Finished with the first draft of informational writing? Let this handy checklist guide students through a peer review conference! Students will check for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

Adding dialogue to writing makes for more entertaining and relatable story-telling. In this activity, young writers will use a fun comic book format to add simple dialogue to their personal narratives.

A good introduction draws a reader into the story and makes them want to learn more. Help your second graders hook their readers as they practice writing strong introductions using this helpful worksheet.

Help your students get excited about choosing a title for their fictional story with this helpful planning sheet. Students will also plan an important character and surprising plot moment in their stories!

Great writing is in the details! As students revise their narrative writing, encourage them to use more descriptive details. This worksheet helps students dig deeper and revise their writing to include more adjectives.

Young writers will traverse the story mountain to create a narrative plot of their own! Students will consider various story elements, including characters, setting, climax, problem, and solution with this great visual aid.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help students practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story of a birthday.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your budding writer practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story related to friends.

Help students improve peer writing conferences with this reflection exercise. Students will think critically about the feedback they received, discussing the comments they found most and least helpful. Afterwards, have them share their best peer feedback!

This handy checklist will be useful when editing all kinds of writing! Have your students use this helpful writing aid to make their writing even better as they check for correct capitalization, punctuation, neatness, and more.

The Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy is a great tool to help students identify and understand story elements. In this fun brainstorming activity, budding writers will use the format to start generating a story of their own!

Characters are at the very center of any story, and learning how to create dynamic characters is essential for budding writers. Your students can use this handy organizer to plan rich character development in their creative writing.

"The witch was on her broom with her..." Where will your child take the story from here? This Halloween story starter is a great way to get your first grader's wheels turning and creative juices flowing.

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.

Learn more about your students' favorite school subjects with this engaging opinion writing prompt and rubric. Students will contemplate their favorite subject while they fill out the pre-writing planner, then they'll write out their essay on page two.

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.

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.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your young writers practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story about something they’ve done in the summer

Use this template as a starting place for your students to hone their writing and editing skills. First, they'll have to convince someone to take a trip to a place of their choosing, then they'll edit their piece before rewriting.

Want students to add more pizazz to their narratives? Encourage them to use descriptive details! Have students read over their writing and identify how many adjectives they used. Then challenge them to add in at least five more adjectives.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your young writers practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story about something related to school.

Encourage your second graders to develop a well-reasoned argument about the length of recesses with this writing prompt and rubric. Students can use the pre-writing planner to develop their argument, then they'll write out their opinion on page two.

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

This checklist can be be used when revising all types of writing! Have students use this handy writing tool to help them make their writing as strong as can be as they check for correct spelling, use of details, neatness, and more!

Kids practice narrative writing with this personal prompt.