Kindergarten Writing Lessons & Printables | Step by Step Writing #1

Kindergarten Writing Lessons & Printables | Step by Step Writing #1

 

Help your Kindergarten students become confident, independent writers with 19 simple, flexible writing mini-lessons and more than 100 pages of supporting printables!

This beginning writing unit introduces foundational writing skills step by step—from understanding why we write and drawing clear pictures to adding labels, stretching out words, writing sentences and using a writing checklist.

The lessons are presented in a suggested teaching order, but they can easily be repeated, divided across multiple days or skipped based on your students’ needs. Depending on how often you teach writing, this unit could be used for approximately 4 weeks or extended across 3–4 months.

 

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Writing Skills Covered:

✔ Understanding why, where, what and to whom we write
✔ Generating writing ideas
✔ Drawing clear, meaningful pictures
✔ Printing names and letters
✔ Adding labels
✔ Using classroom writing resources
✔ Stretching out words and recording sounds
✔ Developing a growth mindset
✔ Using sight words
✔ Leaving finger spaces
✔ Using punctuation
✔ Beginning sentences with capital letters
✔ Rereading for meaning
✔ Using a writing checklist
✔ Adding more detail to pictures and writing

 

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What’s Included:

✔ 19 flexible Kindergarten writing mini-lessons
✔ Writing-checklist bulletin board cards
✔ Uppercase and lowercase tracing sheets
✔ Uppercase and lowercase printing-practice sheets
✔ Alphabet printing helpers
✔ Family drawing and labelling activities
✔ Alphabet linking charts with multiple picture and sound options
✔ Sight-word bookmarks
✔ Punctuation practice sheets
✔ Capital-letter practice sheets
✔ Differentiated writing checklists
✔ “Add Details to Your Writing” reference tools
✔ Writing-book covers
✔ Labels for writing folders, books and duo-tangs
✔ Labels for organizing writing drawers
✔ A variety of differentiated writing papers
✔ Writing papers with feedback and descriptive-feedback sections
✔ Editable writing labels and book covers in PowerPoint

The main resource is a 114-page PDF. The alphabet linking charts are also provided as a separate PDF for easier opening and printing.

The editable labels and writing-book covers are provided in PowerPoint format. You will need Microsoft PowerPoint to edit these files.

 

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Flexible for Different Writers:

The included writing checklists and papers offer varying levels of support, making it easier to meet the needs of beginning writers as well as students who are ready to write more independently.

Use the materials during:

✔ Whole-group writing mini-lessons
✔ Guided writing
✔ Small-group instruction
✔ Independent writing at the writing centre
✔ Writing intervention

 

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Try it before you buy:

Click the preview to see a closer look at the resource and download the first two writing lessons for free!

 

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Also in this series:

• Step by Step #2: Kindergarten Writing Plans
• Step by Step #3: Guided Writing & Assessments

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Save with the bundle:

This resource is included in the Step by Step: Kindergarten Writing Bundle.

Please do not purchase this resource separately if you already own the complete writing bundle.