Here are a few more ideas for developing a writing center:

• Silly Pictures
  Find silly pictures from the Internet and print them out. Have them available to students in the writing center. They can select a picture and then write about it. You can even have pictures stored in a PowerPoint slideshow if you have a computer that is free. Students will visit the computer to select their picture. 
   

• Calendar Pictures
  Locate pictures from old calendars. Students love looking at baby animals. I get tons of calendars each year from National Wildlife and the Humane Society. Cut out the calendar pictures, glue onto construction paper, and then place in the writing center.
   

• Coloring Book Pages
  Provide students with coloring books. These can be found at dollar stores. Students select a coloring page they like and carefully tear it out of the coloring book. If there are words at the bottom of the page they must be cut off.  Students select a piece of 11 x 17 construction paper and fold it in half (hamburger style). Students color their picture and then glue it onto the piece of construction paper. On a separate piece of lined writing paper, students write a story about their picture. When finished, students glue their writing on the opposite side of the coloring page. This makes a nice little mini-book for their stories. These can be laminated and then placed in the writing center or classroom library. 
   

• Writing Prompts & Story Starters
  Provide students with writing calendar, writing prompt, or story starters.
   

• Non-Fiction Writing
  Write about your Social Studies or Science themes.
   

• Special Events
  Write about special presenters and events from your school. 

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