Learn All Year Long

Kids and teens should read and write even when they are out of school. Why is this so important?

ReadWriteThink has a variety of resources for out-of-school use. Visit our Parent & Afterschool Resources section to learn more.

Think Hink Pinks!

Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing Poetry

This online tool enables students to learn about and write diamante poems.

Grades 5 – 10 | Activity & Project

Let children practice using different types of words in a fill-in-the-blank-story game before making their own word list for a magnetic poetry set.

Grades 5 – 8 | Activity & Project

Learn about diamante poems, and then consider the idea of cause and effect before working it into the diamante poem format.

Grades K – 6 | Tip & How-To

Encourage creativity and word play by helping a child recognize the elements of a poem and explore different ways of writing one.

Grades 6 – 8 | Printout | Word Play

Children can be card sharks in this game, which challenges players to build words from prefixes, root words, and suffixes.