Students explore strategies to help focus on writing a personal narrative. For this personal narrative writing lesson, students read a book and discuss how the author lets readers know how they feel. Students find a moment in their own...

Tell kids about the importance of being nice with a charming classroom poster. A supportive quote surrounds a picture of a smiling girl hugging a younger boy.

First graders create a new scene for the book Curious George Takes a Job. In this storytelling lesson plan, 1st graders continue the story after the teacher reads them the book.

Here is a great way to get the brain going. Children look at an image of the sculpture, Jar and then imagine what an animal would look like as it moved inside the sculpture. They then use clay and cookie cutters to create a...

Here is a lesson that sounds like a lot of fun. Kids discuss the artistic elements and motives for the painting, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. To get the scope and scale of this oversized masterpiece, they use butcher paper and the...

How do humans and animals impact the environment? What is land division? Youngsters tape off a 12x12 inch square in an outdoor natural space. They sketch everything they see, then compare their drawings as a class. They will then be...

First graders write a descriptive paragraph about a friend.

In this language arts worksheet, students write a story about a dream beach. Students use the illustrated word banks provided for each story.

Students develop a creative snowman using step-by-step stickers. They write a short story about the snowman they have created, explaining the sequence they used to create their snowman. Students present their completed story in front of...

Students write a short composition about learning something new that is hard to do after reviewing the nouns, verbs, prepositions, adjectives, and conjunctions in a picture-word bank.

In this Language Arts learning exercise, students color in a picture of flowerpot. Students also write a story or description about the illustration.

Furry friends are a big part of kids' lives, and here, they can be immortalized in pictures and stories. Give your students a chance to draw and color their pets - real or pretend - and then write a short sentence about them.

In this Easter writing worksheet, students will write a short story about Betty and her Easter basket. The first sentence and blank writing lines are provided.

In this writing worksheet, students examine a picture of a bunny. Students write a story about what they would do if they could take it home. Students illustrate the story.

After listening to a story about Martin Luther King Jr., first graders answer questions about the text. They discuss the importance of the illustrations, identify the beginning, middle, and end of the story, and complete a writing...

In this creative writing lesson, pupils listen to the song "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More", read the book adaptation titled I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!, and pay close attention to the rhyming scheme, punctuation and illustrations. ...

Supporting characters need detail and characteristics just like a main character. Keep your budding authors entrenched in detail as they write their novels. This lesson plan focuses on developing supporting characters using personal...

Students describe events that happened on the Oregon Trail and in the daily lives of Native Americans by writing a narrative essay of a family traveling through Nebraska based on Thomas Hart Benton's paintings.

In this writing worksheet, learners write a story about what makes them special. Students illustrate their story in the space provided.

In this literacy worksheet, students draw a picture of their bed and then write a sentence describing it or significant events about it.

In this language arts activity, students sing a song about snowmen and write a story.

In this writing worksheet, students read a story starter that asks if they have a special hiding place. Students write the story and illustrate it.

In this writing worksheet, scholars use a word bank that includes naming, connecting, and describing words to write about how they would build a candy house.

Students explore how different holiday traditions are celebrated around the world. Scholars write a paper describing how they celebrate their own favorite holiday. Email partners, from different states and countries, share their...