Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

Use this writing prompt activity to assess your first graders’ abilities to write informational texts. Students will use details and facts to convey a topic of their choosing.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

Is spilling salt really bad luck? Read about the origins of this food superstition; it may not be as odd as you think!

In this worksheet, kids support an opinion about school lunches with reasons.

Brighten your writing by learning how to build and describe great characters!

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.

It's the zombie apocalypse! What happens next? Your child will flex his creative writing skills with this fun Halloween writing prompt, all about zombies.

This envelope template can help aspiring letter writers address their letters. Your students will love cutting out, folding, and addressing their own envelopes in this hands-on activity!

Help your students think deeply about literature with these helpful conversation starters.

In this three-page template, students will follow the prompts to create a story map about a memorable moment of joy in their life.

This robot soldier has found something on a Mars exploration that he's taking back home. What is it? Only your imaginative young author can decide.

If your child needs some punctuation practice, give him a challenge with a quick quotation marks quiz!

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

If Christmas were a person, what would he or she be like? Have some fun crafting the ultimate holiday character with this Christmas writing prompt!

Look out, a twister is headed this way! This tornado writing prompt is sure to trigger a creative story from your young writer.

Watch out for this big, bad Bushido! Bushido is a Japanese word meaning "way of the warrior." It's up to your child to write the story of this super samurai.

Historic novels are rich sources of reading practice and this graphic organizer is a nod to prairie classics like those written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Students read background information about March as National Music in Our Schools Month and then respond to reflective questions.

This story starter featuring an alien leaving to attend a birthday party will spark the imagination and provide writing practice, too!

No more abrupt “The End”s! Students will organize and reflect on their narrative’s problem and solution as they work toward a strong ending.

Floyd and Roly are best friends and neighbors! Help your child stretch his writing skills with this fill-in-the-speech-bubbles worksheet.

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, choose one of Mrs Who's quotes to research, reflect on, and design a bumper sticker around.

Your students will have fun developing the setting of a story with this graphic organizer.

Help kids get creative with this simple writing worksheet.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.

Record the sights, smells, tastes and sounds of winter! This winter writing prompt challenges your child to practice sensory description.

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

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about a famous person. Learners will research an important figure and then write down two true statements and one false statement.