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Give your students the opportunity to practice combining ideas using transition words and conjunctions.

Young writers expand their transition word lexicon in this comprehensive three-page worksheet.

This worksheet bundle rounds up some writing prompts for your child to explore different writing styles.

Let your young writer relax by practicing writing notes to friends, journal entries, and even a grocery list!

Use this worksheet as a tool to assist your young writers in selecting the perfect idea for their narrative.

This language arts assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the persuasive writing genre.

This pre-writing exercise introduces five parts of a strong argument, including counter-arguments.

This fun, fantastical writing prompt is a great way to practice persuasive writing, an important part of upper-elementary composition.

Uh oh! Either way you're in trouble with this scary and thrilling creative writing prompt.

This volcano writing worksheet is a great story starter and provides a different approach to composition, perfect for research-based writing.

This template guides children through the pre-writing process as they prepare to write about a special day, adventure, or experience.

If you're stuck at home this summer, try these fun pretend postcards instead for an exercise in creative writing!

Polish your writing skills with this spooky Halloween writing exercise! Your child will use his imagination to build a scary story from this prompt.

Challenge your outspoken learner to put their opinions down on paper, and practice writing persuasive text while they're at it.

Help your child learn to write clearly and concisely by writing her own set of "how to" instructions.

This assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the realistic fiction writing genre.

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.

Review parts of speech and sentence structure with a fun and creative writing exercise. Try writing a descriptive scene using no verbs!

By writing the story themselves, kids can learn to identify larger concepts and ideas in writing.

If Christmas were a person, what would he or she be like? Have some fun crafting the ultimate holiday character with this Christmas writing prompt!

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.

Tom, the boy zombie, is just a misunderstood monster. Help him tell his story from his point of view with this fun and creative writing prompt.

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

Catch a glimpse into your students’ thoughts and ideas while simultaneously assessing their spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills!

It's the zombie apocalypse! What happens next? Your child will flex his creative writing skills with this fun Halloween writing prompt, all about zombies.

Young writers will reflect on what the holiday season means to them with this seasonal writing prompt.

In this writing exercise, children write a descriptive paragraph or two about the colors that surround them in autumn.

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

Keep creativity alive this winter break with a creative writing prompt, inspired by the spirit of Christmas giving!