Each inventive activity on the board inspires children to use their imagination while completing an academic task.

Make personal narrative and dialogue prep a breeze with this organizer! Students will practice sequencing and prewriting as they put together their personal narrative about a time they were surprised by something or someone.

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

Helping your students support their opinions with thoughtful reasons will prepare them to write strong persuasive texts.

Young writers expand their transition word lexicon in this comprehensive three-page worksheet.

Working on figurative language skills? Assess student understanding of simple hyperboles with this writing exercise. Your kids will be hyperbole hotshots when they've finished this worksheet!

There are many ways that writers can add voice to their writing, including dialect, emotion, word choice, and ALL CAPS.

Give your students the opportunity to turn boring titles into interesting titles!

Watch out for this big, bad Bushido! Bushido is a Japanese word meaning "way of the warrior." It's up to your child to write the story of this super samurai.

Students will form their own opinions, as they voice whether or not they think children should be allowed to wear Halloween costumes to school.

Children will enjoy dreaming up their dream Valentine's Day gift in this simple drawing and writing prompt.

In this brief questionnaire, students will think about who their audience is and what they believe.

Learners will practice identifying supporting details in a short text, then consider three supporting details they might use for an opinion piece of their own.

How cool would it be to have a pet dragon! Have fun with this "what if" writing prompt, and spin a fun story about the adventures you'd have.

Finished with the first draft of informational writing? Let this handy checklist guide students through a peer review conference! Students will check for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

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!

Enlighten the holiday spirit in your beginning writer, and have her respond to this Christmas writing prompt about the holiday colors.

Give your students practice in catching the reader's attention by using a strong hook in their writing!

Children will use their imaginations to write a fanciful holiday story in this creative writing worksheet.

Have your students think of story elements as ingredients for a delicious narrative! Young writers will consider setting, characters, the problem, and the solution with this fun pre-writing organizer!

What is this tractor trying to build? Help your second grader build his creative writing skills with this beginning sentence writing worksheet.

Encourage students to develop an informational paragraph using a personal anecdote!

Encourage students to share their writing with classmates and receive feedback to improve their writing with this peer publishing worksheet.

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.

Give your students practice planning purposeful writing!

This worksheet walks students through an example of how the dialogue between two or more characters can help writers change the pacing of a narrative.

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.

This engaging worksheet is a fun way to introduce a playful form of figurative language to young writers.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

Mini musicians, get ready for a jukebox adventure back in time! Visit the Library of Congress Jukebox website to hear 5 classic melodies by famous composers.