The Spring Writing Prompts include 30 seasonal, holiday, and anytime sentence starters. The writing prompts make it easy to provide daily practice for your kindergarten students. You can easily use them in a writing folder or turn the prompts into a journal.

This resource includes:

• 30 pages with a solid sentence starter (great for beginning writers)
• 30 of the SAME pages with a traceable sentence starter
• 30 of the SAME pages without a sentence starter (great for independent writers)
• An optional front cover for a writing journal or folder
• A blank writing page for students who want to write more
• A clickable table of contents

Each page includes:

• Large writing lines specifically for young beginning writers
• An area for students to illustrate their writing
• A themed word bank with illustrations.
• A writing convention checklist

The writing conventions checklist reminds students to:

• Use a capital letter
• Put spaces between their words
• Stretch out the words to spell them
• Use punctuation
• Draw a picture

An optional front cover is included if you'd like to turn the writing prompt pages into a writing notebook or journal.

A blank page with lines is included for students who would like to write more.

There are 3 differentiated versions included.

Option #1: The sentence starter is in a solid font, with related pictures and vocabulary words.

Option #2: The sentence starter is in a traceable font, with related pictures and vocabulary words.

Option #3: Does not include a sentence starter. The page contains only the pictures and vocabulary words.

Sentence Starters: Students use the word bank to complete the sentence on the worksheet. This version is ideal for beginning writers or small group instruction support. Both solid font and traceable font versions are included.

Word Bank Only: Students use the word bank to create their own story. This version is ideal for independent or advanced writers.

All versions include a writing convention checklist to help students self-check their work.

April Sentence Starters:

1. April showers
2. When the weather gets warmer
3. Outside I hear
4. In the spring I smell
5. When it rains I like to
6. The gardener planted
7. I can pick flowers for
8. At the pond
9. If I were a bird
10. My favorite insect is
11. If I went to the zoo
12. Inside my Easter egg
13. If I had a pet rabbit
14. I help the Earth when I 
15. I can recycle
16. My favorite place on Earth
17. If I could stay up late
18. When I paint
19. At the market
20. To wash a dog
21. At the golf course
22. At the skate party
23. A chef needs
24. At the snack bar
25. To make a banana split
26. On a hike
27. On the train
28. A barber needs
29. To play bingo
30. To play hide and seek