Monthly Writing Journals for 1st Grade | Writing Skill Practice | No Prep

Watch your first graders blossom into confident writers with these monthly writing journals that build essential skills all year long! These print-and-go pages are flexible and can easily fit into your writing block, literacy centers, or morning work. Why use these structured writing journals? They pair well with ANY writing curriculum or writing program you’re already using It’s easy to fit them into your busy schedule; most pages take around 10 minutes to complete They guide first graders’ development throughout the year, starting out with the basics and eventually moving into more advanced skills The prompts are engaging and fun (motivating for students) Many of the pages include varying levels of support that make it easy to differentiate (e.g. a page with a sentence starter + the same page with no sentence starter) They include a mix of variety + predictability — and the repeating page formats and directions make it easy for students to write independently They’re simple to pick up and start using right away — no prep required! Skills covered in these monthly writing journals for first grade: Drawing with details Forming letters / handwriting skills Spelling words / applying phonics skill knowledge like CVC words, digraphs, blends, double final consonants, silent e words, r-controlled vowels, vowel teams) Spacing between words Capitalization Using punctuation correctly, including different types of ending punctuation and commas in list sentences Writing in complete sentences Writing simple dialogue (e.g. in speech bubbles) Narrative, informational, and opinion writing Writing for different purposes — e.g., letter writing, making lists, writing stories Here’s what’s included: 10 different monthly writing journals, with 20 pages per journal (you can easily mix and match pages) 2 student journal cover page options for each monthly journal - with & without a month name A separate START HERE file with teacher notes and instructions