Children learn to plan and organize their compositions with this writing prompt and template.

Make writing magical with metaphors! Beginning writers can practice creating their own metaphors with this sheet as a guide.

Use your imagination to decide what you would do if you had a million dollars! Write about it in this creative writing exercise.

Young writers set off on the right foot with this realistic fiction graphic organizer.

In this worksheet, children read an example of a bio poem for jazz musician Thelonious Monk, then use the prompt to create a bio poem for a person of their choosing.

Encourage students to explore the impact of using vivid verbs and adjectives on a simple description, then practice revising a phrase on their own.

Children learn about the traditional Chinese Zodiac calendar — then get creative and design a calendar of their own, including a brief description of why they chose each animal.

Have your students practice writing with varied sentence patterns in this story writing challenge.

Upper grade students will practice using transition words to craft clear and cohesive writing.

The structure of a paragraph becomes clearer when you think critically about the choices a great author made and try to recreate them.

Read through a student’s how-to and tips for touring the Pentagon. While reading, students will decide if they should use a preposition or conjunction in the text.

For kids just entering the world of research and report-writing, here's a handy reference guide on how to write a bibliography.

Teach students to organize their thoughts before they start writing with this prewriting organizer.

In this worksheet, learners will rewrite a short paragraph using smooth, flowing sentences.

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

With this exercise, your students will master the art of revision using standard editing marks.

Your students will be ready to share their opinions and evidence when answering high interest persuasive writing prompts.

This Christmas writing prompt gets your child to think about what it's like to have Santa's job. Try this Christmas writing prompt with your young writer.

This resource gives your students practice outlining an informational paragraph on changes during the spring season.

Imagine you spent a day in the life of a snowflake. What winter wonders would you see? Have some fun with this creative writing prompt.

This graphic organizer will help your young writers organize and explain their supporting evidence.

Students will read a fascinating, informational text about fungus, then follow steps to write a conclusion.

In this exercise, students will practice writing attention-grabbing lead sentences.

What if you had $1,000, but you couldn't spend it on yourself? Flex your creativity and goodwill thinking with this writing prompt.

Whether students are revising handwritten drafts or work that has been written on the computer, this activity will serve as a resource to help your writers understand some basic word processing tools.

It's an alien invasion! How will the story end? Young writers and use their imaginations to write their own comic strip.

Ever wish you could breathe underwater? This creative writing prompt asks your child to imagine if humans could live underwater!

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!

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

Challenge your kids to translate LOL into an academic sentence! Give your students extra practice rewriting online comments so that they fit the academic setting.