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by: Curriculum Castle
WritingJournal
What’s Included:Seasonal & monthly cover pages
for students to decorate.
A variety of 60 journal prompts to keep your little writers
engaged and asking for more!
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What’s Included:Extra writing
paper (p.71) for students who
need more room to write.
Writer’s checklist and punctuation chart (p.72) for
student reference.
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Writing rubric (p.73) to assess student work.
My Spring Writing Journal
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MarchWriting Journal
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MarchWriting Journal
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What will you miss most about the winter
season?
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Make a list of three things you like about the
month of March!
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In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, draw and write about your
favorite Dr. Seuss book!
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Plan a birthday party! What would be the theme?
Who would you invite?
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Imagine you had your very own garden. What
would you grow?
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How many words can you make using the letters from
the word “Springtime”?
Cut out and use these letters to help you make new words.
S P R I NG T I M E
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Make your own acrostic poem using the word
“Spring”.
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It’s Daylight Savings time! What will you do with an extra hour of daylight?
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Write a short story about a lost duckling. How will it
find its way home?
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Design your very own kite! Where would you
fly it?
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What is your favorite thing about St. Patrick’s
Day?
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Write about something you believe brings you
good luck!
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Write a letter to a leprechaun. Tell them why
they should visit your class for the day!
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Pretend you traveled to the end of a rainbow. Write about what you found!
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Favorite food:
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Draw your own leprechaun in the box. Describe the
leprechaun by filling out the information below.
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Write about what it would be like to go on a hot air
balloon ride!
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Brainstorm words that describe a snail. Use two of these words in a sentence.
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Describe how to blow the perfect bubble. Use the
words: first, next, and last.
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Draw and write about how a doctor helps you!
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What is your favorite thing to do on a windy
day?
AprilWriting Journal
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AprilWriting Journal
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Happy April Fools’ Day! Write about a funny trick you
would like to play on someone!
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Read the short poem. Draw a picture to go with the poem
and finish the sentence.
Thunder crashes.Lightening flashes.
Rain makes puddles,
So I can make splashes.
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What is your favorite sport and why?
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Imagine you are a bee in Springtime!
Write about your day.
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What are you looking forward to the most during Spring Break?
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Finish drawing and coloring in your pet bunny. How will
you take care of it?
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List 3 reasons why rain is important.
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Design your own Easter egg. What would you hope
to find inside?
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If you were in charge of hiding eggs for an egg hunt, where would you hide them?
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Draw and write about what the baby chick saw when it
popped out of its egg!
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If you were giving an Easter basket to your best friend, what would you put inside?
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Let’s celebrate Earth Day! How could you show love
towards our Earth?
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Brainstorm 5 different items you can recycle. Use one of these words in a sentence.
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What would you do if you saw someone
littering?
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Draw and write about an item you would
make out of recycled products!
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In honor of Arbor Day, draw and write about what you would need to plant a tree.
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Finish the story: Wally the worm poked its head out of
the ground and saw…
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Write a letter to your teacher. Tell them about what you did
during your Spring Break!
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Imagine you could plant any type of seed. What would
you plant and why?
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You spot a seedling sprouting from the ground! What would
you do to take care of it?
MayWriting Journal
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Draw and write about one thing you can do in the Spring
that you can’t do in the Winter.
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Imagine you just received your very own camera! What would you take a picture of
and why?
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Fruit salad is a delicious and healthy snack! What kinds of
fruit would you put into a fruit salad?
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Pretend you are throwing a Cinco de Mayo party! Write
down three party games you would like to play!
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Finish the story: While I was swimming in the lake, I
spotted a mermaid!
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In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day, draw a picture of your
teacher and write about one important lesson they taught you!
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Write a thank you noteto a teacher!
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our schedule
What would be your ideal classroom schedule?
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What do you love most about your mom? Draw a picture
and write a sentence about her!
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If you could give anything to your mom for Mother’s Day, what would it be and why? Draw and write about it!
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Imagine you were having a garage sale! What would
you sell? Why?
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Draw what you think the inside of a chrysalis looks like! Write a sentence to go with
your drawing.
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Do you think children should be allowed to capture
insects they find outside? Why or why not?
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Brainstorm words that describe a frog. Use two of these words in a sentence.
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Write a short story about a tadpole that
turns into a frog!
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What is one way we can honor veterans this
Memorial Day?
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List 3 examples of what makes someone a hero.
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Draw and write about your favorite memory from
the school year.
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What are you looking forward to the most
next school year?
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Spring feels like…////////////////////
Spring smells like…////////////////////
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Fill in the blanks to complete the Spring poem!
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. period-used at the end of a statement
? question mark-used after a question
! exclamation mark-used to end a sentence with strong feelings
, comma-used to pause or separate words
: colon-used to start a list
; semi-colon-used in place of the word “and”
“ “ quotation mark-used to show when a character is speaking
( ) parenthesis-used to make a comment inside of a sentence
My Punctuation Chart
Did you remember to…
Writer’s Checklist
use capital letters?
write neatly?
use the correct punctuation?
check your spelling?
indent your paragraph?
use details?
stay on topic?
Writing Rubric
needs improvement
fair good excellent
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
Punctuationstudent uses the
correct punctuation
Capitalizationstudent uses capital
letters to begin sentences and for
names
Grammarstudent uses subject/ verb agreement and complete sentences
Contentstudent stays on
topic and uses details
Spellingstudent writes sight words correctly and applies spelling rules
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