Plan a Story with Pictures

Take the pages in order: draw first, then trace or write, then add a detail, then check. Read each direction aloud and let your child say the sentence before tracing it. Praise one thing your child added or fixed.

Kindergarten writing page: plan a story with pictures. A grown-up reads the page aloud. A plan shows what happens first, next, and last. The directions on the page read: Draw what each word says. Then, trace each word. Then, trace the title. 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 writing process. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

For kindergartners it is the simplest version: think of an idea, draw it, write a word or sentence, add a detail and check the sentence. With help from an adult, children add details to strengthen their writing (CCSS W.K.5), and these sheets practice each step on its own.

A sentence starter gives the first words of a sentence, like "I like" or "I see." The child finishes it by choosing a word or tracing one. It lets a beginning writer finish a whole sentence.

Say it simply: a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. Have your child point to each one with a finger before tracing the sentence. The check capital and period page (L.K.2) turns this into a short circle and trace task.

Yes. All six sheets have a key with a marking guide and a model response, since pictures and word choices vary.

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.