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.

Young writers practice forming and defending an opinion in this engaging three-page persuasive writing template.

Children discover how a paragraph resembles an inverted traffic light, with its topic, supporting, and closing sentences.

As your students complete this close reading exercise, they will learn about the Transcontinental Railroad while practicing their active reading skills.

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

Learners will have fun with hyperbole in this lively writing worksheet.

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

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea. Students will read about an significant Native American tribe and determine the most important information in the text.

Write an ice skating story based on the illustration on the page. It can be silly or heartfelt, even science fiction!

Children learn to plan and organize their compositions with this writing prompt and template.

Teach young writers to spice up sentences with adverb phrases in this engaging activity.

Children learn about Día de los Muertos as they practice finding and supporting the main idea in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea as they read about a famous historical figure.

This guided practice reinforces how strong writers make claims and support them with strong evidence.

Help your student warm up to opinion writing by asking him to write a review.

Children learn to plan and organize their compositions with this writing prompt and template.

Students will look over a sample reading response letter and identify important elements in the text.

It's an alien invasion! How will the story end? Young writers and use their imaginations to write their own comic strip.

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.

"Nessie" may be the world's most famous unseen sea creature! Try seeing things from her point of view with this fun writing prompt.

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

In Greek mythology, it was believed that trees had souls called dryads. These female spirits would watch over the forest.

Get kids thinking about their opinions! This worksheet will help you gain an understanding of how your students organize their ideas prior to crafting a new writing piece. This resource pairs well with the Household Chores writing prompt.

Catch a glimpse into your students’ thoughts and ideas while simultaneously assessing their spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills!

Give your students the opportunity to put a friendly letter together!

After reading the classic Aesop fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare," students will use their imaginations to compose their own introductions using one of the most common story hooks (fact, question, description, statement, or sound).

This critical thinking worksheet, part of our upcoming A Day in the Life of the President workbook, challenges kids to plain their own campaign tour!

Fourth graders can practice writing and storytelling in this creative writing exercise based on a make-believe pet dinosaur!

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