St. Patrick's Day and March Writing Prompts: Are you looking for a creative list of writing prompts and
journal ideas to use during the month of March?
Below, you will find a list of general March writing topics and a list of
specific calendar dates for March which contain creative writing ideas related to
that particular date in March.
I have created this list of St. Patrick's Day and March writing prompts and ideas for
elementary school teachers and students, but many of these creative
writing ideas and topics would also be appropriate for other grade levels.
You will find some St. Patrick's Day and March writing prompts below that contain underlined
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Finding a pot of gold
Finding a four leaf clover
Write a poem for St. Patrick's Day
The legend of St. Patrick includes the story that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. Have your students
research this legend and write a poem about it using the simile snake templates shown below.
Write a poem that includes similes in it for St. Patrick's Day using these "Simile Snake" poetry templates.
Before completing this poetry assignment with your students, you could read them The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
"Think Green" by recycling.
Encourage your students to "Think Green" and recycle this March by giving them a recycling sticker
chart (example shown on the right). 
While students are "Thinking Green," have them complete a unique family tree project.
A great picture book to read to your students during this activity is The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.
For a fun green project that will require a lot of green crayons, green coloring pencils, and
green glitter this March,
read your students "The Enormous Crocodile" by Roald Dahl. Then, assign your students a fun
crocodile group project that they can complete together.
For an extra large eye catching green bulletin board display in your classroom this March,
read your students "ESIO TROT" by Roald Dahl. Your students will think that
these turtle shaped group projects are a fun green activity to complete together.
National Women's History Month in March highlights the
extraordinary achievements of women throughout our history.
It also recognizing the significant obstacles that women have had to
overcome along their road to success.
Women's History Month traces its beginnings
to the first International Women's Day in 1911. The public celebration
of women's history in the United States began in 1978 as
Women's History Week in Sonoma County, California.
In 1981, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah and Representative Barbara Mikulski
of Maryland co-sponsored a joint Congressional resolution proclaiming
a national Women's History Week. In 1987, Congress expanded the
celebration to a month, and March was declared Women's History Month.
Who is a woman in history that you admire? Have your students write a report about a woman in history that they admire
by using the lists and biographies found on The National Women's History Museum Biography List
and Encyclopedia Britannica 300 Women Who Changed the World
Read Across America Day is celebrated on March 2 and it is an annual
reading motivation and awareness program that celebrates the importance of reading.
This date was chosen to coincide with the birthday of a famous children's
author, Dr. Seuss. Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was born on March 2,
1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Seuss is one of the most beloved
children's book authors of all time.
The inventor Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He is best known for his development of the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell's mother and wife were deaf,
and this influenced his life's work. His research on hearing and
speech led him to experiment with hearing devices. Alexander Graham Bell was awarded
the first U.S. patent for the telephone in 1876.
John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was born on September 26, 1774 in
Massachusetts. Johnny Appleseed Day is celebrated on March 11.
Johnny Appleseed was an American pioneer and is best known for roaming the
countryside planting apple seeds from which many apple orchards are said to have begun.
John Chapman was raised on a small farm on Massachusetts. His favorite place was his father's apple
orchard because he loved apples and this inspired him to introduce and plant
apple seeds through the frontiers of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
Johnny Appleseed Day is sometimes celebrated on September 26, which is acknowledged as his birthdate.
The March 11 date is usually preferred because it is during planting season. The March 11 date is
believed to have been selected because Johnny Appleseed died on March 11, 1845 according to many
accounts. Wikipedia's Johnny Appleseed page lists March 18, 1845 as
the date of his death.
Girl Scout Day is celebrated on March 12.
The Girl Scouts was founded in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low in
Savannah, Georgia.
The Girl Scouts aim to empower girls and develop qualities in them that will
serve them all their lives. The goal of this youth organization for girls is
to teach values such as honesty, fairness, courage, compassion, character,
sisterhood, confidence, and citizenship through activities that include camping
and community service.
The Girl Scouts organization welcomed girls with
disabilities early in its history, at a time when they were
not included in many other activities. There are now more than
3 million members of the Girl Scouts.
The scientist Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Germany.
At an early age, Einstein showed a great interest in math and science.
