Tackle tough social dilemmas with your upper graders during Kindness Week with these 25 writing prompts that reinforce PBIS and SEL skills such as kindness, empathy, and responsible decision-making. After each social dilemma is posed, students first sketch, then finish the story with their own solution. These scenarios are great year round, but can be especially helpful as Spring Fever sets in and state testing draws nearer.

This resource includes 25 editable Google Slides and 25 printable writing prompts, both in full-page and half-page versions for your convenience. The printable PDF writing prompts include an image, the scenario to be resolved, 3 rectangles for the beginning-middle-end story sketch, and lines to write on.

In my 5th grade classroom, we use these dilemmas to first write, then talk about problems in class or out on the playground. It allows me to see how each student would approach a situation, and we can discuss in depth the ramifications of the choices we make as we solve each problem. The kids particularly enjoyed being allowed to sketch out the beginning, middle, and end of the story before getting down to the writing part. As a teacher, I love that the kids are actively engaged in writing and are practicing key skills such as writing the conclusion to a story and punctuating dialogue. It's another chance for me to reteach or reinforce writing skills in a very low-stakes kind of way.

What's Included?

• 25 full-page writing prompts (printable PDF)

• 25 half-page writing prompts (printable PDF with same prompts as the full-page)

• Editable Google Slides Presentation with all 25 writing prompts

• Teacher's Guide

I'd love to hear how you use this resource in your classroom! Feel free to email me at iteachiwrite@yahoo.com with any questions or suggestions you may have.

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