Your first graders have been working hard on honing their narrative writing, so now it's time to put their practice into action! Use this writing prompt activity to assess your students’ abilities to develop a setting when writing narrative texts.

Learners will gather information about the traditions their families celebrate throughout the year, and pick one tradition to learn more about.

With this printable worksheet, students practice writing transition words and identify strong endings for stories.

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

The Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy is a great tool to help students identify and understand story elements. In this fun brainstorming activity, budding writers will use the format to start generating a story of their own!

Great writing is in the details! As students revise their narrative writing, encourage them to use more descriptive details. This worksheet helps students dig deeper and revise their writing to include more adjectives.

Young writers will love using this planning sheet to plan out their very own fairy tale. It includes sections for planning the characters, setting, and three parts of the story.

Help your students get excited about choosing a title for their fictional story with this helpful planning sheet. Students will also plan an important character and surprising plot moment in their stories!

Give this delectable worksheet to your 1st grader to practice opinion writing! Your child will love talking about his favorite ice cream.

Here's a fun way to get your first grader writing stories; this one's about a mouse, cat, and cheese!

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

With a simple prompt and plenty of blank space to fill, this worksheet is just the thing to get kids' creative writing wheels turning.

This research, drawing, and writing worksheet is a fun introduction to informational and science writing.

Give your child practice with his writing skills with this printable worksheet that asks your child to describe what he likes to do at the beach.

Get ready to revise! Something as simple as adding details can really breathe life into boring sentences! Help students improve their writing as they use details to bring simple sentences to life.

Kiss “The End” goodbye! This activity gets students to practice using more interesting story endings.

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.

This resource gives your students practice creating an outline of an informational paragraph.

Acrostic poems are a fun, easy introduction to poetry. Learn about what makes a good acrostic poem and try writing one about school!

This composition prompt asks kids to consider one thing they can do and one thing they can stop doing this Earth Day.

How far can you stretch these sentences? Give your young writer a creativity boost with this clever sentence practice sheet.

Try your hand at an acrostic fall poem, a popular writing activity for kids.

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.

Make writing fun with this dinosaur writing prompt, perfect for kids who are fascinated by the prehistoric world.

What have these delightful dolphins discovered on the sea floor? It's your child's mission to finish this aquatic story!

Learners will write an original song for planet Earth in this fun songwriting prompt.

This fun acrostic poem for kids reviews simple sight words about the one place they're most familiar with besides home...school!

What are Floyd and Roly talking about? Fill in the word balloons and make up your own comic!

This activity encourages your students to write a poem about their favorite animals! Help your students hone their poetry writing skills using this list poem template.

What's your favorite thing about the rain? This writing prompt encourages your child to use their descriptive powers to write about what happens on rainy days.