He built models and mechanical devices for fun and began to show a talent for mathematics.
Einstein is widely regarded as one of the most influential and
best known scientists and intellectuals of all time.
He is often regarded as the father of modern physics.
Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.
What are the major differences between a scientist and an inventor?
Above: The large March calendar title is a
2 page banner template that is glued together and cut out.
This printable calendar set for March includes smaller calendar pieces for the 7 days of the week that will fit inside your calendar pocket chart.
There are 31 square calendar number dates in this teaching resources set.
There are squares for you to print and write your students' names and birthdays on.
There are 11 printable calendar worksheets in this
March teaching resources classroom display set.
"Leprechauns Love To Read" is a sticker chart that I designed to encourage students to read books independently during the month of March.
There are 20 boxes for you to place stickers in on these St. Patrick's Day leprechaun templates.
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Leprechaun Reading Sticker Charts
These Pot of Gold sticker charts can be used for a variety of different purposes this March: reading, math, spelling, homework, good citizenship, etc.
There are 20 circles for you to place stickers in on these pot of gold sticker chart templates.
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Pot of Gold Sticker Charts
These turtles will motivate your students to come out of their shells and make steady progress towards a goal.
There are 20 boxes for you to place stickers in on these turtle templates. This set includes turtle accent pieces to help you with decorating your bulletin board display.
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Turtle Sticker Charts
Encourage your students to Think Green with these environmental trash can sticker charts.
My students complete various tasks to earn stickers on their Think Green sticker charts. These environmental friendly tasks include recycling paper and aluminum cans.
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"Think Green" Recycling Sticker Chart
These March language arts worksheets are ideal for a wide range of creative writing topics and will make a colorful St. Patrick's Day bulletin board display.
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St. Patrick's Day 4 Leaf Clover Worksheet
For this St. Patrick's Day creative writing assignment, students write a story about what happened when they found a pot of gold.
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St. Patrick's Day Pot of Gold Worksheet
"May the Luck of the Irish" be with your students as they write a poem for St. Patrick's Day. This would be a wonderful time to introduce your students to writing an Irish limerick!
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St. Patrick's Day Poetry Worksheet
This St. Patrick's Day powerpoint lesson reviews words that often confuse children. The following tricky word pairs are reviewed: its/it's, whose/who's, were/we're, and their/they're.
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St. Patrick's Day Tricky Word Pairs
If you have 25 students in your classroom, you can create a caterpillar display that is over 15 feet long with these unique poetry lesson plans. Each student writes a poem in one of the caterpillar templates.
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Caterpillar Poems
Are you looking for a fun and engaging poetry lesson activity that emphasizes using similes? These Simile Snake poems will make a very colorful poetry display in your classroom.
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Simile Lesson Plans
These turtle templates would be ideal to use for a short writing assignment, poetry, or a science unit. These cute turtle creative writing templates measure 10 inches in width and 6 in. in height.
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Turtle Writing Templates
For this Think Green writing assignment, students write about ways to help protect the environment. This set also includes a Think Green Recycling sticker chart and an environmental award certificate.
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Think Green Teaching Resources Set
Are you looking for a unique way for your students to create family tree projects this March? Your students will be branching out to learn about the members of their family as they design their own family trees.
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Family Tree Lesson Plans
This set of The Giving Tree lesson plans will help your students complete a creative writing activity based on Shel Silverstein's book. This set includes an idea web, first draft, final draft, leaf templates, and a grading rubric.
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The Giving Tree Lesson Plans
One of my students' favorite projects of the year is this large group project for The Enormous Crocodile. Students write about the 4 clever tricks that the crocodile plans in order to eat the children in town.
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The Enormous Crocodile
Lesson Plans
For this cooperative group project, students work together to describe the two main characters, the problem, and the solution of the story. There is an area on the tortoise templates for students to draw a picture of Alfie.
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Esio Trot
Lesson Plans
Nonfiction Book Reports: Your students will enjoy being newspaper editors and writing articles, cartoons, and timelines based on the famous people that they have read about in their books.
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Biography Newspapers (nonfiction)
Your students will love designing large character body projects about the characters found in their books. This project is also ideal for a biography book report about a famous person.
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Character Body Book Report Projects
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