Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

Young writers discover strategies for creating compelling introductions that capture a reader's interest in this writing worksheet.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

This worksheet will help your writers begin to craft their essay by walking them, step-by-step, through paragraph writing and structuring their ideas.

Using this great template to help with letter writing for kids, encourage your child to flex his imagination as he writes a letter to a friend.

Children practice identifying and writing a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a conclusion in this narrative writing worksheet.

Kids learn how to "show" instead of "tell" in their writing.

Students will practice identifying the supporting details for three different main idea statements.

Help your students write letters to a pen pal, faraway relative, and others! This letter template gives students practice writing formal letters — like persuasive or business correspondence — and friendly, informal letters.

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

Students will look at a sample essay and try to pick out the kind of details and big ideas that make an informative essay tick.

The structure of a paragraph becomes clearer when you think critically about the choices a great author made and try to recreate them.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Take your pick from this packet of writing prompts which focus on one scene that has lots of possibilities. Is your young storyteller ready?

Whether your student is new to paragraph writing, or needs more practice, this worksheet is a wonderful introduction, practice, or review.

Readers will reinforce their understanding of key narrative features in this writing exercise.

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

During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!

Looking for an opinion graphic organizer for your learner? Check out this worksheet template that helps your child list an opinion, reasons, and conclusion.

Children read about the sun as they identify supporting details in this science and literacy worksheet.