Year-round school: yay or nay? Use your persuasive writing skills to make a case.

This spooky writing activity will introduce your kid to list-writing: a great way to practice sentences and sequential events.

Use this mid-year assessment to get a glimpse into your young writers and their skills when it comes to responding to opinion writing prompts.

Children learn to plan and organize their compositions with this writing prompt and template.

Second graders love field trips! Help them share their opinion about the best field trip location while using this handy paragraph organizer.

What turned Louie's frown upside-down? This cute story starter gets your first grader writing a turtle tale.

Here's a quick overview of drought and flooding to spark thoughts or conversation with your kids about water.

Read about the Wampus Cat, a famous Tennessee legend. Test comprehension as your child reads about some of the sightings.

This prewriting exercise will help your writers shape their topic and start to generate support ideas.

How do these sentences fit together? Learn a bit about story context and comprehension with this fun matching activity.

Spin an enchanting tale with the help of these printable story cards! Draw a card to add new or wacky elements to your story.

You've never created a haiku like this before! Write a haiku and then draw a picture that brings your words to life.

Young writers will work with animal metaphors as they plan and craft a poem about someone they know.

Give students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt.

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea. Students will read about an significant Native American tribe and determine the most important information in the text.

Your second graders have been developing their opinion writing over the course of the year. Now it's time to assess your students' abilities to develop a well-reasoned argument with this end-of-year writing prompt about homework.

Use this mid-year assessment to get a glimpse into your young writers and their skills when it comes to writing narratives.

Have any good ideas for recreational resources? The term "recreational resources" has to do with the activities we do for enjoyment and the places that we go.

Use this assessment and the corresponding rubric to see how well students write personal narratives!

A polar bear on a beach? Give your silly storyteller a fun way to practice her writing skills with this picture-perfect story starter.

A soccer ball flies toward the goalie, but what happens next? Let your budding writer create his own story, using this picture prompt as a starting point.

Help your students develop and prepare a well-reasoned argument with this handy organizer! First students will choose a topic that they feel strongly about, then they'll explain the reasons for their opinion and practice writing a concluding statement.

Acrostic poems are a fun, easy introduction to poetry. Learn about what makes a good acrostic poem and try writing one about school!

Show your child the benefits of making connections with the characters in a story with this introspective worksheet.

Help your preschoolers learn about storytelling using common sight words.

If your kid loves the book Bridge to Terabithia, he might enjoy its movie adaptation. He'll have fun reading and watching while honing his analytical skills.