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

Use this graphic organizer to explore a beloved summer pastime in writing.

There's life on Mars! It's the Molten Martian! This curious character can be a springboard to a story by your 4th grader. Let him take off into his imagination.

How would the story of the Frog Prince go if it was told from the perspective of the other frogs in the pond?

Honor Dad this Father's Day by turning him into a veritable superhero! This printable is guaranteed to pack in the giggles (and writing practice, too).

Enjoy a sweet writing response page all about Valentine's Day. Kids will get to reflect on an important person in their life.

What story can your second grader come up with for this winter scene? They also get some coloring time to go along with the story they write.

Have a blast completing this mouth-watering writing exercise by writing down the steps you would take to create the perfect ice cream sundae.

This robot soldier has found something on a Mars exploration that he's taking back home. What is it? Only your imaginative young author can decide.

Try rewriting a childhood favorite, Peter Pan, as if Pan was the bad guy and Captain Hook was the good guy!

How would the story of Jack and the Beanstalk go if it were told from the point of view of the giant?

This joker is walking right into bad luck, literally! You get to decide what happens to him after he walks under this ladder. Be as creative as you want.

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.

What if you woke up on Christmas morning and time had stopped! What would happen next?

What if you were the last person on earth? Give your child some fun writing practice with this sci-fi writing prompt.

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

Encourage your little writer to exercise his creativity and write a story about this wacky scene.

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

Use this prewriting activity to help students organize their writing and reinforce transitional language.

What is the boy in his swim trunks asking the boy in his rain coat? Use your imagination and write down questions the two boys may be asking each other!

Give your child a fun way to polish his writing skills with a Halloween story starter. Hell get to make up his own scary story and get a creativity boost.

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

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 know that in Australia, December 25th is actually during the summer? Imagine if we celebrated Christmas during the summer!

Here's a writing prompt to put a jig in your step, and pep in your writing practice!

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.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your young writers practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story about something they’ve done in the summer

What if Friday the 13th really did cause everybody bad luck? Let your creativity jump off from here and write about the worst possible Friday the 13th.

What if Dorothy's house had landed in New York City instead of Oz?

If your child has ever fantasized about being a pro athlete, he'll enjoy this writing assignment! Characters have stats and stories have supporting details.