February Writing Prompts: Are you looking for a creative list of writing prompts and
journal ideas to use during the month of February?
Below, you will find a list of general February writing topics and a list of
specific calendar dates for February which contain creative writing ideas related to
that particular date in February.
I have created this list of Valentine's Day and February 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 Valentine's Day and February writing prompts below that contain underlined
links. If you click on an underlined link:
Someone special to me.
Write a Valentine's Day letter to someone special to you.
Write a poem entitled "Love is ..."
Describe a book that you loved reading.
Create a Valentine's Day card for a character from your favorite book
"To have a big heart" means to be giving and caring. Describe someone that you know that has a big heart.
Black History Month is celebrated in February in the United States in recognition
of the achievements made by black Americans and the important role of African
Americans in U.S. history.
Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as
Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada (in February) and the United Kingdom (in October),
also devote a month to celebrating black history.
While earning a Ph.D. from Harvard, historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson was disturbed to find
that history books largely ignored the black American population.
In 1926, Dr. Woodson launched Negro History Week in order to bring national
attention to the contributions made by black people throughout American history.
Woodson chose the second week of February for Negro History Week because
it marked the birthdays of two men who greatly influenced African American history:
Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
This week eventually led to the celebration of Black History Month.
Using the list of 500 Biographies of Famous African Americans have your students create
a newspaper or character body book report about a famous African American.
Groundhog Day is observed on February 2 in the United States and Canada.
According to the legend, if the groundhog sees his shadow,
that means that there will be six more weeks of winter.
If the groundhog does not see his shadow, spring will arrive early.
The Boy Scouts of America was founded by Chicago publisher
William Boyce on February 8, 1910.
As a scout, children learn how to hike, camp and take care of the land.
Scouts study wildlife up close in the great outdoors and learn about nature.
The Boy Scout program is designed to develop youth who have a high degree of self-reliance, initiative,
courage, helpfulness, integrity, resourcefulness. This program teaches
boys to have respect for the rights of others and to be positive
leaders, role models, and citizens.
In recognition of the great contributions that
inventors have made to the world, National Inventors Day
is celebrated on February 11. This date was chosen because
Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847.
Thomas Edison was an American inventor, scientist, and businessman
and is known as one of the most prolific inventors of all time. Edison
invented more than 1,200 items, including the light bulb and phonograph.
As a young boy, Edison was curious and outspoken.
He only attended school for three months,
as his teachers complained that his
mind wandered and referred to him as "addled" (confused, mixed up, empty).
Instead, Edison was taught reading, writing, and arithmetic at home
by his mother, who was a former teacher. In his adult years, Edison said,
"My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me; and
I felt I had something to live for, someone I must not disappoint."
Design a newspaper about Thomas Edison that highlights his life
as both a young boy growing up and as an inventor. For ideas and lesson plans
for a biography newspaper project, please see this page on my website: Biography Book Report Newspaper Projects.
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky.
He moved to Indiana when he was 7 and grew up in a poor family on the American frontier.
As a young adult, Lincoln moved to Illinois when he was 21.
Although Abraham Lincoln was mostly self-educated, he became a lawyer,
an Illinois state legislator, and a member of the US House
of Representatives. He was elected the 16th President of the United States and
served from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
President Lincoln successfully led his country through the American Civil War,
while helping to preserve the Union and ending slavery.
He issued his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoted the
passage of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery.
Abraham Lincoln is considered by many to be one of the greatest presidents in American history.
Ask students to imagine that they were alive at the time the Gettysburg Address was delivered.
In a letter to a friend, have your students describe the effect that the
speech had on them when they heard President Lincoln give it.
Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 in Massachusetts and she
was an important American civil rights leader. She fought for women's right to vote
and introduced women's suffrage into the United States.
Women's suffrage is the right
of women to vote and to run for office. Woman suffrage in the
United States was achieved gradually, at state and local levels,
during the 19th Century and early 20th Century.
