There are many different ways to start a story! Hone creativity and build knowledge about literary devices with these fun story starting prompts.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

Use this creative writing exercise with your students to tell a story from another character’s point of view.

After finishing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, readers reflect on the major elements of the story with these writing prompts.

Welcome visitors to one of the 50 states with this fun research and letter-writing activity!

Whether you say buffalo or bison, it is still the largest land mammal in North America. Discover a bit more about this majestic animal.

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

Show your fifth-grader it's possible to make your own comic rather than just read them. He'll work on creative writing while he's at it!

Practice letter-writing basics with this cut-out Mother's Day card template!

You've never heard a ghost story like The Phantom Knight of Vandal Camp! Discover the scares, if you dare, behind this tale before writing the ending.

Peter Pan says what? Your child adds to the famous story with his imagination in this fun writing exercise.

Students will practice creating sentences using both like and as, filling in the blanks with figurative language of their own.

In this exercise, your young writers will write a persuasive letter to a person of their choice.

Use these vocabulary flashcards with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Young writers take on the perspective of a turkey in this creative writing exercise.

Fourth graders can practice writing and storytelling in this creative writing exercise based on a make-believe pet dinosaur!

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing.

Take notes of student peer conversations all in one document!

All writing needs support! Give your young writer some structure with this supporting statements activity.

Your students will be digging into nonfiction texts in search of the purpose and main idea of a passage.

Grab a quill and ink ... it's time to write Santa a Victorian letter! Give your child a dose of history with this festive writing prompt.

Get your fifth grader to polish his writing chops with this write-it-yourself comic.

A letter is found in an attic. There's a mystery ahead! Your young author can use their imagination to create a fictional story based on this writing prompt.

This story starter will help your child learn about story structure and plot. She'll read the beginning and the end, filling in the parts that are missing.

What if the dragon guarding castle was just a household pet? Help your young writer boost her creativity with this fun prompt.

Get to know grandpa a little better with a fun interview exercise! Your writer will practice building sentences and using descriptive language.

Jump into a comic strip with this creative writing prompt. Tell a story about your life as a superhero!

Children are known to be excellent volunteers! Channel this skill and passion for helping others by facilitating a community service project, and then have them use this worksheet to reflect more deeply about their experience.

Get students looking ahead and setting goals for themselves in the new year with this resolutions writing worksheet.