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!

Adding dialogue to writing makes for more entertaining and relatable story-telling. In this activity, young writers will use a fun comic book format to add simple dialogue to their personal narratives.

This fun acrostic poem for kids reviews simple sight words about the one place they're most familiar with besides home...school!

Give your students practice in catching the reader's attention by using a strong hook in their writing!

This creative worksheet inspires students to think of themselves as artists!

Encourage students to share their writing with classmates and receive feedback to improve their writing with this peer publishing worksheet.

What story can your second grader come up with for this winter scene? They also get some coloring time to go along with the story they write.

Encourage your writers to use this graphic organizer worksheet when writing an informative essay. Fill in the bubbles for topic, main ideas, and supporting details.

What have these delightful dolphins discovered on the sea floor? It's your child's mission to finish this aquatic story!

What is this funny dinosaur doing? Help your second grader rearrange the jumbled words, and add in the missing words to make a complete sentence.

Once students have completed their first draft of informational writing, use this handy checklist to guide them through the peer review process. Students will look for clear sequencing, details, complete sentences, and correct spelling and punctuation.

Fall is the perfect time to let your child’s imagination go wild as they design and write about their very own pumpkin person. This worksheet provides a great way to gets kids excited about both Halloween and creative writing!

Children add more transition words to their sequencing arsenal in this word-sorting worksheet.

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea. Students will read about an significant Native American tribe and determine the most important information in the text.

Help your child get started on his storytelling skills with this worksheet about characters!

Get to know your readers with this practice prompt, to help kids learn the importance of writing for an audience.

Give your students practice using their narrative writing skills with this fun worksheet.

What is this tennis player doing? Help your second grader build his creative writing skills with this beginning sentence writing worksheet.

Each inventive activity on the board inspires children to use their imagination while completing an academic task.

Want students to add more pizazz to their narratives? Encourage them to use descriptive details! Have students read over their writing and identify how many adjectives they used. Then challenge them to add in at least five more adjectives.

Finished with the first draft of informational writing? Let this handy checklist guide students through a peer review conference! Students will check for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

Take a look at the colorful monster and practice writing by describing him!

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.

Use this graphic organizer to help kids differentiate between fact or opinion.

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.

This activity encourages your students to write a poem about their favorite animals! Help your students hone their poetry writing skills using this list poem template.

Let future leaders get a taste of American politics with their very own election book!

Kiss “The End” goodbye! This activity gets students to practice using more interesting story endings.

Successful peer conferences are a breeze with this narrative writing checklist! Students will review their own writing and a partner's writing, checking for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

Does your 1st grader have a favorite activity or game? Have him write his opinion with this easy to use opinion writing template worksheet.