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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.

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.

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.

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.