Do you want to encourage students to write creatively and develop writing ideas? This bundle of themed writing activity spinners (picture and word prompts) is a great addition to a classroom writing center. Simply print and hang these writing spinners for kids to use when they need a writing idea!
⭐Engage kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students (even the reluctant ones) with fun writing ideas and prompts for multiple themes throughout the year (seasons, holidays, and generic topics).
⭐Encourage your students to be creative and think outside the box by offering a variety of meaningful themed writing idea that they can choose from all year long!
⭐ Use these fun writing idea spinners in your small groups, as independent story starters, for whole group writing activities, or as writing topics in a center.
Included in this Writing Spinner Writing Topic Resource:
- 42 different topics for the year
- 2 versions of each topic: a page with pictures and a page with a sentence prompt.
- Themes for seasons, holidays, and generic topics to use all year long
Writing Idea Spinner Topics:
- School
- Transportation
- All About Me & Feelings
- Apples
- Pumpkins
- Halloween
- Fall
- Pumpkins
- Fire Safety
- Manners
- Thanksgiving Foods
- Thanksgiving
- Family
- Community helpers
- Christmas
- Celebrations around the World
- Baking
- Toys
- Snowmen
- Winter
- Weather
- Growth mindset
- Valentine’s Day
- Groundhog Day
- Dental Health
- Kindness
- St. Patrick’s Day
- Spring
- Nutrition
- Farm
- Earth Day
- Easter
- Insects
- Space
- Picnic
- Zoo
- Fairy tales
- Mother’s Day
- Summer
- Father’s Day
- Camping
- Beach
Suggestions on how to use:
✔️Print the writing spinners and hang them on a bulletin board or classroom writing center for students to use when needed.
✔️ Show students how to use a pencil and paperclip to spin to find a topic to write about.
✔️Switch and change throughout the month and year, providing students with various fun writing topics to write about all year.
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Looking for more writing quick, effective activities and prompts? Check out our All-In-One Writing Center for K-2 that includes writing examples, “I Can” posters to keep kids on track, a huge variety of writing prompts, and more. Use the All-In-One Writing Center with the themed writing centers for a complete writing center for the entire school year!
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Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS):
Kindergarten
w.k.1 - I can dictate, draw, and write my opinion
w.k.2 - I can dictate, draw, and write to explain
w.k.3 - I can dictate, draw, and write to tell a story
w.k.5 - I can add details to my writing
w.k.6 - I can publish my writing
w.k.7 - I can help my class research and write
First Grade
w.1.1 - I can write about what I think and tell why I think that
w.1.2 - I can write about a real topic including some facts
w.1.3 - I can write and use words that show order
w.1.5 - I can use suggestions to add details to my writing
w.1.6 - I can use technology to help me write a story
w.1.7 - I can write a book with my classmates
Second Grade
w.2.1 - I can write an opinion piece
w.2.2 - I can write an informative or explanatory text that focuses on a topic
w.2.3 - I can write a narrative and use temporal words to show an order of events
w.2.5 - I can revise and edit my writing with guidance and support
w.2.6 - I can use technology to publish my writing
w.2.7 - I can participate in shared research and writing projects
w.2.8 - I can recall information or gather information from sources to answer questions
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