Upper grade students will practice using transition words to craft clear and cohesive writing.

It's the zombie apocalypse! What happens next? Your child will flex his creative writing skills with this fun Halloween writing prompt, all about zombies.

Write a summer-themed dialogue for this mother and son, then color in the pictures.

Kids imagine what they would do if a scarecrow showed up for Thanksgiving dinner in this creative writing exercise.

Celebrate the spirit of Halloween, and share a spooky story! With this creative writing exercise, your child will describe his costume and what inspired it.

Children keep track of their weekday reading with this useful two-page template.

Writers learn how to plan a well-written paragraph with this two-part worksheet.

Become a more powerful writer with this worksheet about sentence structure created for third and fourth graders!

After reading the classic Aesop fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare," students will use their imaginations to compose their own introductions using one of the most common story hooks (fact, question, description, statement, or sound).

Analogies are a way of describing the similarities between two things by comparing them.

Print out a set of weather-themed postcards to give your child practice identifying seasons. These weather postcards also allow kids to practice writing skills.

Get creative this Valentine's Day with a writing prompt! Your child can use his imagination to come up with a story behind this romantic day.

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

Third person narrative is one of the most common techniques used in storytelling. Help your young writer understand when to use "it" or "they" as they endeavor to write a personal narrative using the singular and plural forms of third person pronouns.

Don’t just read nonfiction—learn from and engage with it in this graphic organizer!

What would happen if two snails entered a race? Start your own story with these slow-and-steady snails!

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

In this worksheet, young writers will read two simple descriptions, then rewrite them using more vivid verbs and adjectives.

Young writers practice forming and defending an opinion in this engaging three-page persuasive writing template.

With this art-based activity, students will practice supporting their opinion with evidence.

What is it like to be an ant? After reading Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg, your students will know!

Children will go on a nature walk and observe their surroundings, then write a letter to nature, in this two-page mindfulness worksheet.

Analyze a friendly letter with this second-grade reading worksheet!

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

Use this assessment and the corresponding rubric to see how well students write personal narratives!

Take the intimidation out of narrative writing with this exciting alternative! Budding writers and artists alike will love the chance to get creative with this comic book template.

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

In this two-part project, children will choose five things they are thankful for, and write them on feathers.

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help learners analyze two characters from the book with this creative extension activity!

This worksheet walks students through an example of how the dialogue between two or more characters can help writers change the pacing of a narrative.