Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Get started with writing and explaining great opinions with these words.

On a dark and story night... Spookify your storytelling time with some scary story cards!

Children practice parts of speech as they learn about this special poetry genre.

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

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.

Up, up and away! Your comic book enthusiast will have a BLAST with this super comic book writing project.

Spin a spooky tale with a creative writing card game, perfect for a dark and creepy Halloween night around the campfire.

Children learn about Día de los Muertos as they practice finding and supporting the main idea in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

Budding essayists will practice organizing their ideas using the template and prompts on this worksheet.

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills as they respond to a narrative prompt.

For little private eyes everywhere, here's a chance to play detective! Your child will use writing and drawing skills to finish this fun and furry comic strip.

Practice argumentative writing with this Earth Day-themed prompt about tourism's impact on the environment. 

Here are four examples of mineral resources for kids to think about, plus a short explanation of what a mineral resource is.

Build great sentence writing skills with these sentence prompts for kids.

Give your students a chance to think critically and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt.

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.

This narrative writing worksheet teaches your budding author how to use quotes. Correctly using quotes in writing comes in handy for all ages.

Organizing your thoughts is an essential part of the writing process. It's easy--and fun--with this brainstorming worksheet.

Let your creative juices flow in this crazy writing prompt worksheet!

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

This worksheet is a lovely introduction to cinquains and poetic forms.

From making a list of supplies to drawing a picture of the steps, this worksheet guides kids through the first phase of the writing process.

Upper grade students will practice using transition words to craft clear and cohesive writing.

Add, remove, move, and substitute! Use this fun revising strategy to revise a sample essay.

Your young writer can practice his storytelling skills with this character development worksheet, where he'll outline 4 fictional characters.

Great writing is in the details! As students revise their narrative writing, encourage them to use more descriptive details. This worksheet helps students dig deeper and revise their writing to include more adjectives.

Looking for an alternative activity to ignite the imaginations of your reluctant writers? Use this fun comic book template to introduce creative writing to your students. Novice writers and artists alike will delight in the chance to create their own comi