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Kindergarten - 7th Grade Common Core Writing Strategies Educational Resources : Page 2

Use these discussion questions to engage students in thoughtful dialogue as they read chapters 9-12 of Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel <em>Esperanza Rising</em>!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Discussion Guide #3

Use this discussion guide to engage learners in meaningful dialogue after they&#39;ve read chapters 14&ndash;18 of Suzanne Collins&rsquo;s <em>The Hunger Games</em>.&nbsp;

Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Discussion Guide #4

Students will have the opportunity to strengthen their informational essay drafts by correcting errors in conventions and mechanics. They’ll use a checklist to guide this critical step in the writing process. 

Informational Essay: Editing

Students begin their informational writing process by gathering information through research. They will use a graphic organizer to record important information and sources and reflect on how to present the information.

Informational Essay: Prewriting With Research

Get practice identifying time order words with this helpful grammar worksheet!

Identify Time Order Words

These sentence starters support basic writing skills and organizing thoughts for kindergarteners. Telling stories not only builds creativity, it helps kids learn about communication.

Story Starters for New Writers

Kids can go on a daily writing adventure with a month's worth of prompts to keep writing skills sharp. Invent an animal, write a recipe, make three wishes, and more!

Journal Prompts For Kids

It&#39;s a scene that needs a kid&#39;s finishing touch to be complete. Can your child finish the comic strip?

Finish the Comic Strip

What&#39;s going on here? What are these two saying? This scene could use your child&#39;s creativity to be complete!

Barber Shop Comic Strip

Use this reference sheet to encourage students to use a variety&nbsp;of transition words in their writing to signal the different relationships&nbsp;between ideas.

Transition Words Reference

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

Tips for Writing a Good Beginning Sentence

Give your students a chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this engaging picture prompt!&nbsp;

Descriptive Writing: Picture Prompt #1

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she'll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

Scrambled Similes

Help your child learn to write clearly and concisely by writing her own set of "how to" instructions.

Writing Instructions

Introduce your students to eight common types of figurative language with this colorful exercise.

What Is Figurative Language?

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

Descriptive Writing: Picture Prompt #7

Give students an opportunity to flex their descriptive writing muscles with another engaging picture prompt!

Descriptive Writing: Picture Prompt #2

Let your young writer relax by practicing writing notes to friends, journal entries, and even a grocery list!

Writing Workshop: Everyday Writing

Children will read simple pasta directions, then select the correct transition words from the choices shown.

Adding Transition Words

Increase your student&#39;s ability to spot incorrect grammar with this Sentence Fixer worksheet. Students will practice their capitalization, punctuation, and dialogue skills to fix up this set of sentences.

Sentence Fixer

Paraphrasing is all about summing up a lengthy text, and it can be a great way to help your child hone reading comprehension skills.

Paraphrasing Practice

Descriptive language and metaphoric phrases take the spotlight in this workbook. Kids use new vocabulary and common phrases to tackle writing skills.

Figurative Language

Descriptive Writing: Picture Prompt #9

Descriptive Writing: Picture Prompt #11

Improve students' argument writing skills by identifying and removing irrelevant details with this middle school writing worksheet!

Argument Writing: Removing Irrelevant Evidence

Improve your child&#39;s reading comprehension, and introduce them to a classic children&#39;s story, with this worksheet on The Story of a Stuffed Elephant.

Reading Comprehension: Stuffed Elephant

Descriptive Writing: Picture Prompt #6

Learn the secret ingredient to a well-organized paragraph in this fun writing exercise!

Paragraph Sandwich

In this sixth-grade worksheet, students hone their narrative writing skills by practicing identifying and removing irrelevant details to strengthen a story.

Narrative Writing: Removing Irrelevant Details

Descriptive Writing: Picture Prompt #5

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