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December Writing Prompts: Winter Journal Prompts K–2, Word Bank, I Can Posters for K–2nd Grade

Grade levels
K–2nd grade
Subjects
Writing, Reading & Literacy
Pages
66 pages
Format
PDF

Twenty-four December writing prompts for K–2, each in two levels, with a drawing box, a sentence starter, a picture word bank and a 6-step I Can checklist. Six Christmas prompts and 18 winter, family and kindness topics, so every family fits.

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Description

Twenty-four December writing prompts for K–2, each in two levels, with a drawing box, a sentence starter, a picture word bank and a 6-step I Can checklist, so students can plan, write and check their own work every day in December. The prompts cover how to wrap a gift, a letter to Santa, a gingerbread friend, inside a snow globe, a day at the ice rink, a pet reindeer, polar bears, animals in winter, making a paper snowflake, kindness in December and the best thing about winter.

Six prompts are Christmas writing prompts and the other 18 are winter, family and kindness topics, so a teacher can choose the prompts that fit every family. The set mixes narrative, opinion, informative and how-to writing, and the type is printed on every page.

Level 1 is for kindergarten: traced sentence starters on primary lines, a 5-picture word bank, a drawing box and an I Can checklist on every page. Level 2 is for 1st and 2nd grade: printed sentence starters and standard writing lines, a 6-picture word bank, a drawing box and an I Can checklist on every page. The seven I Can writing posters put the expectations on the wall.

A December journal cover and blank journal pages for both levels mean the prompts can live in a journal all month, and a student and teacher writing rubric and a Writing Star certificate close the set. A weekly plan, Teacher Notes and a prompt list make the set easy to run day by day. The pages are black and white on US Letter paper, and the listing states 66 pages. The grade range is kindergarten through 2nd grade; the listing's Highlights field says K–2nd. No answer key row appears in the listing's Highlights section, and none is mentioned in the description.

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What's included

24 December prompts in two levels

  • 24 December writing prompts in Level 1 (kindergarten): traced sentence starters on primary lines, a 5-picture word bank, a drawing box and an I Can checklist on every page
  • 24 matching prompts in Level 2 (1st and 2nd grade): printed sentence starters and standard writing lines, a 6-picture word bank, a drawing box and an I Can checklist on every page
  • Prompts cover how to wrap a gift, a letter to Santa, a gingerbread friend, inside a snow globe, a day at the ice rink, a pet reindeer, polar bears, animals in winter, making a paper snowflake, kindness in December and the best thing about winter
  • Six are Christmas writing prompts and the other 18 are winter, family and kindness topics
  • Every page shows which writing type it is: narrative, opinion, informative or how-to

Posters, covers and rubric

  • 7 I Can writing posters: name, capitals, spaces, punctuation, sound out words, draw a picture, reread
  • December journal cover and blank journal pages for both levels
  • Student and teacher writing rubric and a Writing Star certificate

Teacher support

  • Weekly plan, Teacher Notes and a prompt list with page numbers
  • PDF, US Letter, black and white, 66 pages in total

Ways to use it

  • Kindergarten journal prompts for December mornings
  • December writing prompts for 1st grade centers
  • 2nd grade winter writing centers
  • Daily writing journals before winter break
  • Opinion, narrative and how-to writing practice
  • Guided writing groups with the Level 1 pages

Why it works

December is the month writing gets squeezed out by everything else, and twenty-four prompts with a word bank and a checklist on every page means the journal still happens. Six Christmas prompts, eighteen for every family, and two levels that fit the whole class.

Questions & answers

What grades is it for?

It is written for kindergarten through 2nd grade. Level 1 is for kindergarten and Level 2 is for 1st and 2nd grade. The listing's Highlights field says K–2nd.

How many prompts are there?

24 prompts in total, each in both levels. They cover how to wrap a gift, a letter to Santa, a gingerbread friend, inside a snow globe, a day at the ice rink, a pet reindeer, polar bears, animals in winter, making a paper snowflake, kindness in December and the best thing about winter.

Are all the prompts about Christmas?

Six are Christmas writing prompts and the other 18 are winter, family and kindness topics, so a teacher can choose the prompts that fit every family in the class.

Is there an answer key?

No. No answer key row appears in the listing's Highlights section, and none is mentioned in the description.

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