Back To School Printable Worksheets

Fun Back To School
Creative Writing Worksheets

Welcome to my Back To School printable worksheets page. This page contains examples of colorful worksheets that contain school themes and matching bulletin board display banners.

On this page, you will find blank Back To School worksheets that contain the following themes: book bags, chalkboards, apples, buses, and pencils.

It is often difficult to get students enthusiastic about writing assignments. I have found that my students immediately become more interested in creative writing activities when their writing worksheets are unique and colorful.

For final draft writing assignments, when I give my students colorful printable worksheets to write on, I have found that they tend to use their best effort and they are more careful to not make careless spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.

I have designed my Back to School printable worksheets and templates to have large borders on them. I cut the white edges off of my students' color stationery, as I think that they look better displayed on a bulletin board this way.

My Back To School printable worksheets contain the following teaching resources:

• 5 page matching bulletin board display banner
• Black and white printable worksheets for students to write their first drafts on
• Color printable worksheets for students to write their final drafts on

Back to School
Book Bag Shaped Creative Writing Templates

Back to School Book Bag Templates: This is a generic writing template that does not have a topic selected. You can use these backpack shaped templates for any topic that you want for a Back to School creative writing assignment.

Many of my Back to School creative writing teaching resources have a topic selected for them, so I wanted to provide a writing template that can be used for any topic that you want your students to write about.

The topic that you choose will be a lot more interesting for your students when they get to write on their own book bag worksheets and color their book bags.

Your bulletin board display of your students' Back to School creative writing assignments will stand out and capture everyone's attention with this set of teaching resources that contains student backpacks as the theme.

There are 3 different versions of these backpack templates provided in this Back To School printable worksheets set for you to choose from.

Since I am also a teacher, I understand that teachers often need to change or adapt a resource that we find to meet our own needs. I have provided 3 different versions of these backpack templates in order to help you select the version that would best suit your own needs.

The first set of book bag templates has 2 writing areas for students. Below is an example of the first draft worksheet for the first set of book bag teaching resources.

This assignment will not take your students very long to complete. The book bag templates are on one printable worksheet and they are easy to cut out.

These backpack templates measure 7 inches in width and 10 inches in height.

This quick creative writing assignment will provide you with student work samples that you can post on your bulletin board immediately during the first week of school.

You will be able to create a colorful bulletin board display of your students' work using the bulletin board banner and additional book bag accent pieces that are also included in this set of teaching resources.

Below is the first book bag template. This template has two writing areas for students. Students write their names on the ruler and the date is written on the book cover.

All three of the templates in this set of teaching resources are the same size and shape, the only difference between these sets is in the writing lines that are on the templates.

Below are examples of second book bag template. This template has one writing area for students.

The top part of the book bag has been left blank so that students can draw and color a picture in this area of their backpack.

You could also use this top empty section of the book bag to glue photographs of your students.

Below is the third book bag template that is included in this Back To School printable worksheets set. These blank book bag templates could be used for a variety of different purposes.

I have left this template blank, so that you could use it for any idea that you can think of: student birthdays, labels for student desks or cubbies, labels for centers, etc.

If you want these book bags to be a smaller size, many computers give you an option to print a smaller version of a document before you select the print option.

To help you in decorating your bulletin board with a student book bag theme, I have included 6 back pack accent pieces in this teaching resources set.

These accent pieces are also grade specific and contain accent pieces for Grades 1 - 8. There are 8 separate sets of these book bag accent pieces for each grade level (Grade 1 - 8).

Although you will only use one set of these grade level resources this year, be sure to save the entire set of these accent pieces to use for the future. As teachers, we are often switching the grades that we teach and you can use this same writing idea with the other grade levels that you teach in the future.

Back to School
Chalkboard Writing Templates

Chalkboard Writing Templates: Are you looking for a unique idea for a creative writing assignment and bulletin board display that you can use with your students during the first week of school?

Are you also looking for a Back to School teaching resources set that is customized to the grade level that you teach?

This Back To School printable worksheets set has been customized for Grade 1 though Grade 8. This set of teaching resources contains the following:

• First draft creative writing printable worksheets (Grades 1 - 8 customized printable worksheets)
• Final draft black and white chalkboard templates (Grades 1 - 8 customized templates)
• Final draft color chalkboard templates (Grades 1 - 8 customized templates)
• Matching five page bulletin board display banner (Grades 1 - 8 customized banners)
• Four chalkboard bulletin board display accent pieces (Grades 1 - 8 customized templates)

This is a generic creative writing template that contains no topic, so you can choose the topic that you want your students to write about.

This assignment will not take your students very long to complete. The chalkboard writing templates are on one printable worksheet and they are easy to cut out.

These chalkboard templates measure 9.5 inches in width and 6.5 inches in height.

This quick creative writing assignment will provide you with student work samples that you can post on your bulletin board immediately. The colorful matching bulletin board display banner and additional chalkboard accent pieces will help you to design an eye catching bulletin board display during the first week of school.

I know that it takes teachers a lot of valuable time to assemble their bulletin board displays. Many teachers spend hours of time cutting out large display letters or making a banner on their own at home on their computers.

This time is valuable and better spent on developing your classroom curriculum and grading papers, so I have designed a matching 5 page banner for your Back to School bulletin board display.

If you have access to a laminating machine, you can laminate your banner so that it is durable and you can use it year after year for bulletin board displays of these Back to School chalkboard writing templates.

I hope that this set of Back To School printable worksheets that I have designed to be grade level specific helps you to have a writing assignment that is targeted to the grade level that you teach.

The specific grade level banners and accent pieces are designed to help you quickly create a colorful bulletin board display that is also targeted for the grade level that you teach.

Although you will only use one set of these grade level resources this year, be sure to save the entire set of chalkboard writing templates and banners to use for the future. As teachers, we are often switching the grades that we teach and you can use this same creative writing idea with the other grade levels that you teach in the future.

Back to School Apple Writing Templates:
Our Writing is AP-PLEasing!

Apple Shaped Writing Templates: Are you looking for an apple shaped writing template that will help you create an eye catching Back to School bulletin board display of your students' creative writing assignments?

In addition to a Back to School assignment, these apple writing templates could also be used at other times during the school year for poetry, health, science, or for a unit on Johnny Appleseed.

These unique apple creative writing templates measure 6.5 inches in width and 6.5 inches in height.

For creative writing assignments, I believe that it is important for students to go through the writing process.

For this reason, my students never begin their creative writing assignments by writing on their final draft templates, instead they write on first draft worksheets. Then, they edit and revise their work on their own, with a partner, or in individual writing conferences with me.

Below is an example of the first draft writing worksheet that is included in this Back To School printable worksheets set. The writing lines and spaces on the first draft worksheets match the lines and spaces on the final draft apple templates.

After students have edited and revised their first drafts, you should give them their final draft apple templates.

This set is designed to be a flip up book and there is a front page apple template that contains the student's name, date, title, and an area to draw a picture.

The second apple template (page 2 of the flip book) is where the students write their assignments. Students cut out both of their templates and then staple them together to form a flip book.

If you want this to be a longer writing assignment, simply give your students an additional second template.

These apple templates contain thick black borders, which makes it easy for students to cut out the apple templates by themselves.

Are you interested in having a one page apple creative writing assignment for your students to write on instead of a 2 page flip book?

This set of teaching resources also includes a one page apple template.

Below is an example of the first draft worksheet that is used with the one page apple template.

Creative Writing Bus
Stationery and Matching Banner Set

This Creative Writing Bus Stationery Set includes the following:

Write All About It!
Stationery and Matching Banner Set

This Write All About It! Stationery Set includes the following: