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.

The horned lizard has a scary exterior but a gentle personality. Your little student can learn about this North American lizard with this worksheet.

Use this resource with your students to challenge them to reflect on the year and determine a person whom they should thank. Your students will write a thank you note to that person.

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).

Have some fun with haiku! Practice syllable counting and creative writing by coming up with funny haiku poems for April Fools' Day.

Children are invited to plan their ideal Thanksgiving in this creative writing exercise.

What's going on here? Your child can decide what's happening and where these characters might go next, using this writing prompt as a start.

Check out this fun Halloween writing prompt that will surely scare up some writing skills in your child.

Imagine what would happen if a crow wanted to be a peacock! Give your little storyteller a fun way to practice their creative writing with this prompt.

Give your Mother's Day gift a personal touch with this heartwarming Mother's Day card, which gives kids practice in writing friendly letters.

Does your 3rd grader have a case of writer's block? Hand him this creative writing worksheet featuring a knight and a dragon doing battle.

Here's a chance for your kid to dream up his very own superhero! With this narrative writing worksheet, he'll brainstorm strong verbs and adjectives.

Third person narrative is one of the most common techniques used in storytelling. Help your young writer understand when to use "it" or "they" as they endeavor to write a personal narrative using the singular and plural forms of third person pronouns.

Invite students to think creatively—and eco-consciously!—this Earth Day with this writing prompt.

Who is your favorite larger-than-life character? Help your young reader understand story structure with this tall tales activity.

More and more schools are beginning to celebrate the 100th day of school. Help your child list her biggest accomplishments from the first 100 days of school.

Children write about how they would care for a pet turkey in this creative writing exercise.

This Valentine's Day, create a special card for your loved one in the form of a heart-shaped cinquain.

This worksheet helps list ways to conserve natural resources by starting out each sentence with an idea.

Help your 2nd grader compare and contrast their own traits to their favorite book character's traits with this graphic organizer.

Make a hand-crafted Father's Day gift -- and work on writing at the same time -- with this retro-inspired Father's Day card.

In this creative writing prompt, children recall a past Thanksgiving and describe what made it so memorable.

Students will write an expositional essay about second grade with this end-of-year informational writing assessment. Use the included rubric as a jumping off point to assess student writing for proper grammar, structure, and content.

Use this resource with your students to challenge them to reflect on a memorable experience from the school year. Get your students to think about how it changed them and what they learned, all while showing off their writing skills.

Write a summer-themed dialogue for this mother and son, then color in the pictures.

Children practice parts of speech as they learn about this special poetry genre.

Why do we celebrate Easter? Encourage your child to practice her creative writing skills by answering this holiday question.

This exercise helps students pre-write their ideas in an organized way when faced with an on-demand writing prompt.

Your students have been working hard all year on their narrative writing skills. Now it's time to see just how much they've learned! Assess your students' growth with this narrative writing prompt and rubric.

Having interviewed their classmates, students will practice their expository writing skills describing what they learned in complete sentences.