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It's time to brainstorm! Use this worksheet to help budding writers generate a list of ideas and topics for future stories, as well as give students a chance to practice their letter and word spacing.

Summer writing can start with drawing something fun, or thinking about their favorite parts of warm days. This worksheet is a fun quick-start for ideas.

Ready, set, brainstorm! Help your students prepare to write how-to books by generating ideas about topics that they know a lot about.

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

Help kids express themselves through writing with this blank journal page.

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

What is your favorite animal? Answer this question and many more in this creative writing worksheet in which young writers can practice writing sentences.

Kids practice narrative writing with this personal prompt.

What foods do you like to eat in the winter? Answer this question and more with this writing exercise that allows you to practice sentence writing.

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.

What do you like to do when you listen to music? Practice writing sentences by answering this question and more about music in this creative writing worksheet.

Your students have been working hard on their narrative writing skills! Use this writing assessment to evaluate their abilities to develop and describe characters in their narrative writing texts.

Children practice forming and writing an opinion in this simple opinion-writing worksheet.

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.

After writing a draft of an informational piece, have students edit their writing with this handy checklist. Students will check their writing for correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, as well as an accurate table of contents.

Writers will practice crafting a story around setting with this open-ended writing prompt.

Mmmm! Can you smell the Christmas cookies in the oven? Warm up your child's writing skills with this Christmas cookies writing prompt.

After writing a draft of an informational piece, have students revise their writing with this handy checklist. Students will work to improve their sentences and add more details and descriptions that will take their writing to the next level.

Use this handy worksheet to help your students (and you!) keep track of their writing goals. Refer to the goals during writing workshop conferences, and be sure to have students add to them and revise them as needed.

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.

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.

Help kids get creative with this simple writing worksheet.

This worksheet will help your first grader generate ideas for writing.

Get started with writing and explaining great opinions with these words.

What is your favorite hiding place at home? Practice writing sentences by filling in the blanks to answer questions about home.

What is your favorite part of Thanksgiving? Answer this question and more in this exercise that allows you to practice sentence writing.

Use this opinion writing worksheet to give your 1st grader some practice writing reasons to back up her opinions about fruit.

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.

Give your child practice with his writing skills with this printable writing worksheet that prompts your child to write about rainbows.

Editing is more fun with a partner! After writing a draft of an informational piece, this activity gets students working in pairs to improve their writing. Partners will read each other's work and then use this worksheet to provide constructive feedback.