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No-Prep Writing Prompts Packet for writing across genres! This pack has Opinion, Narrative, Informational, and How-To Writing Activities for each month.
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This pack currently includes:
September
October
November
December
January
February
March just added
May/ June (End of Year)
The following months will be added by the last day of the previous month:
April
Looking for an easy way to keep your students engaged in meaningful writing during the year?
This writing pack includes a variety of no-prep, genre-based activities that are perfect for writing practice. It works great as a writing packet, journal, morning work, or writing portfolio.
Includes writing activities that support narrative, opinion, informational, how-to, list writing, and more, with differentiated activities for kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade students. Just print and go!
Differentiated to meet the needs of ALL your students: from drawing and labeling to story and paragraph writing.
⭐What’s Included:
- Each month has at least 100 writing activities!
- Differentiated: drawing, labeling, lists, narrative, opinion, informational
- Fun creative writing, too!
- Cover options- turn into a writing journal or portfolio!
*SEPTEMBER WRITING PROMPTS*
✅✔Pre-Writing:
- Tracing lines
- Tracing shapes
- Letter formation
- Handwriting book
✅✔Name Writing (these are not editable- students will need to write their names, but you can give them a name label)
- Chrysanthemum page
- Coconut Tree
- Trace letters and color
✅✔Draw & Label:
- Directed drawing: Apple, Pencil, Glue
- Adding details: Draw setting
- Adding details: Draw characters
✅✔Label & Write a Sentence:
- Bus stop
- Crayon box of colors
- Classroom
✅✔List-Writing:
- School supplies
- Lunch foods
- Community helpers
- Friends
✅✔Sentences (x number of pages):
- One-page crafts x4
- Cut & paste sentences x 3
- Trace and finish the sentence x 3
- Picture sentence & edit x 3
- Build a sentence x 6
- Write 3 (statement, question, exclamation) x 4
✅✔Narrative Writing:
- Spin-a-story x 3
- 3-part story x 3
- Picture bank story x 3
✅✔Opinion:
- This or That x 4 (would you rather?)
- Rank 3 x 2 (students number 3 choices in order of preference, write reasons)
- Thumbs Up or Down? x 5
- Debate it x 4 (students write pros and cons for a topic)
✅✔How-to Writing:
- How to get ready for school
- How to pack a lunch
- How to wash your hands
- How NOT to pack lunch
- How NOT to get ready for school
- How NOT to be a good friend
- Recipe
✅✔Informational Writing:
- All About School
- All About Apples
- All About Teachers
- All About Me
- Picture bank x 3
- Fact and Opinion x 3
- Compare & Contrast x 3
✅✔BONUS: Creative Writing:
- Goal Jar x 3 grades, plus blank
- Design and write x 6
*OCTOBER WRITING PROMPTS*
✅✔Draw & Label:
- Directed drawing: Pumpkin, scarecrow, cat, bat, Frankenstein, witch’s hat
- Adding details: Draw setting
- Adding details: Draw characters
✅✔Label & Write a Sentence:
- Bat
- Pumpkin
- Witch
- Cat
✅✔List-Writing:
- Apple and pumpkin foods
- Witch’s brew
- Halloween costumes
- Spooky things
✅✔Sentences (x number of pages):
- One-page crafts x4: scarecrow, bat, pumpkins, haunted house
- Cut & paste sentences x 4
- Trace and finish the sentence x 4
- Picture sentence & edit x 5
- Build a sentence x 6
- Write 3 (statement, question, exclamation) x 4
✅✔Narrative Writing:
- Spin-a-story x 4
- 3-part story x 6
- Picture bank story x 5
✅✔Opinion:
- This or That x 6 (would you rather?)
