1st and 2nd Grade Prewriting Resources

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.

Use this paper template to create a miniature lantern with your own wishes for the coming year.

Children will enjoy dreaming up their dream Valentine's Day gift in this simple drawing and writing prompt.

This worksheet template guides children through the pre-writing and writing process, helping them to organize their thoughts before they write.

Children practice identifying and writing a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a conclusion in this narrative writing worksheet.

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

Introduce your third-grade writer to sensory words with this worksheet about sorting adjectives under the correct senses.

With this worksheet, your student can rearrange these nouns and verbs into complete sentences, building creative writing skills.

Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

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

Children will create a timeline of a parent, grandparent, or loved one with this biography template.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Here's a great activity to get your second grader's mind going and creativity in action! He'll write a story to go with the picture and even get to color too.

Help your students solidify their use of transition words with this cute version of the classic ugly duckling story. By helping to fill in the missing transition words throughout the narrative, students will flex their sequencing and organization skills.

Use this worksheet to practice sequencing a character’s feelings using transition words.

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

The Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy is a great tool to help students identify and understand story elements. In this fun brainstorming activity, budding writers will use the format to start generating a story of their own!

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.

Make personal narrative and dialogue prep a breeze with this organizer! Students will practice sequencing and prewriting as they put together their personal narrative about a time they were surprised by something or someone.