Familiarize with the nonfiction genre by thinking about all the nonfiction you read or see each day.

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

This worksheet is designed to provide additional support for students who need extra practice with the basic revising and editing skills.

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

This skydiver is in for a surprise! What will happen next? Your little writer will use his imagination to write a story that explains this wacky picture.

This worksheet is a lovely introduction to cinquains and poetic forms.

Is your town famous for being the home of a creepy creature? If not, this worksheet gives kids the opportunity to create one!

Spellers take their skills to the stratosphere with this fun practice worksheet.

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

Here's great exercise for writers of any age - building a character with supporting details! In this case, a vampire character.

After finishing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, readers reflect on the major elements of the story with these writing prompts.

What if you were the last person on earth? Give your child some fun writing practice with this sci-fi writing prompt.

This fun worksheet will expose your learners to important musicians in the African American community.

Does your child need a head start in creative writing? Give her this story starter worksheet, and she'll help Marnie figure out how to bake her muffins!

Record the sights, smells, tastes and sounds of winter! This winter writing prompt challenges your child to practice sensory description.

Getting your child in the Easter mood is not a problem with this writing prompt! Challenge her to think back on her favorite Easter memory and write about it.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

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

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Kids imagine what they would do if a scarecrow showed up for Thanksgiving dinner in this creative writing exercise.

Help your students' confidence in writing persuasive essays grow with this tree graphic organizer. Using this worksheet, students will make connections between opinion, reasons, and examples in their persuasive writing.

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.

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

Get ready to ring in the New Year with a fun writing prompt, all about New Year's resolutions. This is a good way to build paragraph-writing skills.

Write an ice skating story based on the illustration on the page. It can be silly or heartfelt, even science fiction!

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.

n this funny fairy tale, a brave young man has a few run-ins with some boastful ghosts.

The elegant and simply style of renga is the perfect way to introduce your child to the rhythm and style of poetry.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ... flying baby? Your imaginative young writer can come up with a story for this unlikely superhero.