- Rank 3 x 3 (students number 3 choices in order of preference, write reasons)
- Thumbs Up or Down? x 5
- Debate it x 4 (students write pros and cons for a topic)
✅✔How-to Writing:
- How to make a jack-o-lantern
- How to make pumpkin pie
- How to make a scarecrow
- Pumpkin life cycle
- How to trick-or-treat safely
- How NOT to make a pumpkin pie
- How NOT to go on a hayride
✅✔Informational Writing:
- All About Pumpkins
- All About Bats
- All About Spiders
- All About Owls
- Fact and Opinion x 4
- Compare & Contrast x 5
✅✔BONUS: Creative Writing:
- Spooky Riddles
- My Monster (Descriptive writing)
- Halloween & Fall foldable cards
- Design and write x 7
*NOVEMBER WRITING PROMPTS*
✅✔Draw & Label:
- Directed drawing: acorn, leaf, owl, mouse, squirrel, turkey
- Adding details: Draw setting
- Adding details: Draw characters
✅✔Label & Write a Sentence:
- soldier, cornucopia, turkey, feast
✅✔List-Writing:
- Thanksgiving dinner
- I am thankful for…
- Black Friday shopping list
- Fall signs
- Acts of kindness
- Turkey’s things (I spy)
✅✔Sentences (x number of pages):
- One-page crafts x5: veteran soldiers, heart, medal, turkey, rangoli
- Cut & paste sentences x 3
- Trace and finish the sentence x 4
- Build a sentence x 7
- Write 3 (statement, question, exclamation) x 5
✅✔Narrative Writing:
- Spin-a-story x 5
- 3-part story x 6
- Picture bank story x 4
✅✔Opinion:
- This or That x 5 (would you rather?)
- Rank 3 x 3 (students number 3 choices in order of preference, write reasons)
- Thumbs Up or Down? x 5
- Debate it x 5 (students write pros and cons for a topic)
✅✔How-to Writing:
- How to vote
- How to cook a turkey
- How to make applesauce
- How to have a fall picnic
- How NOT to make a turkey
- Recipe for pie
- Recipe for turkey
✅✔Informational Writing:
- All About Veterans
- All About Squirrels
- Fact and Opinion x 4
- Compare & Contrast x 6
✅✔BONUS: Creative Writing:
- Spot the Differences
- Turkey Riddles
- My Thankful Tree
- VETERANS acrostic poem
- Thanksgiving foldable cards
- Design and write x 3
- Build a turkey craft
- Letter to turkey
- Wanted: turkey
*DECEMBER WRITING PROMPTS*
✅✔Draw & Label:
- Directed drawing: Santa, Mrs. Claus, reindeer, stocking, elf
- Adding details: Draw setting
- Adding details: Draw characters
✅✔Label & Write a Sentence:
- Gingerbread Baker
- Hanukkah
- Kwanzaa
✅✔List-Writing:
- Nice list
- Favorite cookies
- Signs of Christmas
- Reindeer names
- Elves at work
- Santa’s things (I spy)
✅✔Sentences (x number of pages):
- One-page crafts x 3: gingerbread man, family, house
- Cut & paste sentences x 4
- Trace and finish the sentence x 5
- Build a sentence x 12
- Write 3 (statement, question, exclamation) x 5
✅✔Narrative Writing:
- Spin-a-story x 6
- 3 and 4-part stories (differentiated) x 9
- Picture bank story x 4
✅✔Opinion:
- This or That x 4 (would you rather?)
