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

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

Write an ice skating story based on the illustration on the page. It can be silly or heartfelt, even science fiction!

Show students how vivid a well-written description can be and then let them create imagery of their own.

The first half of Dotty's story is here, but the second half is missing! Can your child come up with her own ending to complete the page?

Catch a glimpse into your students’ thoughts and ideas while simultaneously assessing their spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills!

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

Your fourth grader can practice story sequencing and flex their reading comprehension by putting the paragraphs in order to tell a story beginning to end.

Spellers take their skills to the stratosphere with this fun practice worksheet.

Get in the mood for Halloween with a spooky creative writing prompt. Your child will imagine and write about adventures in a haunted house!

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.

After students have learned about reading response letters they can use this checklist to polish their own letter.

Use a kid-friendly rubric to help your students peer-review their persuasive essays!

Polish your writing skills with this spooky Halloween writing exercise! Your child will use his imagination to build a scary story from this prompt.

In the worksheet Blog Template: Listicles, young blog writers create a list of suggestions or ideas and provide a brief description of each with a bullet point.

Helping your students support their opinions with thoughtful reasons will prepare them to write strong persuasive texts.

This critical thinking worksheet, part of our upcoming A Day in the Life of the President workbook, challenges kids to plain their own campaign tour!

How would our lives be different if we were aquatic creatures living underwater? Have your kid flex his creativity with this fun writing prompt.

Get to know your readers with this practice prompt, to help kids learn the importance of writing for an audience.

Get kids thinking about their opinions! This worksheet will help you gain an understanding of how your students organize their ideas prior to crafting a new writing piece. This resource pairs well with the Household Chores writing prompt.

What if you discovered a secret passageway in your house! Write a story to tell what you'd do next in that situation.

We all know the classic tale of the Three Little Pigs, but no one has heard it from the wolf's point of view!

In Greek mythology, it was believed that trees had souls called dryads. These female spirits would watch over the forest.

With this art-based activity, students will practice supporting their opinion with evidence.

Encourage students to develop an informational paragraph using a personal anecdote!

Get creative with this Halloween writing exercise. Your child will write a brief paragraph on the topic provided. Think scary thoughts!

A great title hooks the audience and gives readers an idea about what they’ll be reading. With this worksheet, your writers will learn different strategies for crafting titles for any piece of writing.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ... flying baby? Your imaginative young writer can come up with a story for this unlikely superhero.

Enlighten the holiday spirit in your beginning writer, and have her respond to this Christmas writing prompt about the holiday colors.

Starting a story can be the toughest part of writing. Help your child flex their creativity by starting the same story in six different ways!