Topic-Based Journal Writing

                 
I am in the process of creating a set of topic-based Daily Journal Writing resources for Kindergarten and 1st-grade students. I’ve just completed one about Car Wash.

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Do you use daily writing journals with your students? How can writing in a journal format help your kids become writers? Should journal writing be evaluated? If I let them write using a journal, do I need to formally teach Writing? The answer to that last question is a definite “Yes”!

Now that I have set that straight, let’s move back to talking about journal writing. Journal writing is a great way to supplement your writing lessons.

This resource has been created with the standards in mind.

Common Core Standards-based.

Writing a label

Write about a picture

Stating an opinion

Make a list

Daily Writing Journal resources by Froggy About Teaching have the teacher in mind with a topic information page for each writing page the teacher can use to build the background.

topic info for each writing page

Daily Writing Journal resources by Froggy About Teaching have certain goals for your students.

• use sight words in each sentence

• refer to the alphabet strip to sound out words

• vowels and consonants are separated to visually see the difference

• label the picture

• use the picture to write about it

• word bank with nouns and vowels that can be used in their writing response

• independent prompt response

• writing checklist

These details are geared towards making this a safe writing space for your students to expand their writing, making this a quick assignment, strengthening their writing skills by making this a daily writing activity, and saving you time by making this resource a "printable."  To see more about this resource take a look at this video.

I hope your school year is one of making connections with your students and having students eager to learn!

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