These cut-and-paste cards provide students with steps for writing the introduction, body, and conclusion parts of an informational text.

Use this template to plan and create an original comic.

Show your fifth-grader it's possible to make your own comic rather than just read them. He'll work on creative writing while he's at it!

Use this writing tool to teach your students how to write like a historian.

Encourage an attitude of gratitude with this reflective worksheet about November as National Gratitude Month.

Imagine being around in colonial America. If you were reporting about the American Revolution what would you have said about the times?

Invite learners to research Passover and record their findings using this appealing research template!

After completing Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, help learners connect with the book with this community-based extension activity! 

Invite learners to research Easter and record their findings using this spring-inspired research template!

This reading and writing worksheet teaches your young film buff about cool Coraline stop motion effects.

In this creative writing Halloween prompt, young writers will use their imaginations to dream up their very own Halloween potion.

Children will use their creative writing skills to continue the story in this fiction writing exercise.

In this activity, students will consider different strategies for coming up with titles, and practice crafting them for various pieces of text.

A diamante poem is a diamond shaped poem. Show your students an example of this type of poem and invite them write their own diamantes!

Students read background information about January as National Hobby Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a particularly eerie night of trick-or-treating!

Young writers will use their imagination and descriptive language to tell a fictional story in this seasonal writing prompt.

Get your fifth grader to polish his writing chops with this write-it-yourself comic.

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

Use this creative grammar worksheet to give your child practice making sense of text message language and translating it into formal writing.

In this creative writing worksheet, learners will use their imagination to dream up, write about, and draw an extra-special Easter egg.

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, reflect on T.J. Avery’s decisions and consequences with this extension activity.

In this writing exercise, children write a descriptive paragraph or two about the colors that surround them in autumn.

What is that strange object in the sky? This prompt will be a lift off for your young writer's imagination as he creates a story to match the picture.

Get ready for the next big snowstorm with a plan to stay cozy, safe, and happy!

Students will read a complex sentence and then break it down into bite-size chunks in order to practice rewording vocabulary in this reading fluency worksheet.

In this creative writing prompt, children recall a past Thanksgiving and describe what made it so memorable.

Students will use this worksheet to write about their thinking as they discuss their ideas!

Young writers take on the perspective of a turkey in this creative writing exercise.

Students read background information about August as National Sandwich Month and then respond to reflective questions.