Weekly Journal Prompts
Journal writing is an excellent way to practice both typing and sentence construction! The weekly prompts give you a subject to write about, but what you say about the subject is up to you. Anytime you finish an assignment early but want to continue writing, check the weekly prompt and start your response!
Ms. Howell checks the journal prompts semi-regularly, but if if you wrote something you are particularly proud of and want to make sure she sees it quickly, tell Ms. Howell to check it out!
October 30-November 3
What do you know the most about? How did you learn so much about it? Tell me as much as you can about this subject!
To respond to this prompt, you can create your own Google Doc and share it with Ms. Howell by selecting "share" in top right corner of the doc and searching "Howell." She'll get an email saying you shared the document so that she can read your response!
October 23-27
Should students get November 1st off of school so that they can sleep in after Halloween? Many families celebrate Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, on this day as well. If school is cancelled for this day, what break or holiday should students have to attend school to make up for the extra vacation day?
To respond to this prompt, you can create your own Google Doc and share it with Ms. Howell by selecting "share" in top right corner of the doc and searching "Howell." She'll get an email saying you shared the document so that she can read your response!
October 16-20
We're talking about music this week, so tell me about your favorite song! Why is this song special to you and what lyrics specifically stand out?
To respond to this prompt, you can create your own Google Doc and share it with Ms. Howell by selecting "share" in top right corner of the doc and searching "Howell." She'll get an email saying you shared the document so that she can read your response!
October 9-13
What are you going to be for Halloween? What gave you that idea? If you don't celebrate Halloween, write about another fun tradition you have for late October and how schools' can better include that tradition for kids like you!
To respond to this prompt, you can create your own Google Doc and share it with Ms. Howell by selecting "share" in top right corner of the doc and searching "Howell." She'll get an email saying you shared the document so that she can read your response!
October 2-6
Write about a person you look up to. What makes that person so special to you? In what ways do you want to be like them? How can you start now?
To respond to this prompt, you can create your own Google Doc and share it with Ms. Howell by selecting "share" in top right corner of the doc and searching "Howell." She'll get an email saying you shared the document so that she can read your response!
September 25-29
It's the first week of fall! Write about your favorite fall activities, flavors, and traditions. What holidays does your family celebrate? Are there any fall sports that you look forward to watching or playing? Do you watch any special movies or shows in this season?
To respond to this prompt, you can create your own Google Doc and share it with Ms. Howell by selecting "share" in top right corner of the doc and searching "Howell." She'll get an email saying you shared the document so that she can read your response!
September 18-21
SEP Conferences are this week! As you prepare to meet with your families and your teachers, write about all the things you are proud of accomplishing last year and set some goals for this year. What can you do to walk away from elementary school feeling successful?
September 11-14
Ms. Howell is going out of town this week! For your journal response, write about your dream vacation. If you had a full week off of school and someone else was paying for your whole trip, where would you go? Who would you bring? What would you do while you were there?
September 5-8
If you were a district superintendent and were in charge of a school, how would you run things? What rules would you put in place? What classes would you require students to have? What would testing look like? Why?
August 28-31
Write about your summer! What did you do? What would you have changed if you could restart it? How are you feeling now that school has started?
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