With an emphasis on grammar, mechanics, and style, this checklist is a great way to help writers hone their editing skills and gain familiarity with the writing process.

In this fun essay-writing activity, young writers will complete a graphic organizer to plan their thoughts, then refer to it to write a short opinion piece about their favorite dinner.

Help students organize their ideas and structure their paragraph responses with this PEEL graphic organizer!

Children learn to identify and use common time and sequence words in this grammar and vocabulary worksheet.

In this worksheet, learners come to better understand the different kinds of narratives, and how they are similar and different, by creating a map of narrative genres.

Readers will reinforce their understanding of key narrative features in this writing exercise.

Put proper punctuation into practice with this Bigfoot read-along worksheet.

Kids practice narrative writing with this personal prompt.

Learn about a few common insects and arachnids as you color them in!

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

What's your favorite animal? Kids love answering that question, and with this animal research graphic organizer, they can write all about it.

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

Encourage students to explore the notion of identity with this reflective writing and drawing prompt!

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Young writers discover strategies for creating compelling introductions that capture a reader's interest in this writing worksheet.

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a walk in the woods that takes an unexpected turn when the trail disappears beneath the snow!

Assess your students’ narrative writing skills with this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 6th grade.

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

In this thoughtful opinion-writing worksheet, children will describe the season they like best, and why.

Analyzing what a character says and does in a story can help determine their personality or character traits. This resource gives students practice in harnessing this important reading comprehension skill.

Encourage learners to engage in research by offering them this Research Graphic Organizer to help guide their explorations and record their findings.

Help students better understand what it means to have a topic with a broad scope versus a narrow scope with this helpful worksheet! 

Young writers reflect on a time they worked hard to earn something! Kick off the writing process with this narrative writing graphic organizer.

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

Learn to edit like a pro in this writing worksheet!

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this fun, summer-themed writing prompt about finding something mysterious buried in the sand!

Young writers map out their essays with the help of this graphic organizer.

Research your dream career with this graphic organizer! Pick a career to learn about, and then compile your notes in this worksheet.

Use this sample paragraph and outline to help students write their own informational paragraphs.