Less than $5 1st Grade Creative Writing Centers

These journal pages are designed to promote creative writing with a "Superhero" theme. This packet contains 10 writing prompts which can be used with beginning writers as well as students who are more accomplished writers. Blank lined writing pages are included for students who need more space for their stories.

Have your students practice writing Haikus about some of their favorite jobs. They can choose a job or pick from a list of jobs. They then get to brainstorm and create their own Haikus about the job. A fun way to incorporate poetry and Haikus.

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Unleash creativity with the Disguise a Turkey Writing Activity! This engaging activity invites students to disguise their turkey and write about it, blending art, imagination, and storytelling just in time for Thanksgiving.

Contents:
This activity pack includes everything students need for a creative turkey disguise project:

• Parent Letter: A ready-to-send letter to involve families.
• Brainstorming Page: Helps students explore their disguise ideas.
• Idea Sheet: Space to sketch four disguise ideas.
• Blank Turkey Template: Includes lines for a description, allowing students to bring their final disguise to life.
• Bubble Writing Prompts: Two prompts—"I'm not a turkey, I'm a..." and "Don't eat me, I'm a…"—spark fun, creative ideas.
• Final Draft Planning Sheet: For organizing the final disguise story.
• Reflective Questions: Prompts such as "What did you disguise your turkey as?" and "How will this help it not be seen?"
• Example Turkeys: Inspiration to guide students.
• Final Writing Page: The perfect space for students to write their story in full.

Why You’ll Love This Product:
This Disguise a Turkey Writing Activity brings Thanksgiving excitement into the classroom, sparking creativity while developing essential writing skills. The guided planning pages and variety of prompts make it easy for students to dive deep into their ideas and follow a clear path to the final story. The product is print-ready, so all you need to do is hand out the sheets, and let the disguising fun begin!

Features:

• Imagination-Driven: Students use art and storytelling to create unique turkey disguises.
• Comprehensive Set: All tools from brainstorming to final writing are included.
• Reflective Questions: Encourages students to think about their disguise’s success.
• Printable and Ready to Use: Just print the 10-page set and start!

Who This Product Is For:

1. Elementary Teachers: A seasonal activity for Thanksgiving writing practice.
2. Art and Language Teachers: Combines art and writing skills in a creative format.
3. Homeschoolers: A perfect holiday project to work on at home.
4. After-School Programs: An engaging, hands-on activity for enrichment.
5. Parents and Caregivers: A fun project for holiday gatherings, blending art and creativity.

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Fall in love with these October Writing Prompts. Engaging Fall and Halloween themed writing prompts for your students' writing journal!

October Writing Prompts for Beginner Writers and ESL Students - Sentence Starters, Traceable Sentences, & More | 24 Engaging Prompts with Themed Word Bank

Ignite creativity and build writing skills with our October Writing Prompts for Beginner Writers! This comprehensive set is designed to support early writers with a variety of engaging activities, making writing practice both fun and educational. Perfect for young students, this resource includes sentence starters, traceable sentences, and independent writing pages to cater to all skill levels.

Features:

• 24 Engaging Writing Prompts: Spark imagination and guide young writers with 24 carefully crafted prompts that encourage creativity and self-expression. Each prompt is tailored to inspire writing about different aspects of August, from summer adventures to back-to-school themes.
• Sentence Starters: Begin each writing activity with a helpful sentence starter to guide beginner writers. These starters provide a solid foundation, helping students formulate their thoughts and build confidence in their writing skills.
• Traceable Sentence Starters: Support developing writers with traceable sentence starters that help reinforce letter formation and sentence structure. This feature is perfect for fine motor skill development and early writing practice.
• Independent Writing Pages: Each prompt includes a version without sentence starters, allowing more advanced or independent writers to practice crafting their own sentences. This flexibility caters to varying skill levels and encourages growth.
• Drawing Section: Foster creativity with a designated area for drawing. Students can illustrate their responses, adding a visual element to their writing and enhancing their engagement with each prompt.
• Themed Word Bank: Enhance vocabulary and support writing with a themed word bank included for each prompt. This resource helps students find the right words and expand their language skills, making writing more accessible and enjoyable.
• High-Quality & User-Friendly: Each page is designed with clear, easy-to-read text and ample space for writing and drawing. The layout ensures that young writers can focus on their work without distraction.
• Ideal for Classrooms & Home Learning: Perfect for use in early education classrooms, homeschooling environments, or as an enrichment activity at home. These prompts are versatile and designed to support a variety of writing practices.

Encourage young writers to explore their ideas and develop their skills with our October Writing Prompts for Beginner Writers. With a mix of guided and independent activities, along with drawing opportunities and a helpful word bank, this set is an invaluable tool for fostering a love of writing and boosting confidence.

