Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Sort out your facts with this comprehension exercise! Kids will learn to tell the difference between facts and opinions as they read each statement.

Got a case of writer's block? One great way to get started is to draw a picture!

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

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.

A wonderful way for future voters to express their freedom and flex their writing skills is by penning a letter to a leader.

Can you tell this elephant's story? Give your child a head start writing a creative story with this fun coloring page, and let his imagination do the rest!

After writing a draft of an informational piece, have students revise their writing with this handy checklist. Students will work to improve their sentences and add more details and descriptions that will take their writing to the next level.

Once students have completed their first draft of opinion writing, guide students through a peer review conference with this checklist! Students will reread their own work and then a partner's work, checking for punctuation, capitalization, and more.

"The witch was on her broom with her..." Where will your child take the story from here? This Halloween story starter is a great way to get your first grader's wheels turning and creative juices flowing.

Families in the United States live in all different settings. Kids think about the similarities and differences between rural and urban life on this worksheet.

Use this graphic organizer to help your students learn how to write a fully formed opinion. This helpful worksheet breaks down opinion writing into three easy steps that will have your kids conquering persuasive writing in no time!

Invite learners to research Passover and record their findings using this appealing research template!

Recruit your students to do some research! Ask them to use a book or computer to find facts about everyone's favorite arctic creature, the polar bear.

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

Try a Chinese poetry style called wu-yan-li-shi, which hopeful immigrants wrote while waiting on Angel Island in California to be admitted to the U.S.

Use this stop and jot reflection activity to assess reading comprehension. Your students will choose their favorite response to their reading and explain their choice.

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

Help your students review how develop a claim and support that claim with evidence. A claim is an opinion about a story that you can support with evidence.

Ready, set, brainstorm! Help your students prepare to write how-to books by generating ideas about topics that they know a lot about.

Can you help this froggie princess tell her tale? Give your child some creative inspiration to write a story with this fun coloring page

Once students have completed their first draft of informational writing, use this handy checklist to guide them through the peer review process. Students will look for clear sequencing, details, complete sentences, and correct spelling and punctuation.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Describing the World Using Sensory Language.

In this creative writing prompt, students will imagine what it would be like to turn into a werewolf at the stroke of midnight every Halloween. 

Want students to add more pizazz to their narratives? Encourage them to use descriptive details! Have students read over their writing and identify how many adjectives they used. Then challenge them to add in at least five more adjectives.

Finish this cartoon by writing the script and filling the speech bubbles.

This composition prompt asks kids to consider one thing they can do and one thing they can stop doing this Earth Day.

In this activity, students will consider different strategies for coming up with titles, and practice crafting them for various pieces of text.

Is your first grader a heart surgeon in the making? Or maybe a world-famous chef? Encourage your child to explore the future as he practices his handwriting.

How do people celebrate Diwali? Help your little one learn about a traditional Hindu holiday celebrated in the fall.