2nd - 5th Grade Informational and Expository Writing Resources

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2nd - 5th Grade Informational and Expository Writing Resources

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2nd - 5th Grade

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Describe and draw mom in this fill-in-the-blank Mother's Day worksheet!

Describe and draw mom in this fill-in-the-blank Mother's Day worksheet!

Describe and draw dad in this fill-in-the-blank Father's Day worksheet!

Describe and draw dad in this fill-in-the-blank Father's Day worksheet!

First Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Summer Writing Prompt #2: What I Like About Summer

Worksheet

Summer Writing Prompt #2: What I Like About Summer

Third Grade

Writing

In this summer writing prompt worksheet, children will describe what they like best about summer.

Worksheet

Summer Writing Prompt #2: What I Like About Summer

Worksheet

Summer Writing Prompt #2: What I Like About Summer

In this summer writing prompt worksheet, children will describe what they like best about summer.

Use these paragraph topic prompts to help your child practice writing a paragraph.

Use these paragraph topic prompts to help your child practice writing a paragraph.

Second Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Practice Writing a Conclusion

Worksheet

Practice Writing a Conclusion

Fifth Grade

Writing

Learners practice writing endings with impact in this nonfiction conclusion writing worksheet.

Worksheet

Practice Writing a Conclusion

Worksheet

Practice Writing a Conclusion

Learners practice writing endings with impact in this nonfiction conclusion writing worksheet.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Write a Going Green Plan

Activity

Write a Going Green Plan

Second Grade

Reading

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Activity

Write a Going Green Plan

Activity

Write a Going Green Plan

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Second Grade

Reading

Activity

Paragraph Writing Worksheet

Worksheet

Paragraph Writing Worksheet

Second Grade

Writing

This paragraph writing worksheet gets your child back to the basics of writing. In this paragraph writing worksheet, kids will write using a graphic organizer.

Worksheet

Paragraph Writing Worksheet

Worksheet

Paragraph Writing Worksheet

This paragraph writing worksheet gets your child back to the basics of writing. In this paragraph writing worksheet, kids will write using a graphic organizer.

Help your child learn to write clearly and concisely by writing her own set of "how to" instructions.

Help your child learn to write clearly and concisely by writing her own set of "how to" instructions.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Identify Supporting Details: The Weather

Worksheet

Identify Supporting Details: The Weather

Third Grade

Writing

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

Worksheet

Identify Supporting Details: The Weather

Worksheet

Identify Supporting Details: The Weather

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

Third Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Make a City Guide For Kids!

Activity

Make a City Guide For Kids!

Third Grade

Writing

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

Activity

Make a City Guide For Kids!

Activity

Make a City Guide For Kids!

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

Third Grade

Writing

Activity

What's a Zipper? A Writing Game

Activity

What's a Zipper? A Writing Game

Third Grade

Writing

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Activity

What's a Zipper? A Writing Game

Activity

What's a Zipper? A Writing Game

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Third Grade

Writing

Activity

PEEL Paragraph Graphic Organizer

Worksheet

PEEL Paragraph Graphic Organizer

Fifth Grade

Writing

Help students organize their ideas and structure their paragraph responses with this PEEL graphic organizer!

Worksheet

PEEL Paragraph Graphic Organizer

Worksheet

PEEL Paragraph Graphic Organizer

Help students organize their ideas and structure their paragraph responses with this PEEL graphic organizer!

Use this nature journal to inspire kids to get outside and learn in the great outdoors!

Use this nature journal to inspire kids to get outside and learn in the great outdoors!

Kindergarten

Writing

Worksheet

American Heroes: Biography Writing

Workbook

American Heroes: Biography Writing

Third Grade

Reading

Everything a kid needs to read and write a biography. Learn about some inspirational Americans, try your hand at writing someone else's story, and consider what makes heroes so compelling.

Workbook

American Heroes: Biography Writing

Workbook

American Heroes: Biography Writing

Everything a kid needs to read and write a biography. Learn about some inspirational Americans, try your hand at writing someone else's story, and consider what makes heroes so compelling.

