Photo of the Week: Digital Daily ELA Warm-Ups & Picture Writing Prompts | Set 1
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This yearlong bundle of picture prompt language arts warm-ups is great as a bell ringer or daily practice for key reading skills and includes a weekly photo writing prompt to engage struggling or reluctant writers. If you're frustrated trying to find reading warm-ups to build comprehension skills inPrice $18.00Original Price $29.00Save $11.00
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 levelPrice $19.99Original Price $30.00Save $10.01
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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 product was designed as a whole class warm-up, small-group Tier 1 intervention, or literacy station.
Your download includes:
- 20 Weeks of Google Slides - 1 photo per week (100 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 based on observation
❑ Thursday: Write a main idea to 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
