Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

Are there monsters in the closet? Your 5th grader will use her imagination to create a fun story based on this illustration!

What if Pinocchio were a girl instead of a boy? How would the story be different?

This high-flying cartoon wrestler is on the path to lucha libre lore, but it's up to you to decide how he gets there. Color him in and then write his story.

This worksheet walks students through the three main formatting strategies writers can use when organizing and pacing their narratives.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling a Fiction Story.

Second graders will hone their creative writing skills to come up with fabulous titles of their very own using this fun worksheet! Students will answer questions to help them hone in on the perfect title for their story.

In this nonfiction writing exercise, students will consider whether they are superstitious, what superstitions they might hold, and how they feel about superstitions in general.

What if Dorothy from the "Wizard of Oz" had tea with the Mad Hatter? Make writing practice creative and fun for your child with a coloring page story starter!

Let's write a pretend newspaper article! Here's a silly way for your child to look at telling a story the way it might be written for a newspaper.

Children are invited to dream up their ideal animal companion in this fun creative writing exercise.

This graphic organizer helps kinds understand the importance of achieving goals and how they can do it step by step.

Where is this rocket ship going? Where did it come from? Your child can create a story and get a step-up by using the word bank as a place to start!

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.

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!

Second graders will pick their favorite activity from the year to display their narrative writing skills, and the handy rubric makes it easy to provide constructive feedback on all the essential components.

Read up on the various number superstitions around the world and why certain numbers are so lucky or unlucky for certain cultures!

Familiarize with the nonfiction genre by thinking about all the nonfiction you read or see each day.

This persuasive writing prompt asks kids to write a position statement about whether students should or should not have homework over summer vacation.

In this worksheet, children will write an acrostic poem based on the word "Christmas."

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

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!

Ever wonder what happens at the North Pole on Christmas Eve? Exercise your child's imagination with a fun writing prompt, all about Santa's workshop!

Compose your own Halloween-themed acrostic poem with this worksheet that's all ready to go!

Super Floyd and Officer Ice Cream are off on an adventure! Help the dynamic duo save the day by filling in their speech bubbles.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Retelling a Fiction Story.

What would you do if you were caught in a rainstorm made of gumballs? Bring out your creativity with this wacky writing prompt.

Encourage students to put their thoughts into words on the paper with these writing prompts. Invite your students to respond to these prompts with a well-written opinion paragraph.

Is that a pirate on a dinosaur's back? Yes. Why? Let your child decide (and slip in great composition skills practice)!