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Free Earth Day Writing Paper for 1st Grade

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This Free Earth Day Writing Paper provides 1st grade students with engaging, standards-based writing practice. With multiple page layouts, line options, and 20 Earth Day writing prompts, it’s an easy way to plan opinion, informative, and narrative writing activities.

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Celebrate Earth Day in your classroom with this free Earth Day writing paper designed for first grade students. This printable resource includes multiple layouts, line styles, and seasonal prompts that make lesson planning simple during April. With options for opinion, informative, and narrative writing, the pages are aligned to first grade standards and provide meaningful practice instead of just seasonal filler. Perfect for daily writing, centers, or bulletin board displays, this set gives students a fun way to write about caring for the Earth while supporting their growing writing skills.

Use The Free Earth Day Writing Paper For

  • Daily writing practice
  • Earth Day writing ideas
  • Independent writing centers
  • Morning or early finisher work
  • Bulletin board projects
  • Sub plan activities
earth day writing paper

What's Included

  • Two line styles – Primary lines with a dotted midline to support handwriting development, and regular lines for students who have transitioned to standard spacing.
  • Two layout options – Full-page writing sheets for short paragraphs and half-page sheets with a space for an illustration.
  • List-style template – Ideal for brainstorming, making word lists, or organizing ideas before writing.
  • One writing craft page – A simple writing craft that can be used as an extension to a writing lesson or as a spring bulletin board project.
  • Eight printable teacher notes – Great for quick communication with students or families, such as encouragement, reminders, or praise for classroom efforts.
  • Twenty Earth Day writing prompts – Fun writing prompts and lesson plans from different writing genres that align with first grade standards.
  • 36 pages total – Print-and-go pages for writing projects, independent writing centers, or sub-plans.

Standards

The included Earth Day writing prompts give teachers ready-to-use ideas for the Earth Day Writing Paper. Each prompt is aligned to 1st grade writing standards, ensuring that students are practicing opinion, informative, and narrative writing skills, not just doing seasonal “filler” activities. This makes planning easier for busy teachers, while giving students standards-based writing practice with a fun Earth Day theme.

W.1.1 - Opinion Writing

W.1.2 - Informative Writing

W.1.3 Narrative Writing

W.1.5 Revising & Adding Details

W.1.7 Shared Research

W.1.8 Using Sources & Recalling Information

Why Teachers Love The Free Earth Day Writing Paper

  • No-Prep & Ready to Use – Simply print a set of Earth Day writing paper for your class. The variety of page layouts and line styles makes it easy to differentiate for all students.
  • Standards-Aligned Prompts – Includes 20 Earth Day writing prompts designed to meet W.1.1, W.1.2, W.1.3, W.1.5, W.1.7, and W.1.8, supporting opinion, informative, and narrative writing.
  • Flexible Classroom Use – Ideal for whole-group writing lessons, small-group practice, independent writing centers, early finisher work, or morning warm-up activities.
  • Quick Sub Plans – A ready-to-use writing resource that requires no additional planning, making it perfect for last-minute coverage.
earth day writing paper

This set of Free Earth Day Writing Paper fits right into your writing plans without adding extra work. Use it for opinion writing about recycling, writing about things that help our Earth, or as a quick writing extension after your April read-alouds.

It’s easy to differentiate your Earth Day writing activities with options for full-page or half-page layouts, primary or regular lines. This makes it the perfect elementary lined paper for kids to use for spring writing projects.

Download the Free Earth Day Writing Paper today to make your lesson planning easier this month.

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3 reviews for Free Earth Day Writing Paper for 1st Grade

  1. Scotty M. (verified owner)

    A great resource to help students learn and review Earth Day!

  2. Teresa B. (verified owner)

    A great resource to integrate writing into my Earth Day activities!!

  3. Julie D. (verified owner)

    This was a great resource to use with my first grade class!

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