Give your students a chance to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details in a nonfiction text.

Beginning readers track when they read by touching each word. In this worksheet, students will touch each word as they read.

This worksheet offers students extra practice in recognizing corresponding texts and audiences.

After reading the classic Aesop fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare," students will use their imaginations to compose their own introductions using one of the most common story hooks (fact, question, description, statement, or sound).

This worksheet offers useful support for third and fourth graders as they learn to read and write informational essays.

Second graders love food! Help your young writer share their opinion about the best kind of food using this helpful paragraph organizer. Fair warning, this activity might make you hungry!

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

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

Help students organize their ideas with this versatile storyboard graphic organizer! Children can use it to respond to text, organize the order of events, or even as a pre-writing tool to collect ideas.

Imagine you spent a day in the life of a snowflake. What winter wonders would you see? Have some fun with this creative writing prompt.

Kiss “The End” goodbye! This activity gets students to practice using more interesting story endings.

Get to know your readers with this practice prompt, to help kids learn the importance of writing for an audience.

Use this exercise with your students to pick out facts that would support a paragraph about spring cleaning

Help your student practice story organization with this exercise, where they'll identify the supporting details that properly support the main idea.

Give your students practice organizing informational texts into corresponding paragraphs using indentations!

Write your own Abraham Lincoln biography using a simple essay template.

Working on figurative language skills? Assess student understanding of simple hyperboles with this writing exercise. Your kids will be hyperbole hotshots when they've finished this worksheet!

In this worksheet, learners will practice identifying supporting ideas, then follow a prompt to write an informational paragraph of their own.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

This resource gives your students practice creating an outline of an informational paragraph.

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea as they read about a famous historical figure.

Students can start a personal narrative with a clear problem and solution by using this activity to organize their story. This handy graphic organizer will have students consider various aspects of their problem and solution, and how it made them feel.

Who doesn't love a good checklist? This handy worksheet can help budding letter writers make sure they include all the parts of a friendly letter.

Learners will practice identifying supporting details in a short text, then consider three supporting details they might use for an opinion piece of their own.

Use this graphic organizer to help students plan their personal narratives by drawing what will happen. Thinking about the beginning, middle, and end of their narratives encourages young writers to stretch out the small moments they write about.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Story Hooks.

Being able to write a strong conclusion is an essential skill for all story-tellers. With this activity, budding writers will practice this skill by writing two types of endings for their personal narratives.

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

Get kids thinking about their opinions! This worksheet will help you gain an understanding of how your students organize their ideas prior to crafting a new writing piece. This resource pairs well with the Household Chores writing prompt.

With this writing worksheet, challenge students to turn imaginary details into realistic details that could fit into a story.