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Liven up your journal writing program with Tic-Tac-Toe choice grids. This download has 28 different choice grids (252 prompts in all), enough for the whole year.
Each week, students choose three of the nine prompts to write about. If your students journal five days each week, you could use the Tic-Tac-Toe prompts for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and have them write about whatever they choose on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The Tic-Tac-Toe format offers several advantages:
-Nine options is enough so that students feel like they have some choice about what they write about without feeling overwhelmed with a huge list of possibilities.
-Because they choose three prompts in a row, students must make choices, weighing one prompt against another. A student may very well find that in order to choose the prompt he most wants, he must also complete an prompt that he will find more challenging. However, that more challenging prompt is likely to be met with less resistance than if there was no choice and no more motivating prompt to go with it.
-Since each student is only required to complete three of the nine prompts each week, you could use the remaining prompts for extra credit.
-More variety each week (than a single daily prompt you put on the board) means more interesting sharing, if you have students read entries aloud and more interesting reading for you when you check their entries.
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Each week, students choose three of the nine prompts to write about. If your students journal five days each week, you could use the Tic-Tac-Toe prompts for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and have them write about whatever they choose on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The Tic-Tac-Toe format offers several advantages:
-Nine options is enough so that students feel like they have some choice about what they write about without feeling overwhelmed with a huge list of possibilities.
-Because they choose three prompts in a row, students must make choices, weighing one prompt against another. A student may very well find that in order to choose the prompt he most wants, he must also complete an prompt that he will find more challenging. However, that more challenging prompt is likely to be met with less resistance than if there was no choice and no more motivating prompt to go with it.
-Since each student is only required to complete three of the nine prompts each week, you could use the remaining prompts for extra credit.
-More variety each week (than a single daily prompt you put on the board) means more interesting sharing, if you have students read entries aloud and more interesting reading for you when you check their entries.
"Like" my page on facebook to find out about frequent sales, freebies and special offers.
Thanks for looking!
Rachel Lynette
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Chae
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May 13, 2013 
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May 12, 2013
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Very useful. Thanks.
May 10, 2013
ReneeWoodrum
Great!!
May 9, 2013
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Awesome product!
May 7, 2013
msvwood
Fun activities.
May 7, 2013
brittabecker
Great resource. Thanks! :-)
May 5, 2013
erogerson
This will cme in s handy for Writing Workshop and the Daily Five!!!! Thank You!!!
April 27, 2013
ngalex
My kids love these journal prompts and the way it's set up gives them choice!
April 27, 2013
colburnjenn
Great idea! Thanks!
April 25, 2013
mlewis818
Great Resource!!
April 23, 2013
Msdonaldson
Great!
April 22, 2013
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April 13, 2013
jgaffan
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April 10, 2013
sherrikay
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April 7, 2013
laurasweeney
So great and easy!
April 6, 2013
Jennifer Harbour (TpT Seller)
I am always on the lookout for great journal ideas...thanks!
April 5, 2013
mkuluras
Love that my students can choose which journal topic to do. Thanks!
April 2, 2013
hdraehn
Excellent resource - Thanks!!!
March 26, 2013
firstgradeocean
Can't wait to use these in a station.
March 25, 2013
karinhowe
Thanks
March 24, 2013
Kvalera
Fun! My kids love it!
March 24, 2013
bootcamp7
Great choices for students to be in control of :)
March 17, 2013
judykayford
So many of your products are just right for my needs. Thank you.
March 11, 2013
dhuntquilt
These grids are great to pull in students typically hard to motivate.
March 1, 2013
alissagator
I love these for morning Bellwork!
February 21, 2013
CHARLOTTEADAMS
Excellent
February 16, 2013
DANewton
Love these!
February 16, 2013
mindylmay
Excellent resource!
February 13, 2013
jdolton
Love these!
February 11, 2013
amykerins
Great for the student who never knows what write about!
February 9, 2013
jhollowa
This is a wealth of ideas for a small amount of money!
February 7, 2013
JKerch1
Love this! Great idea!
February 6, 2013
jaschneider87
Going to use these to help us write more!
February 6, 2013
hsoucy
Thanks for the tic-tac-toe grids.
February 3, 2013
kperryman
excellent resource
thanks!!!!
thanks!!!!
February 2, 2013
mrsbaker34
My students love having so many options to write about. It's great when providing an opportunity for them to write creatively.
Thank you.
Thank you.
January 28, 2013
mysteryschool
My students will really enjoy this......definitely a change from what I have been doing with them!
January 21, 2013
kpenney
Love these prompts for providing writing ideas for my students.
January 21, 2013
sld60teacher
These are fabulous!
January 19, 2013
tanmike
fantastic - saves me alot of time
January 12, 2013
656234
I love how they have a choice but also have to use a little "figuring" to get the prompts they really want.
January 8, 2013
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Salleree
I have just purchased this and it won't let me download it as some of the content is deemed as inappropriate! I can't believe it
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Any chance you can help me out?
March 27, 2013
Rachel Lynette (TpT Seller)
That is funny (in a way) and I can't imagine what would be triggering it! Would it help if I sent it to you directly? If you email me your TpT username and the date of purchase, I will send it along to you. My email is: reallyrachel@gmail.com.
March 27, 2013
peggypate2012
I was thinking about using this as homework. What do you think? Peggy
June 28, 2012
Rachel Lynette (TpT Seller)
I think that is a great idea! I have used the journal prompts as well as other tic-tac-toe grids as homework many times. I think it is good for parents to see that their kids have choices.
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