Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.

Learners will practice identifying the author's purpose in eight sample paragraphs, using text evidence to support their choice.

Get into the spirit of Halloween, and write about your scariest experience! This writing prompt is a fun way to build grammar and vocabulary skills.

Reading has so many benefits for kids, such as improving vocabulary and language skills and helping to develop imagination and concentration. Reading logs are a great way for you and your students to keep track of their reading throughout the week!

Read Aesop's classic fable, then answer a few reading comprehension questions.

Children will read an excerpt from Stevenson's book, then respond to a reading comprehension and a creative writing prompt.

Meet the mythical Captain Stormalong, a sturdy sailor who's said to have conquered the high seas.

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, children read a fable of a man, a boy, and a donkey who are headed to market, and the advice they get along the way!

Imagine what would happen if a crow wanted to be a peacock! Give your little storyteller a fun way to practice their creative writing with this prompt.

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

Imagine you're out on the Gold Rush, mining in fields worlds away from home. What would you write in a letter back home?

Brighten your writing by learning how to build and describe great characters!

Use this worksheet to have students write or draw about their reading each day.

This graphic organizer can be used when teaching students to transform a scene from a book into a script.

A magical pirate scene serves as a prompt for young writers in this creative writing worksheet.

Color in the photogenic Photon, here to save the day!

If your child is struggling with writing composition, help him spark his imagination with a fun creative writing prompt.

Explore H.P. Lovecraft's creepy canon with this abridged, kid-friendly version of "The Statement of Randolph Carter."

Researching, both online and offline, is a skill your student will find useful in any class. This writing worksheet gives her an interesting topic to research.

This Ichabod Crane coloring page features him being chased by the headless horseman in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow!

If your fifth graders are learning how to make smooth transitions in their essays, this guided worksheet can help.

The Molten Martian isnât a bad guy, he just looks like one. Look at him â he wants a hug!

Out of this world! This prospector has begun mining for resources on Mars! Your 4th grade sci-fi lover can write a story about his daily life.

Story sequencing will allow third graders to improve their reading comprehension by putting the sequence of events in the correct order.

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

Is your student a budding novelist? Start her career off on the right foot with this short story writing worksheet.

Challenge your student to write something out of the norm! Get creative and write a screenplay based on the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

This worksheet introduces students to Jesse Owens, whose successes in the 1938 Olympics made history and paved the way for African-Americans in all sports and fields.

Here's a worksheet that's great for improving reading comprehension skills. Kids read a simple story about a girl and her kitten then answer the question below.