For this month's free writing prompt I wanted to assign something that would challenge students to develop a mystery story. This task can easily be adapted for various writing abilities. Check out some writing guide questions in this post to help your students get started with planning and thinking about their mystery story.

While we would all prefer the traditional delivery of lessons and class work, it seems now we need to rethink how we can continue to encourage learning from home. It can be a daunting task for teachers to navigate the various technology available to reach our students. So, for those of us who are tackling the digital learning curve,  here are some neat tips and tricks for assigning classwork in Google Classroom along with some great tutorial videos whose accounts you can follow for regular updates. 

Are you looking for something to get your kids writing a narrative? This month's visual writing prompt is ready to add to your collection of ideas to get started.