When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

Use this creative writing exercise with your students to tell a story from another character’s point of view.

Finished with the first draft of informational writing? Let this handy checklist guide students through a peer review conference! Students will check for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

After finishing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, readers reflect on the major elements of the story with these writing prompts.

Students can explore other people's opinions and express their own opinions through this delectable worksheet about broccoli.

Have you ever heard of a giraffe that loves to roller skate? This fun-filled story starter is sure to put a smile on your little writer's face.

This sports-themed worksheet is bound to rally up your kindergarteners' opinions. With this persuasive writing worksheet, your students will write about their favorite sports.

Welcome visitors to one of the 50 states with this fun research and letter-writing activity!

Whether you say buffalo or bison, it is still the largest land mammal in North America. Discover a bit more about this majestic animal.

Have your students practice fleshing out their opinions with this writing exercise. Students will love sharing their opinions about their favorite game, least favorite food, and favorite season.

Show students editing symbols that are used to polish writing before publishing. Then, have them practice editing a short story.

Show your fifth-grader it's possible to make your own comic rather than just read them. He'll work on creative writing while he's at it!

Practice letter-writing basics with this cut-out Mother's Day card template!

The change of seasons affects the kinds of activities we do. Use these printable weather postcards to show how activities change with the seasons.

You've never heard a ghost story like The Phantom Knight of Vandal Camp! Discover the scares, if you dare, behind this tale before writing the ending.

Peter Pan says what? Your child adds to the famous story with his imagination in this fun writing exercise.

Codes, colors, and pointing will all help your young student to practice one-to-one correspondence in this interactive worksheet. Students will touch each color-coded word with a corresponding finger while an adult reads the story aloud.

Can your little writer tell which sentence will make this thought complete? Help her practice using inference and reading for context clues.

Students will practice creating sentences using both like and as, filling in the blanks with figurative language of their own.

In this exercise, your young writers will write a persuasive letter to a person of their choice.

Use these vocabulary flashcards with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Use this open-ended writing activity to assess your students’ abilities to write informational texts and include appropriate text features. Students are asked to write about a topic of their choice using key details and facts, including at least one text

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Evidence to Analyze a Character.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Take a look at the colorful monster and practice writing by describing him!

Feeling grateful is what Thanksgiving is all about! Let your first grader express his gratitude with a fun drawing activity.

Young writers take on the perspective of a turkey in this creative writing exercise.

Fourth graders can practice writing and storytelling in this creative writing exercise based on a make-believe pet dinosaur!

Use this helpful narrative writing and drawing prompt as a way to assess your students’ writing.