Have your students think of story elements as ingredients for a delicious narrative! Young writers will consider setting, characters, the problem, and the solution with this fun pre-writing organizer!

Learners will practice identifying supporting details in a short text, then consider three supporting details they might use for an opinion piece of their own.

Second graders love telling stories! Help them plan their own small moment stories using this handy graphic organizer.

Children discover how a paragraph resembles an inverted traffic light, with its topic, supporting, and closing sentences.

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.

An acrostic poem is one of the most easy and rewarding ways for younger children to write poetry. Fill in the blanks to spell out "family".

Here's a great activity to get your second grader's mind going and creativity in action! He'll write a story to go with the picture and even get to color too.

Make writing magical with metaphors! Beginning writers can practice creating their own metaphors with this sheet as a guide.

Use your imagination to decide what you would do if you had a million dollars! Write about it in this creative writing exercise.

Young writers set off on the right foot with this realistic fiction graphic organizer.

In this worksheet, children read an example of a bio poem for jazz musician Thelonious Monk, then use the prompt to create a bio poem for a person of their choosing.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

Mmmm! Can you smell the Christmas cookies in the oven? Warm up your child's writing skills with this Christmas cookies writing prompt.

Encourage students to explore the impact of using vivid verbs and adjectives on a simple description, then practice revising a phrase on their own.

Children learn to structure a paragraph in this hands-on writing organization exercise.

Children learn about the traditional Chinese Zodiac calendar — then get creative and design a calendar of their own, including a brief description of why they chose each animal.

Have your students practice writing with varied sentence patterns in this story writing challenge.

Upper grade students will practice using transition words to craft clear and cohesive writing.

The structure of a paragraph becomes clearer when you think critically about the choices a great author made and try to recreate them.

A good introduction draws a reader into the story and makes them want to learn more. Help your second graders hook their readers as they practice writing strong introductions using this helpful worksheet.

Children reflect on the meaning of American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and legacy in this thoughtful writing practice and drawing worksheet.

Give your child practice with his writing skills with this printable writing worksheet that prompts your child to write about rainbows.

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

Read through a student’s how-to and tips for touring the Pentagon. While reading, students will decide if they should use a preposition or conjunction in the text.

A strong hook will grab a reader's attention and pull them into your story! This organizer will help young writers try out different ideas and decide on the strongest hook for their personal narrative.

Give your students extra practice in writing titles and headlines that include correct capitalization.

Put proper punctuation into practice with these read-along stories.

Take your stand among the comic book greats, and create your own superhero legend!

For kids just entering the world of research and report-writing, here's a handy reference guide on how to write a bibliography.