Story Starters

Make Journal Writing easy for your Elementary students.

Choose from these Seasonal Sentence-starters.

You can also download a Word document with all the Story starters.

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

My name is ______.

Summer was fun!

My favorite color is ____.

My eyes are ____.

This is my house.

This is my family.

This is me playing at recess.

This is how I get to school.

I am ___ years old.

I can play ____.

I go to bed at ___.

I sit by ______.

I went to ____.

See my friend ____.

I played with _____.

Here is my school.

See my room!

My teacher’s name is ___.

My favorite letter is ___.

My favorite number is __.

I am right/left handed.

My mom looks like this.

My dad looks like this.

A ___ is blue.

A ___ is red.

One little ship can ____.

See the haunted house!

My jack-o-lantern is ___.

The ___ is yellow.

Halloween cats ride ____.

It is midnight. I’d better _.

The best treat is ___.

The witch says, “ ___”.

Black cats are _____.

One ghost is _____.

Columbus wanted to ___.

Today is Columbus Day. He sailed to Am. in 1492.

For Halloween I want to be _.

To be safe, I _____.

I like to play __ with __.

My favorite food is _____.

I am angry when _______.

I am most afraid of ____.

I found a _____.

The biggest mess I ever made

A place I would like to visit

I was embarrassed when.

I like ___ for breakfast.

My favorite pie is ___.

Good food helps me ____.

I want ____ for lunch.

My family helps me ___.

For dinner I like ____.

My friends help me ____.

Here is a healthy snack.

My teacher helps me ___.

I can cook ____.

Animals make me feel ___.

I am thankful for ___.

If I were a Pilgrim I’d look

Over Thanksgiving I

If I were an Indian

The most important person I

I hate to ___.

When I am sad, I ____.

When I can’t sleep, I ___.

My favorite way to travel is

If I were an animal, I would

I like to ____.

The food I hate the most is _.

What makes me cry is __.

DECEMBER

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

Winter is a time for ___.

To make a snowman you __.

Ice skating is ___.

The snow came down and __.

Oh no! Santa is stuck in the chimney!

My warmest jacket is ___.

I woke up this morning __.

My! What a lovely tree!

Five white things are ___.

We climbed on the sled and _

The gingerbread man began to

I hit the pinata and

My favorite month is

My favorite song is

I shopped all day for

We wrapped the gift with

This vacation I plan to

This is my reindeer. It’s name

For Xmas I hope I get

The best thing about Xmas is

Christmas is for giving. I will give __ a ___.

Santa, this year I was

For Xmas I got __.

Winter vacation was ___.

My birthday is ___.

If I were a clown __.

I followed the tracks and __.

What funny mittens! They had

When I was a baby, I could

The sled went faster and

The magic skis began to

Oh no! The snowball hit

When I grow up

My favorite kind of soup is

Before I go to school, I

I am curious when

When my relatives come

I lost my

If I found $5, I would

If I had a camera, I would

This is my snowman.

My favorite winter activity is

1 fact about MLK

What animal likes the cold?

If I were snowed in for a day

I go to school because

Mr. Groundhog woke up, and

My valentine makes my heart

I climbed the cherry tree, and

I don’t like to

The strange shadow was

To make friends, I

The lucky penny was

I’d like to invent

If I were president

I wish I could

The valentine surprise was

Abraham Lincoln liked to

George Washington always tried to

My heart beats faster as I

This weekend I want to

The cocoa made me feel

My favorite sandwich is

My best friend is

For breakfast I like

This is what the tooth fairy looks like

My family and I like to

It scares me when

This morning before school

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

To make a kite, you need

I skipped all the way to

The giant balloon was

Don’t forget to wear

Clouds look like

Oh no! The kitten was

Whoosh! The wind lifted

Spring is a time for

Raindrops feel like

The magic bus began to

My favorite flower is

I am afraid of

Green is the color of

I slid down the rainbow, and

If I could fly

It bothers me when

I wonder about

100 years from now

My favorite animal

On a windy day, I like to

When I look out my window, I can see

When I am 10 I will

The food I hate the most is

On rainy days, I wear

Eggs are best when

Rabbits need

The magic swing went

At recess, I like to

If I could I would drive a

I likes books about

Carrots are good for

I stepped inside the bubble and

The baby duck feels like

Crack! Out jumped a

To dye eggs you

I like to sing

My favorite animal is

The basket was filled with

I am kind to

Three little birds are

I would like to meet

If I were President I would

The best thing about spring is

If I were an animal I’d be a

When we go to the zoo we will see

What is your favorite candy

Last year, I could not

After school today I’m going to

If I were a butterfly

To plant a garden, you

Sunshine makes me feel

If I were the teacher

My favorite vegetable is

If I were a pilot

I knew the seed was magic when

Homework is

Mothers are

My mom is special because

It would be fun to live

I knew I was lost when

The best time of day is

If I were magic

I didn’t’t mean to do

One thing I’d like to do someday is

The worst day ever was

When I’m an adult

When school is out

I like being boy/girl because

When I broke a rule

Right now I would like to be in

On the playground I like to

Sometimes I worry about

The best kind of pizza is

This summer I want to

This year was

I hope there are many days this summer when I can.

Bulletin Board: The Grouchy Ladybug

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Bulletin Board: Monkeys

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Bulletin Board: Penguins

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Bulletin Board: Pigs

Pigs

Bulletin Board: Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Patch

Bulletin Board: Reindeers

Reindeers

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