Young writers will write a persuasive letter in response to a formal letter.

Introduce this graphic organizer as a way to help students compose opinion pieces.

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

Children learn how to develop the thinking skills required to move from an opinion statement to a support statement in this three-part, self-guided worksheet.

Get your students excited about making text connections!

Did you ever get bad luck from seeing a black cat cross your path? Maybe the superstition is not as scary as you thought!

A wonderful way for future voters to express their freedom and flex their writing skills is by penning a letter to a leader.

Use a kid-friendly rubric to help your students peer-review their persuasive essays!

Students learn how to support an opinion by addressing opposing viewpoints.

In this brief questionnaire, students will think about who their audience is and what they believe.

This Halloween-themed worksheet is designed to help students understand the goal of the Teal Pumpkin Project while also providing practice reading nonfiction and citing evidence in nonfiction texts.

In this nonfiction writing exercise, students will consider whether they are superstitious, what superstitions they might hold, and how they feel about superstitions in general.

In the worksheet Blog Template: Listicles, young blog writers create a list of suggestions or ideas and provide a brief description of each with a bullet point.

If you could choose just one word to best describe yourself, what word would it be?

If you break a mirror, will it really give you bad luck for 7 years? Investigate the origins of this famous superstition with a fun writing activity.

Assess your students’ grasp on writing norms and style within the opinion writing genre.

This worksheet will help your students determine whether they can construct a solid argument around a claim they have made about a story.

Beware of walking under ladders! Find out the origins of this superstition and why people avoid walking under ladders.

What does it mean to be struck by Cupid's arrow? Help your child build her writing skills with a Valentine's Day writing prompt.

Helping your students support their opinions with thoughtful reasons will prepare them to write strong persuasive texts.

Get ready to ring in the New Year with a fun writing prompt, all about New Year's resolutions. This is a good way to build paragraph-writing skills.

This Easter writing prompt will get your child to think about Easter traditions and then order his thoughts by practicing structured composition.

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

Have you ever opened an umbrella indoors? Some people think that action causes bad luck! Read all about how this superstition came to be.

Easter decorations are full of pastels, pinks and yellows! But why do those colors represent Easter? Help your child write a response to this question.

Put a fun spin on the typical "Dear Santa" letter. Your child must use persuasive language to convince Santa to bring her the presents she wants!

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

Nobody knows much about the Secretive Celestial. It's up to your young author to decide who this superhero is. Let the imagination run wild.

Enjoy a sweet writing response page all about Valentine's Day. Kids will get to reflect on an important person in their life.

Is spilling salt really bad luck? Read about the origins of this food superstition; it may not be as odd as you think!