Help kids get a leg up on writing practice! These sentence starters will boost their storytelling skills and help them practice handwriting as they go.

Young writers respond to three relatable prompts in this three-page nonfiction writing exercise.

Young writers will practice forming and defending an opinion in this engaging three-page persuasive writing template.

Children will use this simple template to write a friendly letter to Santa Claus.

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

Use a kid-friendly rubric to help your students peer-review their persuasive essays!

This worksheet will help your students determine whether they can construct a solid argument around a claim they have made about a story.

Use this survey to help students think about their opinions and reasoning for eight high-interest prompts.

With this art-based activity, students will practice supporting their opinion with evidence.

Young writers will write a persuasive letter in response to a formal letter.

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

Encourage students to put their thoughts into words on the paper with these writing prompts. Invite your students to respond to these prompts with a well-written opinion paragraph.

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

Use this mid-year assessment to get a glimpse into your young writers and their skills when it comes to responding to opinion writing prompts.

With this worksheet, students will read a short text about Malala Yousafzai's fight for girls’ rights to education in Pakistan, and then answer questions about the importance of standing up for what they believe in.

In this creative essay-writing prompt, children identify something they love to do, then write the ways that they might turn this pastime into a vocation.

Children are invited to voice their opinion about an issue that is important to them with this letter-writing prompt and template.

Kids practice persuasive writing with this money-themed worksheet.

Challenge students to come up with arguments and counter-arguments for a controversial topic, whether they agree or not.

Helping your students support their opinions with thoughtful reasons will prepare them to write strong persuasive texts.

Would you rather travel through time or travel through space? Explore limitless frontiers while writing science fiction.

What would your perfect Christmas tree look like? Have your beginning writer practice descriptive writing to answer this fun Christmas creative writing prompt!

Kids practice argument writing by taking a position on devices in the classroom.

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

Assess your students’ grasp on writing norms and style within the opinion writing genre.

Get to know your readers with this practice prompt, to help kids learn the importance of writing for an audience.

In this worksheet, kids support an opinion about school lunches with reasons.