Search Printable 3rd Grade Common Core Essay Writing Worksheets

In this fun essay-writing activity, young writers will complete a graphic organizer to plan their thoughts, then refer to it to write a short opinion piece about their favorite dinner.

Readers will reinforce their understanding of key narrative features in this writing exercise.

Young writers will review the basic structure of an informative essay, including the topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion, as they complete this graphic organizer.

Children draw on their own experiences to craft a personal narrative in this essay-writing worksheet.

Students will discover three techniques to hook readers: with an interesting fact, a question, or by imagining a scene.

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

Second graders love telling stories! Help them plan their own small moment stories using this handy graphic organizer.

In this exercise your students will color code the key components of an example informative paragraph.

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills in responding to an informational writing prompt.

Use this exercise with your students to pick out facts that would support a paragraph about spring cleaning

This resource gives your students practice outlining an informational paragraph on changes during the spring season.

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

In this Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills when it comes to responding to opinion writing prompts.

Use this mid-year assessment to get a glimpse into your young writers and their skills when it comes to writing narratives.

Use this resource to assess your students’ skills when it comes to responding to narrative prompts.

Feelings and emotions can be a bridge to naming details and helping students identify details to use in their writing.

Use this mid-year assessment to catch a glimpse of your young writers’ style and voice, while simultaneously assessing their skills within the informational writing genre.

This worksheet offers useful support for third and fourth graders as they learn to read and write informational essays.

This resource gives your students practice creating an outline of an informational paragraph.

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills as they respond to a narrative prompt.

Use this resource to assess your students’ informational writing skills.

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

Use this mid-year assessment to get a glimpse into your young writers and their skills when it comes to responding to opinion writing prompts.