September Writing Prompts for 1st Grade

September Writing Prompts for 1st Grade are perfect for helping young writers build confidence with both fiction and non-fiction writing. This resource includes a variety of prompts and structured journal-style pages that make writing fun, engaging, and easy to implement in your classroom.

Ideal for independent writing time, writer’s workshop, centers, or morning work, these activities provide just the right mix of guidance and creativity to support 1st grade (and advanced Kindergarten) writers.

🎒 What’s Included

• • 24 writing pages (fiction and non-fiction)
  • 2 cover pages
  • Additional writing + drawing pages

🍎 September Writing Prompts for 1st Grade Topics

• • • Apples
    • Leaves
    • Fairy Tales
    • Pets

🛠 How to Prep/Use

• Students write a simple sentence about each picture (fiction & non-fiction)
• Children follow drawing directions, add a background and details, then write about their picture (fiction & non-fiction)
• Students use picture clues to answer a question and write a story explaining what they think happened (fiction)
• Students use “first, then, last” boxes to guide their storytelling (fiction)
• Students create a story using the character, setting, and problem prompts (fiction)
• Students label the main picture using the word bank, then write an informational or instructional piece (non-fiction)

⭐ Educational Benefits

• Builds writing conventions: capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure
• Develops composition skills: sequencing, character, setting, problem/solution
• Strengthens critical thinking with inference and picture-based storytelling
• Encourages non-fiction writing: labeling, expository sentences, how-to writing
• Supports fine motor practice through drawing, labeling, and handwriting

Happy Teaching! 🙂