Children learn about the traditional Chinese Zodiac calendar — then get creative and design a calendar of their own, including a brief description of why they chose each animal.

Your students will have fun developing the setting of a story with this graphic organizer.

Young writers will traverse the story mountain to create a narrative plot of their own! Students will consider various story elements, including characters, setting, climax, problem, and solution with this great visual aid.

Give your students extra practice in writing titles and headlines that include correct capitalization.

It’s fun to dream about the future! In this activity, students write a persuasive paragraph about why their dream career is a good choice.

What do you want to be when you grow up? This cute worksheet will help them learn about supporting the main idea with supporting details with their writing.

It’s fun to think about the future! In this activity, students write a persuasive paragraph about what they need to learn in order to make their dreams come true.

A magical pirate scene serves as a prompt for young writers in this creative writing worksheet.

Take your stand among the comic book greats, and create your own superhero legend!

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.

Children will create a timeline of a parent, grandparent, or loved one with this biography template.

Mmmm! Can you smell the Christmas cookies in the oven? Warm up your child's writing skills with this Christmas cookies writing prompt.

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.

Roarrr!! What is this T-Rex trying to say? Help your second grader build his reading and writing skills with this beginning sentence writing worksheet.

This friendly sea turtle is trying to say something, can you help him? Give your second grader practice writing sentences with this worksheet.

Can you name what trick this skateboarder is doing? Help your second grader build his creative writing skills with this beginning sentence writing worksheet.

Ready to add some magic to the standard creative writing process?

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Help your students solidify their use of transition words with this cute version of the classic ugly duckling story. By helping to fill in the missing transition words throughout the narrative, students will flex their sequencing and organization skills.

Take a stab at haiku poetry with this free-form haiku writing worksheet. All you need is imagination and a pen!

Children discover how a paragraph resembles an inverted traffic light, with its topic, supporting, and closing sentences.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Create a Nonfiction Big Book.

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!

What are Floyd and Roly talking about? Fill in the word balloons and make up your own comic!

This baby dinosaur needs help forming his first sentence! Your second grader can build reading and writing skills with our beginning sentence writing worksheet.

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.

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.

Rev your creative engines! This worksheet will help your second grader build his reading and writing skills, and practice making sentences of his very own.

Learners will write an original song for planet Earth in this fun songwriting prompt.

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