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Favorite Food Opinion Writing

Favorite Food Opinion Writing

Favorite Food Opinion Writing

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.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Stretch a Sentence

Stretch a Sentence

Stretch a Sentence

Stretch those writing skills with this "stretch a sentence" activity! Little writers will learn to expand on an idea by adding more details to a sentence.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Christmas Adventure Writing

Christmas Adventure Writing

Christmas Adventure Writing

What adventures can a reindeer, candy cane, and a snowman embark on? Let’s find out! In this writing lesson, students will write a Christmas-themed narrative incorporating characters, setting, problem, and solution.

1st grade

Math

Lesson Plan

More Than One

More Than One

Let’s get reading and writing! In this lesson, students learn to form and recognize regular plural nouns. But the fun doesn’t stop there. Students will work with counting collections to write sentences about the objects they count.

1st grade

Math

Lesson Plan

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Activity

Play With Punctuation

Play With Punctuation

Play With Punctuation

Featuring a series of hands on activities and worksheets, this ESL-friendly lesson will give your young writer a comprehensive overview of common punctuation marks.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson Plan

Sentence Starters

Sentence Starters

Sentence Starters

Boost your child's writing skills with these simple sentence starters for beginning writers!

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Read Between the Lines

Read Between the Lines

Read Between the Lines

When it comes to reading, it’s all about inferring. Kids can learn how to use clues in a text to understand a character’s thoughts or follow the action, in this book about jumping to conclusions.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Workbook

Write It Again!

Write It Again!

Write It Again!

Let's get silly! Use this worksheet to help your students practice counting words and improving their handwriting while writing out these silly sentences.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Classroom Time Capsule

Classroom Time Capsule

Classroom Time Capsule

Help show your students' growth with a time capsule. Use the lesson plan Classroom Time Capsule to have students prepare any academic work they want to include in the capsule. They will also add a completed worksheet about their goals for 2020.

1st grade

Math

Lesson Plan

Story Planning Worksheet

Story Planning Worksheet

Story Planning Worksheet

A fictional story has many parts that require planning. Young writers will love using this planning sheet to plan out their setting, characters, problem, solution, and choose a title.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

How My Life Will Be

How My Life Will Be

How My Life Will Be

It's never to early to start dreaming about the future! In this lesson, engage your students in thinking about how their lives will be, all while practicing persuasive writing and using future tense verbs!

1st grade

Math

Lesson Plan

Using Evidence to Analyze a Character

Using Evidence to Analyze a Character

Using Evidence to Analyze a Character

Your students will love learning all about the playful characters in a classic read-aloud text while digging into what makes characters unique. Use as a stand-alone or support lesson for the How to Analyze a Character lesson plan.

1st grade

Math

Lesson Plan

Stretching Sentences

Stretching Sentences

Stretching Sentences

Flex those writing skills with these clever prompts. Practice stretching sentences by adding details of who, what, when and where!

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Biography Booklet

Biography Booklet

Biography Booklet

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

1st grade

Social studies

Worksheet

Touching Each Word

Touching Each Word

Touching Each Word

Beginning readers track when they read by touching each word. In this worksheet, students will touch each word they read then count the total words in each sentence.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Adding Details

Adding Details

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.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Sentence Practice

Sentence Practice

Sentence Practice

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

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Convince Me: Persuasive Writing Practice

Convince Me: Persuasive Writing Practice

Convince Me: Persuasive Writing Practice

It's never too early to start planning for your future! After imagining what their lives will be like at age 25, students write persuasive letters to their parents asking for their support.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Revision Checklist

Revision Checklist

Revision Checklist

This checklist can be be used when revising all types of writing! Have students use this handy writing tool to help them make their writing as strong as can be as they check for correct spelling, use of details, neatness, and more!

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Add More Details!

Add More Details!

Add More Details!

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.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Story Mountain Prewriting

Story Mountain Prewriting

Story Mountain Prewriting

Young writers will traverse the story mountain to create a narrative plot of their own! Students will consider various story elements, including characters, setting, climax, problem, and solution with this great visual aid.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Writing Ideas

Writing Ideas

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.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

My Family

My Family

Inspire your students to write a poem about what they love most, their families! Help your students hone their poetry writing skills by writing a list poem about their families.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Plan Your Narrative

Plan Your Narrative

Plan Your Narrative

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.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet