Practice letter-writing basics with this cut-out Mother's Day card template!

The change of seasons affects the kinds of activities we do. Use these printable weather postcards to show how activities change with the seasons.

Codes, colors, and pointing will all help your young student to practice one-to-one correspondence in this interactive worksheet. Students will touch each color-coded word with a corresponding finger while an adult reads the story aloud.

Can your little writer tell which sentence will make this thought complete? Help her practice using inference and reading for context clues.

Use these vocabulary flashcards with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Evidence to Analyze a Character.

Take a look at the colorful monster and practice writing by describing him!

Feeling grateful is what Thanksgiving is all about! Let your first grader express his gratitude with a fun drawing activity.

Young writers take on the perspective of a turkey in this creative writing exercise.

Use this helpful narrative writing and drawing prompt as a way to assess your students’ writing.

Gerry is learning how to sew, but she needs some punctuation in her story! Your kid will add life to Gerry's story by adding commas, periods, and quotations.

Arrrr you ready for a swashbuckling storytelling session? Use these cards to help your little writer spin a fun tale of pirates on the beach!

Encourage students to add sensory details to their writing with this fun worksheet.

What makes a story or picture interesting? Details! Young writers and illustrators can use this worksheet to practice making their own writing even better!

What is your favorite spring activity? Answer this question and more about the spring season by filling in the blanks to complete the sentences.

Grab a quill and ink ... it's time to write Santa a Victorian letter! Give your child a dose of history with this festive writing prompt.

Using fun materials can make following along as an adult reads much more exciting. In this activity, students will point out each word with different items to practice one-to-one correspondence.

Get to know grandpa a little better with a fun interview exercise! Your writer will practice building sentences and using descriptive language.

Engage your students in argumentative writing by having them share an opinion on a topic that may be near and dear (or not so dear!) to their hearts—homework!

Children will complete six pages of prompts designed to celebrate our home planet with this sweet, easy-to-assemble printable.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who are the Key Characters?

This story starter featuring an alien leaving to attend a birthday party will spark the imagination and provide writing practice, too!

This simple acrostic template for Earth Day makes it easy for kids of all abilities to pen a poem about the planet.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers.

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 child improve his writing skills with this printable worksheet that asks him to describe what he likes to do at school.

Help students improve peer writing conferences with this reflection exercise. Students will think critically about the feedback they received, discussing the comments they found most and least helpful. Afterwards, have them share their best peer feedback!

Let your first grader brag a bit about his best skills and enjoyable, after-school activities.