Stretch those writing skills with this "stretch a sentence" activity! Young writers will learn to expand on an idea by adding more details to a sentence.

Young writers discover strategies for creating compelling introductions that capture a reader's interest in this writing worksheet.

Children will read simple pasta directions, then select the correct transition words from the choices shown.

Introduce your third-grade writer to sensory words with this worksheet about sorting adjectives under the correct senses.

Fall is the perfect time to let your child’s imagination go wild as they design and write about their very own pumpkin person. This worksheet provides a great way to gets kids excited about both Halloween and creative writing!

Explore story sense with your young reader. First, read the astronaut's story. Then, let your imagination tell what will happen next!

Help your students solidify their use of transition words with this cute version of the classic ugly duckling story. By helping to fill in the missing transition words throughout the narrative, students will flex their sequencing and organization skills.

A fictional story has many parts that require planning. Young writers will love using this planning sheet to plan out their setting, characters, problem, solution, and choose a title.

Make personal narrative and dialogue prep a breeze with this organizer! Students will practice sequencing and prewriting as they put together their personal narrative about a time they were surprised by something or someone.

There are many ways to figure out the meanings of unknown words. Through this worksheet, students record unknown words and find out their meaning using a variety of strategies.

Use this fun worksheet to create a five senses riddle to stump your friends! Students will get practice using sensory words to describe objects with the help of a word bank.

When writing a story, adjectives make the story more colorful. This worksheet trains students to enhance sentences by adding descriptive adjectives to their writing.

Use this fun worksheet to practice creating a five senses riddle to stump your friends!

Learn all about the practice of personification in writing, then try it your hand at it by bringing life to some silly characters in this writing worksheet.

Encourage students to add sensory details to their writing with this worksheet.

Children add more transition words to their sequencing arsenal in this word-sorting worksheet.

Adding dialogue to writing makes for more entertaining and relatable story-telling. In this activity, young writers will use a fun comic book format to add simple dialogue to their personal narratives.

A lot can happen in a day! Transition words can help us organize our thoughts into a sequential story. Use this activity to teach students the importance of transition words as they tell about their day...all with the help of sentence frames!

Young writers will love using this planning sheet to plan out their very own fairy tale. It includes sections for planning the characters, setting, and three parts of the story.

Your students have been working hard on their descriptive writing skills! Assess student growth with this open-ended writing assignment and rubric that asks students to use their five senses to describe a place they have visited.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Creating Cause and Effect Skits

Transition words are essential to good writing! They provide structure and organization by connecting ideas and sentences. Help your students become familiar with common transition words with this fun word search!

Practice writing sensory poetry using this fun template that will get students thinking, drawing, and writing.

Everyone's heard the story of the ugly duckling, but have you met his new friend, the beastly bird? Help students learn about the importance of transition words when telling a story with this fun tale of outcasts who become fast friends!

As students write stories, encourage them to add dialogue to their writing with this fun worksheet. Students practice both correctly punctuating dialogue and adding details to make their writing pop!

Dialogue moves narratives along and can add much-needed drama to otherwise stagnant writing. In this worksheet, students get a chance to practice writing dialogue to add to their personal narratives.