Characters are at the very center of any story, and learning how to create dynamic characters is essential for budding writers. Your students can use this handy organizer to plan rich character development in their creative writing.

Your students have been working hard on their narrative writing skills! Use this writing assessment to evaluate their abilities to develop and describe characters in their narrative writing texts.

Teach your kindergarten students how to improve a piece of written work. Aspiring writers can use this revision checklist to make their writing even better!

Kindergarten students have lots of opinions! Help them write a review of their favorite game to share with their classmates.

Here's a great activity to get your second grader's mind going and creativity in action! He'll write a story to go with the picture and even get to color too.

Write an informational essay about a summer topic like vacations, swimming pools, or outside games. Inspire your students to plan their essay with this summer-themed graphic organizer.

Help your students develop and prepare a well-reasoned argument with this handy organizer! First students will choose a topic that they feel strongly about, then they'll explain the reasons for their opinion and practice writing a concluding statement.

Give your child practice with his writing skills with this printable writing worksheet that prompts your child to write about rainbows.

A strong hook will grab a reader's attention and pull them into your story! This organizer will help young writers try out different ideas and decide on the strongest hook for their personal narrative.

Give your students practice organizing informational texts into corresponding paragraphs using indentations!

Use this paper template to create a miniature lantern with your own wishes for the coming year.

Children are introduced to Sonia Sotomayor, one of the nine Supreme Court justices, and the only Latina, in this reading and writing worksheet.

Can you name what trick this skateboarder is doing? Help your second grader build his creative writing skills with this beginning sentence writing worksheet.

Help students practice generating titles for book names in this creative exercise.

Students will use a comic book format to organize conversations within their personal narratives and practice the writing process.

Use this open-ended writing activity to assess your students’ abilities to write informational texts and include appropriate text features. Students are asked to write about a topic of their choice using key details and facts, including at least one text

Great writing is in the details! As students revise their narrative writing, encourage them to use more descriptive details. This worksheet helps students dig deeper and revise their writing to include more adjectives.

Practice proper punctuation with this read-along worksheet.

Learners will practice identifying supporting details in a short text, then consider three supporting details they might use for an opinion piece of their own.

This colorful worksheet will help kindergarteners develop ideas for persuasive writing about their favorite desserts. The worksheet includes prompts like "I think" and "it is the best because."

Ask your kindergarten students to help Sam get ready in the right order. In this activity, students will learn about sequencing.

Children practice identifying and writing opinions with supporting details in this appealing worksheet.

Got a case of writer's block? One great way to get started is to draw a picture!

Give your students practice bringing their stories to life as they write realistic fiction!

Use this handy worksheet to help your students (and you!) keep track of their writing goals. Refer to the goals during writing workshop conferences, and be sure to have students add to them and revise them as needed.

Help your third grader learn how to use sensory words to describe something with this great vocab-building worksheet.

Help your students get excited about choosing a title for their fictional story with this helpful planning sheet. Students will also plan an important character and surprising plot moment in their stories!

Give your students practice in using editing symbols for punctuation and capitalization.

This pink rabbit needs some punctuation! Kids will add pauses, quotes, and exclamations by adding the proper punctuation to this story.