Check out this "I am not a turkey" creative writing resource for some Thanksgiving or fall fun! Use it as a Thanksgiving party station, center, morning work or just for November creative writing fun. Three differentiated writing pages perfect for young learners to turn on their imagination when envisioning what else could the turkey be? Is it in disguise? Students can label, write a simple sentence or top it off with a story about their creation. Perfect to get those creative juices flowing.

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This hands-on fun pack of Leprechaun Writing Craft is great for St. Patricks Day Writing Activity. This How to catch a Leprechaun Writing Activity also includes four more Leprechaun Writing Prompts to compliment the festive season.

Just print, color, cut and write. This simple yet engaging Leprechaun craftivity gets ready in minutes!!

Includes:

5 Writing Prompts

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**Boost Writing Skills with Engaging Independent Informal Letter Lessons – Ready to Go!
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Master Formal Letter Writing with Engaging, Low-Prep Lessons

Empower students in Grades 1-5 to excel at formal letter writing with this comprehensive, print-and-go resource. Tailored for independent learning, this packet offers a clear, step-by-step framework to help students confidently craft polished and professional letters. Ideal for teachers seeking a time-saving, curriculum-aligned solution to enhance writing skills.

**What’s Included?
**✏️ Print Materials: Worksheets, Answer Keys, PDF Slides

What’s Inside?

✔️ Teacher & Student Directions
✔️ Features of an Informal Letter

✔️ Informal Letter Features Exercise

✔️ Step 1: Desired School Trip Framework

✔️ Step 2: Impact of the Trip Framework

✔️ Step 3: Letter Writing Template

✔️ Step 4: Review & Self-Reflection
✔️ 3 Options of Letter Writing Template

✔️ Model Answers

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

✏️ No Prep 

✏️ Print and Go

✏️ Classroom-Tested

✏️ Aligned with Aligned with Common Core, TEKS, and UK National Curriculum.

**When to Use This Resource:
**✅ Literacy Lessons (1-2 hour lessons)

✅ Independent Work

✅ **Literacy Centers
**✅ Sub Plans

✅ Writing Workshops ✅ **Homework Assignments
**✅ Early Finishers

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What Do You Need?**

✏️ Pencils

**Skills Focused:
**✔️ Formal letter structure

✔️ Idea organization

✔️ Sentence fluency

✔️ Editing and self-assessment

✔️ Professional tone and language

✔️ Independent writing skills

Curriculum Alignment

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Common Core State Standards (CCSS)**:

• W.1.2-W.5.2: Write informative/explanatory texts with clear purpose and structure
• W.1.4-W.5.4: Produce clear, coherent writing appropriate to task and audience
• L.1.5-L.5.5: Demonstrate command of word nuances and formal language

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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)**:

§110.3-§110.7 (Grades 1-5):

• • (b)(11)(A): Develop drafts with clear purpose and audience
  • (b)(12)(B): Apply proper capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
  • (b)(13)(A-B): Edit drafts to improve grammar and clarity

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UK National Curriculum (Years 1-5)**:

• Writing Composition: Plan and write for specific purposes and audiences
• Grammar and Punctuation: Use appropriate formal language and punctuation

Bonus Benefits:
✅ Boosts Confidence
✅ Enhances Foundational & Editing Skills
✅ Proven classroom success

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Fête des pères-French Father's Day Tribute and Tribute to that Special Someone in the lives of students. Have you always found it difficult to find resources around Father's Day? This resource includes 6 variations on the theme of Father's Day just in case your K-3 students in French Immersion need to change things up for the Special Person in their lives. A great, engaging, and fun activity that can be quickly integrated in to your plans for Father's Day to send a loving message to that special guy in the lives of littles.

What's in the resource?

-Mon Papa est parfait page: cute questionaire for students to fill out the likes and dislikes for dad/grandpa/uncle/cousin/neighbour/you.

-acrostic poem for the word P-A-R-F-A-I-T

-possible answer key for the acrostic poem to prompt ideas

Pages included are:

Mon papa

Mon grand-papa

Mon oncle

Mon cousin

Mon voisin

Tu es

Parfait acrostic poem page

Answer key

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Who can use this resource:

French Immersion teachers in the Kindergarten to Grade Three classroom and those teaching beginner French students. Can be used at the Grade 4-6 level with Core French students learning to segment and blend complex sounds.

What grade level:

I personally use these activities with 1st and 2nd Grade students in French Immersion. I feel confident that students from K-3 will find these most useful and teachers can come back to them year after year with their students. Core French teachers will be sure to add the resource to their repertoire for Grades 4 to 6 as they learn to read and write at the Junior level.

