My Birthday Narrative Writing

Read the directions aloud, then ask your child to tell the story before drawing it. Point to the boxes in order and use the words first, next and last. Trace the words together at the end and ask how your child felt.

Kindergarten narrative writing page about my birthday. A grown-up reads the page aloud. A narrative tells what happened, in order. The directions on the page read: Draw first, next, and last. Then, trace the words. The answer key gives a marking guide and a model answer, since answers will vary.

Yes, both. We made it for Kindergarten writing, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with narrative writing. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

CCSS W.K.3 asks kindergartners to tell about one event or a few linked events, in the order they happened, with a reaction to what happened. These sheets do that with drawing: first, next and last boxes, a face that shows a feeling, and a few traced words.

Use the words first, next and last out loud: "What happened first? What happened next?" Have your child draw each part before tracing any words. Retelling a real day, like a birthday or a visit to Grandma, gives the story an easy order.

Yes. Each page is built around drawing and tracing, with a grown-up reading the directions aloud. Children trace short words and phrases and draw the story, so no independent writing is required.

Yes. Every one of the 10 sheets has a key with a marking guide and a model drawing. Since each child's story is different, the key shows what a complete response looks like.

Kindergartners practice opinion, informative and narrative writing through drawing, dictating and writing (CCSS W.K.1 to W.K.3), along with forming letters and starting a sentence with a capital. These pages keep the writing small: a child traces a word, draws a picture and a grown-up reads the directions aloud.

Start with the opinion pages, where a child picks a favorite and traces its name. Move to the narrative pages, which add first, next and last, then the informative All About pages and the writing process pages. Capital letters and writing practice pages can be mixed in at any point.

Yes. The new sheets are built around tracing and drawing, so a child can finish them before writing a sentence alone. Ask your child to say the sentence out loud while you point to each word.

Yes. All 36 new opinion, narrative, informative and writing process sheets have a one page answer key with a marking guide and a model drawing.