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Kindergarten writing journals! Structured and FLEXIBLE year-long writing program for kindergarten or first grade! This is a BUNDLE of my NO PREP kindergarten writing journals! Each journal pack focuses on specific writing goals and includes new vocabulary that is accessible for students to use in their writing! Each journal page asks the student to reflect, in a very kid-friendly way, on how well they met the writing goals. This pack was created for a kindergarten classroom but could be used in a first grade classroom too!
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✔View the PREVIEW in each journal’s individual listing for a more detailed peek into each pack!
☀VIEW a video preview of my September and August journal here! As shown in the video: each of the 26 pages of the student journal has TWO vocabulary words at the bottom. An additional version with head, middle, & foot dotted lines has been added to this download too!
☀WANT TO READ MORE? Check out my detailed BLOG post about this product 10 Simple Ways to Get Beginning Readers to ENJOY Writing!
Packs included in this bundle:
•August and September: Adding Labels
•October: Letter Formation and Beginning Sounds
•November: Adding Spaces and Character Building Vocabulary
•December: Punctuation and Emotions
•January: Stretching Out Sounds
•February: Capitalization and Friendly Letter Writing
•March: Writing About a Location or Topic
•April: Nonfiction and Persuasive Writing
•May: Using a Sequence and Editing
•June: Adding Dialogue
❤️Each month’s pack is tailored to support the writing development of a typical kindergartener at each month in the year. For example, September’s journal (labeling, one line for writing, etc.) looks much different from April’s journal (4 lines, 4 goals). My goal in creating these journals was to best support my students at each stage in their writing development.
❤️Each of my monthly packs includes some combination of the following:
-journal pages containing themed writing prompts w/ different pictorial vocabulary (either presented on each page or in a printable picture spelling dictionary depending on the month)
-goal posters (to align with the goals at the bottom of each journal page)
-a monthly cover (plus a cover without a month’s name for flexibility of use)
-a writing stamina page (to graph writing stamina progress)
☀NEW OPTION: An additional dotted line (head, middle, and foot writing lines) version of the journal pages has been added to ALL packs!
⭐August and September’s theme includes:
-adding labels to a picture
-school words
-animals
Goals:
-adding labels to a picture
EXTRAS:
-vocabulary cards
-blank journal page to customize vocabulary
⭐October’s theme includes:
-adding labels to a picture
-using correct letter formation
-beginning sound pages
Goals:
-using correct letter formation
-adding labels to a picture
EXTRAS:
-letter formation cards
-blank journal page to customize vocabulary
⭐November’s goals include:
-putting spaces between words
-using correct letter formation
-adding labels to a picture
EXTRAS:
-spacemen and spacewomen popsicle stick makers
-blank journal page to customize vocabulary
⭐December’s goals include:
-using correct punctuation
-putting spaces between words
-using correct letter formation
-adding labels to a picture
EXTRAS:
-additional punctuation posters (period, exclamation mark, question mark)
-additional color Emoji (emotion) flashcards
-blank journal page to customize vocabulary
⭐January’s goals include:
-stretching out sounds to spell words
-using correct punctuation
-putting spaces between words
-using correct letter formation
EXTRAS:
-additional “Ways to Sound Out Words” Poster
-blank journal page to customize vocabulary
⭐February’s themes include:
-capitalizing the first word in a sentence
-capitalizing names and proper nouns
-using correct punctuation
-putting spaces between words
-sounding out words
EXTRAS:
-additional “Greeting Words”, “Closing Words” and “Friendly Letter” Posters
-“Who can I write my letter to?” Booklet
-5 capitalization practice pages
-7 friendly letter stationary options
⭐March’s themes include:
Location- beach, zoo, park, school, outer space
(BONUS- 2 St. Patrick’s Day Pages)
Goals:
-using spaces between words
-using adjectives to describe nouns
-stretching out the sounds in unknown words
-using correct punctuation
⭐April’s themes include:
-“All About the _____” Expository Writing
-Opinion/Persuasive Writing
-“My Favorite _____” Non-Fiction Writing (writing about one’s own real experience)
Goals:
-using real experience, opinions, and facts
-using adjectives to describe nouns
-stretching out the sounds in unknown words
-using correct punctuation
EXTRAS:
-a blank page with goals
-a new word/spelling page: for students to keep track of challenging words they like to use often
⭐May’s theme include:
-Brainstorming a Story
-Sequence of a Story
-Editing a Story
-Final Draft of a Story
Goals:
-using transition words
-using adjectives to describe nouns
-stretching out the sounds in unknown words
-using correct punctuation
EXTRAS:
-a new word/spelling page: for students to keep track of challenging words they like to use often
⭐June’s theme includes:
-Adding dialogue to a story
-Using words other than “said” when using dialogue
-Editing one’s writing
-Using idea dice to help create a story
Goals:
-using quotation marks to identify dialogue in one’s writing
-using adjectives to describe nouns
-stretching out the sounds in unknown words
-using correct punctuation
EXTRAS:
-interactive punctuation cards (to teach how to use and punctuate correctly when using quotation marks)
-idea brainstorming dice
-editing page (from May’s journal)
-a new word/spelling page: for students to keep track of challenging words they like to use often
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