Photo of the Week: Digital Daily ELA Warm-Ups & Picture Writing Prompts Bundle

These digital picture prompt activities make excellent language arts warm-ups or bell ringers. Each page of ELA practice activities covers various reading and writing skills in a way that won't overwhelm struggling or reluctant learners. The reading comprehension skills are straightforward and level the playing field for struggling decoders, and the weekly picture writing prompt is engaging and fun to keep reluctant writers eager to participate!

Building comprehension skills with struggling readers can be challenging. While close reading is a great way to get students to dig deeper into text, many readers struggle with decoding and fluency. This makes it impossible to get the most out of text-based close reading activities. However, photos allow these students to build higher-level comprehension skills like inferring, main idea, and summary.

Since many struggling readers also struggle with writing, each week also includes a picture-based writing prompt. This helps students become comfortable with different genres of writing - including personal narrative, expository, persuasive, and descriptive writing. Embedded checklists for revising and editing help create a seamless way to build writing skills without overwhelming reluctant learners.

This digital bundle was designed as a whole-class warm-up, small-group Tier 1 intervention, or literacy station.

Your download includes:

• 80 Sets of Photo Prompts on Google Slides (400 total slides)
• Visual Table of Contents with Cross-Curricular Connections (pdf)
• Teachers Guide with half-page versions of photos for display (pdf)

Weekly Routine:

❑ Monday: Observe the photo & record details

❑ Tuesday: Generate questions based on the photo

❑ Wednesday: Generate inferences (and predict) based on observation

❑ Thursday: Write a main idea sentence or title the picture

❑ Friday: Write and edit a short composition based on a given prompt.

Reading & Writing Skills Addressed:

✔Main idea & summary

✔Inferring & drawing conclusions

✔Activating prior knowledge

✔Vocabulary development

✔Connections

✔Questioning

✔Identifying key details

✔Supporting details

✔Understanding the writing process

✔Writing for a variety of purposes

✔Generating ideas for writing

✔Drafting, editing, and revising with purpose

✔Personal narratives

✔Expository writing

✔Persuasive/Opinion writing

✔Descriptive writing

✔Letter writing

Benefits of Using Weekly Photo Activities

• Approachable and engaging for all learners
• Avoids the barriers often faced by students learning English or those with disabilities
• Quick and easy to implement without taking up much instructional time
• Format is easy-to-follow and focused on essential language arts skills
• Encourages conversations and higher-level thinking

Prefer the printable version? Get it here: Read & Write Photo Prompts