Students opine about their favorite animals and give reasons for their picks in this worksheet.

Practice your super strong writing skills to defend your opinion about who the best superhero is.

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Help your young reader hone his critical thinking skills with this worksheet that challenges him to write his own book review.

This reading worksheet highlights important vocabulary words and the main purpose of a text.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Key Details.

Traditions are an important part of a family’s culture. They signify what they think, how they behave or do something, and they are passed down from generation to generation. Does your learner know all about their family traditions? Use this worksheet to

Bronk is not like any other prehistoric creature you've seen! Your child can create stories straight out of the Wild West, about Bronk the Brontosaurus Cowboy.

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

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.

Kids usually have a lot to say when it comes to their birthdays. Instead of talking about it, challenge your child to write about it instead!

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.

Help your child improve his skills with sentence building with this printable worksheet.

This worksheet will have your child read a brief passage, and then decide on his favorite part.

Help young writers get their personal narratives in top form with this editing checklist! Students will make sure that their narratives have correct ending punctuation and capitalization with this handy worksheet.

Children will read about four Hanukkah traditions, then write about a tradition of their own, with this festive writing prompt.

This story starter featuring an alien eating ice cream will have her begging to complete this exercise and then probably begging for an ice cream cone as well!

Find out the ingredients for a great opinion piece with this simple guide.

Allow your child to dream about what goes on high over her head with this story starter worksheet that encourages your child to think about life in space.

Oh, no, our prince has a dragon hot on his heels...really, really hot! Let your 1st grade author decide what happens next.

With a simple prompt and plenty of blank space to fill, this worksheet is just the thing to get kids' creative writing wheels turning.

One of the best ways to prepare for writing is by examining another author’s work. In this activity, students look closely at a nonfiction text and answer questions about what they find in preparation for writing their own.

Children will write a story about Sheep and friends' fun night out together in this creative writing prompt.

In order to write informational texts, students need to research their topics. Use this handy notetaker to help students record and think through the new information they are gathering.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers.

This board game doesn't require any strategy, just some imagination and creativity! Tell a story to make it through the obstacles to the other side.

Students will develop and write different opinions about cats and dogs with this friendly worksheet.

Your first graders have been working hard on honing their narrative writing, so now it's time to put their practice into action! Use this writing prompt activity to assess your students’ abilities to develop a setting when writing narrative texts.

Have your 1st grader practice his handwriting and drawing while making up a story about going to outer space.