Your child can grab her pencils, both plain and colored, and get to work flexing her literary muscles by writing an illustrating a fairy tale.

Students opine about their favorite animals and give reasons for their picks in this worksheet.

Help kids get creative with this simple writing worksheet.

In this worksheet, kindergarteners will read the funny story all about a dinosaur and draw pictures to represent what they have read.

Help your students get excited about choosing a title for their fictional story with this helpful planning sheet. Students will also plan an important character and surprising plot moment in their stories!

Help your young writer prepare to write procedural books by filling out this planner. Considering each step of a process sets students up for success when writing how-to books.

Geared toward children from preschool through first grade, this worksheet is a great way to introduce young students to opinion writing, as well as the importance of standing up for what they believe in.

Kiss “The End” goodbye! This activity gets students to practice using more interesting story endings.

Help your child learn about sensory language as they describe an experience.

Engage your students in argumentative writing by having them share an opinion on a topic that may be near and dear (or not so dear!) to their hearts—homework!

Have your 1st grader choose a favorite instrument and defend his opinion with this opinion writing worksheet.

More and more schools are beginning to celebrate the 100th day of school. Help your child list her biggest accomplishments from the first 100 days of school.

The most precious thing someone can give is their time. Reignite your love of giving with these time-giving activities. There are also some donation suggestions for used objects. This worksheet, 31 Days of Giving, can be used any 31 days of the year!

Help your students prepare to write an argumentative piece with this writing prompt activity. This worksheet will jumpstart the writing process by having students articulate an opinion and come up with supporting evidence and details.

Help students turn instructions for how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich into a cohesive piece of procedural writing. Using transition words is the key to successful how-to writing!

Combine a fun coloring exercise and writing refresher in one with this story starter featuring an alien dancing to his favorite music!

What have these delightful dolphins discovered on the sea floor? It's your child's mission to finish this aquatic story!

Celebrate Easter by trying your hand at acrostic poetry!

This reading worksheet highlights important vocabulary words and the main purpose of a text.

Practice your super strong writing skills to defend your opinion about who the best superhero is.

It’s more fun to revise with a partner! After writing personal narratives, have students share their writing with a partner. Partners should identify at least three parts in the narrative where three descriptive details could be added.

Engage your students in argumentative writing by having them share an opinion on a topic that may elicit diverse feelings—pet snakes! Students will use this writing prompt to practice writing an argumentative paragraph using supporting evidence.

Children will use this simple template to write a friendly letter to Santa Claus.

What do you think of your book? Write an opinion and back it up with this worksheet.

What are you thankful for? Use this acrostic poem template to inspire your learners to reflect on the theme of gratitude.

Use this handy worksheet to help your students (and you!) keep track of their writing goals. Refer to the goals during writing workshop conferences, and be sure to have students add to them and revise them as needed.