How do people celebrate Diwali? Help your little one learn about a traditional Hindu holiday celebrated in the fall.

Inspire your students to write a poem about what they love most, their families! Help your students hone their poetry writing skills by writing a list poem about their families.

You know your first grader would leap at the chance to own a pet dinosaur. Let him explore the possibilities with this fun handwriting exercise!

Use this writing prompt activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to write an opinion piece. Students are tasked with writing a review of a book or movie of their choice, making sure to include a summary, their opinion, and supporting reasons.

Use this open-ended writing activity to assess your students’ abilities to write informational texts and include appropriate text features. Students are asked to write about a topic of their choice using key details and facts, including at least one text

Children are introduced to the life-changing practice of expressing gratitude with this sweet mini-book.

With this printable worksheet, students practice writing transition words and identify strong endings for stories.

Characters are at the very center of any story, and learning how to create dynamic characters is essential for budding writers. Your students can use this handy organizer to plan rich character development in their creative writing.

Summer writing can start with drawing something fun, or thinking about their favorite parts of warm days. This worksheet is a fun quick-start for ideas.

Practice writing sensory poetry using this fun template that will get students thinking, drawing, and writing.

After writing a draft of an informational piece, have students revise their writing with this handy checklist. Students will work to improve their sentences and add more details and descriptions that will take their writing to the next level.

This worksheet teaches first graders to identify the main idea and supporting details by arranging the sample sentences provided.

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

Revision is an important skill for writers, but it can be tricky to develop. In this activity, students will practice their revision skills by adding details to make a story come to life and then rewriting their new and improved story.

Which food does your child like more: watermelon or waffles? Practice writing opinions with this fun 1st grade opinion worksheet!

Your kids will love learning and sharing about animals in this engaging research activity! Engage students in the research process as they prepare to write informational books about animals.

Looking for a worksheet to help your child with patterns? This printable worksheet will give him practice with creating a logical sequence of events.

What's your favorite holiday? Write five reasons to back up your opinion in this worksheet.

Young learners will find three paper dolls and nine outfits they can use to try on a variety of careers in this engaging paper play set.

Use this activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to write procedural texts. Students are prompted to write step-by-step instructions for how to do or make something of their choosing.

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

Show kids how to sort fact from fiction with this worksheet.

Your child can grab her pencils, both plain and colored, and get to work flexing her literary muscles by writing an illustrating a fairy tale.

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.

After writing a draft of an informational piece, have students edit their writing with this handy checklist. Students will check their writing for correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, as well as an accurate table of contents.

Students will write about their favorite kind of pizza!

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