The legend of Robin Hood was passed down through ballads. After reading about him, you and your child can try writing a ballad of your own!

What if you came upon a monster in the woods? Have your little writer use their imagination to create a story based on this scene!

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

Assess kids' ability to support opinions with this writing prompt.

This printable game is a walk in the park! Get fired up for figurative language with this fun and creative metaphor game.

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!

A diamante poem is a diamond shaped poem. Show your students an example of this type of poem and invite them write their own diamantes!

Take notes on peer conversations as students explain points that support their answers.

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.

Get students' wheels turning and stomachs churning with this reflective writing prompt!

This composition prompt asks kids to consider one thing they can do and one thing they can stop doing this Earth Day.

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?

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine story dialogue with characters from another story.

Learners hone their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about Valentine's Day candy consumption!

This Father's Day, encourage your child to get to know dad a little better by writing a brief biography.

Invite students to practice their argumentative writing skills with this leap year-inspired writing prompt!

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing!

This worksheet offers useful practice for students learning about this figurative language device.

Invite students to think creatively—and eco-consciously!—this Earth Day with this writing prompt.

Challenge your students to refine their thinking and explanations!

Children reflect on the significance of this holiday with this thoughtful writing prompt.

Imagine you are a reporter in the midst of a zombie outbreak! Bring some spookiness to your child's daily writing journal with this fun prompt.

Children are invited to plan their ideal Thanksgiving in this creative writing exercise.

The Peter Pan story says that mothers tidy their children's minds at night! Think deep and list what your mind is like before and after mom cleans up.

In this creative writing prompt, children recall a past Thanksgiving and describe what made it so memorable.

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

In this creative writing prompt, students will imagine what it would be like to turn into a werewolf at the stroke of midnight every Halloween. 

Practice storytelling and illustration skills with this two-part adventure!

Children will write a checklist of the things they are most excited to do this summer using this printable template. 

Students read background information about April as National Volunteer Month and then respond to reflective questions.