1st 2nd Grade Daily Writing Prompts, National Days Morning Work, Journal Writing

Get a full year's worth of FUN and engaging ways to keep your students writing! This ready-to-use popular monthly writing prompt resource is just what your classroom needs to spark student interest levels daily!

Daily writing prompts are perfect for lower elementary classrooms! These versatile prompts are great for spiraling writing genres like personal narrative, informational, persuasive, opinion, letter writing, poetry, making lists, etc. They can be implemented during your writing block, morning meeting, morning work, literacy centers, and so much more. These high-interest prompts highlight special holidays, events, and celebrations around the world and connect a writing prompt (genre) to each one. Designed with student engagement in mind, these National Day writing prompts for every month of the year encourage student choice and will have your students eager to write and respond every day! 

This Bundle Includes:

⭐️ PowerPoint Writing Prompts

⭐️ Google Slides Writing Prompts

⭐️ Task Card Printable Writing Prompts

⭐️ Printable and Digital Writing Journal With Paper Templates

⭐️ Blank Slide Template For Customization

This resource is easy to use, easy to implement, and customizable to meet the needs of your students. Simply display the prompts on a SmartBoard or via computers/iPads or you can print out the prompts and use them as task cards for your writing center. You can use the black slide template to customize the writing prompts the exact way that you need! No matter how you use them, you can watch your students grow in their writing skills and most importantly, confidence. Plus, with the ability to use these prompts year after year, you’ll no longer have to think about ways to engage your new groups of students! 

This YEARLONG Bundle has over 1,000 writing prompts! Click to see each month!

• January Primary Writing Prompts
• February Primary Writing Prompts
• March Primary Writing Prompts
• April Primary Writing Prompts
• May Primary Writing Prompts
• June Primary Writing Prompts
• July Primary Writing Prompts
• August Primary Writing Prompts
• September Primary Writing Prompts
• October Primary Writing Prompts
• November Primary Writing Prompts
• December Primary Writing Prompts

WHY this YEARLONG Writing Prompt Bundle is an excellent choice for any teacher looking to engage their students in fun and effective writing activities:

• Varied Topics: The prompts cover a wide range of topics that span several writing genres; this will ensure that all students will find something that interests them each day!
• Daily Practice: With different prompt options for every day of the month, students will have the opportunity to practice their writing skills daily. This consistent practice will help them develop their writing skills, stamina, and fluency more quickly.
• Creativity: The prompts encourage creativity and imagination, allowing students to express themselves in unique ways. It also uses crafty and clever National Days to hook students with the connected daily writing prompt.
• Flexible Use: These prompts can be used in a variety of ways, such as morning work, writing centers, tutorials, writer's workshop, or as part of a daily writing routine.
• Simple to Use: With the prompts ready to display/print and use, teachers can easily implement them into their daily routines without having to spend time creating their own prompts.

No SmartBoard? No Problem! These can be printed (full page or multiple to a page) for student use! Simply fill in the date (or leave it blank) and use them like task cards or punch a hole in the corner and create a monthly writing ring! Also, you can use these monthly prompts for speaking and oral discussions (instead of writing)! 

This version is most ideal for:

• Upper elementary students who need support/differentiation
• ELL students
• SPED students
• Students in need of simpler sentence structure
• Lower grades

The original monthly sets for UPPER ELEMENTARY can be found here! You can access each month through the bundle link. These are ideal for upper elementary (3rd-5th grade). The vocabulary and sentence structures are more complex.

Ways to use the Writing Prompt slideshow:

• Project it onto your SmartBoard in the morning as students arrive at school and allow them to begin this quiet writing activity
• Use it in Google Classroom™ and assign slides to students
• Use the daily writing prompts as a “writing warm-up” before diving into your formal writing block
• Incorporate these daily writing prompts into your writer’s workshop block (they include a variety of genres of writing)
• Print a smaller task card version onto writing rings and use these as an early finisher writing task
• Homework to strengthen writing in a creative way

Keep your students interested in writing about what special days occur in each month of the year. These prompts provide a fun, interest-peaking, and effective way to improve students’ writing skills. Give your students the opportunity they need to become confident, competent writers! 

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Karissa D. says, "This resource has sparked great conversations and learning with my students. They enjoy learning about the national day. Then they are getting creative when we are using these during writing time. It is especially a good fast-finisher activity for all my students."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nataly C. says, "My students are obsessed with learning what the national day is. This is a great resource for them because they can choose which topic they want to write about and it makes it fun. It's formatted nicely and neatly. I'm looking forward to the rest of the year - thanks!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Heather  L. says, "My students are excited to see what the day of will be that they write about. This has allowed me to see what writing genres they are already strong in and which ones they need to focus more on."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jennifer O. says, "My students had a lot of fun doing these.  Their joy for writing increased throughout the year because of it."

You may also like…

→ Writing Reference Sheets

→ Vocabulary Writing Prompts Bundle

→ Lower Elementary Writing Office Folder
→ Descriptive Writing Bundle

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