Here's a fresh take on a writing prompt. After a reading of Dr. Seuss's If I Ran the Zoo, primary graders imagine a creature for Dr. Seuss's zoo, write a description of their animal, give it a name, explain what it eats, how it...

In this frog paragraph worksheet, students color the picture of the frog given and write a paragraph about it on the lines. Students color 1 frog and write 1 paragraph.

In this picture of a bird worksheet, students view and color a picture of a bird and then can write a paragraph about it on the lines given. Students color 1 bird.

Write a story as a class.  In this writing lesson plan, each person takes turns writing one to two sentences onto the paragraph given about Kim the Kiwi bird, including characters and events.  Altogether, brainstorm a title for...

In this multi-paragraph writing worksheet, learners write a story about their kitchen. In the first paragraph they write about the way the kitchen looks. The second paragraph students write about what they do in the kitchen. The third...

In this paragraph writing practice worksheet, students write 4 short paragraphs to accompany each of the 4 pictures on the sheet.

For this writing template worksheet, students write a rough and final draft of their paragraphs on the lines provided. No writing prompt is given. Grading rubric is present on final draft template.

What a mess! Read about Lilly-Ann's birthday cupcake surprise and work on grammar skills at the same time. Four lengthy paragraphs provide kids with many opportunities to find and circle adverbs. They note the ways that adverbs come in...

Work on making inferences with a reading passage and comprehension questions. After kids read a short paragraph about Jalisa's birthday, they infer why she would be excited about receiving gifts from her brother.

Students construct and analyze paragraphs. In groups, students place given sentences in order to form a paragraph. They determine the main idea of the paragraph. Students perform activities to determine the concept of topic sentence,...

Second graders analyze the steps taken in writing a paragraph in the ten lessons of this unit. Writing for a particular purpose is developed as the conventional grammar skills utilized.

Students participate in a whole class shared writing activity. They create an original text while examining the thought process of writers.

In this finish the story activity worksheet, students read a 3 paragraph story entitled "Finding Muffin". Students use the lines provided to finish the story as they wish.

For this finish the story activity worksheet, learners read a 5 paragraph story entitled "The Zoo". Students use the lines provided to finish the story as they wish.

In this finish the story activity worksheet, students read a 8 paragraph story entitled "Which Way?" and use the lines provided to finish the story as they wish.

In this creative writing worksheet, students use the theme, "What happens to the cookie?", to write a brief story using the questions and suggestions to assist them. Students write 1 narrative story.

How can you interest your reader? Here is a great lesson on reading and discussing the characteristics of a narrative. Elementary schoolers explore writing techniques to hook the reader. They identify their hook and share their...

Elementary schoolers read paragraphs one at a time in order to pick out the main ideas. They choose which sentences are most important in a paragraph. This type of exercise prepares learners to identify the main idea in longer narratives.

Young writers take a look at six sentences that are in jumbled order. Their task is to rewrite the sentences in the correct order. The theme of the paragraph is "How I Polish my Shoes." This would be a good in-class, or homework...

Introduce your young readers to the book review. Groups of writers practice the basic steps of writing a book report and complete an Accordion-Book Summary activity. The lesson includes book report basics and directions to make...

Read, discuss, and write short stories with your primary class. They read a short story and complete worksheets for the story. They also brainstorm ideas for a class story and choose an idea to write 3 ideas and then write the story as a...

An interesting article on editors helps young writers understand the conventions of written English. They read a news article about an editor traveling America correcting spelling and punctuation errors on signs.  They discuss...

Students explore fictional characters. In this fictional characters lesson, students hear information about a character then ask and answer questions. Students also answer true/false questions about the character and make a mini book...

Who knew that building snowmen could be educational as well as a ton of fun! This two-part worksheet first asks learners to cut out and glue in the correct order a series of four pictures showing a child building a snowman. When...