Learning to add details is an important skill for early writers. Your second grader will be guided to think of details to write about a pet in this worksheet.

Encourage your second graders to develop a well-reasoned argument about the length of recesses with this writing prompt and rubric. Students can use the pre-writing planner to develop their argument, then they'll write out their opinion on page two.

Everyone loves a mystery! Give your budding writer a chance to create her own fictional story based on this picture writing prompt. What will happen next?

After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

This worksheet offers fun figurative language practice for young readers and writers.

Give young writers a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt!

Families in the United States live in all different settings. Kids think about the similarities and differences between rural and urban life on this worksheet.

Young writers will practice identifying the five parts of an effective argument before writing their own argument.

Use this assessment and the corresponding rubric to see how well students write personal narratives!

In this comprehensive two-page worksheet template, young writers will find frames for crafting thoughtful, compelling persuasive essays.

Untangle the strands of a story with this spider web graphic organizer!

The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.

The grizzly bear once roamed across most of North America; now its habitat has shrunk to the northwest. Discover more about the grizzly with this worksheet.

Support budding authors in developing their informational writing voice with this writing worksheet.

Students will sort sentences into topics and then write paragraphs to help them understand the organizational structure of writing.

This assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the realistic fiction writing genre.

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.

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for seventh grade!

Use this fun, winter-themed writing worksheet to help students learn the difference between formal and informal writing.

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.

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this summer-themed writing prompt about spending time outdoors!

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for eighth grade!

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