Ready to Rhyme with Hop on Pop Students will enjoy recognizing rhyming words with these fun activities.		Gun Safety—What Would You Do? Students answer what they would do if they found a gun. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a...
Collect a Sentence Students name everyday objects and then construct imaginative sentences with those words.		"Choose Your Own Adventure" Stories Students learn how to write "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories by looking at an example of...
Thankful List Teaching students to free-associate and generate a list of things they are thankful for is a...		Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...
Where Students Can Publish If you are interested in having your students' writing published, send their work to the...		Anansi and the Frog Prince By writing the ending to an Anansi story, children can explore African folk tales.
Our First Classroom Book Build classroom community while creating your first classroom book.		KWL Chart – Version 3 This simple KWL chart can be used in all curriculum areas and all grade levels. This printable...
Story Map Using a story map helps children to identify key elements in a story such as characters or...		Concept Map -- Version 2 Help students sort out ideas with this basic web or Concept Map. This printable is...
Five Elements of a Story The five elements of a story (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and...		Title and Story Map Students review a story by filling in the title and a problem in this graphic organizer. This...
Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How Use this graphic organizer to help students write in a journalistic fashion. This printable is...		Beginning, Middle, and End Identify the sections of a story with this plot/story sequence graphic organizer. This...
Double Venn Diagram, Version 1 Use this two part Venn diagram to identify differences and similarities. This printable is...		Cause and Effect Students are asked to identify cause and effect of a story with this graphic organizer. This...
Proper Punctuation Commas, question marks, semicolons, and more! Use these handouts to teach your students the...		Main Idea and Supporting Details Web This graphic organizer will help students identify the main idea of a story and the details...