Use this paper template to create a miniature lantern with your own wishes for the coming year.

Use this graphic organizer to help students plan their personal narratives by drawing what will happen. Thinking about the beginning, middle, and end of their narratives encourages young writers to stretch out the small moments they write about.

Help students practice their handwriting while writing these sentences as neat as can be. Students will also get a chance to practice counting the number of words in each sentence.

Who is your favorite larger-than-life character? Help your young reader understand story structure with this tall tales activity.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

In this worksheet, learners will practice identifying supporting ideas, then follow a prompt to write an informational paragraph of their own.

Here's a great activity to get your second grader's mind going and creativity in action! He'll write a story to go with the picture and even get to color too.

Students will use a comic book format to organize conversations within their personal narratives and practice the writing process.

Use this Halloween story starter to encourage your child to hone their creative writing skills and write imaginative tales all about this beloved fall holiday! This worksheet includes a place for young authors to write and illustrate their story.

Give your students practice using their narrative writing skills with this fun worksheet.

Beginning readers track when they read by touching each word. In this worksheet, students will touch each word as they read.

Children reflect on the meaning of American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and legacy in this thoughtful writing practice and drawing worksheet.

Keep this cute printable on your first grader's bedside table, and when she wakes up, have her write a story about her dreams.

Let your first grader brag a bit about his best skills and enjoyable, after-school activities.

Give your students practice organizing informational texts into corresponding paragraphs using indentations!

Each inventive activity on the board inspires children to use their imagination while completing an academic task.

Make personal narrative and dialogue prep a breeze with this organizer! Students will practice sequencing and prewriting as they put together their personal narrative about a time they were surprised by something or someone.

Too often kids have trouble writing because they can't think of a place to start. Here's a worksheet with a simple prompt that's guaranteed to kids writing.

Young writers expand their transition word lexicon in this comprehensive three-page worksheet.

Working on figurative language skills? Assess student understanding of simple hyperboles with this writing exercise. Your kids will be hyperbole hotshots when they've finished this worksheet!

Engage your students in argumentative writing by having them share an opinion on a topic that may be near and dear (or not so dear!) to their hearts—homework!

Beginning readers track when they read by touching each word. In this worksheet, students will touch each word they read then count the total words in each sentence.

Give your students the opportunity to turn boring titles into interesting titles!

What would school be like if you had it your way? Write an opinion piece about what a perfect school would be like.

Children will enjoy dreaming up their dream Valentine's Day gift in this simple drawing and writing prompt.

Learners will practice identifying supporting details in a short text, then consider three supporting details they might use for an opinion piece of their own.

Finished with the first draft of informational writing? Let this handy checklist guide students through a peer review conference! Students will check for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

What is the boy in his swim trunks asking the boy in his rain coat? Use your imagination and write down questions the two boys may be asking each other!

Give your students practice in catching the reader's attention by using a strong hook in their writing!

Children will use their imaginations to write a fanciful holiday story in this creative writing worksheet.