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.

What if you came upon a monster in the woods? Have your little writer use their imagination to create a story based on this scene!

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

What is that strange object in the sky? This prompt will be a lift off for your young writer's imagination as he creates a story to match the picture.

Get into the spirit of Halloween with a spooky info page, all about zombies! Your child will learn the ways of the walking dead as he hones his reading skills.

Have some fun with haiku! These haiku poem prompts mix pop culture with zen creativity.

Would you rather travel through time or travel through space? Explore limitless frontiers while writing science fiction.

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

Fall is the perfect time to let your child’s imagination go wild as they design and write about their very own pumpkin person. This worksheet provides a great way to gets kids excited about both Halloween and creative writing!

Challenge your students to form a well-reasoned argument with this writing prompt (and rubric!) that's sure to evoke some strong opinions. Students will think about how much homework second graders should be given and make their case in essay form.

Help your students plan a well-supported persuasive letter with this planning document.

What would happen if two snails entered a race? Start your own story with these slow-and-steady snails!

Second graders love telling stories! Help them share their feelings when writing about one small moment using this helpful planning worksheet.

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.

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, give students this fun artistic assignment as an extension activity! 

Read more about the Florida Skunk Ape and one of the most famous encounter stories. Then, use your imagination to write a letter about the encounter.

Adding dialogue to writing makes for more entertaining and relatable story-telling. In this activity, young writers will use a fun comic book format to add simple dialogue to their personal narratives.

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

Supporting details make a main idea stronger, and add color and interest to any story. Your early writer will describe your home and add detail to their writing.

Use details and imagery to capture this long holiday in writing.

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing.

Welcome visitors to one of the 50 states with this fun research and letter-writing activity!

This Halloween-themed worksheet is designed to help students understand the goal of the Teal Pumpkin Project while also providing practice reading nonfiction and citing evidence in nonfiction texts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

In this three-page template, students will follow the prompts to create a story map about a memorable moment of joy in their life.

When three suitors come knocking at the princess's door, which one will she choose? Read The Three Princes, then take the place of the king in an exercise.

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

Assess kids' ability to support opinions with this writing prompt.

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