Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Prewriting Worksheets

Stretch those writing skills with this "stretch a sentence" activity! Little writers will learn to expand on an idea by adding more details to a sentence.

Use this paper template to create a miniature lantern with your own wishes for the coming year.

Help your kindergarten students learn about sequencing as they help Evan bake a cake!

Children will enjoy dreaming up their dream Valentine's Day gift in this simple drawing and writing prompt.

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

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

Boost your child's writing skills with these simple sentence starters for beginning writers!

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

With this worksheet, your student can rearrange these nouns and verbs into complete sentences, building creative writing skills.

Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

Flex those writing skills with these clever prompts. Practice stretching sentences by adding details of who, what, when and where!

Children will create a timeline of a parent, grandparent, or loved one with this biography template.

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.

Here's a great activity to get your second grader's mind going and creativity in action! He'll write a story to go with the picture and even get to color too.

Help your child identify goals for the new year through drawings and early writing.

Help your students solidify their use of transition words with this cute version of the classic ugly duckling story. By helping to fill in the missing transition words throughout the narrative, students will flex their sequencing and organization skills.

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

How far can you stretch these sentences? Give your young writer a creativity boost with this clever sentence practice sheet.

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!

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.

Make personal narrative and dialogue prep a breeze with this organizer! Students will practice sequencing and prewriting as they put together their personal narrative about a time they were surprised by something or someone.

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.

Children add more transition words to their sequencing arsenal in this word-sorting worksheet.

Help your kindergarten students learn about sequencing and science as they learn about the five stages in a ladybugs life.

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

Help children hone their creativity and critical thinking skills while providing hands-on experience with design planning, reflection, and writing process.

It’s fun to dream about the future! In this activity, students write a persuasive paragraph about why their dream career is a good choice.

A magical pirate scene serves as a prompt for young writers in this creative writing worksheet.

What story can your second grader come up with for this winter scene? They also get some coloring time to go along with the story they write.

Help students organize their ideas with this versatile storyboard graphic organizer! Children can use it to respond to text, organize the order of events, or even as a pre-writing tool to collect ideas.