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1. Easy print and go resource
2. Black and White so you decide if they are in colour or BW
3. Fun and engaging graphics
4. A variety of Special Someone to choose from for Father's Day
5. Two great activities to choose
6. Highlights the importance of honouring the amazing things our Fathers do each and every day
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Are you in need of a St. Patrick's Day writing activity? This adorable March craft will get your students thinking about why they are lucky to be themselves! Bonus Bulletin Board letters included!

It includes:

-3 different sentence stems

I am lucky because…

I am lucky to be me because…

The world is lucky to have me because…

- Prewriting worksheet for each sentence stem

-Cuttable sentences

-Two different bordered papers. Each paper has 3 different options; no words, traceable words, and colored words.

-Craft for the top of the writing

-Lucky Lads and Lassies words for your bulletin board

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Make your own Potato Crafts fun with this engaging, hands-on Build a Mr. or Mrs. Potato Person Kids craft making activity! This includes 2 low-prep Build a Mr. or Mrs. Potato Person kids crafts templates perfect for having fun with potatoes or cooking. Quick and easy setup plus clear student directions make this activity perfect for centers or substitute days, too!

Lead your students in fun craft making with 2 Build a Mr. or Mrs. Potato Person by cutting out the pieces, coloring, gluing the parts together and decorating. Students will love putting together their Build a Mr. or Mrs. Potato Person activities together by using their problem solving skills through these fun activities, and won't even realize how much they're having fun! Use it after reading a story about potatoes or sing a song about potatoes. Print in black and white to color or in color for assembly.

Here's what you'll get:

• Mr. Potato person printable

• Mrs. Potato person printable

• easy to follow directions

Your students will be crafting Build a Mr. or Mrs. Potato Person crafts with a variety of common classroom materials. They'll be engaged and having a great time together!

These activities use materials readily available in most classrooms and homes and includes printable templates to create each activity.

Prep is quick and easy... Just print the Build a Mr. or Mrs. Potato Person pages, cut everything out, color, decorate, gather the materials listed, and you're ready for a fun and engaging class! Print in black and white for coloring/painting and in color for easy assembly. You can make these into puppets, dance around the room with them while listening to winter music, or use to decorate your room with. You can even create a story about your potato person.

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Bring Thanksgiving fun to your classroom with these easy, step-by-step directed drawings! Students can follow along to draw seasonal favorites like an acorn, piece of pie, turkey, turkey leg, squash, and a festive place setting. Designed to inspire creativity and enhance writing time, this pack makes it easy for students to add their drawings to writing projects, keeping them excited and engaged.

What's Included:

• 6 Thanksgiving/Fall-Themed Directed Drawings (Acorn, Pie, Turkey, Turkey Leg, Squash, Place Setting)
• Choice of Line Styles: Standard, Primary, or Drawing
• Large Cards
• Journal Strips for Easy Use in Notebooks or on Rings

Engage your students this Thanksgiving season with easy, step-by-step directed drawing pages! This Thanksgiving pack includes guided drawing sheets for creating holiday images like an acorn, piece of pie, turkey, turkey leg, squash, and a place setting. Students can use these drawings to spark ideas for writing and storytelling, making it a perfect addition to writing centers or independent activities.

Perfect For:

• Writer's Workshop & Creative Writing
• Independent Work & Centers
• Early Finishers & Homework
• Journal or Ring-Bound Use
• Sub Plans

With primary and standard-lined pages as well as journal strips, this pack provides versatile options for every classroom setup. Use it to boost students' creativity while encouraging them to express themselves through both drawing and writing!

Keywords: Thanksgiving directed drawing, step-by-step Thanksgiving drawing, Thanksgiving drawing activities, primary lined drawing pages, Thanksgiving writing prompts, drawing and writing centers, Thanksgiving journal strips

SEL worksheets for students to explore their emotions and regulate their emotional responses are a valuable tool for promoting social and emotional learning in children. These engaging and interactive activities help young learners understand and manage their feelings effectively. Dive into a wide variety of SEL worksheets designed to empower kids with essential emotional intelligence skills. 

From identifying different emotions to practicing self-regulation techniques, these resources provide an opportunity for children to develop a deeper understanding of their own emotions and how to express and handle them. With expertly crafted materials that cater to different age groups and learning styles, these SEL worksheets will support children in building resilience, fostering healthy relationships, and promoting overall emotional well-being. 

Explore these transformative resources today and equip children with the emotional skills they need to thrive in school and beyond!

Make winter writing exciting with this interactive Roll-a-Story Prompts set! Students roll a die to choose a character, problem, and setting from three winter-themed sheets, then use the provided paper to draft and write their stories. This resource combines creativity, critical thinking, and writing practice into a fun and engaging activity perfect for classrooms or at home.

