Use this worksheet as a tool to assist your young writers in selecting the perfect idea for their narrative.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Challenge students to come up with arguments and counter-arguments for a controversial topic, whether they agree or not.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

This story starter is getting warmer! Read this version of the story of Helios the sun god, then have your child make his own sun myth.

Use this writing tool to teach your students how to write like a historian.

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

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

Motivate students with this authentic persuasive writing experience! Students will brainstorm and choose two products before planning a persuasive essay.

This reading and writing worksheet teaches your young film buff about cool Coraline stop motion effects.

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

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Uh oh! Either way you're in trouble with this scary and thrilling creative writing prompt.

Help your child tap into this fictional attraction by sharing about their favorite character with a pen pal! Your young reader will use this fun postcard template to describe their favorite character, including their favorite piece of dialogue.

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

Show students editing symbols that are used to polish writing before publishing. Then, have them practice editing a short story.

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

One of the most popular genres is fiction. Learn what this genre is, who some of its most famous authors are, and try to write some yourself!

What lurks inside this spooky house? Your 5th grader can invent her own scary story based on this haunting illustration!

Learners will learn about a winter holiday, then complete the graphic organizer with their notes, using this festive research template.

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

Learners will create a decorative leaf project with their resolutions, then write a short paragraph summarizing how they hope to achieve them.

Set goals for the year ahead with this New Year's resolutions template!

Children use their creative writing skills with this Thanksgiving prompt.

Encourage young writers to create a story using tools like figurative language, adverbs, and adjectives.

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.

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

This Father's Day, encourage your child to get to know dad a little better by writing a brief biography.