Kindergarten writing journal ideas

Journal writing with little learners is SO MUCH FUN (once they get the routine down)! It makes my teacher's heart overflow to see them drawing, writing, and sharing their ideas! I get to see them fall in love with writing and see themselves as writers! What a gift! In this post, I'm going to tell you all the details about how to implement journal writing in your classroom and get your kids excited about writing, too!

Have you been wondering how-to-use writing journals in kindergarten to practice handwriting, encoding, fine motor, and more? Writing journals are also great for showing growth and development throughout the year! Keep reading for more tips and a Science of Reading aligned FREE printable to help you get started with writing journals in kindergarten!

Kindergarten Journal Prompts for Literacy. Add this daily routine to reinforce literacy concepts. Print concepts, phonological awareness, phonics, and word recognition practice for kindergarten!

Free writing journals

As I start to think about my incoming students, I like to have a document that will record their growth in writing over time. Most years, I have students all over the spectrum in writing development; scribbles to phonetic spelling. As a teacher, I need to praise all of this but I also want to show how much my students with little schema or tremendous amounts of writing experiences have grown. For years, I have collected a monthly writing sample from my students. At my previous school, this…

This monthly writing journal is perfect for beginning writers in preschool, preK, or kindergarten. Each month has writing prompts for opinion, narrative, creative, and informational writing. As well as writing lists, labeling pictures, and letter writing.

Kindergarten Writing Worksheet for February - Narrative Writing Prompt Superpowers for a Day.

My best kindergarten writers workshop tips are shared in this post. There are way more tips I can share, b ut I hope this will get you started! We will start with the routines of kindergarten writing and some of the best practices that are out there.

Kindergarten Resources, Curriculum, and Teaching Ideas

Use these writing activities for setup and organization of a writing center in your preschool, kindergarten or first grade classroom. Included are ideas for journals, news writing templates, directed drawing, thank you letters, and notes. All materials provide great fine motor skill practice, are fun alternatives to traditional worksheets, and can be used at home or as independent learning centers, stations, tubs, or for morning work. #writingcenter #kindergarten #firstgrade