Back to School Directed Drawing & Writing | Directed Drawing Activities

Build your students’ writing confidence with these fun Back to School Directed Drawing activities! These no prep activities will encourage students to be creative and increase their writing confidence. Featuring 6-step directed drawings and guided or regular lines, this Back to School directed drawing resource is perfect for students in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade.

Use these directed drawing activities as:

• a fun writing center
• a brain break
• during indoor recess
• morning work / in a morning tub
• a whole group activity
• whenever you have extra time to fill

To build student writing confidence even more, you can display these writing pages as a bulletin board, or use them in your author & illustrator of the week bulletin board!

What’s Included?

• 43 Back to School-themed designs with guided lines AND regular lines

VERSION 1:

1. apple
2. backpack
3. crayon
4. glue bottle
5. glue stick
6. magnifying glass
7. marker
8. notebook
9. notepad
10. paint palette
11. pencil
12. school bus

VERSION 2:

1. apple
2. backpack
3. whiteboard
4. book
5. calculator
6. pencil pouch
7. paperclip
8. colored pencil
9. crayon
10. globe
11. eraser (2 designs)
12. glue
13. highlighter
14. pencil holder
15. lunchbox
16. notebook
17. paint brush
18. paper
19. computer
20. pen
21. pencil
22. pencil sharpener
23. pushpin
24. ruler (2 designs)
25. school bus
26. scissors
27. school
28. tape
29. watercolors

Why use directed drawings?

• allows students to get creative
• gives drawing ideas to students who can’t choose a topic
• drawing assists with motor skills and pencil grip
• gives students a fun topic to write about
• builds writing confidence

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