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

Children embrace the spirit of the season with this Thanksgiving writing prompt.

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

Get kids thinking about their opinions! This worksheet will help you gain an understanding of how your students organize their ideas prior to crafting a new writing piece. This resource pairs well with the Household Chores writing prompt.

Review and practice writing dialogue with your students. Choose from three situations and create an original dialogue for the characters in one of them.

In this creative writing prompt, children recall a past Thanksgiving and describe what made it so memorable.

What if you discovered a secret passageway in your house! Write a story to tell what you'd do next in that situation.

Invite students to think creatively—and eco-consciously!—this Earth Day with this writing prompt.

Children reflect on the significance of this holiday with this thoughtful writing prompt.

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.

What does it mean to be struck by Cupid's arrow? Help your child build her writing skills with a Valentine's Day writing prompt.

In this nonfiction writing exercise, students will consider whether they are superstitious, what superstitions they might hold, and how they feel about superstitions in general.

Learners will love thinking and writing creatively with this fun, seasonal writing prompt inspired by St. Patrick's Day!

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Encourage students to develop an informational paragraph using a personal anecdote!

Thanksgiving is a great time to focus on family and be thankful for things in our lives. In the worksheet A Poem with Details from Your Thanksgiving, learners will write an abecedarian poem with details from their Thanksgiving break where the first letter

Invite learners to research Easter and record their findings using this spring-inspired research template!

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about a famous person. Learners will research an important figure and then write down two true statements and one false statement.

Starting a story can be the toughest part of writing. Help your child flex their creativity by starting the same story in six different ways!

Introduce students to nonfiction genres in their school or local library!

Is spilling salt really bad luck? Read about the origins of this food superstition; it may not be as odd as you think!

Learners will write an original song for planet Earth in this fun songwriting prompt.

Give your students the opportunity to conduct an interview with a family member or loved one to learn about their meaningful traditions. They will ask questions about fall traditions, finding out about clothing, food, location, and the people involved. Th

Young historians learn about four pioneering female astronauts as they hone their research skills in this Who Am I? Women in Science worksheet.

Good writers also know how to slow down the action at just the right times to build suspense and pull the reader into the moment.

Children are introduced to four inspiring members of the civil rights movement in this engaging social studies worksheet.

Did you know that in Australia, December 25th is actually during the summer? Imagine if we celebrated Christmas during the summer!

Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.