Kindergarten - 3rd Grade Common Core Writing Strategies Worksheets : Page 3

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Five Senses Mystery Bags.

This engaging worksheet is a fun way to introduce a playful form of figurative language to young writers.

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.

Working on figurative language skills? Assess student understanding of simple hyperboles with this writing exercise. Your kids will be hyperbole hotshots when they've finished this worksheet!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Five Senses Mystery Bags.

In this creative writing Halloween prompt, young writers will use their imaginations to dream up their very own Halloween potion.

Use this fun exercise to help your students add descriptive details into an eerie narrative.

Practice bringing sensory words to life!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

Practice some hands-on storytelling with these shadow puppets, modeled after The Three Little Pigs.

Practice creative writing, storytelling, and dialogue skills as you create a dialogue in this comics activity.

Encourage students to add sensory details to their writing with this fun worksheet.

Get to know your readers with this practice prompt, to help kids learn the importance of writing for an audience.

Give your students practice planning purposeful writing!

Transition words are essential to good writing! They provide structure and organization by connecting ideas and sentences. Help your students become familiar with common transition words with this fun word search!

With this writing worksheet, challenge students to turn imaginary details into realistic details that could fit into a story.

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.

This worksheet offers students extra practice in recognizing corresponding texts and audiences.

Dialogue moves narratives along and can add much-needed drama to otherwise stagnant writing. In this worksheet, students get a chance to practice writing dialogue to add to their personal narratives.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Describing the World Using Sensory Language.

What is real and what is imaginary? Give your students practice differentiating between realistic and imaginary details.

Write a summer-themed dialogue for this mother and son, then color in the pictures.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

Students will use a comic book format to organize conversations within their personal narratives and practice the writing process.

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

Imagine you spent a day in the life of a snowflake. What winter wonders would you see? Have some fun with this creative writing prompt.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Characters and Dialogue.

Fall is the perfect time to let your child’s imagination go wild as they design and write about their very own pumpkin person. This worksheet provides a great way to gets kids excited about both Halloween and creative writing!

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!