Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Describing the World Using Sensory Language.

If you break a mirror, will it really give you bad luck for 7 years? Investigate the origins of this famous superstition with a fun writing activity.

Help your writers develop a voice with this worksheet. Challenge them to think about ways to express themselves with language, phrases, idioms, similes, and word choice.

Children are invited to reflect on the ways adversity can lead to gratitude in this thoughtful writing prompt.

What do your classmates think? Find out their favorites with this favorable opinion worksheet.

Young writers take on the perspective of a turkey in this creative writing exercise.

Put a fun spin on the typical "Dear Santa" letter. Your child must use persuasive language to convince Santa to bring her the presents she wants!

What would happen if Peter Pan invited Robin Hood to Neverland? A fun coloring page scene starts your young writer out!

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Create Your Own Story.

Help students reflect on revisions to their work and improve their writing with this worksheet.

Partners will work together to complete this worksheet as they participate in peer editing.

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.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Creating Cause and Effect Skits

Students will put their persuasive skills to work with this worksheet. They will plan and write a draft of a persuasive paragraph on whether or not to buy an electronic device of their choosing.

Celebrate the spirit of Halloween, and share a spooky story! With this creative writing exercise, your child will describe his costume and what inspired it.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Your second graders have been developing their opinion writing over the course of the year. Now it's time to assess your students' abilities to develop a well-reasoned argument with this end-of-year writing prompt about homework.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Create a Nonfiction Big Book.

Get creative this Valentine's Day with a writing prompt! Your child can use his imagination to come up with a story behind this romantic day.

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

What if Paul Bunyan stepped into the "Jack and the Beanstalk" story? Make writing practice creative and fun for your child with a coloring page story starter.

Inspire your little poet with a writing prompt for Valentine's Day! He'll come up with some sweet rhymes and create his own poem.

Enjoy a sweet writing response page all about Valentine's Day. Kids will get to reflect on an important person in their life.

Compose your own Halloween-themed acrostic poem with this worksheet that's all ready to go!

Students learn how to support an opinion by addressing opposing viewpoints.

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

Help students practice their handwriting while rewriting these sentences as neatly as possible. Students will also get to practice counting the number of words in each sentence.

Help students practice generating titles for book names in this creative exercise.

This checklist creates a healthy habit of evaluating any typed writing. Students will check for font, spacing, indentation, illustrations, grammar, and areas of improvement.