3rd Grade Prewriting Resources

Young authors will enjoy planning their writing with this memorable burger-themed graphic organizer.

Practice writing topic sentences with this paragraph structure worksheet!

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

Imagine you spent a day in the life of a snowflake. What winter wonders would you see? Have some fun with this creative writing prompt.

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

Introduce your third-grade writer to sensory words with this worksheet about sorting adjectives under the correct senses.

Using this great template to help with letter writing for kids, encourage your child to flex his imagination as he writes a letter to a friend.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Students practice sequencing story events with this worksheet. Cut out the sentences into strips and then build your story by arranging them in the best order.

Children discover how a paragraph resembles an inverted traffic light, with its topic, supporting, and closing sentences.

Children learn about the traditional Chinese Zodiac calendar — then get creative and design a calendar of their own, including a brief description of why they chose each animal.

Get your thoughts organized with this handy graphic organizer! Kids can use this template to deconstruct any story they're working on in school.

Students can start a personal narrative with a clear problem and solution by using this activity to organize their story. This handy graphic organizer will have students consider various aspects of their problem and solution, and how it made them feel.

Use this worksheet to practice sequencing a character’s feelings using transition words.

During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!

Take a stab at haiku poetry with this free-form haiku writing worksheet. All you need is imagination and a pen!

Use this helpful journal prompt to get your child thinking about gratitude and their impact on others!

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

Learn about story progression and story organization with this ladder graphic organizer.

Use this bubble chart to brainstorm your favorite superhero's real strengths.

Surprise! Young writers are prompted to write a personal narrative about a time they were surprised. Students will practice sequencing and prewriting skills as they use this fun watermelon-shaped graphic organizer to plan out their personal narrative.

Ever wish you could breathe underwater? This creative writing prompt asks your child to imagine if humans could live underwater!

In this worksheet, children read an example of a bio poem for jazz musician Thelonious Monk, then use the prompt to create a bio poem for a person of their choosing.

Brighten your writing by learning how to build and describe great characters!