Use this graphic organizer to explore a beloved summer pastime in writing.

There's life on Mars! It's the Molten Martian! This curious character can be a springboard to a story by your 4th grader. Let him take off into his imagination.

How would the story of the Frog Prince go if it was told from the perspective of the other frogs in the pond?

Have a blast completing this mouth-watering writing exercise by writing down the steps you would take to create the perfect ice cream sundae.

Year-round school: yay or nay? Use your persuasive writing skills to make a case.

This robot soldier has found something on a Mars exploration that he's taking back home. What is it? Only your imaginative young author can decide.

Try rewriting a childhood favorite, Peter Pan, as if Pan was the bad guy and Captain Hook was the good guy!

This joker is walking right into bad luck, literally! You get to decide what happens to him after he walks under this ladder. Be as creative as you want.

What if you woke up on Christmas morning and time had stopped! What would happen next?

What if you were the last person on earth? Give your child some fun writing practice with this sci-fi writing prompt.

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.

Super villain Mt. Crushmore and superhero The Human Shield are battling it out...with sharks! What mighty and menacing things are they saying to each other?

Encourage your little writer to exercise his creativity and write a story about this wacky scene.

Use this prewriting activity to help students organize their writing and reinforce transitional language.

Voice is the energy, intention, and tone of a piece. Students will practice identifying voice in writing, then examine an excerpt from an award-winning text that book with a strong example of voice.

Did you know that in Australia, December 25th is actually during the summer? Imagine if we celebrated Christmas during the summer!

What if Friday the 13th really did cause everybody bad luck? Let your creativity jump off from here and write about the worst possible Friday the 13th.

What if Dorothy's house had landed in New York City instead of Oz?

Where could this map lead to? Give your beginning writer a fun way to exercise his creativity.

In this exercise, we'll practice expanding upon general concepts.

Children will use their imaginations to write a fanciful holiday story in this creative writing worksheet.

What if the monster under the bed was just lonely and shy? Have some spooky fun with this writing prompt to challenge your point of view.

Can your fourth grader write their own comic strip? Let them give it a shot, with this fill-in-the-blank adventure featuring A.J. and C.K.

It seems that Christmas magic has gone haywire! Be creative and write a story to explain this silly holiday scene.

Let your fourth grader dig deep into their imagination to come up with their own adventure for A.J. and C.K., in this fill-in-the-blank comic strip.

Do Christmas angels play hockey? Use your imagination to elaborate on this wacky winter scene!

A.J. and C.K. are at it again! If your child is into comics or graphic novels, they're sure to love this do-it-yourself comic adventure.

A.J. and C.K. are at a baseball game! Let your fourth grader use their big imagination to fill in the speech bubbles in this comic strip-writing adventure.

Djinn are evil genies who live in a parallel world. Tell your 4th grader to write about his favorite superhero defeating this djinn.

Help students organize their ideas and structure their written responses with the PEEL strategy!