This colorful worksheet will help kindergarteners develop ideas for persuasive writing about their favorite desserts. The worksheet includes prompts like "I think" and "it is the best because."

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!

Is that a pirate on a dinosaur's back? Yes. Why? Let your child decide (and slip in great composition skills practice)!

It’s fun to dream about the future! In this activity, students write a persuasive paragraph about why their dream career is a good choice.

Why is this dinosaur holding an egg? Help your second grader get creative with his reading and writing skills with this beginning sentence writing worksheet.

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.

This exercise will challenge your child's powers of recollection as well as his communication skills. It also provides an introduction to the research process.

In this creative activity, students design and make a case for their own proposed emoji.

Students will use real nonfiction texts to search for transition words and then consider how they are used to connect ideas.

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills as they respond to a narrative prompt.

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills when it comes to responding to opinion writing prompts.

Year-round school: yay or nay? Use your persuasive writing skills to make a case.

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills in responding to an informational writing prompt.

Use this mid-year assessment to catch a glimpse of your young writers’ style and voice, while simultaneously assessing their skills within the informational writing genre.

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

Teach students to organize their thoughts before they start writing with this prewriting organizer.

This open-ended worksheet inspires students to research fascinating inventors!

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.

What's going on here? Your child can decide what's happening and where these characters might go next, using this writing prompt as a start.

How cool would it be to have a pet dragon! Have fun with this "what if" writing prompt, and spin a fun story about the adventures you'd have.