Young writers recount their visit to a restaurant, describing where they went, what they ate, and who was in the party.

Using pictures and words young writers create a story about a snowman decorated with "funny things."

Make the fathers of our country proud with a writing assignment for Presidents' Day! An image of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln accompanies a writing template page.

Write dear old Peter Rabbit a letter with this lesson plan. First, youngsters listen to the story Peter Rabbit and analyze the story elements. Then they complete a story map graphic organizer in order to write a letter to...

In this language arts activity, learners write a story about their favorite day of the week. There is an illustrated word bank. Students chose from nouns, verbs, and conjunctions.

A thorough lesson plan takes your first grade class through Jane Yolen's beautiful Owl Moon. It crafts the unit with clear objectives, high-level guiding questions, cloze activities and sentence frames, and extension...

A close study of two works of art provides the introduction to this cross-curricular writing assignment. After comparing the clothing, facial expressions, body language, setting, and color in the two 19th century paintings Tissout’s...

For this language arts instructional activity, students read a story starter, write a story and illustrate it. The topic is where students would like to live if they could live anywhere.

What would you do if you had to go to school all day every day? Tillie tackles this problem in Sharon Creech’s A Fine, Fine School. After a discussion of how Tillie got the principal to change his ways, brainstorm with your class...

After a close study of the pastel drawing Waiting by Edgar Degas have the class imagine the story Degas may be telling through the body language and clothing of the people in the work of art. Your young writers then create a...

Honor Black History Month with a spotlight feature on Harriet Tubman. After learning about the path the Underground Railroad followed, scholars imagine themselves on it, and share their experience and feelings through writing. 

Young scholars design informational materials to educate people on the importance of matching a new pet to the family's lifestyle and living arrangements. Students use critical thinking skills to make a decision on the appropriate choice...

Think beyond the animals and habitats we've already discovered and allow scholars to dream up their very own habitat and an animal that lives there. Class members present the new habitat and animal on a poster alongside an...

Can you believe there have already been 100 days in the school year? Help your learners document their time in your class with a newspaper format. They write about the 100 Day celebrations, as well as drawing what they will...

In this literacy worksheet, students practice writing their own story with the help of the picture dictionary and matching them to the new story.

For this literacy worksheet, students create a story using the words given in the word bank. They are to create an illustration also.

Students create a picture of a camouflaged animal in its habitat. For this visual arts lesson, students look at Hans Hoffmann's painting A Hare in the Forest and discuss the animal's camouflage. They research their own animal to...

In this creative writing worksheet, students answer the questions provided, such as, "If I had 100 legs, I would..." All the story starters have the number 100 mentioned.

Students complete various activities related to the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." They participate in a shared reading activity, read and write a sentence for each day of the week, draw a picture of the caterpillar eating one of...

In this creative writing worksheet, students examine a black line picture of a winter scene. They write a story about a boy running in the snow and a snowman.

In this story starter:  the cat and the fishbowl activity, 1st graders look at the picture and write a story about it on the lines below.

Read alouds are great ways to build fluency, accuracy, and intonation. Each slide contains part of a story about a haunted house and audio of the story being read aloud by several different children. Whether you use it as a reading...

It's always fun to make up something together as a class. This fine lesson plan has children make up and illustrate a collaborative adventure story. The essential elements of a good story (setting, characters, plot, help, conclusion) are...

Young writers get a jump start on story telling by selecting a plot, a setting, and multiple character cards and then use these basic elements to create a tale.