Students opine about their favorite animals and give reasons for their picks in this worksheet.

Let your child pretend to be a superhero and write a story about his super powers. He'll get some valuable handwriting practice in the process.

Introduce this graphic organizer as a way to help students compose opinion pieces.

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

Make your writing shine with a cover that pops! After students have completed a piece of informational writing, it’s time for them to make engaging covers. This worksheet helps students include all of the key elements—title, picture, and the author's name

In this worksheet, your child will choose activities she likes and use the word "because" to back up her choices with written reasons.

Successful peer conferences are a breeze with this narrative writing checklist! Students will review their own writing and a partner's writing, checking for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

Have your 1st grader choose a favorite instrument and defend his opinion with this opinion writing worksheet.

Your first graders have been hard at work learning how to write engaging narratives, so now it's time to put their knowledge into action! Use this writing prompt activity to assess your students’ abilities to use key details when writing narrative t

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

Give your first grader a fun coloring page that doubles as a creative writing activity! She'll use her imagination to create a story for the picture.

Students will write about their favorite kind of pizza!

Allow your child to dream about what goes on high over her head with this story starter worksheet that encourages your child to think about life in space.

Use this open-ended writing activity to assess your students’ abilities to write informational texts and include appropriate text features. Students are asked to write about a topic of their choice using key details and facts, including at least one text

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!

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

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

In this worksheet, kindergarteners will read the funny story all about a dinosaur and draw pictures to represent what they have read.

A polar bear on a beach? Give your silly storyteller a fun way to practice her writing skills with this picture-perfect story starter.

Your kids will love learning and sharing about animals in this engaging research activity! Engage students in the research process as they prepare to write informational books about animals.

Dialogue moves narratives along and can add much-needed drama to otherwise stagnant writing. In this worksheet, students get a chance to practice writing dialogue to add to their personal narratives.

Show kids how to sort fact from fiction with this worksheet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Evidence to Analyze a Character.

Students will develop and write different opinions about cats and dogs with this friendly worksheet.

Kids strengthen their pre-writing skills and learn about character development with this planning worksheet.

This story starter featuring an alien leaving to attend a birthday party will spark the imagination and provide writing practice, too!

What will this hedgehog do next? It's time to let your child be the storyteller with this fun coloring sheet.

Does an octopus have 8 tentacles? Test your fact and opinion identification skills with this colorful undersea adventure.

Oh, no, our prince has a dragon hot on his heels...really, really hot! Let your 1st grade author decide what happens next.

Characters are at the very center of any story, and learning how to create dynamic characters is essential for budding writers. Your students can use this handy organizer to plan rich character development in their creative writing.