Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Describing the World Using Sensory Language

In this activity, students will look at how to use quotation marks and and where they should go in a sentence.

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, students explore the part boycotts have played in the country’s history.

If your kid loves the book Bridge to Terabithia, he might enjoy its movie adaptation. He'll have fun reading and watching while honing his analytical skills.

With this exercise, your students will master the art of revision using standard editing marks.

On a dark and story night... Spookify your storytelling time with some scary story cards!

Use this open-ended writing activity to assess your students’ abilities to write informational texts and include appropriate text features. Students are asked to write about a topic of their choice using key details and facts, including at least one text

Finished with the first draft of informational writing? Let this handy checklist guide students through a peer review conference! Students will check for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

Use this helpful narrative writing and drawing prompt as a way to assess your students’ writing.

Help your students plan a well-supported persuasive letter with this planning document.

Children are introduced to Sonia Sotomayor, one of the nine Supreme Court justices, and the only Latina, in this reading and writing worksheet.

What if you had to relive the worst day ever! Have some April Fools' Day fun with this silly writing prompt.

Help your little one make a DIY Father's Day gift with this simple letter-writing activity. Kids will learn how to structure a letter and more.

Time to play detective! Can you describe what happened int his scene, just by looking at the picture? Practice making inferences by looking at context.

It is almost summertime! Help your kindergarteners get excited as they write a story using a picture as inspiration.

Have you ever heard of a giraffe that loves to roller skate? This fun-filled story starter is sure to put a smile on your little writer's face.

Get creative juices flowing with this desert island story starter that encourages creative thinking and helps reinforce the link between words and pictures.

Before your third grader puts on a costume, have him practice writing sentences that support a single topic. The topic of this worksheet? The fun of Halloween!

Dive into creative writing with this visual story prompt.

Did you know there were really hot lava monsters in Chilean folklore? Read a bit about the legendary cherufe.

Kindergarten students have lots of opinions! Help them focus their thinking as they share which kind of dessert they would choose and why.

Get in the mood for Halloween with a spooky creative writing prompt. Your child will imagine and write about adventures in a haunted house!

This printable game is a walk in the park! Get fired up for figurative language with this fun and creative metaphor game.

Have some fun with haiku! Practice syllable counting and creative writing by coming up with funny haiku poems for April Fools' Day.

Celebrate Easter by trying your hand at acrostic poetry!

What if you had a T-Rex as a pet? Dino lovers can put their imaginations to the test with this adorable story starter.

Students will get to track their own learning on a topic using this graphic organizer. First they'll write down thoughts and questions they have about a topic. After reading, they'll record their new thoughts and consider how their responses have changed.

What would happen if two snails entered a race? Start your own story with these slow-and-steady snails!

Show students editing symbols that are used to polish writing before publishing. Then, have them practice editing a short story.

This story starter featuring an alien eating ice cream will have her begging to complete this exercise and then probably begging for an ice cream cone as well!