Your fourth grader can practice story sequencing and flex their reading comprehension by putting the paragraphs in order to tell a story beginning to end.

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

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

Find out the names of some famous people that share your birthday month, then check and see what qualities you share!

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

Do your students know that sentences can be stretched out using prepositional phrases? When this happens, sentences have a greater depth of meaning!

This lunch time story is completely out of order! Can your child read each sentence and number them correctly so that the story makes sense?

Students practice sequencing story events with this worksheet. Cut out the sentences into strips and then build your story by arranging them in the best order.

In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line spells out a word or message! Give your child a fun challenge with this acrostic "mother" poem starter.

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.

Watch out for this big, bad Bushido! Bushido is a Japanese word meaning "way of the warrior." It's up to your child to write the story of this super samurai.

Does your child need a head start in creative writing? Give her this story starter worksheet, and she'll help Marnie figure out how to bake her muffins!

Students will look at a sample essay and try to pick out the kind of details and big ideas that make an informative essay tick.

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea as they read about a famous historical figure.

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.

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea. Students will read about an significant Native American tribe and determine the most important information in the text.

Use this resource with your students to challenge them to reflect on the year and pick out the highs and lows of the year. We all go through them, and what is important is that we learn from them.

Surprise! Young writers are prompted to write a personal narrative about a time they were surprised. Students will practice sequencing and prewriting skills as they use this fun watermelon-shaped graphic organizer to plan out their personal narrative.

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

Introduce students to this graphic organizer to help them outline their ideas for an essay of their own.

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an persuasive essay with this engaging activity.

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an informative essay with this engaging problem-solving activity.

Students will craft their own essay using this graphic organizer as a helpful way to get started.

Use this bubble chart to brainstorm your favorite superhero's real strengths.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

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