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Printable Story Starter: The Get-Away
This fun, creative writing prompt invites young writers to continue the story of Boe and Tim, who discover a hot air balloon while escaping from their big sisters. The worksheet provides a space where learners can finish the middle and...
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Printable Story Starter: Treasure in the Daisies
Class members can practice using sensory details and imagery with this writing prompt, which provides a vivid introduction about a girl who discovers a treasure box in her mother's garden. The middle, ending, and title of the story are...
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Story Starter-- Edgar the Bunny Wants To Be a Cowboy
In this writing worksheet, students examine a picture of a rabbit who wants to be a cowboy. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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Snowy Day Story Starter
In this story starter worksheet, students look at a picture of a snowy day and read a sentence provided. Students continue by finishing the story.
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Story Starters
Sixth graders examine the pictures on a chart and relate to their own experiences. In this story starters writing lesson plan, 6th graders explore the pictures presented by the teacher and then create an original story based on the...
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Brown Bear Story Starter
In this writing worksheet, learners read a story starter about a brown bear who has just been awakened from hibernation. Students generate the rest of the story and draw a picture.
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Story Starter
In this writing worksheet, students examine a full color picture of 2 children in a boat with tropical islands nearby. Students read the story starter and finish the story on the primary lines.
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Story Starter: The Three Cat Friends
In this writing worksheet, students examine the events happening in a colorful picture. Students read the story starter about some cat friends and finish the story.
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Story Starter: The Cat and the Fishbowl
In this story starter: the cat and the fishbowl instructional activity, 1st graders look at the picture and write a story about it on the lines below.
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Story Starter-- Little Green Frog in a Kapok Tree
For this writing worksheet, young scholars examine a picture and read a story starter about a little green frog who is at the top of a kapok tree. Students finish the story.
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Printable Story Starter: The Missing Valentines
A writing prompt about a classroom's missing Valentines allows students to finish the story with their own endings, and to provide their own titles. The lesson comes with a picture and the beginning of the story to full prompt students...
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The Beginning, The Middle, & The End
Cut magazine pictures into three sections, having your youngsters piece the pictures back together. With this fun activity, they discover the importance of sequencing a story. Then they use a fun template (shaped like a burger) to write...
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter J
In this story starter worksheet, students complete the worksheet their teacher created for the letter J. Students write their own story based on the picture, sight words, spelling, or vocabulary words the teacher included.
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter V
In this story starters worksheet, students write their own stories using the printable worksheet their teacher made for letter V pictures, sight words, spelling, or vocabulary words.
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter L
In this story starters instructional activity, students write their own stories using the printable instructional activity their teacher made for letter L pictures, sight words, spelling, or vocabulary words.
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Story Starters: Life in Thailand
In this life in Thailand worksheet, 6th graders use sixteen different pictures of life in Thailand as inspiration to write original stories.
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Making Inferences (11)
Picture this. Kids read a story starter about Josh and his dad, use details in the tale to infer what will happen next, and then draw a picture of this outcome.
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Story Starters
These language arts worksheets present a picture and a space for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. The word list can relate to the picture, be sight words, or spelling and vocabulary words.
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Story Starter-- Penguin Crossing
In this writing worksheet, students examine a colorful picture of penguins crossing the street. Students read the story starter and finish the story on the lines provided.
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Write a Story
Elementary writers will create short stories with their classmates' help, publishing the books using computer programs. The first learner writes a sentence to start the story, and each classmate adds a sentence to the story. The original...
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Story Starter Snowperson Writing
In this writing worksheet, students read a story starter about a talking snowperson and generate the rest of the story on the lines provided. Students color the picture.
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Story Starter-- The Cat And the Bag
In this writing worksheet, students study a color picture of a cat peeking into a paper bag. Students read the story starter and finish the story on the lines provided.
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Story Starter-- The Fish Who Hid
In this writing worksheet, students examine a colorful picture of three fish playing a hiding game in an aquarium. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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Story Starter-- Three Dogs Visiting Artist
In this writing worksheet, students examine a colorful picture of an artist who has been visited by three dogs. Students read the story starter and finish the story.