Thanksgiving writing for students
Thanksgiving Writing

Thanksgiving is exactly 2 weeks from today.  YIKES! Maybe I should buy a turkey.  

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE all of the fun things that students can write about this time of year.

The big question is… how do we inspire our students to write?  When I taught writing in fourth grade for many years, my favorite strategy for inspiring reluctant writers was to use pictures and graphics.

FREE Thanksgiving writing papers to inspire your students to write. TeacherKarma.com
Write a Story ~ Thanksgiving Edition @ TeacherKarma.com

Students LOVE to look at my family Thanksgiving photographs over the years… especially pictures of when I was their age. Yes, Mrs. Bradshaw is a REAL PERSON.


Start by showing your students inspiring pictures, and then TELL them your thanksgiving story aloud… THEY SERIOUSLY LOVE THIS.  

After telling your Thanksgiving story to the kiddos, take it to writing.  Model for your students how you put your story into writing.

To get the best writing results, model the entire writing process with your students.  

Free and fun Thanksgiving writing papers to use with your classroom. TeacherKarma.com
Super simple steps for Thanksgiving Writing @ TeacherKarma.com


Steps for using photos and graphics to inspire Thanksgiving writing:

  1. Display Thanksgiving photo or clip art
  2. Tell your students about the story of the picture {this is prewriting}
  3. Use my FREE Thanksgiving Writing Papers 
  4. Model for your students how you write a story {use as many of the writing process steps as possible}
  5. Read your story aloud

 

 

Now, it is their turn.  Assist your students with going through the same writing process… one step at a time.

Below are examples of holiday papers included in the Thanksgiving freebie:

 
Free Thanksgiving Writing Papers at TeacherKarma.comFree Thanksgiving Writing Papers at TeacherKarma.com
Free Thanksgiving Writing Papers at TeacherKarma.comFree Thanksgiving Writing Papers at TeacherKarma.com
Free Thanksgiving Writing Papers at TeacherKarma.com
Ideas for Thanksgiving visuals you can use with your writing lessons:
  • old family photos
  • photos of you as a child – they LOVE this
  • pictures from magazines
  • cookbooks
  • clip art
  • internet searches
 
If you are short on time and are looking for a quick set of Thanksgiving writing graphics, you can check out my paid product in my TpT store, Teacher Karma.

Please click here for FREE Thanksgiving Write a Story!
 
Thanksgiving Write a Story writing activities and literacy centers for your classroom. TeacherKarma.com
Thanksgiving Write a Story ~ TeacherKarma.com
 
Here are some more of my articles on how to inspire your students to write:
I would LOVE to hear how you inspire your students to write!  
 
All the best!

Jen

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