Kids read a story about a puppy, then finish it by writing what they think will happen next.

Take your pick from this packet of writing prompts which focus on one scene that has lots of possibilities. Is your young storyteller ready?

Help your students write letters to a pen pal, faraway relative, and others! This letter template gives students practice writing formal letters — like persuasive or business correspondence — and friendly, informal letters.

If your writer needs help organizing to write that big essay assignment, give them a helpful cheat-sheet full of tips on making an outline.

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills in responding to an informational writing prompt.

This is a writing exercise designed to assess where your students are at the beginning of third grade.

While playing this fun memory game, students will find a piece of evidence that supports each claim.

During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!

Add some spice to your writing by varying sentence patterns with this two-page writing worksheet for sixth graders!

Introduce your students to the five parts of an effective argument.

After reviewing the different parts of a persuasive paragraph, your fourth graders will outline their own persuasive paragraph.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Students compose a persuasive paragraph stating their opinion, including an introduction, three supporting arguments, and a conclusion, with the help of this worksheet template.

Story retelling is a wonderful exercise in comprehension and vocabulary use.

Young writers will practice identifying the five parts of an effective argument before writing their own argument.

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills when it comes to responding to opinion writing prompts.

Learn about story progression and story organization with this ladder graphic organizer.

Encourage your second graders to develop a well-reasoned argument about the length of recesses with this writing prompt and rubric. Students can use the pre-writing planner to develop their argument, then they'll write out their opinion on page two.

A fictional story has many parts that require planning. Young writers will love using this planning sheet to plan out their setting, characters, problem, solution, and choose a title.

Practice composition skills and help the reporter get his review of Delicious Treats bakery together sentence by sentence sequencing his points into order.

In this exercise your students will color code the key components of an example informative paragraph.

Practice story sequencing with this colorful worksheet. A companion activity to our interactive story "The Shapeshifter."

Students will practice identifying the supporting details for three different main idea statements.

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Help students better understand what it means to have a topic with a broad scope versus a narrow scope with this helpful worksheet!