Students will discover three techniques to hook readers: with an interesting fact, a question, or by imagining a scene.

This worksheet is a fun-filled way to write dialogue about a familiar party staple: balloons. Your 3rd grader creates the conversations between family members.

This worksheet walks second and third graders through the steps of planning and writing a persuasive paragraph, from selecting a topic to forming an opinion and providing reasoning for their opinion.

Children add more transition words to their sequencing arsenal in this word-sorting worksheet.

Let your students choose their own prompts with this reading response exercise.

Explore the major themes of your reading assignment by making a book poster. Don't forget the tagline!

Young writers are guided through the process of planning and writing a persuasive essay in this comprehensive, three-page worksheet.

Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

Help your child tap into this fictional attraction by sharing about their favorite character with a pen pal! Your young reader will use this fun postcard template to describe their favorite character, including their favorite piece of dialogue.

Bring poetry to life by reading it aloud with others! Have young readers select one or more of these poems written by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Robert Lee Frost. Then take turns reading aloud by swapping single lines, couplets, or stanzas.

Your students will be ready to share their opinions and evidence when answering high interest persuasive writing prompts.

Review and practice writing dialogue with your students. Choose from three situations and create an original dialogue for the characters in one of them.

Children are introduced to Sonia Sotomayor, one of the nine Supreme Court justices, and the only Latina, in this reading and writing worksheet.

Introduce your students to argument writing with this high-interest prompt about homework!

This Halloween-themed worksheet is designed to help students understand the goal of the Teal Pumpkin Project while also providing practice reading nonfiction and citing evidence in nonfiction texts.

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