When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

Learners will practice identifying supporting details in a short text, then consider three supporting details they might use for an opinion piece of their own.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Use this graphic organizer to help your students learn how to write a fully formed opinion. This helpful worksheet breaks down opinion writing into three easy steps that will have your kids conquering persuasive writing in no time!

This simple acrostic template for Earth Day makes it easy for kids of all abilities to pen a poem about the planet.

Familiarize with the nonfiction genre by thinking about all the nonfiction you read or see each day.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Children practice identifying and writing opinions with supporting details in this appealing worksheet.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine story dialogue with characters from another story.

Celebrate Halloween with a spooky reading exercise, where you'll learn all about werewolves! Read up on the history behind these legendary beasts.

Help your students' confidence in writing persuasive essays grow with this tree graphic organizer. Using this worksheet, students will make connections between opinion, reasons, and examples in their persuasive writing.

Your digital native will read four text messages written in “text language” and practice their formal writing skills as they make sense of the messages.

Got a case of writer's block? One great way to get started is to draw a picture!

Give your students practice bringing their stories to life as they write realistic fiction!

Your budding poet can practice rhythm in this worksheet. They'll read two poems by Robert Louis Stevenson and determine their rhythm.

Children will draw an Easter picture, then write about their picture on the lines, in this sweet writing and drawing prompt.

Children write about their favorite summer memory with this writing template, using their five senses to describe what happened.

Third person narrative is one of the most common techniques used in storytelling. Help your young writer understand when to use "it" or "they" as they endeavor to write a personal narrative using the singular and plural forms of third person pronouns.

Children are invited to reflect on the ways adversity can lead to gratitude in this thoughtful writing prompt.

Let your fourth grader dive into this fill-in-the-blank comic adventure of A.J. and C.K.

Help your students plan a well-supported persuasive letter with this planning document.

Kids imagine what they would do if a scarecrow showed up for Thanksgiving dinner in this creative writing exercise.

Help your third grader learn how to use sensory words to describe something with this great vocab-building worksheet.

Do Christmas angels play hockey? Use your imagination to elaborate on this wacky winter scene!

Children are invited to voice their opinion about an issue that is important to them with this letter-writing prompt and template.

Give your students a chance to reflect on the importance of learning and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt!

The California condor has been brought back from the brink of extinction. This worksheet will help your little bird lover learn all about the condor.

Teach students to slow the pace of the story by pausing to take stock of what’s happening around the character and inside the character's heart and mind.

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, give students this fun artistic assignment as an extension activity! 

Here's a dragon story that's never been told before, and your child can write it!