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Writing prompts for kindergarten through 8th grade

8th grade writing

Writing prompts for 8th graders

Writing prompts for 1st graders

These 10 first grade writing prompts are a fun way to get kids thinking and talking about their ideas and writing them down.

Learning the basics of letter formation for pre黄色appers

Early writing worksheets: turning scribbles into letters

Give your child a crayon and let him loose on these early writing worksheets to learn the basics of writing by drawing straight and curvy lines, tracing, connecting the dots, and coloring.

6th grader's writing under Common Core standards

6th grade writing

In the first year of middle 黄色app, kids are expected to write essays and stories, share their writing, and compare literary texts.

Your seventh grader鈥檚 writing under Common Core Standards

7th grade writing

Seventh graders sharpen their writing skills by writing arguments, essays, research reports, and stories 鈥斅燼nd presenting them to the class.

Your fifth grader鈥檚 writing under Common Core Standards

5th grade writing

Paraphrasing, logical thinking, keyboarding, and more 鈥� check out the writing skills your fifth grader will learn this year.

Your 4th grader's writing under Common Core Standards

4th grade writing

Fourth grade opens up a whole new writing world with compelling stories and research reports that have multimedia components.

Your second grader鈥檚 writing under Common Core Standards

2nd grade writing

Your child鈥檚 vocabulary is blossoming 鈥� and just in time, as second grade writing projects require more detail and nuance.

Your 3rd grader's writing under Common Core Standards

3rd grade writing

鈥淢ore鈥� is the word to describe your child鈥檚 writing this year: more research, more detail, and more facility with language.

1st grade writing

First graders learn how to organize and present their thoughts in writing 鈥� resulting in full paragraphs with introductions, details, and conclusions by the end of the year.

Your kindergartner鈥檚 writing under Common Core Standards

Kindergarten writing

Writing goes from zero to 60 in kindergarten, from tracing the ABCs and culminating in higher-level thinking skills like forming, organizing, and expressing complete sentences.