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

This pre-writing exercise introduces five parts of a strong argument, including counter-arguments.

Students will look at a sample essay and try to pick out the kind of details and big ideas that make an informative essay tick.

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

Inspire creative thinking this Earth Day with a nature-themed reflective writing prompt.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

When students finish reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help them think about cause and effect with this graphic organizer!

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.

If your writer needs help organizing to write that big essay assignment, give them a helpful cheat-sheet full of tips on making an outline.

Use this example of a persuasive essay to dissect and identify the parts of this genre.

Read about the westward expansion of the United States and respond to questions about the informational text.

Assess your students’ ability to revise incomplete or run-on sentences.

This guided practice reinforces how strong writers make a claim that they can support with strong evidence.

How can you show love to your friends and family? Get students thinking deeply with this Easter-themed writing prompt!

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony and important settlers with this social studies worksheet.

Introduce your students to the five parts of an effective argument.

While playing this fun memory game, students will find a piece of evidence that supports each claim.

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a peculiar find at the beach following a storm!

Hook your students with this cookie-themed exercise that will teach the basics of strong persuasive writing.

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

Invite learners to research Ramadan and record their findings using this festive research template!

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Encourage children to reflect on the First and Fourth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution with this multi-page worksheet.

Students will review and play with three basic sentence structures to liven up their writing.

In this summer writing prompt worksheet, children will describe their favorite place to spend time during summer.

This guided practice reinforces how strong writers make claims and support them with strong evidence.

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

Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!

In this summer writing prompt worksheet, children will describe the summer climate where they live.