Help your students review how develop a claim and support that claim with evidence. A claim is an opinion about a story that you can support with evidence.

Get learners' creative juices flowing with this thought-provoking writing prompt about leap year!

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

This two-page practice template guides young authors through the process of writing strong hooks, including tips, best practices, and common pitfalls.

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

Understanding first person narrative is important for every student to master! Grasp the concept of first person with the help of this worksheet.

This three-part series of writing prompts will reinforce story structure and creativity in your child's writing.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

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

Get learners' creative juices flowing with this thought-provoking, leap year-inspired writing prompt!

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, give learners an opportunity to write a story of their own that is inspired by true events!

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Kids practice argument writing with this claims worksheet.

Use this resource to assess your students’ opinion writing skills. They will respond to a prompt by formulating an opinion and supporting it with reasons and evidence from two nonfiction texts.

This goal setting worksheet is a great way for learners to identify measurable goals and make a plan for how to achieve them!

This story starter is getting warmer! Read this version of the story of Helios the sun god, then have your child make his own sun myth.

After reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help learners make connections between the book and their community with this engaging extension activity.

What is going on in this picture? Have fun with this picture writing prompt, a great way to boost creativity in your young writer.

Use this reading strategy to help your students along in their reading comprehension skills. Students will respond to literature with Stop & Jots, with or without sticky notes.

Use this mid-year assessment to catch a glimpse of your young writers’ style and voice, while simultaneously assessing their skills within the informational writing genre.

Young writers practice crafting interesting, well rounded characters for their stories with this character planning template.

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, let students use their creativity to model the two main settings from the story!

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Many famous mythical creatures tend to reflect the geography of the land around their country of origin. What does your hometown monster look like?

Help kids get a leg up on writing practice! These sentence starters will boost their storytelling skills and help them practice handwriting as they go.

Help students learn how to recognize the beats in a poem with this worksheet.

Children are guided through the process of writing clear, well supported arguments with this writing template.

Practice letter-writing basics with this cut-out Mother's Day card template!

Does your child need a head start in creative writing? Give her this story starter worksheet, and she'll help Marnie figure out how to bake her muffins!