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.

A fictional story has many parts that require planning. Young writers will love using this planning sheet to plan out their setting, characters, problem, solution, and choose a title.

Young writers will love using this planning sheet to plan out their very own fairy tale. It includes sections for planning the characters, setting, and three parts of the story.

It’s more fun to revise with a partner! After writing personal narratives, have students share their writing with a partner. Partners should identify at least three parts in the narrative where three descriptive details could be added.

Give your young writer a chance to practice procedural writing by sharing how to complete a simple recipe of their choosing. Having students consider each step of a process sets them up for success when writing how-to books.

Although most people communicate through the internet these days, writing a letter is an important skill to know!

This laugh-out-loud worksheet is sure to inspire your first grader to write a silly story.