Children are invited to plan their ideal Thanksgiving in this creative writing exercise.

If your kid loves the book Bridge to Terabithia, he might enjoy its movie adaptation. He'll have fun reading and watching while honing his analytical skills.

On a dark and story night... Spookify your storytelling time with some scary story cards!

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

Learn all about how to write a haiku with this quick and easy worksheet on the structure of this timeless poetry type.

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.

In this writing assessment, see how well your students draw connections between texts and the real world.

What does it mean to be struck by Cupid's arrow? Help your child build her writing skills with a Valentine's Day writing prompt.

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

Your students will be digging into nonfiction texts in search of the purpose and main idea of a passage.

Did you know that kids all over the globe know of the boogeyman? This cautionary tale is told in almost every country!

The silent film era featured creative storytelling techniques like miming and slapstick. Read and write about silent film era classics like Charlie Chaplin.

Your little writer will use his imagination to bend time and space with this creative writing prompt. Where will he go and what will he see?

Children reflect on the significance of this holiday with this thoughtful writing prompt.

Budding writers can find their inner zen and build creative writing skills by practicing some haiku poetry.

What's happening in this scene? It's up to your creative kid to fill the speech bubbles.

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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