1st and 2nd Grade Writing Types Worksheets

Use these paragraph topic prompts to help your child practice writing a paragraph.

In this fun essay-writing activity, young writers will complete a graphic organizer to plan their thoughts, then refer to it to write a short opinion piece about their favorite dinner.

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

Find out how to help the Earth with our Earth Day fill-in-the-blank. With this awesome Earth Day activity, you and your kid can save the planet!

This paragraph writing worksheet gets your child back to the basics of writing. In this paragraph writing worksheet, kids will write using a graphic organizer.

Kids practice narrative writing with this personal prompt.

Children will color in a drawing of Earth, then write something they can do to help Earth, in this simple, sweet coloring page and writing prompt. 

Sparks students' creative thinking with this Earth Day-themed reflective writing prompt.

What's your favorite animal? Kids love answering that question, and with this animal research graphic organizer, they can write all about it.

Describe and draw mom in this fill-in-the-blank Mother's Day worksheet!

Young readers will enjoy reflecting on a recent book with this engaging template.

Looking for an opinion graphic organizer for your learner? Check out this worksheet template that helps your child list an opinion, reasons, and conclusion.

Encourage learners to engage in research by offering them this Research Graphic Organizer to help guide their explorations and record their findings.

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

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

Help your child learn about sensory language as they write a 5-senses poem.

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.

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

Inspire creative thinking this Earth Day with a nature-themed reflective writing prompt.

Teach your kids about the importance of preserving freshwater ecosystems with a lake habitat coloring page filled with frogs, turtles, ducks, and dragonflies.

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

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

Encourage your second graders to develop a well-reasoned argument about the length of recesses with this writing prompt and rubric. Students can use the pre-writing planner to develop their argument, then they'll write out their opinion on page two.

Whether your student is new to paragraph writing, or needs more practice, this worksheet is a wonderful introduction, practice, or review.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Children use a watermelon graphic organizer to craft a personal narrative with this fun template!

Students will love learning about a new animal as they create an informational report using this helpful guide!

Help your learners think about all of the different plants and animals that live in habitats all over the world!

Learn the difference between fact and opinion! Your child will build basic logic skills as they decide which statements are facts and which are not.

Help your child monitor their progress as readers with this reading goals worksheet. The act of reflecting and goal setting will set students up for reading success!