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  New Year’s Mini-Book Templates

  $3.75

  Have students start the New Year off writing! Here are fun top hat shaped pages for students to use as the self-publish their writing about the New Year, define related (given) vocabulary and answer (given) writing prompts about the holiday.

  Includes:
  – 3 different covers so students can choose which best ‘fits’ their project
  – Differentiated lined pages (both single lined and primary dashed)
  – Lined and Unlined pages to define and use 13 related vocabulary words
  – 4 different question pages relating to the holiday (how they celebrated, resolutions, what they hope for the new year and how they celebrated)
  – 5 picture pages

  This resource has 50 template pages!

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  January Writing Prompts Journal

  $6.00

  Stop the “I don’t know what to write about!” struggle before it starts. This daily writing prompts resource provides a seamless solution for developing consistent writing habits, critical thinking skills, and creative expression for students in 4th – 12th Grade. Whether it’s a deep dive into facts and history or a light-hearted reflection, this month’s prompts ensures your students have a meaningful reason to put pen to paper every single day.

  What’s Included?

  This isn’t just a list of sentences; it is a complete journaling system. Each month is packed with:

  • Individual Journal Pages: A unique, dedicated page for every day of the month.
  • Diverse Prompt Styles: A balanced mix of “light and fun” topics and “deep-dive” prompts that challenge students to think critically about values, history, and social issues.

  Here are two examples:
  January 16th – (America put the “Prohibition Amendment” into effect in 1919)
  To prohibit something is to forbid it, or to make it illegal. In 1917, in Amendment 18, the United States decided that the negative effects of alcohol were so dangerous that is should be illegal. The Amendment when into effect in 1919. The intention of the amendment was to protect people from the dangers of alcohol. Unfortunately, it had the effect of making organized crime very wealthy through the illegal sale of alcohol. In 1933, Prohibition was repealed with the 21st Amendment. If you could make something that is legal become illegal, what would it be? How would you enforce the law?

  January 22nd – (National Mentoring Month is January)
  To be a mentor, you don’t need special skills, just an ability to listen and to offer friendship, guidance and encourage to a young person. Have you ever been a mentor to someone? If so, describe your experience. If not, is there someone you might mentor? Do you know him/her already? If not, how would you meet? Describe how you’d be a good mentor.

  Whether you are an educator or a homeschooling parent, you probably know that the hardest part of writing is often just getting started. This bundle removes that barrier.

  How to implement it:

  • Daily Starts: Start your morning or English period with a 10-minute quiet writing session.
  • Fast-Finisher Activity: Keep your “early birds” engaged with a meaningful task that doesn’t feel like “busy work.”
  • Homeschool Portfolios: Use these daily entries to track progress in handwriting, grammar, and expressive thought throughout the year.
  • Digital or Print: These pages are designed to be “print-and-go” ready, but they also work beautifully as digital assignments. Simply give them to your student(s) and allow them to create a word document for each. First, have them copy (type) the prompt. Then answer it! Print and place in a growing 3 ring-binder of work.

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  The Benefits of Daily Prompting

  Daily writing is like a workout for the brain. By using these journals, students will:

  • Build Writing Stamina 
  • Strengthen Critical Thinking 
  • Encourage Research 
  • Encourages Deep Thinking About Different Topics

  My Teaching Library has writing prompts for the entire year – BUNDLE & SAVE: Daily Writing Prompt Journal – ONE YEAR BUNDLE

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  Snowman Mini-Book Template #1

  $2.00

  Cute, whimsical mini-book templates for students to use when self-publishing their work.  Ideas for use: Have students create a ‘snowman’ story, write a report about snow, a narrative about building a snowman, or a snowman poem!

  Includes:

  • 2 different covers (One blank and the other titled “My Snowman Story“
  • 8 inside lined page templates (four with dashed lines and four with solid lines) and two unlined

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  1″ Dashed Lines (Colored) – Horizontal

  FREE

  Enjoy this FREE resource!

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