Writing prompts with a picture to start from, for grades 1 and 2. Each sheet has a drawn scene, a word bank or a fact box beside it, and handwriting lines to write on. There are three kinds: a story, an opinion and an informative piece. Six free sheets, two of each kind, black and white.
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Story · Level 1A dragon came to school and went down the slide. What happens next? A story with sentence starters on the lines.
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Story · Level 3The snowman walked into the house to get warm. Uh-oh. What happens next? A story with a plan to fill in first.
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Opinion · Level 2You can take one of them home as a pet. Which one would you pick? An opinion with a word bank and eight empty lines.
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Opinion · Level 3You can live in one of them for the summer. Which one would you pick? An opinion with a plan to fill in first.
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Informative · Level 1Read the fact box. Then write what you learned about owls. An informative piece with a fact box and sentence starters.
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Informative · Level 2Read the fact box. Then write what you learned about honeybees. An informative piece with a fact box and eight empty lines.
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The 6 free sheets and 174 more that are only in the pack: 60 picture prompts, each at three levels, so every child in the room can write about the same picture.
Pick the kind of writing you are teaching, then the level that fits the child.
A blank page is the hardest prompt there is. A picture is easier: a dragon has come to recess and gone down the slide. What happens next? The child can see the start of the story, so the writing can begin with what comes after.
The three kinds match the three types of writing taught in first and second grade. A story sheet asks what happens first, next and last. An opinion sheet shows two things to choose between and asks for two reasons. An informative sheet shows a real animal or thing beside a box of four true facts, so the child writes from facts and does not have to make them up.
The lines are real handwriting paper: 5/8 inch rows at Level 1, the first grade size, and 1/2 inch rows at Levels 2 and 3, the second grade size. For a child who is not writing whole sentences yet, start with the sentence writing worksheets. Kindergartners have their own draw and write sheets.
More for writing: letter formation worksheets (kindergarten), draw and write worksheets (kindergarten), sentence writing worksheets (grades K–1), topic sentence worksheets (grades 3–5), graphic organizers for planning, grammar worksheets, and the rest of the writing printables.
First and second grade. Level 1 has sentence starters on first grade handwriting lines. Levels 2 and 3 have eight empty lines on second grade lines, for children who can write a few sentences on their own.
Story, opinion and informative. In a story the child tells what happens first, next and last. In an opinion the child picks one of two things and gives two reasons. In an informative piece the child writes facts about a real animal or thing, using the fact box on the sheet.
The picture does part of the thinking. A young writer can see who is in the scene and what is going on, and the word bank beside it gives the hard words to copy. That leaves the child free to work on the sentences.
No. Every piece of writing is the child’s own. Each sheet has a short checklist for the child, and the full pack has a grading rubric for the teacher.