Have you ever opened an umbrella indoors? Some people think that action causes bad luck! Read all about how this superstition came to be.

Collect and organize your thoughts in preparation for a reading response letter with this graphic organizer.

Combine a fun coloring exercise and writing refresher in one with this story starter featuring an alien dancing to his favorite music!

Young writers get some hands-on character development practice with this epic writing prompt.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Evidence to Analyze a Character.

How did this Minotaur end up running track at the Olympics? Have some fun with this silly writing prompt, and use your imagination to tell a story.

Reflect on the Easter holiday with a fun writing prompt. Budding writers will put their writing skills and their creativity to the test!

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing. Standards-based rubric included.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling a Fiction Story.

Celebrate Easter by trying your hand at acrostic poetry!

Is your child ready to write her Christmas wish list? Give her some festive holiday stationery, perfect for sending off to Santa!

History buffs and fiction lovers alike will enjoy learning about legendary writer Mark Twain with this Wild West worksheet!

This skydiver is in for a surprise! What will happen next? Your little writer will use his imagination to write a story that explains this wacky picture.

All we know is that this courageous knight in shining armor is protecting this beautiful princess, and it's up to your scribe to finish the story!

Try a Chinese poetry style called wu-yan-li-shi, which hopeful immigrants wrote while waiting on Angel Island in California to be admitted to the U.S.

Looks like Santa Claus is in trouble! It's up to your creative writer to unravel the mystery behind this mysterious letter.

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Help your young reader hone his critical thinking skills with this worksheet that challenges him to write his own book review.

This story starter featuring an alien butterfly catcher will surely put your little one in a silly mood! Add color to the picture and write a story about it.

Engage your students in argumentative writing by having them share an opinion on a topic that may be near and dear (or not so dear!) to their hearts—homework!

What if Dorothy from the "Wizard of Oz" had tea with the Mad Hatter? Make writing practice creative and fun for your child with a coloring page story starter!

What do you think this crab is up to? It's time to let your child be the storyteller with this fun coloring and creative writing worksheet.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your budding writer practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story related to friends.

Give your students the questions and organizer to evaluate creative work. Use this worksheet to guide student evaluations of their partner’s creative products.

In first grade, kids will begin to reflect on and write about what they are reading. This worksheet will help them to practice.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling a Fiction Story.

Let your first grader brag a bit about his best skills and enjoyable, after-school activities.

Let your students choose a scientific concept that they want to base their story on and then, just for fun, ask them to write a few pages of a science fiction story.

What would you wish for if you had the chance? This writing prompt is a fun way to get beginning writers using their creativity.

This worksheet will have your child read a brief passage, and then decide on his favorite part.

Children are invited to create their own works of fan fiction with this inventive worksheet template.