These back-to-school writing prompt activities and journal topics for August and September are perfect for the first days and week back with your 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade students! These differentiated, high-interest, and engaging writing prompts are seasonal and relate to what students are experiencing this month. The topics will surely keep their motivation high as you get to know your new students as writers.

These writing activities are perfect to kick off the school year with timely topics: back-to-school, classroom routines, apples, friendship, and more!

These differentiated writing pages and anchor charts can be easily infused into any writing program!

This resource was created to make writing practice engaging, manageable, and easy to use throughout the month. The writing prompts, mentor examples, and writing pages can be used during writing workshops, literacy centers, morning work, fast-finisher time, independent practice, or small-group instruction.

Each page has built-in differentiation, making this a true print-and-go pack:

• high-interest prompt and clipart to spark ideas
• prompt specific vocabulary words
• getting started ideas
• level up/challenge ideas
• fast finisher task
• genre-specific editing checklist

Resources for each genre are included:

• anchor charts (color, bw, two sizes)
• mentor text and mentor organizer
• graphic organizers
• 7 prompt pages
• editing + revising checklist
• fast finisher choice board
• scoring rubric

Included are mentor text models of completed graphic organizers and prompts for each genre for you to share with your students to annotate and analyze. This is a great way to show students how to write in each genre and how to use graphic organizers and rubrics effectively.

Bonus must-haves included:

• goal setting
• fast finisher choice board
• extra fun style writing choice board
• seasonal templates to display student writing

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This set includes print and digital versions.

Contents:
✓ Teacher Notes, Teacher Guides,  and Digital Links

✓ Student Writing Goals

✓ Optional Use Writing Packet Cover (2 options)

✓ Writing Anchor Charts in 2 Sizes:

• Hooks
• Conclusions
• Descriptive Language
• Dialogue
• Writing Structure: Paragraph
• Writing Structure: Essay
• 3 Genres: Opinion, Informative, Narrative Writing

✓ Genre Specific Writing for Each Genre: Opinion, Informative, and Narrative

• Genre Specific Anchor Chart in 2 Sizes
• Genre Specific Student Brainstorming Page
• Genre Specific Student Graphic Organizer
• Genre Specific Student Editing and Revising Checklist
• Genre Specific Student Fast Finisher Menu
• Genre Specific Teacher Scoring Rubric

✓ Genre Specific Modeled Writing/Mentor Text: Completed Genre Specific Example Graphic Organizer and Prompt

✓ 7 Student Prompts for Each Genre: Traditional Paper Prompts, Journal Strips, Choice Board

✓ Writing Choice Boards

• Mix of Prompts From this Pack (2)
• Mix of Additional Fun Writing Tasks for the Month

✓ Final Draft Pages

• Variety of Lined Publishing Papers
• 3 Seasonal Templates

Teacher Approved!

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"These Back-to-School Writing Prompts and Choice Boards are fantastic! The prompts are engaging and help students reflect on themselves and their school experiences. My students loved having choices and it kept them motivated to write. This is a great addition for September writing centers or journal time. Highly recommend!"

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"Awesome writing resource! Easy to use AND student friendly."

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"I am looking forward to using this set of prompts with my class because I had such success with your other monthly writing sets last year! Your writing bundle has been a real find! :)"

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• September Writing and Bulletin Board Kit
• September Reading Activities
• September Read Alouds and Reading Activities

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