When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

Get your little storyteller in gear for creative writing! This story starter worksheet is perfect for honing your child's writing skills.

The Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy is a great tool to help students identify and understand story elements. In this fun brainstorming activity, budding writers will use the format to start generating a story of their own!

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spooky info page, all about zombies! Your child will learn the ways of the walking dead as he hones his reading skills.

It's never too early to start planning for your future! After imagining what their lives will be like at age 25, students write persuasive letters to their parents asking for their support.

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

Did you know that kids all over the globe know of the boogeyman? This cautionary tale is told in almost every country!

Help your third grader learn how to use sensory words to describe something with this great vocab-building worksheet.

Assess your students’ varying abilities to write in a cohesive and sequential manner.

Tom, the boy zombie, is just a misunderstood monster. Help him tell his story from his point of view with this fun and creative writing prompt.

Who is your favorite larger-than-life character? Help your young reader understand story structure with this tall tales activity.

How cool would it be to have a pet dragon! Have fun with this "what if" writing prompt, and spin a fun story about the adventures you'd have.

Students can start a personal narrative with a clear problem and solution by using this activity to organize their story. This handy graphic organizer will have students consider various aspects of their problem and solution, and how it made them feel.

Characters are at the very center of any story, and learning how to create dynamic characters is essential for budding writers. Your students can use this handy organizer to plan rich character development in their creative writing.

What do want to be when you grow up? This worksheet gives kids the space to represent their answer to that question through drawing and writing.

Follow Chuck on vacation by looking at the pictures he took! What is he doing in each picture? Use your imagination and creativity to write captions for each.

Give your students practice using their narrative writing skills with this fun worksheet.

Mini musicians, get ready for a jukebox adventure back in time! Visit the Library of Congress Jukebox website to hear 5 classic melodies by famous composers.

Practice retelling familiar stories using this detail-oriented worksheet!

These days, we seem wired to our electronics! Challenge your child to imagine a world without electricity in this creative writing prompt.

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

Use this fun exercise to help your students add descriptive details into an eerie narrative.

Give your students practice bringing their stories to life as they write realistic fiction!

Learners will create a decorative leaf project with their resolutions, then write a short paragraph summarizing how they hope to achieve them.

Use this paper template to create a miniature lantern with your own wishes for the coming year.

Instead of reading the story and then reviewing it, kids have to put this mixed-up story back together in order to understand what's going on.

With this writing worksheet, challenge students to turn imaginary details into realistic details that could fit into a story.

Assess kids' grasp of sequencing and paragraph structure with this sheet.

Assess your students’ grasp on writing norms and style within the opinion writing genre.

Young writers will love using this planning sheet to plan out their very own fairy tale. It includes sections for planning the characters, setting, and three parts of the story.