This handy checklist helps your students identify all of the necessary components of an effective persuasive letter.

How can you care for your community? Get students thinking deeply with this engaging Ramadan-themed writing prompt!

How do stories of endurance and hope impact us? Inspire students to think deeply with this Passover-themed writing prompt!

Let's write a pretend newspaper article! Here's a silly way for your child to look at telling a story the way it might be written for a newspaper.

Students are asked to think critically and hone their reflective writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. quote.

What will happen to this cave-man? Your 5th grader can decide by writing a creative and exciting story to go with this illustration.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Esperanza from Esperanza Rising.

This guided practice reinforces how strong writers make claims and support them with strong evidence.

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

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about fall break requirements!

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.

This worksheet introduces fifth graders to Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

Practicing poets can refine their sense of meter and rhythm with this worksheet about stressed and unstressed syllables.

In this worksheet, children read about the March on Washington, the ideals that inspired it,  and the people who attended it.

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book with this thoughtful extension activity! 

Help your students organize their notes as they conduct research for their informational writing.

Prepare students for reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor by accessing and building background knowledge!

Get students thinking deeply with this spring-themed writing prompt about new beginnings!

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

Give young writers a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt!

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

This worksheet, which reads like riddles, will expose your learners to important abolitionists in the African American community.

Give your students some practice writing an informational essay about the American Revolution!

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

Most people use electronics every day, from cell phones to computers to microwaves. But does your child know where electronics come from?

Get your students excited about making text connections!

This language arts assessment will provide insight into your students' ability to write an animal report.

This two-page practice template guides young authors through the process of writing strong hooks, including tips, best practices, and common pitfalls.

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