Personal narrative writing is all about you! Get kids thinking and writing about their personal experiences and how they felt about them.

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.

Children use a watermelon graphic organizer to craft a personal narrative with this fun template!

Children draw on their own experiences to craft a personal narrative in this essay-writing worksheet.

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.

Relive the experience of trying something new with this personal narrative writing prompt for third, fourth, and fifth graders!

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Students build critical thinking skills as they analyze the setting in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ivan from The One and Only Ivan.

Help your student become aware of everyday energy use with this fill-in-the-blank worksheet.

Use this worksheet as an assessment that goes with the lesson plan Capturing the Clues, or as a stand-alone assessment of idiom meanings.

Use the How to Use Kind Words worksheet to teach students the steps to take in using kind words with others, then have them practice while interacting with each other.

Deciding the right use of a comma can be tricky. This worksheet is a beginning look at clauses and comma usage for your kids.

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

Learners will read six sentences to identify the compound word, then use that word in a sentence of their own.

Third person narrative is one of the most common techniques used in storytelling. Help your young writer understand when to use "it" or "they" as they endeavor to write a personal narrative using the singular and plural forms of third person pronouns.

Kids practice narrative writing with this personal prompt.

If your students need extra practice structuring a personal narrative, use this prompt to write a story about something that was difficult for them.

What was a time in your life when you were surprised? Use this prompt and worksheet to help students plan a personal narrative on this topic.

If your students have difficulty changing “-y” verbs to past tense, use this worksheet to give them extra practice!

Reflect on a special friendship with this upper elementary writing worksheet!

We’ve all started a new school or class, but each experience is unique! Write about yours with this third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade prompt.