November Writing Journal Prompts

🍂 What’s Included in the November Writing Journal Prompts

The November Writing Journal Prompts packet offers engaging Thanksgiving and fall themed writing pages that help children explore gratitude, family, and traditions while improving handwriting and sentence building. Inside, you will find:

• Cover Page
• Draw and Label Pages: Parts of a turkey, contents of a cornucopia, and Pilgrim and Native American labeling activities.
• List Writing: Thanksgiving Menu, Things Pilgrims Did Not Have, and On Veterans Day We Honor.
• How To Writing: How to Catch a Turkey, How to Cook a Turkey, and How Squanto Plants Corn or How to Plant Corn.
• Opinion Writing with Choices: I would rather eat (green beans or sweet potatoes), The best place to live would be (log cabin or teepee), and Best Thanksgiving food (turkey or ham).
• Opinion Writing II: Football is a fun sport because, Veterans Day is important because, and Native Americans were helpful to the Pilgrims because.
• Writing Prompts with Pictures: A turkey has, I am thankful for, On Thanksgiving Day I eat, The best dessert to eat on Thanksgiving Day is, For Thanksgiving my family and I, The Pilgrims had, and I am thankful for our veterans because.
• Narrative Writing: Describing turkeys, writing a sentence to match the picture, writing a story about Thanksgiving dinner, and a story about a Native American teaching a Pilgrim to fish.
• Narrative Writing II: If I had a pet turkey, Living in a teepee, Pilgrim chores, While hiking with my family in the woods I suddenly heard, and My favorite thing to do when the weather gets colder.
• Poetry and Letter Writing: November acrostic poem and Letter to a Veteran.
• Additional handwriting page

You can also try several pages for free. The sample download includes How to Catch a Turkey, On Thanksgiving Day I Eat, and Veterans Day writing pages.

✏️ How to Use the November Writing Journal Prompts

• Use one page each day as a morning warm up or short writing session.
• Include the pages in your literacy centers for extra handwriting and sentence practice.
• Let students create their own November Writing Journal booklet to share during Thanksgiving week.
• Differentiate easily with picture supported prompts for beginning writers and open ended pages for more confident students.

Because the activities are flexible, they work well for whole class lessons, small groups, or independent writing practice.

🎯 Educational Benefits

• Develops sentence structure and story writing skills.
• Builds fine motor and handwriting strength.
• Encourages gratitude and reflection through Thanksgiving themed writing.
• Supports opinion, narrative, and procedural writing goals for Kindergarten and First Grade.

Each writing task encourages clear thinking and creative expression while helping students connect writing to seasonal themes they love.

📦 Already in a Bundle

This resource is part of the Writing Journal Prompts BUNDLE If you already own that bundle, please do not purchase this resource again.

The November Writing Journal Prompts provide a thoughtful and engaging way to celebrate Thanksgiving and Veterans Day while building essential writing skills. Use them for morning work, writing centers, or as a monthly journal project.

Happy Teaching! 😊