Upper grade students will practice using transition words to craft clear and cohesive writing.

In this worksheet, young writers will read two simple descriptions, then rewrite them using more vivid verbs and adjectives.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Two Perspectives.

When writing dialogue, it's important to know where to place quotation marks and other punctuation. Get some practice with this passage from The Secret Garden.

Making inferences using visual clues takes practice! Use this worksheet to help analyze visual elements.

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.

Take the monotony out of researching a topic with this Two Truths and One Lie worksheet.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Help students define and understand the difference between to, too, and two with this handy reference sheet!

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

Yippee! Get excited to practice using interjections!

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Support students’ inference skills with this targeted two-page reading worksheet. 

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

Use this exercise to give your students practice using direct quotes as evidence to support statements.

Help your students practice using two antonyms to create an oxymoron.

Use this creative reading and writing worksheet to have your child make their own two truths and one lie game to share with a friend.

This worksheet gives fifth graders targeted practice with using the prefixes "de," "circum," "trans," "sub," "tri," and "in."

Sharpen your grammar skills with this worksheet focused on using progressive tense verbs!

After reading the next few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, engage students in discussion with this two-page guide!

Practice using coordinating conjunctions with this aquarium-themed grammar worksheet!

A conjunction is a word that joins two phrases together. With the help of this worksheet, students will learn how to use conjunctions to connect related facts—and they'll learn about waterspouts along the way!

It's time to let loose and get silly with this fun figurative language exercise! This worksheet will let your students stretch their creativity as they practice using homonyms to write their own puns.

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

An oxymoron is a figure of speech made up of words with very different meanings. In this creative writing activity, students will put their figurative language skills to the test as they craft a story using some catchy contradictory phrases!

Instead of looking a word up in the dictionary, practice using context clues to find the meaning of unknown words.

With this worksheet, your fifth graders will add feeling to their writing by using hyperbole. Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration that adds emphasis and humor for extra effect. Once they complete this worksheet, they will be masters of hyperbole.

Help your students practice using root words, prefixes, and suffixes to change words and to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

Think about what you want to improve about yourself as you start the new school year with this writing prompt!