Thank You Card Write a Story Activity - Memorial Day

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This meaningful Memorial Day writing activity encourages students to express gratitude while practicing early writing skills. In the “Making a Thank You Card” Write a Story prompt, children observe a sweet cartoon illustration of a child creating a thank-you card for a veteran or hero. Using five simple vocabulary words provided, students craft a short, thoughtful story based on what they see in the picture.

This activity combines creativity, empathy, and literacy in a way that’s engaging and age-appropriate. It’s the perfect blend of holiday reflection and skill-building.

Ways to Use:

  • Writing centers during Memorial Day week

  • Independent practice or small group writing

  • Morning work or early finisher activity

  • Discussion starter about gratitude and heroes

  • Cross-curricular writing for social studies

Advantages:

  • Builds vocabulary and sentence fluency

  • Encourages thankfulness and creative thinking

  • Promotes visual-to-written comprehension

  • Easy to implement with no prep needed

  • Supports social-emotional learning

  • Keeps students meaningfully engaged with a purposeful task

Help your students connect emotionally to the meaning of Memorial Day while sharpening their writing skills, one thoughtful story at a time.

Pdf file includes 2 pages.

Enjoy!

Resource Tags

write a story writing centers writing prompts written expression memorial day memorial day activities literacy us history veterans day

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