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.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine story dialogue with characters from another story.

Do fish drive around from place to place? Have a fun storytelling adventure with your child and create an imaginative story to go with this picture.

What is real and what is imaginary? Give your students practice differentiating between realistic and imaginary details.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Story Hooks.

Put a fun spin on the typical "Dear Santa" letter. Your child must use persuasive language to convince Santa to bring her the presents she wants!

Children are invited to reflect on the ways adversity can lead to gratitude in this thoughtful writing prompt.

Celebrate the spirit of Halloween, and share a spooky story! With this creative writing exercise, your child will describe his costume and what inspired it.

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

This worksheet gives students practice in topic exploration and elaboration using the catchy concept of an MVP.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Conclude a Story.

Students will get to track their own learning on a topic using this graphic organizer. First they'll write down thoughts and questions they have about a topic. After reading, they'll record their new thoughts and consider how their responses have changed.

Have you ever heard of a half-horse, half-fish? In old Mediterranean folklore these mythical beasts are quite common!

Is spilling salt really bad luck? Read about the origins of this food superstition; it may not be as odd as you think!

If you break a mirror, will it really give you bad luck for 7 years? Investigate the origins of this famous superstition with a fun writing activity.

Zombies always have such a bad rep. Imagine a day in the life from the point of view of a zombie kid!

This graphic organizer helps kinds understand the importance of achieving goals and how they can do it step by step.

Students will use this worksheet to write about their thinking as they discuss their ideas!

Would you rather meet Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy?

It's time to put on your creative writing caps! Your students will enjoy writing their own endings to this unfinished story!

What happens when a crocodile has a toothache? Get together with your little storyteller for a fun creative writing activity.

Students will then popular upper grade novel titles and determine the strategies those authors used to grab readers' attention.

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

Nobody knows much about the Secretive Celestial. It's up to your young author to decide who this superhero is. Let the imagination run wild.

This goofy magician is about to perform a magic trick! Let your aspiring wizard determine what trick the magician is about to perform.

This persuasive writing prompt asks kids to write a position statement about whether students should or should not have homework over summer vacation.

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.

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

This critical thinking worksheet, part of our upcoming A Day in the Life of the President workbook, challenges kids to plain their own campaign tour!

There are many different ways to start a story! Hone creativity and build knowledge about literary devices with these fun story starting prompts.