Winter writing prompts with fun and engaging themes are one of the best ways to get students excited about writing in January! Keep this list of 51 1st grade writing prompts handy when you're preparing your lesson plans this year!
Winter Writing Prompts
1. Make a list of your favorite winter sports activities.
2. Draw and label a snowman.
3. Write how to build a snowman. Teach students the writing process for procedural writing with the words first, next, then, and last. Go outside on a winter day and build snowmen with your class. No snow? No problem. Give students a small ball of white playdough or salt dough and let them make a snowman and make a snowman craft to go with this first grade writing prompt.
4. First graders definitely have their own opinions especially when it comes to their favorite food. Use this to your advantage and practice this opinion writing prompt – what do you like better hot chocolate or chocolate milk?
5. What's your favorite thing to do on a snow day?
6. Learn about polar bears and then have students practice informational writing with these polar bear reports.
7. Draw and label a penguin.
8. Make a list of New Year's resolutions that you'll try to keep the entire year!
9. Make a pot of hot chocolate with your class and then have them write the steps for how to make hot chocolate. This is a great way to practice procedural writing.
10. Write a friendly letter to Frosty the Snowman.
11. Make a new year greeting card for a friend.
12. Write a story about what it would be like to live in a snow globe and then make a cute snow globe craft to go with it. Click here to grab this freebie.
13. Draw a picture of going sled riding with friends and then write a narrative story about it.
14. Learn about walruses that live in the arctic and then write a report
15. Write your opinion – What do you like better snow days or school days?
16. Have students get out their winter gear and dress to go outside to play in the snow. Then write the steps for dressing for winter.
17. Make a list of 3 New Year's goals. Grab this freebie here.
18. Write a narrative about what it would be like to get snowed in at school and have to spend the night!
19. If you could be in the Winter Olympics, what would be your favorite sport participate in?
20. Write your opinion – Which do you like better…indoor recess or outdoor recess?
21. Write a story about a melting snowman.
22. What is your favorite book to read in January? Write a book report about your pick.
23. Draw a picture of kids playing outside in the snow. Label the picture.
24. Follow the research process to learn about the arctic fox and then write an informational report about it.
25. Draw and label a polar bear.
26. Make a list of animals that live in the Arctic.
27. Write your opinion – Would you rather build a snow fort or a snowman?
28. Learn about Martin Luther King Jr. and then write some interesting facts about his life.
29. Learn about reindeer that live in the Arctic. Write an informational report about reindeer.
30. Write a letter to your principal convincing him to give you a snow day.
31. Learn about how water changes in winter and then write an informational research report about it.
32. Learn about penguins and then write an informational report about them.
33. Pretend that you are visiting the North Pole. Write a postcard to a friend telling them about your trip and the best things you did while you were there.
34. Draw and label a picture of you dressed to go outside and play in the snow.
35. First grade students will love the book Snowmen At Work. Write a list of jobs that snowmen do at night after we all go to bed.
36. The day my snowman ran away…
37. Tell about one fun thing you did on winter break.
38. Tell a story about going sledding down a huge hill with some new friends. What happened first, next and last.
39. The time I went ice skating and the ice started to crack…..
40. Tell a story about what animals do in winter.
41. Write your opinion – Which do you like better…summer or winter?
42. Make a list of words that describe winter.
43. Draw and label you and a good friend ice skating.
44. Write a story about going ice fishing with a friend.
45. If I met a polar bear in the forest…
46. The day we got snowed in at home…
47. One winter morning I woke up and looked out the window. You won't believe what I saw…
48. Practice narrative writing with your best memory of playing outside in winter. What did you do first, next, and last?
49. What happened the day you lost your mitten in the snow? Write complete sentences telling the first thing you did when you made the discovery!
50. Write about walking through the forest on a winter day. What did you see? What did you do?
51. Imagine you had a magic wand and could visit Ana and Elsa in frozen….write about what you would do.
Looking for an easy way to get started with your winter writing prompts? This resource has great ideas, unique topics, and everything you need with no prep printable writing templates and January journal prompts. Young children will love these fun writing prompts that will help them improve their creative writing skills. Click here to see everything included.
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