Help students learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing.

After finishing the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, give students a chance to “transmit” a memory of their own with this creative extension project! 

Students read background information about June as National Great Outdoors Month and then respond to reflective questions.

In this creative writing prompt, students will imagine what it would be like to turn into a werewolf at the stroke of midnight every Halloween. 

What lurks inside this spooky house? Your 5th grader can invent her own scary story based on this haunting illustration!

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, give students a chance to nurture their imaginations with this creative extension activity!

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

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

Help students track their thinking in the beginning, middle, and end of learning new concepts.

After reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students reflect on the major themes and events of Anne’s story with these response prompts.

What are they saying? Write the dialogue for the scientist and robot!

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

Take notes on peer conversations as students explain points that support their answers.

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

Should students have to complete assignments over winter break? Learners write an argumentative response to this winter-themed writing prompt!

Students read about Yousafzai's life, then answer a series of thoughtful questions about both education and the issues they care about.

Inspire learners' creativity with this seasonal writing prompt about finding the perfect gift for a friend!

Get learners' creative juices flowing with this thought-provoking, leap year-inspired writing prompt!

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

Practice identifying advanced formatting features found in nonfiction, including titles, headings, and subheadings.

This checklist creates a healthy habit of evaluating any typed writing. Students will check for font, spacing, indentation, illustrations, grammar, and areas of improvement.

A soccer ball flies toward the goalie, but what happens next? Let your budding writer create his own story, using this picture prompt as a starting point.

Invite learners to practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about allowing teachers to hold classes outdoors!

First thing's first: if your kid has a reading assignment, start by stating just the facts on this essential-info sheet.

Celebrate your successes with a fun writing prompt! Your child will have fun using her imagination and honing her writing skills with this writing prompt.

Young writers will write a persuasive letter in response to a formal letter.

Inspire learners to think and write creatively with this fun writing prompt about an Earth Day discovery!

Encourage your child to turn his verbal creativity into a creative writing activity by penning a short story incorporating a few of his trademark expressions.

Inspire learners' creativity with this fun, seasonal writing prompt about a St. Patrick's Day-themed adventure!