There are a lot of parts to a letter. This checklist helps students ensure they have a complete and polished piece of correspondence. It includes the main parts of a letter; conventions; format; and tips for how to choose a closing.

Inspire learners to think and write creatively with this fun and seasonal writing prompt about a mysterious letter!

Learners practice finding and editing specific punctuation errors in this letter-editing exercise.

Help your students plan a well-supported persuasive letter with this planning document.

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

Help your students write letters to a pen pal, faraway relative, and others! This letter template gives students practice writing formal letters — like persuasive or business correspondence — and friendly, informal letters.

Students will look over a sample reading response letter and identify important elements in the text.

Use this activity to teach students the structure and content of a reading response letter.

After students have learned about reading response letters they can use this checklist to polish their own letter.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Collect and organize your thoughts in preparation for a reading response letter with this graphic organizer.

A letter is found in an attic. There's a mystery ahead! Your young author can use their imagination to create a fictional story based on this writing prompt.

Send a letter to your future self with this back-to-school writing prompt!

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about a famous person. Learners will research an important figure and then write down two true statements and one false statement.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Explore the meaning of Latin roots like "scribe" and "spect" with this matching activity! Build essential vocabulary skills with this simple one-page worksheet.

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

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

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

Students build critical thinking skills as they analyze the setting in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Use this creative reading and writing worksheet to have your child make their own two truths and one lie game to share with a friend.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

An anagram is a word that can be rearranged to create other words. Make an anagram by using the same letters but in a different order!

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

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