Kindergarten and 1st Grade Informational and Expository Writing Resources

Share all about yourself with this getting-to-know-you writing activity!

In this fun essay-writing activity, young writers will complete a graphic organizer to plan their thoughts, then refer to it to write a short opinion piece about their favorite dinner.

Describe and draw mom in this fill-in-the-blank Mother's Day worksheet!

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.

Learners will get handwriting practice and love sharing about their lives as they write a report all about them using this colorful worksheet!

Students will love learning about a new animal as they create an informational report using this helpful guide!

Describe and draw dad in this fill-in-the-blank Father's Day worksheet!

This social studies worksheet is a great way to encourage the next generation to understand the value and impact of voting while helping learners practice reading comprehension strategies.

Help your students practice their informational reading skills as they learn about leafcutter ants!

Help your learners think about all of the different plants and animals that live in habitats all over the world!

Home is where the heart is! What does your house look like? Help your kindergartener build her writing skills by completing this list story.

From making a list of supplies to drawing a picture of the steps, this worksheet guides kids through the first phase of the writing process.

More and more schools are beginning to celebrate the 100th day of school. Help your child list her biggest accomplishments from the first 100 days of school.

This open-ended worksheet inspires students to research fascinating inventors!

Help your kindergarten students think about key ideas they’ve learned about penguins using this helpful worksheet.

Learn all about the interesting world of the whale while practicing fluency and reading comprehension skills using this helpful nonfiction reading worksheet.

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

This worksheet is a brief introduction to the human rights activist and feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes.

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

Use this nature journal to inspire kids to get outside and learn in the great outdoors!

Give a salute to good health with this simple list story! Your kindergartener will build great communication skills by completing these sentences.

Use this writing prompt activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to write informational texts. Students will use details and facts to convey a topic of their choosing.

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

With the help of this reading and writing worksheet, young learners will learn about the first all-female spacewalk and then imagine what it would be like to be a space explorer themselves!

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