Word Kindergarten and 1st Grade Common Core Writing Resources

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.

Worksheet

Touching Each Word

Worksheet

Touching Each Word

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.

Kindergarten

Writing

Worksheet

Nature Walk Acrostic Poems

Worksheet

Nature Walk Acrostic Poems

Kindergarten

Writing

This worksheet explains to kids what an acrostic poem is, and then challenges them to write an acrostic poem that describes each word provided.

Worksheet

Nature Walk Acrostic Poems

Worksheet

Nature Walk Acrostic Poems

This worksheet explains to kids what an acrostic poem is, and then challenges them to write an acrostic poem that describes each word provided.

In this worksheet, your child will choose activities she likes and use the word "because" to back up her choices with written reasons.

In this worksheet, your child will choose activities she likes and use the word "because" to back up her choices with written reasons.

Interactive Worksheet

Winter Words

Kindergarten

Handwriting

In this sweet seasonal worksheet, kindergarteners will refer to a word bank to write five winter-themed words under their corresponding pictures.

Interactive Worksheet

Winter Words

Interactive Worksheet

Winter Words

In this sweet seasonal worksheet, kindergarteners will refer to a word bank to write five winter-themed words under their corresponding pictures.

Kindergarten

Handwriting

Interactive Worksheet

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 1: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 1: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

First Grade

Writing

Unlock more of your students’ writing skills with each page!

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 1: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Teacher Edition

Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 1: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice

Unlock more of your students’ writing skills with each page!

First Grade

Writing

Teacher Edition

Five Senses Observation

Worksheet

Five Senses Observation

First Grade

Writing

Use this fun worksheet to create a five senses riddle to stump your friends! Students will get practice using sensory words to describe objects with the help of a word bank.

Worksheet

Five Senses Observation

Worksheet

Five Senses Observation

Use this fun worksheet to create a five senses riddle to stump your friends! Students will get practice using sensory words to describe objects with the help of a word bank.

Using fun materials can make following along as an adult reads much more exciting. In this activity, students will point out each word with different items to practice one-to-one correspondence.

Using fun materials can make following along as an adult reads much more exciting. In this activity, students will point out each word with different items to practice one-to-one correspondence.

It's time to brainstorm! Use this worksheet to help budding writers generate a list of ideas and topics for future stories, as well as give students a chance to practice their letter and word spacing.

It's time to brainstorm! Use this worksheet to help budding writers generate a list of ideas and topics for future stories, as well as give students a chance to practice their letter and word spacing.

Pre-K

Writing

Worksheet

Colorful Garden of Words

Worksheet

Colorful Garden of Words

Pre-K

Writing

Codes, colors, and pointing will all help your young student to practice one-to-one correspondence in this interactive worksheet. Students will touch each color-coded word with a corresponding finger while an adult reads the story aloud.

Worksheet

Colorful Garden of Words

Worksheet

Colorful Garden of Words

Codes, colors, and pointing will all help your young student to practice one-to-one correspondence in this interactive worksheet. Students will touch each color-coded word with a corresponding finger while an adult reads the story aloud.

Your kindergartener is learning a lot of new words and how to use them. Give him the challenge of filling in the correct words in this poem about firemen.

Your kindergartener is learning a lot of new words and how to use them. Give him the challenge of filling in the correct words in this poem about firemen.

Help your preschoolers learn about storytelling using common sight words.

Help your preschoolers learn about storytelling using common sight words.

Kids will figure out the definitions of these sensory words by using context clues to infer the meaning.

Kids will figure out the definitions of these sensory words by using context clues to infer the meaning.

First Grade

Writing

Game

Thanksgiving Food List

Activity

Thanksgiving Food List

First Grade

Alphabet

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Activity

Thanksgiving Food List

Activity

Thanksgiving Food List

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

It's time to play with sentences! Have a little fun talking about recess as you fill in the blanks to complete this simple story.

It's time to play with sentences! Have a little fun talking about recess as you fill in the blanks to complete this simple story.

Kindergarten

Writing

Worksheet

How's the Weather? Postcards #9

Worksheet

How's the Weather? Postcards #9

Kindergarten

Writing

Seasonal weather postcards get kids to learn some vocabulary and identify the seasons. Learn about spring, summer, fall, and winter with weather postcards.

Worksheet

How's the Weather? Postcards #9

Worksheet

How's the Weather? Postcards #9

Seasonal weather postcards get kids to learn some vocabulary and identify the seasons. Learn about spring, summer, fall, and winter with weather postcards.

Kindergarten

Writing

Worksheet

Label the Friendly Letter

Interactive Worksheet

Label the Friendly Letter

First Grade

Writing

Introduce friendly letter writing to first and second graders with this labeling worksheet!

Interactive Worksheet

Label the Friendly Letter

Interactive Worksheet

Label the Friendly Letter

Introduce friendly letter writing to first and second graders with this labeling worksheet!

First Grade

Writing

Interactive Worksheet

How to Take Care of a Dog: Expository Writing

Worksheet

How to Take Care of a Dog: Expository Writing

First Grade

Writing

Learn how to take care of a dog with this expository-writing worksheet for first and second graders!

Worksheet

How to Take Care of a Dog: Expository Writing

Worksheet

How to Take Care of a Dog: Expository Writing

Learn how to take care of a dog with this expository-writing worksheet for first and second graders!

