Use these icebreaker questions to help classmates make connections, remember names, and find new friends.

In this inventive worksheet, children practice writing from the perspective of everyday items.

Engage students' senses and inspire their creativity with this sensory poem template!

This graphic organizer will help your young writers organize and explain their supporting evidence.

A diamante poem is a diamond shaped poem. Show your students an example of this type of poem and invite them write their own diamantes!

This guided practice reinforces how strong writers make a claim that they can support with strong evidence.

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

Children are invited to come up with a new ending to a book they have read in this inventive fan fiction worksheet template.

These example literary responses model how to cite and explain evidence to support a claim.

Give your students some practice writing an informational essay about the American Revolution!

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, students dig deeper into the poem referenced throughout the novel: Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

After reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help learners make connections between the book and their community with this engaging extension activity.

Learn to write your own diamante poem with this helpful third- and fourth-grade worksheet!

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

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills as they respond to a narrative prompt.

Children will color in a drawing of Earth, then write something they can do to help Earth, in this simple, sweet coloring page and writing prompt. 

In this illustrated worksheet, children read about four Kwanzaa traditions, then reflect on a holiday tradition of their own.

Explore story sense with your young reader. First, read the astronaut's story. Then, let your imagination tell what will happen next!

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing!

Think about what you want to improve about yourself as you start the new school year with this writing prompt!

When authors create characters, they think about “inside” and “outside” details. Your students will go through the same process with this writing worksheet. Ask them to create a character and list the things they imagine this character thinks about and fe

Invite children to reflect on family with this sweet writing template!

Children will complete six pages of prompts designed to celebrate our home planet with this sweet, easy-to-assemble printable.

Children will enjoy reflecting on a few of their favorite people with this fun drawing and writing prompt.

Let your first grader brag a bit about his best skills and enjoyable, after-school activities.

Children are invited to dream up their ideal animal companion in this fun creative writing exercise.

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

Use this resource to assess your students’ informational writing skills.