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Have you ever opened an umbrella indoors? Some people think that action causes bad luck! Read all about how this superstition came to be.

Good writers also know how to slow down the action at just the right times to build suspense and pull the reader into the moment.

Here's a great activity to get your second grader's mind going and creativity in action! He'll write a story to go with the picture and even get to color too.

After learning about a predator/prey relationship in the wild, students can use these organizers as a pre-writing exercise for informational paragraph writing. Students will use action verbs and adjectives to describe their predator and prey.

Your first graders have been working hard on honing their narrative writing, so now it's time to put their practice into action! Use this writing prompt activity to assess your students’ abilities to develop a setting when writing narrative texts.

Your first graders have been hard at work learning how to write engaging narratives, so now it's time to put their knowledge into action! Use this writing prompt activity to assess your students’ abilities to use key details when writing narrative t

Analyzing what a character says and does in a story can help determine their personality or character traits. This resource gives students practice in harnessing this important reading comprehension skill.

Young writers set off on the right foot with this realistic fiction graphic organizer.

Students can practice finding transition words using a sample text about the popularity of soccer that’s chock full of transitions.

Use this classic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson to introduce students to onomatopoeia.

It's an alien invasion! How will the story end? Young writers and use their imaginations to write their own comic strip.

Keep this study aid handy during homework time, or keep a copy in the back of your binder for classroom reference.

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!

This story starter will help your child learn about story structure and plot. She'll read the beginning and the end, filling in the parts that are missing.

Does your child need a head start in creative writing? Give her this story starter worksheet, and she'll help Marnie figure out how to bake her muffins!

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

Young writers discover strategies for creating compelling introductions that capture a reader's interest in this writing worksheet.

Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.

Encourage students to use vivid, descriptive imagery with this creative worksheet!