Brighten your writing by learning how to build and describe great characters!

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

Use this chart to categorize your chosen superhero’s real and supernatural strengths.

Get the scoop on your stories with this ice cream graphic organizer!

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

Use this resource to assess your students’ informational writing skills.

Using this template, young writers will draft their topic sentence, reasons, and concluding sentence.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

Use this exercise with your students to create short summaries with transition words.

In this exercise your students will color code the key components of an example informative paragraph.

Give your students practice in catching the reader's attention by using a strong hook in their writing!

Get your thoughts organized with this handy graphic organizer! Kids can use this template to deconstruct any story they're working on in school.

Hold on to your extra eyes and slimy green ooze -- this isn't your average creative writing prompt!

Young writers respond to three relatable prompts in this three-page nonfiction writing exercise.

Personal narrative writing is all about you! Get kids thinking and writing about their personal experiences and how they felt about them.

If your child likes to rhyme, have him try this fun style by using the format of poet Edward Lear.

Help your student practice story organization with this exercise, where they'll identify the supporting details that properly support the main idea.

Learn about story progression and story organization with this ladder graphic organizer.

Young writers practice forming and defending an opinion in this engaging three-page persuasive writing template.

Children draw on their own experiences to craft a personal narrative in this essay-writing worksheet.

This worksheet offers useful support for third and fourth graders as they learn to read and write informational essays.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

If students need a little extra practice sorting out the context of sensory words, this worksheet will help!

Help children hone their creativity and critical thinking skills while providing hands-on experience with design planning, reflection, and writing process.

Practice sentence writing with these prompts, perfect for struggling writers.

Children tap into their natural abilities in this worksheet that invites them to make a persuasive written argument!

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Use this resource to assess your students’ skills when it comes to responding to narrative prompts.

On this third grade reading and writing worksheet, kids complete each sentence by writing in the missing quotation marks.