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Parts of Speech Graphic Organizers

The topics include writing short essays, writing reports, using graphic organizers to organize your thoughts before writing, printing and writing short books, parts of speech, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, and letter structure.

Writing Prompts:

Picture Prompt Printouts Write a story about the picture -- a separate printable page for many themes and for each letter of the alphabet. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, or go to a pdf file containing all 26 printable A-Z pages.	Finish the Sentence Printouts Finish the sentence and illustrate it -- a separate printable page for each letter of the alphabet. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, or go to a pdf file containing all 26 printable A-Z pages.	Finish the Sentence Printouts - D'Nealian Font Finish the sentence and illustrate it -- a separate printable page for each letter of the alphabet. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, or go to a pdf file containing all 26 printable A-Z pages.
Draw and Write Draw a picture and write about it -- for young writers. There are many topics, including a general page (no specified topic), yourself, your family, an imaginary animal, where you live, favorite food, hobby, etc.	ESSAY TOPICS Topic suggestions on many subjects. For early writers, these one-page printouts have enough writing space for a short essay. For more advanced writers, extra pieces of lined paper will be necessary to finish an essay.	Poetry Prompts Use these themed prompts to help you write poems.

Writing Reports:

BOOK DIORAMA This diorama is a scene from a child's favorite book and is a lasting reminder of the book.	BOOK REPORT FORM Use this form to write a book report, noting the book's name, author, main characters, setting, and plot summary.	BOOK REPORT GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS Use these graphic organizeres to help write and organize a book report, noting the book's name, author, main characters, setting, and plot highlights.
Find 8 Adjectives Describing a Character Think of a fictional character or make up one of your own. Write your character's name and draw a picture of your character in the center oval. Write eight adjectives that describe the character. Then use each adjective in a sentence.	Story Star Printout A story star is a type of star diagram that can be used to describe the key points of a story or event, noting the 5 W's of the story: who, when, where, what, and why.	RESEARCH REPORT TOPICS with accompanying rubrics Book report, science report, geography report or biography report topic suggestions on many subjects, with detailed instructions on information to include in the reports. Rubrics are included for each to guide the student and aid the teacher in assessment.

Print and Write Short Books

Write Your Own Book Make your own book on any topic you like. The printable pages include a title page, table of contents, middle page templates, a site index, and the end.

Make Your Own Comic Book A great way to make your own comic book. This is a fun book students can make, encouraging writing practice, drawing skills, and creativity.

A BOOK ABOUT ME Children can write and draw a book about themselves.

BACK-TO-SCHOOL BOOK You can print this activity book for your students to make during the beginning of the school year.

SCHOOL MEMORY BOOK This is an end-of-school-year book for students to make.

VACATION MEMORY BOOK A child can use this printable book as a daily journal while on vacation.

Words, Spelling, Vocabulary

Circle the Correctly-Spelled Words For each picture, circle the correct spelling of the word on these multiple choice worksheets. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, and many other topics

Types of Words Read about types of words, phrases and sentences in picture dictionary format, For example, homophones, palindromes, and commonly-used symbols.

Vocabulary Worksheets These graphic organizers for vocabulary words can be used to help students learn new vocabulary words. For each new vocabulary word, the student writes the word, its definition, its part of speech, a synonym, an antonym, the draws a picture that illustrates the meaning of the word, and writes a meaningful sentence using the word.

Parts of Speech, Grammar:

Parts of SpeechLearn about nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjective, adverb, prepositions, conjunctions, Interjections, and articles.

. , ? ! ; Punctuation Punctuation marks are symbols that are used in sentences and phrases to make the meaning clearer. Some common punctuation marks are the period ., comma ,, question mark ?, exclamation point !, colon : and semicolon ;. Read about them and do activities on punctuation marks.

Miscellaneous

Find a Substitute for the Word "Said" for Each Letter See if you can think of and write down a substitute for "said" for each letter of the alphabet. Or go to a sample answer page.

KWHL Chart Printouts KWHL charts are a type of graphic organizer that help the student organize what they know and what they want to learn about a topic before and after the research is done. It helps prepare for writing about a topic.

Correspondence: Label Me! Printouts:

Business Letter (Block Style) Label the parts of a business letter, including the address of recipient (inside address), body of letter, complimentary close, date, return address or letterhead, salutation, signature, and your name typed. Answers

Envelope and Letter in English Label the envelope and letter in English, including the words letter, signature, envelope, address, zip code, return address, stamp, and postmark. Answers

Other Topics (Not Printouts):

Write a Silly Dinosaur Poem: A teacher's guide to writing a funny dinosaur poem. Write a haiku poem. Guide to Writing a Dinosaur Report - How to go about the daunting task of writing a paper on a dinosaur (or other creature).

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