Third Grade

Reading

Workbook

Opinion Writing: My Favorite Food

Worksheet

Opinion Writing: My Favorite Food

First Grade

Writing

In this fun essay-writing activity, young writers will complete a graphic organizer to plan their thoughts, then refer to it to write a short opinion piece about their favorite dinner.

Worksheet

Opinion Writing: My Favorite Food

Worksheet

Opinion Writing: My Favorite Food

In this fun essay-writing activity, young writers will complete a graphic organizer to plan their thoughts, then refer to it to write a short opinion piece about their favorite dinner.

First Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Create a Family How-to Guide

Activity

Create a Family How-to Guide

Third Grade

Writing

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

Activity

Create a Family How-to Guide

Activity

Create a Family How-to Guide

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

Third Grade

Writing

Activity

Special Broadcast: Happy Dad's Day!

Activity

Special Broadcast: Happy Dad's Day!

Third Grade

Writing

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

Activity

Special Broadcast: Happy Dad's Day!

Activity

Special Broadcast: Happy Dad's Day!

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

Exercise your beginning writer's creativity and sentence-building skills with this fun family project, all about mom!

Exercise your beginning writer's creativity and sentence-building skills with this fun family project, all about mom!

Third Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Mother's Day Cookbook

Activity

Mother's Day Cookbook

Third Grade

Reading

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

Activity

Mother's Day Cookbook

Activity

Mother's Day Cookbook

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

Third Grade

Reading

Activity

Map Your Essay: Graphic Organizer

Worksheet

Map Your Essay: Graphic Organizer

Fourth Grade

Writing

Young writers map out their essays with the help of this graphic organizer.

Worksheet

Map Your Essay: Graphic Organizer

Worksheet

Map Your Essay: Graphic Organizer

Young writers map out their essays with the help of this graphic organizer.

Fourth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Create a Recipe to Practice Writing

Activity

Create a Recipe to Practice Writing

Third Grade

Writing

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Activity

Create a Recipe to Practice Writing

Activity

Create a Recipe to Practice Writing

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Third Grade

Writing

Activity

Write a Pet Sitter Guide

Activity

Write a Pet Sitter Guide

Third Grade

Writing

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

Activity

Write a Pet Sitter Guide

Activity

Write a Pet Sitter Guide

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

Third Grade

Writing

Activity

Informational Writing Graphic Organizer

Worksheet

Informational Writing Graphic Organizer

Third Grade

Writing

Young writers will review the basic structure of an informative essay, including the topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion, as they complete this graphic organizer.

Worksheet

Informational Writing Graphic Organizer

Worksheet

Informational Writing Graphic Organizer

Young writers will review the basic structure of an informative essay, including the topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion, as they complete this graphic organizer.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

Third Grade

Writing

Activity

Newspaper Article Template

Worksheet

Newspaper Article Template

Fourth Grade

Writing

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

Worksheet

Newspaper Article Template

Worksheet

Newspaper Article Template

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

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

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

Use this reading and writing worksheet to teach first and second grade students about Angela Davis and her life as an activist, writer, and scholar.

Use this reading and writing worksheet to teach first and second grade students about Angela Davis and her life as an activist, writer, and scholar.

Have a monstrous amount of fun with this series of ghoulish writing activities. Get acquainted with famous monsters like Frankenstein, and write a few frightful stories of your own.

Have a monstrous amount of fun with this series of ghoulish writing activities. Get acquainted with famous monsters like Frankenstein, and write a few frightful stories of your own.

Fifth Grade

Reading

Workbook

Outline an Informative Paragraph

Worksheet

Outline an Informative Paragraph

Fifth Grade

Writing

Use this sample paragraph and outline to help students write their own informational paragraphs.

Worksheet

Outline an Informative Paragraph

Worksheet

Outline an Informative Paragraph

Use this sample paragraph and outline to help students write their own informational paragraphs.

Fifth Grade

Writing

Worksheet

Journal Writing Task Cards #1

Worksheet

Journal Writing Task Cards #1

Third Grade

Writing

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

Worksheet

Journal Writing Task Cards #1

Worksheet

Journal Writing Task Cards #1

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

Third Grade

Writing

Worksheet

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