Help students to think critically and practice their writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a quote by poet Julia Alvarez.

Encourage an entrepreneurial spirit with this Respond to a Topic worksheet that gets kids thinking about what type of business they could build!

Get learners' creative juices flowing with this thought-provoking, leap year-inspired writing prompt!

Get your little storyteller in gear for creative writing! This story starter worksheet is perfect for honing your child's writing skills.

Successful peer conferences are a breeze with this narrative writing checklist! Students will review their own writing and a partner's writing, checking for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

The Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy is a great tool to help students identify and understand story elements. In this fun brainstorming activity, budding writers will use the format to start generating a story of their own!

Learners practice their creative writing with this fun, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a costume with a superpower twist!

In this writing exercise, children write a descriptive paragraph or two about the colors that surround them in autumn.

Practice argumentative writing with this prompt about making Earth Day a national holiday. 

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Look out, a twister is headed this way! This tornado writing prompt is sure to trigger a creative story from your young writer.

The California condor has been brought back from the brink of extinction. This worksheet will help your little bird lover learn all about the condor.

With this exercise, students will practice writing counter-arguments and rebuttals.

Students read background information about June as National Great Outdoors Month and then respond to reflective questions.

The grizzly bear once roamed across most of North America; now its habitat has shrunk to the northwest. Discover more about the grizzly with this worksheet.

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

Introduce your students to argument writing with this high-interest prompt about homework!

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spooky info page, all about zombies! Your child will learn the ways of the walking dead as he hones his reading skills.

Get to know more about your family's meaningful traditions with this fun interview activity.

Thanksgiving is a special time of year to get children talking about being thankful. Use these writing prompts to explore three different types of writing on the same topic.

If you're stuck at home this summer, try these fun pretend postcards instead for an exercise in creative writing!

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!

Use this fun bee-themed worksheet to help your students write a poem all about bees!

Introduce this graphic organizer as a way to help students compose opinion pieces.

Children are invited to plan their ideal Thanksgiving in this creative writing exercise.

Families in the United States live in all different settings. Kids think about the similarities and differences between rural and urban life on this worksheet.

Dialogue moves narratives along and can add much-needed drama to otherwise stagnant writing. In this worksheet, students get a chance to practice writing dialogue to add to their personal narratives.

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, let students use their creativity to model the two main settings from the story!

Discover more about the dingo, a type of wild dog that lives in Australia, in this worksheet.