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.

Where could this map lead to? Give your beginning writer a fun way to exercise his creativity.

Practice identifying advanced formatting features found in nonfiction, including titles, headings, and subheadings.

Got a video game enthusiast on your hands? Give them a fun alternative with this creative writing sheet, where they'll get to make up their own video game!

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.

What if Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman were stranded on a desert island together? It's up to your creative writer to tell the rest of the story.

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!

Use your imagination to decide what you would do if you had a million dollars! Write about it in this creative writing exercise.

With this worksheet, students will think about something they would like to see changed in the world. Provide them with this graphic organizer to organize their ideas.

Get in the spirit of Christmas with a writing prompt about your favorite Christmas gifts! Your child can use descriptive language to make a paragraph.

Can you spot the yeti? Help your child learn about a famous mythical creature with this page all about the yeti!

Catch a glimpse into your students’ thoughts and ideas while simultaneously assessing their spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills!

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

This organizer helps writers state their opinion and organize their reasons.

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

What if a pirate went head-to-head with a ninja? Your little writer will decide the ending to this wacky story prompt!

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

Have you ever wanted to be someone new? In this fun worksheet, students can apply to the job of the Easter Bunny!

Engage your fourth grader in another comic strip writing exercise with the third installment in the Adventures of A.J. and C.K. series.

After students have learned about reading response letters they can use this checklist to polish their own letter.

You decide what's happening on the page by drawing and writing it in!

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

Imagine if Pinocchio ran away and ended up in Alaska during the Gold Rush! Your little writer will decide what happens next.

There's more than one way to hook a reader! Help your students reinforce their understanding of captivating story starters with this Goldilocks-themed matching worksheet.

Collect and organize your thoughts in preparation for a reading response letter with this graphic organizer.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Story Hooks.

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

Hey, what's Kraken? Kraken are mythical sea creatures with terrifying tentacles. Tell your young writer to come up with a story for Captain Kraken.

Is your child "stuck" without a good story starter? Behold the Awful Epoxy, a sticky super villain.

A.J. and C.K. are at a baseball game! Let your fourth grader use their big imagination to fill in the speech bubbles in this comic strip-writing adventure.