Journal Topics

Fierce Fourth Grade Journal Topics

This is a list of journal topics for you to choose from this year. Every Thursday morning your Journal is due. To begin, you can choose any question you like, write it at the top of the page with the date, and then write a paragraph response.

1. What are your strengths?
2. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Why?
3. What are your goals for this school year?
4. Who do you talk to when you have a problem? How do they help?
5. What do you like to do for fun?
6. What are you worried about?
7. What do you wish your parents knew about you? What do you wish your friends or classmates knew about you?
8. If you could have one wish, what would it be?
9. What do you feel ashamed of?
10. Where do you feel safest?
11. If you weren’t afraid, what would you do?
12. What does failure mean to you? Have you ever felt like a failure? How did you cope?
13. How can you tell that you’re getting angry? What does your body feel like? What are you thinking?
14. How are you different?
15. What’s something that adults (parents, grandparents, teachers, etc.) say to you that’s really stuck with you? Do you think they’re right?
16. What do you do when people don’t seem to like you?
17. What is your proudest accomplishment?
18. What things are in your control? What’s out of your control? How does it feel to notice that some things are out of your control?
19. What do you like about your school? What do you dislike?
20. What do you do when you’re stressed out?
21. What’s something nice you could say to yourself?
22. What is your happiest memory?
23. What do you do when you’re feeling down? Do you think it’s OK to cry? Do you think it’s OK to yell?
24. What is your favorite book? Movie? Band? Food? Color? Animal?
25. What are you grateful for?
26. What do you like about yourself?
27. Tell about a time you were grateful for something a friend did for you.
28. Tell about a time you were grateful for playing with someone.
29. Tell about a time that you were grateful for someone helping you when you were hurt.
30. Tell about a time that someone helped you solve a problem.
31. Tell about a time someone helped you find something that was lost.
32. Tell about a time you had something to drink when you were very very thirsty.
33. Tell about something you have learned this week.
34. Tell about family member you are grateful for.
35. Tell about a pet you are grateful for.
36. Tell about a toy you own that you love.
37. Tell about a time you got to play with a toy that belongs to someone else.
38. Tell about a time you were able to help someone else.
39. Tell about your favorite place outside.
40. What is your favorite place in your house?
41. What is your favorite way to move your body?
42. What is your favorite activity to do?
43. What is something unique about your family that you’re grateful for?
44. Talk about all the people that worked to bring food to your house.
45. Talk about the all the people who had a hand in making the clothes you wear.
46. Talk about the work that went into the home you live in.
47. Talk about the way you get around your town and all the work and energy that goes into that.
48. Talk about people who work in your community. Who are you grateful?
49. Talk about the ways a family member makes your life better.
50. Choose 3 people to say thank you to today.
51. Who is someone you have a hard time getting along with? Think of at least 3 positive things to say about that person.
52. What is one thing you are grateful for today?
53. What is one food you are grateful for?
54. What was the best part of your day?
55. What are 3 ways to say “thank you” without using the words thank you?
56. Say something positive about the person on your left.
57. Who is someone who has really helped you this week?
58. Who is someone who lives far a way that you are grateful for?
59. Who is someone you have never met that you are grateful for?
60. What is a sound you are grateful for?
61. What is a smell that you are grateful for?
62. What taste are you grateful for?
63. Which of your five senses are you most grateful for?
64. If you had to give up all your possessions what 3 things would you keep?
65. Which season are you most grateful for and why?
66. Talk about all the people who keep you safe.
67. Talk about all the ways you are healthy.
68. What is your favorite park and why?
69. Think about what it means to be safe and cozy close your eyes and feel safe and cozy.
70. Close your eyes and think about something you are grateful for pay attention to what gratitude feels like in your body.
71. What technological advancement are you most grateful for?
72. What animal in nature are you most grateful for and why?
73. Pause for a moment and think of 5 things you are grateful for in this moment.
74. What is your least favorite kind of weather? Think of 3 things about it to be grateful for.
75. Think about the things that you own; feel gratitude for what they allow you to do not just the things themselves.
76. Pretend you are writing a thank you card to your-self what are 3 things you can thank yourself for?
77. Who is someone you would like to send a thank you card to and why?
78. Describe a dream or nightmare that you have had.
79. What is your favorite toy? Why?
80. Write about the best day of your life.
81. Write about the worst day of your life.
82. Finish this thought: In five years, I will be…
83. Invent and describe a new food.
