Encourage your little learners to write with fun writing prompts for years 1 and 2.
Inspire Creative Writing All Year With Fun Journal Writing Prompts!
Encouraging kids to write daily, even for just a few minutes, has numerous benefits. It fosters creative thinking and storytelling skills and enhances their language abilities. Writing is a powerful medium for children to express their emotions and can be particularly valuable for timid students seeking a creative outlet. Daily writing teaches children the importance of using their imagination and communication talents to share their stories. This year, we highly recommend instilling a daily writing routine with your students by using engaging activities from Teach Starter!
12 Months of Writing Prompts for Year 1 & 2 Classrooms!
This downloadable resource includes twelve monthly writing calendars with creative and engaging writing prompts for 1st and 2nd-year students. Each month features 16 unique writing prompts and multiple opportunities for free writing. The prompts cover various types of writing, providing students with a wide range of writing choices. Writing types included are:
- Personal Narrative Writing
- Procedural Writing
- List Making
- Persuasive Writing
- Opinion Writing
- Drawing and Writing
- Information Writing
- Letter Writing
- And more!
With these writing calendars, your students will quickly fall into a daily writing routine and easily develop their writing and storytelling skills!
Download Your Daily Writing Prompts for Early Years!
This resource is available as an easy-to-use Google Slides or Printable PDF Resource file. To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button to select your preferred file format. Make your copies, pass them out to your students, and you’re ready to begin!
This resource was created by Anna Helwig, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.
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