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Journal Prompts for Daily Writing
A large collection of draw-and-write daily journal prompt pages for a writing station, each giving students a short topic to illustrate and write about.
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Build a writing routine with journal prompts for personal reflection, imagination and daily observations. Explore seasonal prompts and reading-response journals as additional options.
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Creative Journal Prompts for Daily Writing Fun.
A set of daily journal-writing prompt worksheets covering general, seasonal, and imaginative topics to build writing fluency and self-reflection.
Daily & creative writing
Daily Writing Prompt Cards
A set of 32 daily writing prompt cards to give students a ready supply of creative-writing topics, for use as a writing station, journal starter, or early-finisher activity.
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Storyteller's Wordshop - True Life Stories & Me and My World
A two-part personal-narrative writing journal (combining 'True Life Stories' and 'Me and My World') that prompts students to write and illustrate short personal stories using story starters, brainstorming questions, and vocabulary space.
Daily & creative writing
Year Long Weekly Writing Prompt Journal
A year-long weekly writing journal that gives students recurring writing prompts across five categories (argumentative, narrative, explanatory, current events/critical thinking) to build writing skills over a school year.
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ALL ABOUT ME | 11 PAGES | ADVANCED LEVEL
An open-ended self-reflection journal/writing-prompt packet ('Advanced Level') covering personal identity, favorites, family/home life, personality, dreams and future goals, friendships, school life, imagination, and emotions.
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"If Kids Ruled the World" Discussion Prompt Pack
A landing/cover page directing purchasers to an external, editable Google Slides deck of discussion and writing prompts (per its own description, 100+ prompts with images to spark nonfiction writing, personal narratives, class discussions, or journal entries).
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Timed Writing Practice for High School English
Provides 50 quote-based writing prompts (one per slide) for high-school students to practice quick/timed journal or essay-style writing and build writing stamina.
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Seasonal journals
September Journal Writing Activities
September-themed journal writing prompts for weekly reflective writing practice.
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Creative Writing Gr 6-8
A reproducible Milliken Publishing workbook of themed creative-writing activities guiding grade 6-8 students through journal writing, poetry forms, characterization, and narrative/problem-solving writing.
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Daily Journal Pages, Homeschool Worksheets, Writing Activity
Forever June Digital Design ARE YOU A TEACHER OR PARENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT A DAILY JOURNAL IN KIDS LIVES? Introducing a very cute set of Instant Download Journal Pages. My Daily Journal Worksheet Set includes simple to complete worksheets that allow children to journal about the weather, season, month, day, time, how they are…
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Journal Prompts For Upper Elementary Students with Depression-- Check-In
A set of journaling check-in prompts for upper-elementary/middle-school students dealing with depression, for use as an individual check-in, exit ticket, or discussion piece, or cut apart as headings for an interactive notebook.
Daily & creative writing
Love to Write!: Activities to Sharpen Creative Writing Skills
A 146-page reproducible activity book teaching creative writing (prose and poetry) techniques such as story structure, description, character development, point of view, figurative language, letter/editorial writing, and poetic forms.
Seasonal journals
January Daily Writing Journal
Build narrative, imaginative, persuasive, and expository writing skills through 20 winter-themed daily journal prompts.
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Journaling Prompts For Students w/ Anxiety / Individual and Group Activities
An SEL resource of journaling and discussion prompts to help students who struggle with anxiety reflect, identify triggers, and build coping strategies, for individual check-ins or group/push-in lessons.
Seasonal journals
November Daily Journal Prompts
Description: These November Daily Journal Prompts help students practice writing skills while responding to November themed journal prompts!
Seasonal journals
August Daily Journal Prompts
Daily journal/writing prompt set for the month of August, with a different reflective or creative writing prompt for each date (e.g., favorite food, summer activities, Columbus setting sail on Aug. 3, imaginary spaceship travel, staying cool in the heat).
Feelings & reflection
Resilience Building & Growth Mindset Journal Prompts Pack
A structured SEL journaling curriculum for Grades 3-5 that teaches resilience and growth-mindset skills through guided reflective writing prompts grounded in psychological theory (Dweck's growth mindset, neuroplasticity, Bandura's self-efficacy, Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development).
Seasonal journals
January Daily Journal Prompts
A set of themed daily writing/journal prompts for the month of January.
Math & observation journals
Math Journal: Experimental Probability with Two Independent Events
A single math-journal prompt for exploring experimental vs. theoretical probability of two independent events (rolling a die and flipping a coin).
Math & observation journals
Math Journals: 20 Intermediate and Middle School Math and Critical Thinking Prompts: Geometry, Percentages, Pre-Algebra, Probability, Place Value and More!
A set of 20 open-ended math journal prompts, two per month for a school year, that have students explain their mathematical reasoning in pictures, numbers, and words, with an included rubric for marking.
Feelings & reflection
Self-esteem journal (#2023)
A weekly self-esteem journal with structured daily prompts to help the user reflect on achievements, positive experiences, and moments of pride.
Feelings & reflection
Emotions Journal
A daily journal for students to identify and record how they feel.
Seasonal journals
Daily Morning Work for January
A set of daily no-prep morning-work worksheets for January, giving 2nd/3rd graders 10-15 minutes of mixed math and language-arts review as they settle into the classroom.