Kindergarten Writing Center Activities and Ideas- Perfect for Daily 5!

Throughout the school year we have been doing lots of writing. During Literacy Center time, students rotated through activities each day, and some writing activities have included Write the Room, handwriting booklets, and lots of sight word practice.

During our Writing block, there has been lots of free choice with respect to what and how students choose to do their writing. Here are some samples of what our writing time has looked like at various points throughout the school year.

Students have their own Word Wall Books. These little booklets are filled with the words we have learned in class, as well as the names of our classmates. The book is perfect for students to keep at their fingertips so that they can refer to it wherever they choose to do their writing in the classroom.

 It's also great to send home so that students can practice the words over the summer, and they have room to add more words they learn!

Some of the free choices for student writing include making lists, labeling, writing with prompts, and regular writing pages.

Students choose a word card and corresponding list to practice writing. They love this activity! It's a great way to increase vocabulary, practice handwriting skills, and it takes the pressure off of deciding what to write about :)

It includes word cards and list pages for the WHOLE year.

Students use the word bank to fill in their labeling pages. It's another way to increase vocabulary and practice handwriting. It also gives the students practice sounding out the words, using their beginning reading strategies to figure out what the words are!

There are topics for the WHOLE school year.

These pages with writing prompts have been an amazing writing tool for students to use during writing time. They include lots of pictures and blank lines, so that students have a writing prompt and can write about the picture and color it.

For those who are confident in their own writing, there are pages with lines and blank areas for the illustrations.

You can find the FREE download of these pages {here}

Even more Kindergarten Writing Center Ideas

First Grade Writing Center Ideas {here}