84. Finish this thought: If one of my computer games was real…
85. Tell about someone who is a hero to you.
86. If you could meet any book character, who would you like to meet and why?
87. What are three goals that you have? Write about them.
88. What would you do if you were locked inside your favorite store for a night?
89. What would you do if, all of a sudden, you could be invisible?
90. Pretend that you can communicate with animals. Tell about what you would talk about.
91. Write about traveling to the future. Where would you go, what would you see?
92. If you could travel back into the past, what time and place would you travel to?
93. Finish this thought: If I were a vampire, I would…
94. Finish this thought: If I was the principal of my school, I would…
95. Finish this thought: If I could have any superhero power I would choose…
96. Finish this thought: If I could plan my own birthday party I would…
97. What happens next? One day, I woke up and to my surprise I was on a train…
98. What happens next? I was playing my favorite computer game when, all of a sudden, I was transported into my computer…
99. Finish this thought: If I could move to anywhere in the world, I would move to…
100. Finish this thought: The most important thing to me is…
101. Finish this thought: I want to learn more about…
102. Finish this thought: What annoys me the most is…
103. Finish this thought: If I was the richest person in the world, I would…
104. What would you do if there was no more electricity?
105. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
106. What makes you feel good? Why?
107. What would be your perfect day? Describe the day.
108. What makes you happy? Why?
109. What makes you angry? Why?
110. If you were the ruler of the world, what would you do?
111. If you could be an animal for a day what animal would you be? Why?
112. What makes you a good friend? Write about it.
113. What qualities would make the perfect friend? Write about it.
114. If you could make a law that everybody had to follow, what law would you make and why?
115. Write about a time when you met an alien.
116. If you were the parent, what would your day be like?
117. Write about your weekend, what did you do?
118. Write about a mistake that you made.
119. Write about a time when you felt really confident.
120. Imagine that you are traveling to Mars. Write about your experience.
121. What would happen if your toys came to life? Write about it.
122. If you could invent any machine that you wanted, what would you invent?
123. What happens next? I was walking down a deserted road when…
124. Do you want to be older, younger or the age you are now? Write about it.
125. What makes you special? Write about it.
126. What are you grateful for?
127. You are to tell a person from a distant planet what pollution is. Make that person understand what causes it and why it is bad.
128. What accomplishment are you most proud about?
129. Tell us three things that you like about yourself.
130. What is your hobby? Why do you enjoy it?
131. If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
132. What do you think that you cannot live without? Write about why.
133. Try arguing both sides (good/bad): I think that tests are…
134. You have an extra million dollars; you cannot spend it on yourself. What would you do with the money?
135. If you were an animal, what kind would you be and why?
136. What do you want to do when you grow up? Write about it.
137. Write a letter to a friend.
138. Write about a superpower you wish you had.
139. Write about your favorite holiday.
140. What would the world be like if you were in charge?
141. Write about someone you think is a hero.
142. Why is it important to be honest?
143. If I were the teacher, I would…
144. Write about what you like to do on the weekend.
145. Write about what you like to do with your best friend.
146. Write about something you are afraid of.
147. If you could talk to animals, what would you say?
148. What do you think the world will be like in 100 years?
149. If I could change one thing about myself, I would change…
150. Write about a goal you have set for yourself.
151. What would you do if you were stuck in a store overnight?
152. Write about what you would do with 1 million dollars?
153. Write a list of 10 things that make you happy.
154. If you could end one problem in the world, what would it be?
155. Write about a family value that is important to you.
156. Write about your favorite way to be creative.
157. Describe your bedroom.
158. Write about your earliest memory.
159. Write about what you’d like to do on your next birthday.
160. Write about what makes you special.
161. Write about how life would be different without computers.
162. Describe a vegetable you dislike. Be descriptive!
163. Describe the responsibilities you have at home.
164. What would you do if you won the lottery?
165. Explain why it’s important to eat a healthy diet.
166. Explain why it is important to get enough sleep.
167. Describe a time when you wished for something and got it.
168. Describe a time when you had to make a tough decision.
169. Tell about a time when you had to face a fear.
170. Tell about a time you moved and how it affected you.
171. Write about the funniest thing you ever saw.
172. List ten things you want to do in your lifetime.
173. What is the best thing about being a kid?
174. What is something you wonder about?
175. If you had three wishes, what would they be?
176. Write about what makes you laugh.