Students will craft their own essay using this graphic organizer as a helpful way to get started.

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.

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.

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

After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

Encourage students to use vivid, descriptive imagery with this creative worksheet!

These fun dog-themed worksheets will help fifth graders practice their reading comprehension skills.

Read through a student’s how-to and tips for touring the Pentagon. While reading, students will decide if they should use a preposition or conjunction in the text.

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

Give your students some practice writing an informational essay about the American Revolution!

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, let students use their creativity to model the two main settings from the story!

Students will read a fascinating, informational text about fungus, then follow steps to write a conclusion.

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!

Learn more about the life of Anne Frank, a tragic, true-life story of a young girl caught up in the horrors of war.

Take mystery and suspenseful writing to the next level with this worksheet! Students can revise sentences and then use this exercise to make their own writing more evocative. Use this worksheet to practice adding vivid details to sentences.

A soccer ball flies toward the goalie, but what happens next? Let your budding writer create his own story, using this picture prompt as a starting point.

Get kids in the holiday spirit by practicing 30 Days of Gratitude! This activity is perfect for November, but can also be done year-round.

Introduce your students to words and phrases that will strengthen their argument writing.

In this nonfiction writing worksheet, learners will select and draw an animal to represent each season, then write a short paragraph describing one of the animals.

Students will practice writing hook questions and then write their own introduction to an informational text about animals that echo.

How can you care for your community? Get students thinking deeply with this engaging Ramadan-themed writing prompt!

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

Help students learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.

Inspire learners to think and write creatively with this fun writing prompt about an Earth Day discovery!

This prewriting exercise will help your writers shape their topic and start to generate support ideas.

Young writers will practice identifying the five parts of an effective argument before writing their own argument.

When writing dialogue, it's important to know where to place quotation marks and other punctuation. Get some practice with this passage from The Secret Garden.

With this exercise, your students will master the art of revision using standard editing marks.