Dialogue moves narratives along and can add much-needed drama to otherwise stagnant writing. In this worksheet, students get a chance to practice writing dialogue to add to their personal narratives.

Become a storyteller with this fun reading comprehension activity! Use your creativity to fill in the story where it's missing text.

Children reflect on the meaning of American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and legacy in this thoughtful writing practice and drawing worksheet.

This resource gives your students practice creating an outline of an informational paragraph.

Have your students think of story elements as ingredients for a delicious narrative! Young writers will consider setting, characters, the problem, and the solution with this fun pre-writing organizer!

Follow Chuck on vacation by looking at the pictures he took! What is he doing in each picture? Use your imagination and creativity to write captions for each.

Acrostic poems are a fun, easy introduction to poetry. Learn about what makes a good acrostic poem and try writing one about school!

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.

Who doesn't love a good checklist? This handy worksheet can help budding letter writers make sure they include all the parts of a friendly letter.

People often have different opinions, and it's okay to agree to disagree! Practice identifying opinions with this worksheet.

Keep those 1st grade handwriting skills building! Your young storyteller will write a story (make-believe or real-life) about the summer.

Looking for an alternative activity to ignite the imaginations of your reluctant writers? Use this fun comic book template to introduce creative writing to your students. Novice writers and artists alike will delight in the chance to create their own comi

Help your child improve his writing skills with this printable worksheet that asks him to describe what he likes to do at school.

Get into a mad scientist state of mind with this fun science fiction writing prompt! Your child will imagine and describe a magical potion.

Your students will flesh out their personal narratives using this brainstorming guide.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Your child can write a short story about the family dog (or make one up) while perfecting his penmanship!

This graphic organizer introduces kids to informational writing by asking them to explain how to play a game to a new friend.

Kids strengthen their pre-writing skills and learn about character development with this planning worksheet.

Complete this creative writing activity by writing a paragraph describing what you would do if you had the power to freeze time!

What did you do this summer? Your kids will love sharing about their favorite summer activity while you assess your students' abilities to write a personal narrative.

Try your hand at an acrostic fall poem, a popular writing activity for kids.

Students will write an expositional essay about second grade with this end-of-year informational writing assessment. Use the included rubric as a jumping off point to assess student writing for proper grammar, structure, and content.

Exaggeration in storytelling is no big secret. Help your child write a story about himself with this exercise in telling tall tales.

Can you imagine what it's like to be the Easter Bunny? Get your child in the Easter mood with this fun writing prompt!

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.

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

Teaching kids what's recyclable and what's not is more important than ever. Give your kids the recycling lowdown with this activity-packed printable.

Is your first grader a heart surgeon in the making? Or maybe a world-famous chef? Encourage your child to explore the future as he practices his handwriting.

Practice reading and writing words that rhyme in this creative exercise.