Fifth grade is a monumental year for students. They are in their last year of elementary school and preparing to move to middle school. Let’s help our students prepare for the jump by giving them meaningful writing prompts. These 52 writing prompts will get them to use all of their foundational skills for writing while keeping them engaged in the learning process.
1. Tell me about a time that Covid-19 disrupted your school day. What did you do, and how was everything different?
2. Do you think wearing a mask is a good idea? Why or why not?
3. How did social distancing make you feel? Why?
4. What did you like most about homeschooling during the lockdown and why?
5. How will life be after Coronavirus?
6. If you were a Minecraft character, who would you be, and what would you do?
7. If you were a Minecraft character, who would you be, and what would you do?
8. If you fart in space, the smell stays with you. What would you do if that happened on Earth?
9. How can I be a cool fifth grader?
10. You need to stop a rocket from flying into the sun. What do you do?
11. If you could transform into any liquid or a gas, what would you choose and why?
12. How can I build a home on Mars?
13. If you could clone yourself, would you? Why?
14. Do you want to have a robot that does everything for you? Why or why not?
15. If you could travel in time, would you go into the future or the past? Why?
16. Would you rather see the creation or end of the universe? Why?
17. What do you think will happen if you go into a black hole?
18. Would you like to go to another planet? Which one and why? If not, why not?
19. Imagine you went to the moon. What’s there?
20. We launch trash into space. Should we continue to do that?
21. What would you do if you woke up as a video game character?
22. Fleas jump as high as 60 times their body length. Would you like to be able to jump this high?
23. Emperor penguins can stay underwater for 27 minutes without breathing. What would you do underwater for that long?
24. Is it okay to have a monkey for a pet? Why or why not?
25. Should we make the school day shorter?
26. Are video games are good for your brain?
27. Are iPads making kids lazier?
28. Are you a cat or dog person?
29. If you had a billion dollars, how would you spend it?
30. Tell me about a time you had a fear of missing out.
31. Are Takis or Cheetos better? Why?
32. If you were invisible, what would you do and why?
33. Is it okay to keep money that you find on the street?
34. What would you do if a bully were picking on your best friend?
35. Is it better to put milk or cereal in the bowl first?
36. What are you the best at and why?
37. Convince me to buy an iPhone.
38. Should parents be allowed to give kids chores?
39. Would you eat a spider, as people do in Cambodia?
40. Would the USA be better if there were one time zone?
41. How can we slow down climate change?
42. What do you think the world will be like in 2060?
43. What is the best way to eat toast?
44. Do you prefer Christmas or your birthday?
45. What is the most boring holiday and why?
46. What is your dream job, and why?
47. Do you think aliens are real? Why or why not?
48. What would you do if you woke up and zombies were outside of your house?
49. Would you rather live in a big city or the country? Why?
50. Convince me a dinosaur is a good pet.
51. What can we do about the plastic pollution problem?
52. How would you feel if you were a fish? Why?
