In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, students take inspiration from the main character as they rename people and places in their lives.

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, reflect on T.J. Avery’s decisions and consequences with this extension activity.

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an persuasive essay with this engaging activity.

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Cite your sources correctly with these bibliography guidelines, which show how to properly cite sources like books, magazines, and web articles.

Using this great template to help with letter writing for kids, encourage your child to flex his imagination as he writes a letter to a friend.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

There are so many amazing animals found in the ocean! Help your students decide on one animal to write and draw about as they practice their writing skills.

This pre-writing exercise introduces five parts of a strong argument, including counter-arguments.

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

After completing Walter Lord’s book A Night to Remember, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

In this nonfiction writing worksheet, students will practice their narrative writing techniques as they draft a story about their favorite person

Students will look at a sample essay and try to pick out the kind of details and big ideas that make an informative essay tick.

After reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help learners make connections between the book and their community with this engaging extension activity.

Use this fun creative writing prompt and accompanying rubric to inspire budding authors and help them hone their narrative writing skills.

The Analyzing a Poem graphic organizer supports students with specific questions to help them understand a poem.

Inspire creative thinking this Earth Day with a nature-themed reflective writing prompt.

Have middle school students use these writing prompts as a jumping off point as they set out to write an informational essay.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Whether your student is new to paragraph writing, or needs more practice, this worksheet is a wonderful introduction, practice, or review.

When students finish reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help them think about cause and effect with this graphic organizer!

Learn the difference between fact and opinion! Your child will build basic logic skills as they decide which statements are facts and which are not.

This social studies worksheet is a great way to encourage the next generation to understand the value and impact of voting while helping learners practice reading comprehension strategies.

Help your students write letters to a pen pal, faraway relative, and others! This letter template gives students practice writing formal letters — like persuasive or business correspondence — and friendly, informal letters.

If your writer needs help organizing to write that big essay assignment, give them a helpful cheat-sheet full of tips on making an outline.

What better time to write letters than the holidays? In this activity, students practice spelling holiday words while writing a letter to a friend or family member.

Use this example of a persuasive essay to dissect and identify the parts of this genre.