Students will write an expositional essay about second grade with this end-of-year informational writing assessment. Use the included rubric as a jumping off point to assess student writing for proper grammar, structure, and content.

Enlighten the holiday spirit in your beginning writer, and have her respond to this Christmas writing prompt about the holiday colors.

Take a storytelling picnic, and help your little learner weave a fun and wacky story using these story cards.

Use this resource with your students to challenge them to reflect on a memorable experience from the school year. Get your students to think about how it changed them and what they learned, all while showing off their writing skills.

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

There's life on Mars! It's the Molten Martian! This curious character can be a springboard to a story by your 4th grader. Let him take off into his imagination.

What will this hedgehog do next? It's time to let your child be the storyteller with this fun coloring sheet.

Children practice parts of speech as they learn about this special poetry genre.

Why do we celebrate Easter? Encourage your child to practice her creative writing skills by answering this holiday question.

This exercise helps students pre-write their ideas in an organized way when faced with an on-demand writing prompt.

See how seasons affect the trees with these printable weather postcards. Learn about the weather, and get some writing practice, with these seasonal postcards.

Your students have been working hard all year on their narrative writing skills. Now it's time to see just how much they've learned! Assess your students' growth with this narrative writing prompt and rubric.

Help your young writer prepare to write procedural books by filling out this planner. Considering each step of a process sets students up for success when writing how-to books.

Where could this map lead to? Give your beginning writer a fun way to exercise his creativity.

Students will get to track their own learning on a topic using this graphic organizer. First they'll write down thoughts and questions they have about a topic. After reading, they'll record their new thoughts and consider how their responses have changed.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Fantastic Fiction: Retelling Stories.

Practice identifying advanced formatting features found in nonfiction, including titles, headings, and subheadings.

Having interviewed their classmates, students will practice their expository writing skills describing what they learned in complete sentences.

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

This creative worksheet inspires students to think of themselves as artists!

Here are a few ways to help your first grader think about winter, by doing a little writing and drawing about the season.

Does your child have a wild imagination? Give them a fun outlet with a creative writing prompt! This one asks them to imagine a hidden door they've discovered.

Where is this rocket ship going? Where did it come from? Your child can create a story and get a step-up by using the word bank as a place to start!

Are there monsters in the closet? Your 5th grader will use her imagination to create a fun story based on this illustration!

Got a video game enthusiast on your hands? Give them a fun alternative with this creative writing sheet, where they'll get to make up their own video game!

Encourage your kindergarteners to practice retelling familiar stories, with pictures, as they recount a past holiday.

Students opine about their favorite animals and give reasons for their picks in this worksheet.

Geared toward children from preschool through first grade, this worksheet is a great way to introduce young students to opinion writing, as well as the importance of standing up for what they believe in.

Editing is more fun with a partner! After writing a draft of an informational piece, this activity gets students working in pairs to improve their writing. Partners will read each other's work and then use this worksheet to provide constructive feedback.

Christmas is coming soon and it's time to write Santa a letter. Ask your child to use his best handwriting, and be sure to add some festive colors.