Description
Need digital and printable writing prompts for the WHOLE YEAR? If you struggle to get your students to write and just aren't sure where to begin, save time and motivate your hesitant writers with these fun monthly-themed writing journals and centers.
You'll never run out of ideas or topics! Linked to the common core standards, this resource contains Monthly Writing Journals with both printable worksheets and google slides that are perfect for all your writing activities. Use these journal templates to supplement your writing curriculum or for writing workshop ideas. Includes fun story starters, opinion writing, labels, lists, and more that will work for kindergarten, first, and second grade students. Great for both your printable and google classroom activities!
Also included in this bundle are Writing Center activities for the whole year! You'll never be at a loss for what to put at your writing center each month and your kids will be begging to use this center.
How To Use This Resource:
- Use the google slides on your whiteboard to direct your writing lessons as you model the writing procedures to your students.
- Students can follow along with their printable monthly journal.
- If you have students working from home, they can either follow along with your lesson by using a printable version that you send home or work directly in your google classroom on the google slides document that is included.
- Change your writing center activities in a snap each month. Simply print the templates included in this resource and your kids will be writing in no time. There's no planning needed on your part – it's all done for you!
Included in this resource are monthly writing journals and writing center activities for September – May.
Monthly Writing Journals
Includes both a PRINTABLE and GOOGLE SLIDES VERSION with the following types of writing:
- Labeling a picture
- Making a list
- Writing a sentence
- Writing a letter
- Writing an opinion
- Writing a report (informational writing)
- Writing a story (narrative writing)
Monthly Writing Centers
Included in this resource for each month September – May:
- Word Bank (Color and B&W)
- Label A Picture – Monthly Themes (3 versions)
- Make A List – Monthly Themes (2 versions)
- Letter Writing Templates – Monthly Themes (3 versions)
- Post Card Templates – Monthly Themes (3 versions)
- Monthly Themed Greeting Cards (3 versions)
- Write A Monthly Themed Story – Template with lines (3 versions)
- Write A Monthly Themed Story – Template without lines (3 versions)
- How To Writing – Monthly Themes (2 versions)
- Opinion Writing- Monthly Themes (2 versions)
- Make A Book – Monthly Themes(2 versions)
- Monthly Themed Book Reports
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Ideas For Use:
- Whole group writing lessons – project one of these pages on the board to demonstrate a specific writing technique to your students
- Independent writing – after your whole group writing lessons, have students practice the skill in their daily writing journal
- Small group lessons – use these activities in your writing workshop or when you meet in small group for writing
- Writing center – add these printables to your writing center for extra practice
- Whole year writing practice or instruction
- Distance Learning – assign this journal to your Google or Seesaw classroom. Students can do their writing on the computer. Perfect for blended learning if you have students in the classroom and working from home.
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Looking for more writing units and google slides activities? Take a look at these:
- All Google Slides Activities
- Firstieland Monthly Writing Centers
- Firstieland Informational Writing Units
- Firstieland Opinion Writing Units
- Firstieland Procedural Writing Units
- Procedural Narrative Writing Units
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