- Rank 3 x 3 (students number 3 choices in order of preference, write reasons)
- Thumbs Up or Down? x 5
- Debate it x 5 (students write pros and cons for a topic)
✅✔How-to Writing:
- How to decorate a tree
- How to make hot chocolate
- How to make gingerbread
- How to wrap a present
- How NOT to make cookies
- How NOT to make the nice list
- Recipe for cookies
✅✔Informational Writing:
- All About Hanukkah
- All About Kwanzaa
- All About Christmas
- All About Traditions
- Fact and Opinion x 7
- Compare & Contrast x 5
✅✔BONUS: Creative Writing:
- Spot the Differences
- Santa Riddle
- Gifts I’d give
- FAMILY acrostic poem
- Holiday foldable cards x 5
- Design and write x 4
- Letter to Santa
- Wanted: gingerbread man
*JANUARY WRITING PROMPTS*
✅✔Draw & Label:
- Directed drawing: penguin, snow globe, polar bear, snowman
- Adding details: Draw setting x 4
- Adding details: Draw characters x 3
✅✔Label & Write a Sentence:
- Ice skater
- Snowman
- Winter cabin
- Hot cocoa
- Polar bear
- Penguin
✅✔List-Writing:
- Hot cocoa ingredients
- Things to wear in the winter
- New Year goals
- Snow activities
- Winter words
- Polar animals
- Snowman’s things (I spy)
✅✔Sentences (x number of pages):
- One-page crafts x 3: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Snowman, Polar bear, Snow globe
- Cut & paste sentences x 4
- Trace and finish the sentence x 5
- Build a sentence x 9
- Write 3 (statement, question, exclamation) x 5
✅✔Narrative Writing:
- Spin-a-story x 5
- 3 and 4-part stories (differentiated) x 7
- Picture bank story x 5
✅✔Opinion:
- This or That x 6 (would you rather?)
- Rank 3 x 4 (students number 3 choices in order of preference, write reasons)
- Thumbs Up or Down? x 5
- Debate it x 4 (students write pros and cons for a topic)
✅✔How-to Writing:
- How to make a snowman
- How to make a snowball
- How bears spend the winter
- Getting ready to play in the snow
- How NOT to stay warm
- How NOT to go sledding
- How NOT to keep your desk clean
✅✔Informational Writing:
- Bears in Winter
- Foxes in Winter
- Hares in Winter
- Fact and Opinion x 5
- Compare & Contrast x 6
✅✔BONUS: Creative Writing:
- Spot the Differences
- Snowman Riddle
- Animal Riddle
- WINTER acrostic poem
- Holiday foldable cards x 3
- Design and write x 7
- Winter Break
- My Day with a Snowman Job x 3
*FEBRUARY WRITING PROMPTS*
✅✔Draw & Label:
- Directed drawing: chocolate box, lovebug, teddy bear, dragon, Abraham Lincoln
- Adding details: Draw setting x 6
- Adding details: Draw characters x 6
✅✔Label & Write a Sentence:
- Groundhog
- Valentine Bear
- Lunar New Year
- Tooth Fairy
- Tooth Parts
✅✔List-Writing:
- Ways to take care of teeth
- “Things I love”
- Ways to show care
- 100th Day: “I would love 100…”
- “If I had 100 dollars…”
- 100th Day Zoo
- Kinds of hats
- Cupid’s things (I spy)
✅✔Sentences (x number of pages):
- One-page crafts x 11: Lincoln, Washington, groundhog, Love monster, brushing teeth, 100th day, Lunar New Year, Valentine mail
- Cut & paste sentences x 3
- Trace and finish the sentence x 6
- Build a sentence x 11
- Write 3 (statement, question, exclamation) x 5
✅✔Narrative Writing:
- Spin-a-story x 5
- 3 and 4-part stories (differentiated) x 5
- Picture bank story x 4
✅✔Opinion:
- This or That x 5 (would you rather?)
- Rank 3 x 6 (students number 3 choices in order of preference, write reasons)
- Thumbs Up or Down? x 5
- Debate it x 4 (students write pros and cons for a topic)
✅✔How-to Writing:
- How to decorate a cupcake
- How to brush teeth
- How to vote for President
- How to make a Valentine card
- How NOT to brush teeth
- How NOT to celebrate the 100th day
- How NOT to bake Valentine cupcakes
✅✔Informational Writing:
- All About Groundhogs
- Lunar New Year
- Topic Sentence & Details x 6
- Fact and Opinion x 5
- Compare & Contrast x 7
✅✔BONUS: Creative Writing:
- Spot the Differences
- Cupid Riddle
- HEART, FRIEND, LOVE acrostic poems
- Valentine’s Day foldable cards x 3
- Design and write x
- February Break
- My Love Monster
*I included the narrative writing prompts in a separate PDF file in addition to the monthly packs*
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