November Writing Journal | Fall and Thanksgiving Prompts for Grades K–2

Give kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade writers a choice of short November writing tasks. The 44-page printable includes 39 activity pages, a student cover, a teacher guide, a contents page, extra handwriting paper, and a teacher answer and example page.

The activities include:

• Three picture-labeling pages and three list-writing pages.

• Six how-to pages, with picture-supported and independent versions for setting a place and packing a fall picnic.

• Ten prompts with picture word banks and traceable sentence starters.

• Six opinion prompts, including three with illustrated choices.

• Four picture-description prompts and five story or personal writing prompts.

• One November acrostic and one Veterans Day thank-you letter with labeled sections.

Prompts give children space to draw, choose words, order steps, explain a reason, or write a short story. The teacher page gives the labeling answers and examples for reviewing procedures, opinions, and letters. Other prompts allow individual responses.

Print the US Letter PDF at actual size. Use the pages individually for morning work or writing groups, or staple selected pages behind the cover to make a journal. Invite children to talk through one idea before writing. Use the handwriting guides and extra paper for longer responses. The activity pages are fixed for printing.