November Writing Journal | Thanksgiving Writing Prompts & Directed Drawing | Kindergarten

About this resource

Bring November themes into your writing time with this November Writing Journal for Kindergarten! With directed drawings, picture word banks, and sentence starters, these pages give beginning writers a place to start and support them as they put their ideas on paper.

Students can draw a turkey, write about how they help at home, plan a turkey disguise, or share what they are thankful for. The consistent page layout makes it easy to build a familiar writing routine throughout the month.

What’s included:

• 25 writing activity pages
• 7 directed drawing pages featuring a turkey, pilgrim hat, gravy boat, football, bread, bowl of corn, and pie
• 18 picture-supported writing pages covering helping at home, making a pie, Veterans Day, turkey disguises, thankfulness, and Thanksgiving foods
• Versions with traceable sentence starters and versions without sentence starters
• Picture word banks on themed writing pages
• Space for drawing and primary writing lines
• A visual writing checklist on every activity page

The checklist reminds students to start with a capital letter, use spaces, add punctuation, sound out unfamiliar words, and reread their writing.

Use these pages for writing centers, morning work, small groups, whole-class writing lessons, or a November writing journal. Model a sentence together, talk through the picture vocabulary, or let students use the visuals to plan their own writing.

The picture supports are especially helpful for English learners and students who need help coming up with an idea. Choose a sentence-starter page for extra support or a page without a starter for students ready to write their own sentences.

Print the pages individually or staple them into a journal for simple November writing practice!