Use this open-ended writing activity to assess your students’ abilities to write informational texts and include appropriate text features. Students are asked to write about a topic of their choice using key details and facts, including at least one text

Finished with the first draft of informational writing? Let this handy checklist guide students through a peer review conference! Students will check for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

What if you had to relive the worst day ever! Have some April Fools' Day fun with this silly writing prompt.

Help your little one make a DIY Father's Day gift with this simple letter-writing activity. Kids will learn how to structure a letter and more.

Time to play detective! Can you describe what happened int his scene, just by looking at the picture? Practice making inferences by looking at context.

Have you ever heard of a giraffe that loves to roller skate? This fun-filled story starter is sure to put a smile on your little writer's face.

Get creative juices flowing with this desert island story starter that encourages creative thinking and helps reinforce the link between words and pictures.

Before your third grader puts on a costume, have him practice writing sentences that support a single topic. The topic of this worksheet? The fun of Halloween!

Dive into creative writing with this visual story prompt.

Have some fun with haiku! Practice syllable counting and creative writing by coming up with funny haiku poems for April Fools' Day.

Celebrate Easter by trying your hand at acrostic poetry!

What if you had a T-Rex as a pet? Dino lovers can put their imaginations to the test with this adorable story starter.

Students will get to track their own learning on a topic using this graphic organizer. First they'll write down thoughts and questions they have about a topic. After reading, they'll record their new thoughts and consider how their responses have changed.

What would happen if two snails entered a race? Start your own story with these slow-and-steady snails!

This story starter featuring an alien eating ice cream will have her begging to complete this exercise and then probably begging for an ice cream cone as well!

A polar bear on a beach? Give your silly storyteller a fun way to practice her writing skills with this picture-perfect story starter.

Help your students prepare to write an argumentative piece with this writing prompt activity. This worksheet will jumpstart the writing process by having students articulate an opinion and come up with supporting evidence and details.

It’s time for Halloween and the houses are getting all decorated! Help kids get into the Halloween spirit by drawing decorations on a house, then write a narrative about the house.

This worksheet helps list ways to conserve natural resources by starting out each sentence with an idea.

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: Putting it Together to Find the Main Idea.

Super Floyd and Officer Ice Cream are off on an adventure! Help the dynamic duo save the day by filling in their speech bubbles.

Use this mid-year assessment to get a glimpse into your young writers and their skills when it comes to writing narratives.

These adorable octopi are in love! Your child can be the storyteller with this worksheet, and finish their love story after coloring them in!

It’s fun to think about the future! In this activity, students write a persuasive paragraph about what they need to learn in order to make their dreams come true.

Write a Christmas story in this holiday-themed writing worksheet.

This set of picture cards can help students to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details.

Your child can grab her pencils, both plain and colored, and get to work flexing her literary muscles by writing an illustrating a fairy tale.

Put a silly spin on a sad holiday by tickling your funny bone with some calaveras literarias.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Who are the Key Characters?