Think about your favorite book. Write a new ending for it.

Imagine that you find this tiny frog in your cereal box and discover that it has magical powers. Write a story about your magical frog.

Imagine you have something besides hands. It can be anything - forks, hooks, lobster claws, handkerchiefs, anything. What are your hands? Write about your life.

One morning you wake up and discover that your whole house has turned into bubbles - everything. The house, the furniture, your clothes, even the food. What would you do?

Write about your favorite food. Try to convince everyone in your class that your favorite food is the best food in the world.

This is a machine from the future. Write about what it does.

Imagine you can breathe under water. You can even help one other person breathe under water. Who would you take with you as you explore under the ocean? What adventures do you think you'd have?

Imagine being a cave-man or cave-woman. Write about your life.

Today is "Armed Forces Day". Write a letter to a soldier.

Imagine that spoons, forks, and knifes disappeared and you had to come up with another way to eat food. What would you do?

Today is circus day!

Write about your life living in the circus.

Use the following 5 words in a story:

bruise
harpoon
oak
pumpkin
droplet

You just found a magic lamp that has a genie inside. You rub the lamp, the genie appears and says he'll grant you three wishes. What would you wish for?

This is an underwater cave. What do you think it would be like to live here?

Today is the birthday of L. Frank Baum - author of The Wizard of Oz.

Imagine your house got carried away in a tornado and landed in another world. Write a story about your adventures.

May is National Egg month.

You just found an egg in the forest that is different from any egg you have ever seen. Write a story about your egg.

Today is limerick day. A limerick is a kind of rhyming poem that comes from Ireland and has 5 lines. The rhymes go in this pattern:

A
A
B
B
A

For example:

There once was a girl named Jane
Who lived down a very long lane
When the milkman would come
She'd have to run
And her ankle she always would sprain

See if you can write a limerick of your own.

Finish this story:

Erica ran out the front door. She sped down the street, around the corner, and headed straight for the playground. Today would be the day. This was the last time she...

Write a story about a world where no one had any bones in their body.

You just woke up on a deserted island. Write the story of how you got there.

You just discovered a different world in a faraway galaxy. Describe it. What does it look like? What kinds of things live there? How far away is it?

You are traveling around the world in a hot-air-balloon. Write about your adventures. Who is with you? Where do you go? What do you see?

Today is the Anniversary of when Alan Shepard flew into space. He was the first American, and the second man to ever accomplish this feat.



Write about why you think it would, or would not be fun to explore space.

For more information about Alan Shepard and his historic flight, go to NASA's page here.

Teacher Appreciation Week happens every May. Write a letter to a favorite teacher.

This is the world's biggest flower. They can grow to be almost 3 ft. across! If you could design a bigger flower, what would it look like? Where would it grow?

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Read a book like Tell Them We Remember; The Story Of The Holocaust by Susan D. Bachrach



or I Have Lived A Thousand Years; Growing Up In The Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson.


Write about how these stories made you feel.

Today is May Day.

May Day is a festival from a really long time ago that celebrates Spring. What are some of your favorite ways to celebrate springtime?