the park, etc.)

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Writing Prompts to Stimulate Imagination

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Writing Prompts to Stimulate Imagination

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Very good article about clever writing prompts that are specifically designed for elementary level children.

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21 Clever Writing Prompts That Will Unleash Your Students' Creativity

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Great representation of a writing plan

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Would be a great poster to hang up in my classroom

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Good visual for persuasive writing for my students

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Cute way to show students how to develop main characters and plots in a story

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Good visual for expository writing for my students

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Writing to Inform and Make Arguments Video

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Writing to Inform and Make Arguments Video

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Great video on understanding...

• Required mastery of three kinds of writing

• Analytical writing

• Rendering complex information clearly

• Student writing styles/multiple disciplines

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Required mastery of three kinds of writing * Analytical writing * Rendering complex information clearly * Student writing styles/multiple disciplines