End of the School Year: It's Been a Great Year

Give observational and writing skills a boost with a worksheet that takes scholars on a sight-seeing journey around the school. Learners read sentences and color a corresponding picture, then write their own observational sentence...

The end-of-year period is a great time to pause and reflect on the experiences that made up the school year. Let the reflecting begin with a learning exercise that prompts scholars to think back and respond with important...

Use a set of quick and easy to use literacy centers at the beginning of the year as you start to assess your students. The 13-page packet provides writing and reading activities with simple directions that allows new class members...

Second graders correct verb usage in context, fill in the blanks to complete sentences, and use the writing prompt to write about a school trip to an aquarium or a zoo. They write 20 answers.

Enhance narrative writing instruction with engaging and interactive planning pages. Eight lessons take authors through the process of writing a narrative story, two lessons prompt writers to create a personal narrative, and a...

It's that time of year again – the beginning of a new school year! Recognize the new start with appropriate stationery. The page featured here includes cute clip art and a border of diplomas and ABCs. See the materials tab for additional...

What a pair! Older pupils interview younger ones and use what they learn to write a short, illustrated storybook that features the youngster as the main character. The youngster responds with a thank-you note in which they identify their...

As a way to encourage students to write, this short worksheet with a visual of a child saying the A,B,C's could be motivating. Learners write a short essay about their first day of school.

Fortune cookies are used as motivation for a story. In this creative writing instructional activity, young writers review the six traits process. They discuss interesting characters, setting, problem and solution in a story. Original...