Kids strengthen their pre-writing skills and learn about character development with this planning worksheet.

Students answer key questions about their main character to develop details in this pre-writing worksheet.

This worksheet template guides children through the pre-writing and writing process, helping them to organize their thoughts before they write.

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

Have your students think of story elements as ingredients for a delicious narrative! Young writers will consider setting, characters, the problem, and the solution with this fun pre-writing organizer!

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.

After learning about a predator/prey relationship in the wild, students can use these organizers as a pre-writing exercise for informational paragraph writing. Students will use action verbs and adjectives to describe their predator and prey.

Encourage your second graders to develop a well-reasoned argument about the length of recesses with this writing prompt and rubric. Students can use the pre-writing planner to develop their argument, then they'll write out their opinion on page two.

Learn more about your students' favorite school subjects with this engaging opinion writing prompt and rubric. Students will contemplate their favorite subject while they fill out the pre-writing planner, then they'll write out their essay on page two.

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.

Challenge your students to form a well-reasoned argument with this writing prompt (and rubric!) that's sure to evoke some strong opinions. Students will think about how much homework second graders should be given and make their case in essay form.

What kinds of games would you play in the jungle? Give your little monkey a fun way to practice her storytelling skills with this story starter prompt.

Have you ever heard of a giraffe that loves to roller skate? This fun-filled story starter is sure to put a smile on your little writer's face.

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

Kids will skip count by fives in this hidden animal dot-to-dot. This connect the dots worksheet contains a hidden picture of a whiskered beaver.

Hop, skip, and jump using compensation in this second- and third-grade addition worksheet!