Students will use transition words to support understanding of comparing and contrasting.

Children use a watermelon graphic organizer to craft a personal narrative with this fun template!

In this fun essay-writing activity, young writers will complete a graphic organizer to plan their thoughts, then refer to it to write a short opinion piece about their favorite dinner.

Kids practice narrative writing with this personal prompt.

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a walk in the woods that takes an unexpected turn when the trail disappears beneath the snow!

Encourage learners to engage in research by offering them this Research Graphic Organizer to help guide their explorations and record their findings.

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.

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this suspenseful, summer-themed prompt about hearing a rustling noise from the woods at summer camp!

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

What's your favorite animal? Kids love answering that question, and with this animal research graphic organizer, they can write all about it.

Learn about a few common insects and arachnids as you color them in!

Young writers map out their essays with the help of this graphic organizer.

Writers learn how to plan a well-written paragraph with this two-part worksheet.

In this worksheet, learners will practice planning and writing a compelling persuasive paragraph on the topic of social media.

Young writers will review the basic structure of an informative essay, including the topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion, as they complete this graphic organizer.

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

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

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

In this worksheet, learners come to better understand the different kinds of narratives, and how they are similar and different, by creating a map of narrative genres.

This worksheet offers an engaging, meaningful framework for young writers as they learn to build and write compelling arguments.

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

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

This worksheet will help your writers begin to craft their essay by walking them, step-by-step, through paragraph writing and structuring their ideas.

Help your beginning writer become an excellent essay-writer with this helpful proofreading practice sheet.

In this resource, students will practice writing a simple summary of a fiction story using a paragraph frame with sequence words.

This worksheet helps young writers see the difference sensory words can make by asking them to compare sentences with sensory words and without.

Children practice identifying and writing a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a conclusion in this narrative writing worksheet.

In this paragraph editing page, kids will have a great time editing this love letter from a Victorian gentleman.