I am in the process of creating a set of topic-based Daily Journal
Writing resources for Kindergarten and 1st-grade students. I’ve just
completed one about Car Wash.

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Do you use daily writing journals with your students? How can
writing in a journal format help your kids become writers? Should journal
writing be evaluated? If I let them write using a journal, do I need to
formally teach Writing? The answer to that last question is a definite “Yes”!

Now that I have set that straight, let’s move back to talking
about journal writing. Journal writing is a great way to supplement your
writing lessons.

This resource has been created with the standards in mind.

Common Core Standards-based.

Writing a label

Write about a picture

Stating an opinion

Make a list

Daily Writing Journal resources by Froggy About Teaching have the teacher in mind with a topic information page for each writing page the teacher can use to build the background.

topic info for each writing page

Daily Writing Journal
resources by Froggy About Teaching have certain goals for your
students.

• use sight words in each sentence

• refer to the alphabet strip to sound out words

• vowels and consonants are separated to visually see the
  difference

• label the picture

• use the picture to write about it

• word bank with nouns and vowels that can be used in their writing response

• independent prompt response

• writing checklist