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

Second graders love field trips! Help them share their opinion about the best field trip location while using this handy paragraph organizer.

The Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy is a great tool to help students identify and understand story elements. In this fun brainstorming activity, budding writers will use the format to start generating a story of their own!

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea. Students will read about an significant Native American tribe and determine the most important information in the text.

Write an ice skating story based on the illustration on the page. It can be silly or heartfelt, even science fiction!

What are Floyd and Roly talking about? Fill in the word balloons and make up your own comic!

Children learn to plan and organize their compositions with this writing prompt and template.

Here's a fun way to get your first grader writing stories; this one's about a mouse, cat, and cheese!

This baby dinosaur needs help forming his first sentence! Your second grader can build reading and writing skills with our beginning sentence writing worksheet.

Teach young writers to spice up sentences with adverb phrases in this engaging activity.

Practice basic capitalization rules with this worksheet which asks: to capitalize or not capitalize?

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea as they read about a famous historical figure.

This guided practice reinforces how strong writers make claims and support them with strong evidence.

Children learn to plan and organize their compositions with this writing prompt and template.

Students will look over a sample reading response letter and identify important elements in the text.

Use this resource to give your student practice with editing for complete sentences.

This graphic organizer will help your young writers organize and explain their supporting evidence.

Get kids thinking about their opinions! This worksheet will help you gain an understanding of how your students organize their ideas prior to crafting a new writing piece. This resource pairs well with the Household Chores writing prompt.

Catch a glimpse into your students’ thoughts and ideas while simultaneously assessing their spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills!

Give your students the opportunity to put a friendly letter together!

Once students have completed a first draft of narrative writing, use this handy checklist to guide them through the peer review process. Students will look for clear sequencing, compelling details, complete sentences, and correct spelling and punctuation.

Young writers will love using this planning sheet to plan out their very own fairy tale. It includes sections for planning the characters, setting, and three parts of the story.

Oh, no, our prince has a dragon hot on his heels...really, really hot! Let your 1st grade author decide what happens next.

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.

Fourth graders can practice writing and storytelling in this creative writing exercise based on a make-believe pet dinosaur!

What do a goofy green frog, bright blue castle, and pretty pink princess have in common? Your first grader will write a fairy tale all about it!

Have you seen the Easter Bunny? Help your first grader write his very own Easter story. He'll recall some fun memories, plus he'll build writing skills!

Rev your creative engines! This worksheet will help your second grader build his reading and writing skills, and practice making sentences of his very own.

Help students track their thinking in the beginning, middle, and end of learning new concepts.