Try a Chinese poetry style called wu-yan-li-shi, which hopeful immigrants wrote while waiting on Angel Island in California to be admitted to the U.S.

Help students practice their handwriting while writing these sentences as neat as can be. Students will also get a chance to practice counting the number of words in each sentence.

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.

Looks like Santa Claus is in trouble! It's up to your creative writer to unravel the mystery behind this mysterious letter.

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Help your young reader hone his critical thinking skills with this worksheet that challenges him to write his own book review.

This story starter featuring an alien butterfly catcher will surely put your little one in a silly mood! Add color to the picture and write a story about it.

Engage your students in argumentative writing by having them share an opinion on a topic that may be near and dear (or not so dear!) to their hearts—homework!

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!

What do you think this crab is up to? It's time to let your child be the storyteller with this fun coloring and creative writing worksheet.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your budding writer practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story related to friends.

Give your students the questions and organizer to evaluate creative work. Use this worksheet to guide student evaluations of their partner’s creative products.

In first grade, kids will begin to reflect on and write about what they are reading. This worksheet will help them to practice.

Let your first grader brag a bit about his best skills and enjoyable, after-school activities.

Let your students choose a scientific concept that they want to base their story on and then, just for fun, ask them to write a few pages of a science fiction story.

What would you wish for if you had the chance? This writing prompt is a fun way to get beginning writers using their creativity.

This worksheet will have your child read a brief passage, and then decide on his favorite part.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

This worksheet will guide students through writing more thoroughly supported opinion essays.

Children are invited to create their own works of fan fiction with this inventive worksheet template.

What a silly sea lion! Can you tell his story? Give your child a head start writing a creative story with this fun coloring page!

Have you heard of an eco-friendly robot? Give your child a head start writing a creative story with this fun coloring page.

A day of fishing is interrupted by a giant sea monster! What happens next? This writing prompt will help your student stretch his imagination.

How would you show your love on Valentine's Day? Be as creative as you want with this fun writing prompt.

Drawings are fun to incorporate into writing and can add a lot to a story. In this worksheet, young writers learn the importance of labeling the illustrations they include in their narratives.

It's storytelling time! Bring the magic of tall tales closer to home by creating a tall tale based on someone your child knows and admires.

Challenge your students to refine their thinking and explanations!

This exercise will challenge your child's powers of recollection as well as his communication skills. It also provides an introduction to the research process.

Did you spill the salt? Step on a crack? Do you even care? You decide what, if anything, causes bad luck. Get the juices flowing for some creative writing.

I spy a typo! Students will get to put on their copy editing hats in this fun worksheet. By looking closely at the sample narratives, students check for correct ending punctuation and capitalization.

Help students get ready to write personal narratives by brainstorming interesting topics to write about. Through this activity, students will consider past birthdays to see if they can come up with a small moment to focus their narratives on.