1st grade Genre Writing Resources

First Grade Writing Skills

My Family: Writing Practice

Family first! This lesson encourages students to think about families and how diverse families can be.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Writing Sentences: Halloween

First Grade Writing Skills

This workbook helps first graders flex their handwriting and composition skills.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

BAM! POW! Comic Strip Writing

Writing Sentences: Halloween

Get into the Halloween spirit with this creative writing activity! Answer questions about how you celebrate by filling in the blanks to complete the sentences.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Writing: Create a Character

BAM! POW! Comic Strip Writing

Students love comic books! Channel their excitement for this fun genre and get their creative writing juices flowing. By writing their own comic strips, students will be practicing composing, sequencing, and using dialogue.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Writing: Create a Character

Your students will hone their creative writing skills as they design their own fictional characters. Use this lesson to introduce the concept of using key details and descriptive language during the prewriting phase of storytelling.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Write About the Weather

Write About the Weather

There's no better way to get your kid thinking about the weather than by having him write about it. Kids write a sentence about the weather in each picture.

1st grade

Science

Worksheet

Wild About Writing

Writing Sentences: School

Wild About Writing

Animals and nature lead the charge to brighten first grade writing practice in this workbook, from sentence building to story writing and a few critter crosswords.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Helpers in Our School Community

Writing Sentences: School

What is your favorite subject in school? Practice writing sentences by answering this question and more about school in this creative writing worksheet.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Wintertime Writing Prompt

Helpers in Our School Community

Who is who in your school community? In this lesson, students will learn about the people who work at their school and how everyone helps each other to keep the school running safely.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Wintertime Writing Prompt

How do you know when it's wintertime? Have your child complete this winter writing prompt to exercise writing skills and reinforce seasonal knowledge.

1st grade

Science

Worksheet

Read Between the Lines

All About Me! Things I Like

Read Between the Lines

When it comes to reading, it’s all about inferring. Kids can learn how to use clues in a text to understand a character’s thoughts or follow the action, in this book about jumping to conclusions.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

All About Me! Things I Like

I like to run, play, and dance! In this lesson, students will learn how to express themselves and write simple sentences. Your class will gain important social skills by interacting with their peers during these activities.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Label the Continents

Label the Continents

Does your little one know the different continents? Help her cut and paste the continent names onto this colorful world map.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Writing From the Heart

Christmas Adventure Writing

Writing From the Heart

This lesson will inspire your students to focus on the people, pets, things, places, and ideas that mean the most to them! Your students will practice writing in this heartfelt lesson.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Jack and the Beanstalk Fun Pack

Christmas Adventure Writing

What adventures can a reindeer, candy cane, and a snowman embark on? Let’s find out! In this writing lesson, students will write a Christmas-themed narrative incorporating characters, setting, problem, and solution.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Jack and the Beanstalk Fun Pack

This workbook tells the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Read, count and measure along with Jack!

1st grade

Math

Workbook

Ready, Set, Read

Ready, Set, Read

Is your budding reader up for a challenge? Help your child get familiar with the important elements of a story as well as its structure while putting his critical thinking skills to the test.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

How My Life Will Be

Directions: North, South, East or West?

How My Life Will Be

It's never to early to start dreaming about the future! In this lesson, engage your students in thinking about how their lives will be, all while practicing persuasive writing and using future tense verbs!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Directions: North, South, East or West?

Give your beginning geography student some practice finding north, south, east and west on a map of the U.S.!

1st grade

Social studies

Worksheet

Writing Sentences: Food

Plan Your Story: Sequence of Events

Writing Sentences: Food

What do you like to eat on your birthday? Answer this question and more in this creative writing worksheet that allows you to practice sentence writing.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Beginning Writing: All About Me

Plan Your Story: Sequence of Events

Strong narratives have clear sequences of events. Through this lesson, students plan out what will happen in their story before they start writing their own engaging narratives.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Highlight Reading and Writing

Beginning Writing: All About Me

This lesson will take the fear out of writing by allowing your students to write about what makes them happy. It provides a simple way to give young writers creative freedom.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan