The best type of introduction makes you want to learn more! Help your second graders hook their readers as they practice writing new and improved introductions using this grabby worksheet.

Encourage students to share their writing with classmates and receive feedback to improve their writing with this peer publishing worksheet.

This prewriting activity helps students focus on developing a character and scene for a story.

Students will learn that voice is the energy, intention, and tone of the piece and then practice infusing different voices into their writing.

It's storytelling time! Bring the magic of tall tales closer to home by creating a tall tale based on someone your child knows and admires.

Help your writers develop a voice with this worksheet. Challenge them to think about ways to express themselves with language, phrases, idioms, similes, and word choice.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

Partners will work together to complete this worksheet as they participate in peer editing.

Students will put their persuasive skills to work with this worksheet. They will plan and write a draft of a persuasive paragraph on whether or not to buy an electronic device of their choosing.

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.

Enjoy a sweet writing response page all about Valentine's Day. Kids will get to reflect on an important person in their life.

Students learn how to support an opinion by addressing opposing viewpoints.

Help students practice generating titles for book names in this creative exercise.

This checklist creates a healthy habit of evaluating any typed writing. Students will check for font, spacing, indentation, illustrations, grammar, and areas of improvement.

There's life on Mars! It's the Molten Martian! This curious character can be a springboard to a story by your 4th grader. Let him take off into his imagination.

Once students have completed their first draft of opinion writing, use this handy checklist to guide them through the peer review process. Students will look for a clear opinion, supporting reasons, a conclusion, and correct spelling and punctuation.

Give your students a little extra practice with basic capitalization and punctuation.

Write an informational essay about a summer topic like vacations, swimming pools, or outside games. Inspire your students to plan their essay with this summer-themed graphic organizer.

Students will then popular upper grade novel titles and determine the strategies those authors used to grab readers' attention.

Can you name what trick this skateboarder is doing? Help your second grader build his creative writing skills with this beginning sentence writing worksheet.

Got a case of writer's block? One great way to get started is to draw a picture!

This engaging worksheet is a fun way to introduce a playful form of figurative language to young writers.

This worksheet gives students practice in topic exploration and elaboration using the catchy concept of an MVP.

Learners will have fun with hyperbole in this lively writing worksheet.

Students will form their own opinions, as they voice whether or not they think children should be allowed to wear Halloween costumes to school.

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

Hey, what's Kraken? Kraken are mythical sea creatures with terrifying tentacles. Tell your young writer to come up with a story for Captain Kraken.

Students will practice creating sentences using both like and as, filling in the blanks with figurative language of their own.

Encourage your fourth graders to put their writing skills and imagination to good use by imagining that they are opening up a restaurant and writing about it!

Collect and organize your thoughts in preparation for a reading response letter with this graphic organizer.