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

Dialogue adds pizazz to personal narratives and helps to bring the story to life! Give your young writers a chance to practice writing dialogue to add to a personal narrative with this writing prompt activity.

How do you feel when you're with your friends and family? Answer this question and more about feelings by filling in the blanks to complete the sentences.

Help your students develop and prepare a well-reasoned argument with this handy organizer! First students will choose a topic that they feel strongly about, then they'll explain the reasons for their opinion and practice writing a concluding statement.

Students can start a personal narrative with a clear problem and solution by using this activity to organize their story. This handy graphic organizer will have students consider various aspects of their problem and solution, and how it made them feel.

Help your child learn about sensory language as they describe an experience.

Your students have been working hard on their descriptive writing skills! Assess student growth with this open-ended writing assignment and rubric that asks students to use their five senses to describe a place they have visited.

Your students have been working hard on their narrative writing skills! Assess their growth with this open-ended writing assignment and rubric.

Introduce friendly letter writing to first and second graders with this labeling worksheet!

Plan the best birthday celebration with this first- and second-grade writing worksheet!

Practice writing a thank-you note with this worksheet for first and second graders!

Learn how to take care of a dog with this expository-writing worksheet for first and second graders!

Write about a place that is special to you with this worksheet for first and second graders!

Reflect on your friendships with this personal narrative writing worksheet for first and second graders!

Say “I’m sorry” to a friend with this thoughtful letter-writing worksheet for first and second graders.