Looking for a fun way during September to engage students in your daily writing centers? These September writing prompts are perfect and offer students a variety of different writing topics that are NOT all back-to-school related, but national celebratory days! These September daily prompts were created with the primary student in mind.

These engaging writing prompts include:

  • expository
  • descriptive
  • narrative and
  • persuasive formats

Available in PRINT & GOOGLE SLIDES format

Perfect for your writing centers or fast finishers!

  • 30 Daily National Day themed Writing Prompts
  • 2 blank editable slides to substitute or add your own prompt
  • Matching writing paper for each prompt in two different lined formats
  • 2 blank editable writing paper formats

These daily prompts are fun because they focus on National Days of the year!

**Prompts are not all holiday related**

September 1st-30th, I’ve got you covered! Editable slides are available for you to add more prompts or change out the ones that I have provided.

National Days included in this daily calendar writing pack are:

  1. No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day
  2. National Blueberry Popsicle Day
  3. US Bowling League Day
  4. National Wildlife Day
  5. Be Late for Something Day
  6. Read a Book Day
  7. Grandma Moses Day
  8. National Ampersand Day
  9. Care Bears Share Your Care Day
  10. National Swap Ideas Day
  11. Patriot Day
  12. National Day of Encouragement
  13. National Coloring Day
  14. Cream Filled Donut Day
  15. Get Ready Day
  16. Collect Rocks Day
  17. Constitution Day
  18. National Cheeseburger Day
  19. Talk Like a Pirate Day
  20. Pepperoni Pizza Day
  21. World Miniature Golf Day
  22. Dear Diary Day
  23. International Day of Sign Language
  24. National Punctuation Day
  25. National Comic Book Day
  26. National Johnny Appleseed Day
  27. National Day of Forgiveness
  28. National Good Neighbor Day
  29. Happy Goose Day
  30. National Chewing Gum Day

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1 review for September Daily Writing Prompts | September Daily Prompts for a Writing Center

  1. Chrissy Christian

    We homeschool and I love using these with both my first grader and fourth grader! They are so fun and engaging!
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September Daily Writing Prompts | September Daily Prompts for a Writing Center

$4.99

Grades: 1st – 3rd

Subjects: English Language Arts, Writing

Format: Google Apps, Microsoft PowerPoint

Total Pages: 30 prompts with writing pages / Google Slides Available

Answer Key: NA

Teaching Duration: NA

Common Core Standards:

Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
Provide reasons that support the opinion.

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