1st grade Genre Writing Printable Worksheets

From nature hunts and rock painting to recycled art and poetry writing, these activities combine scientific exploration with arts and crafts projects.

Let your students work up an appetite for writing with this opinion writing prompt. First students will consider their favorite food while they fill in the structured pre-writing planner, then they can use the second page to write their opinion essay.

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

Does your little one know the different continents? Help her cut and paste the continent names onto this colorful world map.

There's no better way to get your kid thinking about the weather than by having him write about it. Kids write a sentence about the weather in each picture.

This laugh-out-loud worksheet is sure to inspire your first grader to write a silly story.

Ever wonder how the sun helps plants grow? Here is an easy way to explain the process of photosynthesis to your first grader.

Practice creative writing with some simple sentence prompts. Fill in the holes to describe what it's like to swim in the ocean.

It's raining, it's pouring... This cute and colorful printable gets her thinking about her favorite rainy day activities.

Explore story sense with your young reader. First, read the astronaut's story. Then, let your imagination tell what will happen next!

Kindergarteners through second graders can use this versatile Biography Booklet printable to research and write about someone in booklet form.

Your student will research and identify the animal and plant life that live near the sea, using both her own knowledge and the help of the Internet.

What is one thing that makes a good friend? Answer this question and more about friends in this worksheet by filling in the blanks to complete the sentences.

These leaves can be used for a variety of science lessons and classroom art projects!

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

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

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

How does this story start and end? Let's draw the story to practice storytelling and comprehension skills!

What's your favorite thing about the rain? This rain writing prompt gets your child to use his powers of description to write about what happens on rainy days.

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.

Use this reading and writing worksheet to teach first and second grade students about Angela Davis and her life as an activist, writer, and scholar.

An acrostic poem is one of the most easy and rewarding ways for younger children to write poetry. Fill in the blanks to spell out "family".

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.

Before students write opinion pieces, they need to understand the difference between facts and opinions. This worksheet teaches them to do just that by having students cut out various statements and sort them into fact and opinion categories.

This worksheet asks first graders to read, write and draw all about summer!