Writing Self-Assessment This self-assessment asks children to analyze their recent work with an eye on improving their...		Father's Day Letter Use these handouts to help students brainstorm, prewrite, and write a Father's Day letter. This...
World War II: Letter to the President In this letter-writing activity, students pretend they are alive during World War II and...		Can You Identify These Proverbs? Use clues to identify these famous proverbs.
World Orphans Teach your students about the millions of children throughout the world who are orphaned or...		Quit horsing around! Idiom Children write about the meaning of this everyday idiom.
Hero/Heroine Writing Activity Students cast themselves as heroes/heroines in this creative writing activity.		Discovering Nouns 1 This worksheet provides extra practice on identifying nouns.
Planting the Seeds of Peace Children collect words of kindness, love, and caring.		Discovering Verbs 11 Give children practice in identifying verbs and their tense.
Fill-In Story: A Scary Halloween Creative writing is enhanced with this Halloween-themed assignment. Students will enjoy this...		Initial Self-Assessment: Writing Children become more capable writers by completing an inventory of their writing experiences,...
Tell Me a Story, Write Me a Poem! Children practice storytelling and write a narrative poem.		Space News Enhance science skills with an activity that focuses on writing creatively about a planet.
Princess of Black Poetry: Nikki Giovanni Share the story of Nikki Giovanni with your students, and assign the related activities to help...		Poor Richard Students use their creativity to invent new endings to Ben Franklin's famous maxims, and create...
Promises: Writing a Poem In this activity, students will learn why some events anticipate other events. Then they will...		Wingding Code Use the wingding font to create codes.
Betsy Ross Flag Company Children will answer questions about Old Glory and then create a new design for the U.S. flag.		The Peanuts Gang: Charles Schulz Share the story of Charles Schulz with your students, and assign the related activities to help...