First Grade Informational Writing Prompts For Differentiation

  This is a set of first grade informational writing prompts designed to help you differentiate during writing time!   Each prompt comes with several graphic organizers, many options for drafting paper (with built-in scaffolds), and publishing/final draft paper.   The built in-scaffolds are included directly on the printable drafting papers. You can easily print out 2-3 versions of paper for the same prompt - and give different groups of students different types of paper, depending upon their needs.   The scaffolds include sentence starters, word banks, and self-assessment checklists.   Sentence starters are great for helping students structure their writing, use transition words, and write in complete sentences. Word banks provide language and vocabulary support. Self-assessment checklists help students learn to routinely self-assess their writing. They also help “fast finishers” slow down, edit, and revise their work!   Additionally, all graphic organizers and drafting papers include