What’s Included:

• 3 Roll-a-Story Prompt Sheets: Winter-themed characters, problems, and settings to inspire endless combinations.
• Drafting Paper: Help students organize their ideas and plan their stories.
• Final Story Paper: Specially designed for students to write their completed stories.

Perfect For:

• Creative writing activities in the classroom or homeschool.
• Early finishers, writing centers, or winter-themed lessons.
• Encouraging reluctant writers with a fun, game-based approach.

Let your students roll their way to creative and imaginative stories with these winter-themed writing prompts!

Four creative writing prompts with winter coloring pictures. Promotes writing skills, creative thinking, and on-demand prompt writing. Use with mini-lessons to teach basic skills or for assessment of writing skills. Share in small or whole group settings and display students' writings for all to read.

The Writing Activity 3D Snow Globe Craft is perfect for students in elementary and special education programs! This craft provides a fun way to encourage students to practice writing in a winter setting, while also reinforcing key concepts in language arts, ELA, and figurative language. This activity is also a great writing center tool! Students will love easily creating their own personalized snow globe with this craft.

Includes

• Two versions of writing paper (regular lines and primary writing lines with dashes)
• Two "title" pages: "If I were Stuck in a Snow Globe" and "My Day Inside a Snow Globe"
• A blank snow globe page for illustrations
• Ideas for differentiation for students who need extra support AND ideas for students who need an extra challenge

Introducing "When I Grow Up Career Writing Prompts" - A Creative Classroom Activity as you engage your students' imagination and foster their writing skills with these captivating career writing prompts. This comprehensive resource includes career-themed graphic organizers, a class book cover in both color and black and white, and a variety of primary and secondary lined paper options. Each writing prompt is adorned with adorable, kid-friendly graphics for coloring enjoyment.

Why Choose "When I Grow Up Career Writing Prompts"?

Diverse Career Options: Our product offers a wide range of career choices, encouraging students to explore their interests and aspirations.

Thoughtful Prompts: The writing prompts cover essential aspects, such as the workplace, tools, materials, job description, and how each profession impacts people's lives.

Inclusive Representation: Most career prompts include images of both male and female professionals, promoting diversity and gender equality.

Differentiate Instruction: Use primary or secondary lined paper.

Career Choices Included:

Artist Architect Astronaut Basketball Player Bus Driver Business Construction Worker Computers Chef Dentist Detective Doctor Farmer Football Player Fire Fighter Landscaper ⚖️ Lawyer Librarian Mail Carrier ️ Manager Musician Military Nurse Police Officer Political Leader Photographer ✈️ Pilot Teacher ⛵ Sailor ⚽ Soccer Player Truck Driver Veterinarian

✏️ Blank Writing Prompt: Let students choose and draw their own unlisted careers.

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Create an All About Me book that is fun and interactive! Students will create the book all about themselves with a flip/flap book design.

What is included:

1. All About Me Book cover page
2. Step by step instructions
3. Three different flip/flap pages for coloring and answering specific questions
4. Creative writing page
5. Pages for UK word spellings where needed

The three different flip/flap pages include

1. Page for writing birthday, drawing family and drawing pets.
2. Page for writing age, eye color, hair color and how tall.
3. Page for writing and drawing about ones favorite color, animal, place and sport.

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These NO PREP writing prompts for are perfect for November or the week before Thanksgiving! Use these for independent writing time, creative and story journal writing, writer's workshop, writing centers, small group instruction, homework, and morning work. This set includes 6 different prompts that you can share either as a task card/writing prompt card or on lined paper.

**PRODUCT DETAILS

-1 PDF file for personal use.

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-Files come in PDF format. You must have the ability to download files on your device to use.

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Looking for a fun and creative way to celebrate May Day and the arrival of spring with your lower elementary students? Look no further than this May Day Spring Writing Templates!

Our beautifully designed templates featuring seasonal graphics and prompts will inspire your young writers to express their thoughts and feelings about this exciting time of year. Plus, our templates are part of a bigger May Day bundle, so you can enjoy even more seasonal activities and resources at an affordable price.

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These winter finish the story narrative writing prompts are the perfect icebreaker or team building activity. Use can also use them for writer's workshop or as a writing center. They could also be used for daily journaling or morning meetings! They add magic and excitement and are sure to keep kids engaged during the busy winter season! Finish the story prompts increase student's writing skills along with their imagination and creativity. Are you a virtual teacher on Outshool or any online learning platform looking for a fun way to allow students to bring their writing to life? Look no further!

What's included:

15 finish the story exciting winter prompts!

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