Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a suspicious snowball that zips by while on a walk down the snowy city sidewalk!

Your young writer will learn how to position prepositional phrases in a sentence diagram with this grammar sheet.

Let's get as silly as a goose with these similes! Students will get creative as they finish simple similes with this introductory worksheet. After they finish, give them a chance to share their favorites with the class!

Students read short biographies of pilot Bessie Coleman and astronaut Mae Jemison, each a pioneer in her field. They then practice using a Venn diagram to compare the lives and accomplishments of each woman.

Develop your students' writing skills with this character and setting worksheet!

Did you know that Texas was once an independent country? Travel back in time to learn about the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836.

You may not think drama and theater is its own literary genre, but it requires a whole different style of writing and storytelling.

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

Use this example of a persuasive essay to dissect and identify the parts of this genre.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Similes are all around us—sometimes you just need a little context to know how to decipher them! This lighthearted story about a twisted ankle contains two hidden similes. Can your students find them?

Your budding historian can learn about the Buffalo Soldiers, the first African American military troops to serve in peacetime.

Get to know John Coltrane, a jazz legend, with this music history worksheet! Read his mini-biography and answer some trivia.

Adjective clauses are easy to find in a sentence -- if you know how to look for them. In this adjective clause worksheet, you're the grammar detective!

Use this resource with your students to practice identifying relationships between words. As your students complete the analogies, they will notice synonym relationships.

Learners will create a decorative leaf project with their resolutions, then write a short paragraph summarizing how they hope to achieve them.

Support discussions about main ideas and summarization with these helpful language frames. This worksheet will help your students organize their thoughts and information from a nonfiction paragraph or text.

Children will love this imaginative worksheet that invites them to identify the main idea of a movie plot by coming up with a title for it!

Children help a capitalization-crazy cat edit sentences for capitalization in this grammar and mechanics worksheet.

While playing this fun memory game, students will find a piece of evidence that supports each claim.

Read this shortened version of the Monkey King story, then try your hand at writing a new folk tale starring the Monkey King himself!

Familiarize your students with clue words that help indicate cause and effect relationships.

Children practice reading with a critical eye toward grammar and punctuation in this practice worksheet.

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

Kids practice argument writing with this claims worksheet.

Young learners will correct a passage for punctuation in this proofreading exercise.

This grammar activity helps young writers practice using correct end punctuation.