Young writers discover strategies for creating compelling introductions that capture a reader's interest in this writing worksheet.

Where could this map lead to? Give your beginning writer a fun way to exercise his creativity.

This is a writing exercise designed to assess where your students are at the beginning of third grade.

Make writing magical with metaphors! Beginning writers can practice creating their own metaphors with this sheet as a guide.

Beginning readers can practice their comprehension skills by using this graphic organizer to diagram the plot of a story or book.

Enlighten the holiday spirit in your beginning writer, and have her respond to this Christmas writing prompt about the holiday colors.

Beginning readers track when they read by touching each word. In this worksheet, students will touch each word as they read.

What would you wish for if you had the chance? This writing prompt is a fun way to get beginning writers using their creativity.

How many ways can you start a story? Have fun with writing, and practice telling the beginning of a story in six different ways.

This story starter will help your child learn about story structure and plot. She'll read the beginning and the end, filling in the parts that are missing.

Your fourth grader can practice story sequencing and flex their reading comprehension by putting the paragraphs in order to tell a story beginning to end.

Beginning writers, think scary thoughts for this Halloween writing prompt! Your child will use his imagination to write about what it'd be like to be a ghost.

Beginning readers track when they read by touching each word. In this worksheet, students will touch each word they read then count the total words in each sentence.

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.

Record the sights, smells, tastes and sounds of winter! This winter writing prompt challenges your child to practice sensory description.

A good introduction draws a reader into the story and makes them want to learn more. Help your second graders hook their readers as they practice writing strong introductions using this helpful worksheet.

There's more than one way to hook a reader! Help your students reinforce their understanding of captivating story starters with this Goldilocks-themed matching worksheet.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help students practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story of a birthday.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your budding writer practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story related to friends.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your young writers practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story about something related to school.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your young writers practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story about something they’ve done in the summer

Use this classic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson to introduce students to onomatopoeia.

This Christmas writing prompt gets your child to think about what it's like to have Santa's job. Try this Christmas writing prompt with your young writer.

Good writers also know how to slow down the action at just the right times to build suspense and pull the reader into the moment.