Susan B. Anthony died on March 13, 1906 and fourteen years after her death,
women were given the right vote on August 26, 1920, by the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
This ammendment stated: "The right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United
States or by any state on account of sex."
The Presidential election of November 1920 was therefore the first occasion
in which women in all of the states were allowed to exercise their right of suffrage.
Presidents' Day is celebrated on the third Monday in February.
Presidents' Day is intended to honor all of the American presidents,
but most significantly George Washington, who was born on February 22,
and Abraham Lincoln, who was born on February 12.
George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Virginia.
He served as the commander of the Continental Army in the American
Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783. George Washington was the first
President of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
Because of his significant role in the revolution and in the formation
of the United States, George Washington is often referred to by Americans as the "Father of Our Country."
Create a newspaper about George Washington that highlights his life and presidency.
For ideas and lesson plans for a biography newspaper project, please see this page on my website: Biography Book Report Newspaper Projects.
Levi Strauss was born on February 26, 1829 in Bavaria, Germany.
He sailed to the United States at the age of 18 with his family.
Along with Jacob Davis, Levis Strauss invented the blue jeans in 1873,
and they were used by the California gold miners.
These denim pants were originally called waist overalls.
Levis Strauss' invention of the blue jeans has become the most popular clothing product in the world.
February 29 occurs once every four years and is this called a Leap Year.
A leap year contains one extra day in order to keep the calendar
year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year.
During a Leap Year, February has 29 days instead of the usual 28,
so the year lasts 366 days instead of the usual 365.
Adding an extra day to the calendar every four years
compensates for the fact that a period of 365 days is
shorter than a solar year by almost 6 hours.
Note: On the above page, you will find links to download all 12
of my FREE classroom calendar sets for January - December!
Above: The large February calendar title is a
2 page banner template that is glued together and cut out.
This printable calendar set for February 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
February teaching resources classroom display set.
On the above page, you'll find links to
12 FREE calendar sets for January - December.
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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February Writing Prompts
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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February Writing Prompts
Character Body Book Report Projects
Fall In Love With Nouns is a Valentine's Day powerpoint lesson. This fun presentation reviews 3 types of nouns: common nouns, proper nouns, and pronouns.
There are 14 sets of questions and answers in this powerpoint lesson, which contains 37 slides.
Motivate your students to read 16 books and fall in love with reading with these sticker charts.
Although this set can be used any time of the year, I designed it as a February reading program and I used heart shaped graphics to tie in with a Valentine's Day theme.
This Valentine's Day value pack contains a set of 4 matching resources:
For this Valentine's Day activity, students write two paragraphs about things that they love.
Students choose 2 topics from this list: person, sport, book, movie, restaurant, game, place, and holiday.
This set also includes a 5 page bulletin board display banner (shown above).
A Gift From the Heart is a fun 3 dimensional project.
The assembled 3D gift box measures 5.5 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches.
This set of teaching resources will help you to remind your students that the most special gifts do not involve money, instead, they are gifts that involve being thoughtful and kind.
This Valentine's Day poetry set includes two different heart shaped poem templates. The one on the left is a general poetry worksheet and the template on the right is a L.O.V.E. acrostic poem.
This resource set includes a matching 5 page bulletin board display banner and first draft writing worksheets (not shown here).
For February and Valentine's Day, include a lesson on writing letters in your language arts lesson plans using these colorful Valentine's Day worksheets.
For this creative writing activity that has a Valentine's Day theme, students write an essay about someone who is special to them or that they admire.
Have your students create a flip book using these Groundhog Day writing templates. Students color and design their booklet covers and then write their stories on the inside templates.
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Groundhog Day Lesson Plans
This FREE resource set can be downloaded on this page:
January - December
Free Classroom Calendars
The pieces in this FREE calendar set fit perfectly inside pocket charts (or you can use them on a classroom bulletin board display).
This calendar set includes the following:
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