Young authors share all about themselves with this printable autobiography resource. Including 26 different sentence frames, one focusing on each letter of the alphabet, students write about everything from an adventure they would like to have to what zoo animal they would like to be.

Concepts

complete sentences

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Additional Tags

student information, student interest, back to school, complete sentence, classroom support

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Instructional Ideas

• Perform this activity during the first days of the school year
• After completing the books, have students walk around and share something about themselves with each member of the class
• Display the completed books for parents to read during Back-to-School Night

Classroom Considerations

• With younger students, assemble the books ahead of time with the help of a classroom aide, parent volunteer, or upper-elementary student

Pros

• Sentences frames provide plenty of space for students to record their responses
• Includes a variety of sentence frames that address a wide range of topics
• Resource can be used across the elementary grade levels

Cons

• Instructions are not provided for assembling the book, but the page numbers can be used to figure how to copy the pages

Common Core

L.1.1.a L.1.1.j L.2.1.a L.2.1.f L.3.1.a L.3.1.i L.4.1.a L.4.1.f