First Grade

Writing

Worksheet

How-To Writing: Make a PB&J

Worksheet

How-To Writing: Make a PB&J

First Grade

Writing

Try to describe the process for making a classic sandwich in this charming worksheet!

Worksheet

How-To Writing: Make a PB&J

Worksheet

How-To Writing: Make a PB&J

Try to describe the process for making a classic sandwich in this charming worksheet!

First Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Writing From the Heart

Lesson Plan

Writing From the Heart

First Grade

Writing

This lesson will inspire your students to focus on the people, pets, things, places, and ideas that mean the most to them! Your students will practice writing in this heartfelt lesson.

Lesson Plan

Writing From the Heart

Lesson Plan

Writing From the Heart

This lesson will inspire your students to focus on the people, pets, things, places, and ideas that mean the most to them! Your students will practice writing in this heartfelt lesson.

Have your students stretch their creativity with this lesson that teaches them about haikus and has them practice their syllable counting.

Have your students stretch their creativity with this lesson that teaches them about haikus and has them practice their syllable counting.

First Grade

Writing

Lesson Plan

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Activity

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Kindergarten

Reading

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Activity

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Activity

Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

In this lesson, students will practice "reading" pictures. They will look at the details in pictures in order to make predictions about what happens in a text. This lesson can be used alone or with the Predicting Pictures lesson plan.

In this lesson, students will practice "reading" pictures. They will look at the details in pictures in order to make predictions about what happens in a text. This lesson can be used alone or with the Predicting Pictures lesson plan.

Have you been naughty or nice this year? It’s time to find out! In this writing lesson, students will practice using invented spelling to write Christmas wish lists to Santa.

Have you been naughty or nice this year? It’s time to find out! In this writing lesson, students will practice using invented spelling to write Christmas wish lists to Santa.

Kindergarten

Handwriting

Lesson Plan

Yummy Peanut Butter and Jelly

Lesson Plan

Yummy Peanut Butter and Jelly

Pre-K

Reading

Who doesn't love peanut butter and jelly? This lesson has the potential to get a little messy as you reinforce the letter S!

Lesson Plan

Yummy Peanut Butter and Jelly

Lesson Plan

Yummy Peanut Butter and Jelly

Who doesn't love peanut butter and jelly? This lesson has the potential to get a little messy as you reinforce the letter S!

Featuring Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch, this creative writing lesson gives students the chance to turn themselves into the main characters of emotion-packed short stories.

Featuring Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch, this creative writing lesson gives students the chance to turn themselves into the main characters of emotion-packed short stories.

First Grade

Writing

Lesson Plan

We Write About Dinosaurs

Lesson Plan

We Write About Dinosaurs

Pre-K

Writing

This little dinosaur … helped build vocabulary skills! Introduce your students to writing with this fun class project using a familiar childhood poem. Your class will write their own verses to create a class book.

Lesson Plan

We Write About Dinosaurs

Lesson Plan

We Write About Dinosaurs

This little dinosaur … helped build vocabulary skills! Introduce your students to writing with this fun class project using a familiar childhood poem. Your class will write their own verses to create a class book.

Pre-K

Writing

Lesson Plan

St. Patrick's Day Writing: If I Found a Pot of Gold...

Lesson Plan

St. Patrick's Day Writing: If I Found a Pot of Gold...

First Grade

Writing

Could there be a pot of gold waiting for you at the end of that rainbow? Or is it hiding elsewhere? In this St. Patrick's Day lesson plan, students will write about what they would do if they found a pot of gold.

Lesson Plan

St. Patrick's Day Writing: If I Found a Pot of Gold...

Lesson Plan

St. Patrick's Day Writing: If I Found a Pot of Gold...

Could there be a pot of gold waiting for you at the end of that rainbow? Or is it hiding elsewhere? In this St. Patrick's Day lesson plan, students will write about what they would do if they found a pot of gold.

First Grade

Writing

Lesson Plan

Retelling of The Monkey King: A Famous Chinese Story

Lesson Plan

Retelling of The Monkey King: A Famous Chinese Story

Kindergarten

Reading

In honor of Chinese New Year, share with your students a famous Chinese story called The Monkey King. Students will practice their comprehension skills as they retell the story, identifying what happens in the beginning, middle, and end.

Lesson Plan

Retelling of The Monkey King: A Famous Chinese Story

Lesson Plan

Retelling of The Monkey King: A Famous Chinese Story

In honor of Chinese New Year, share with your students a famous Chinese story called The Monkey King. Students will practice their comprehension skills as they retell the story, identifying what happens in the beginning, middle, and end.

Kindergarten

Reading

Lesson Plan

Author Study: Faith Ringgold

Lesson Plan

Author Study: Faith Ringgold

First Grade

Reading

This engaging lesson teaches students about the famous author Faith Ringgold. Students will explore two pieces of literature, comparing and contrasting story elements, then write opinion pieces to illustrate which book they liked best.

Lesson Plan

Author Study: Faith Ringgold

Lesson Plan

Author Study: Faith Ringgold

This engaging lesson teaches students about the famous author Faith Ringgold. Students will explore two pieces of literature, comparing and contrasting story elements, then write opinion pieces to illustrate which book they liked best.

First Grade

Reading

Lesson Plan

Kindergarten and 1st Grade Common Core Writing Resources for 'word'

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English Language Support

Kindergarten and 1st Grade Common Core Writing Resources for 'word'