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4th - 6th Grade Common Core Writing Strategies Resources : Page 9

What would happen if Megalodon and the Loch Ness Monster went head-to-head? Your budding writer can have fun narrating this epic battle!

Loch Ness Monster vs Megalodon

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

Write an Ice Skating Story

Do you remember your favorite Christmas experience? Get your little writer to practice her creative writing with a fun prompt.

Christmas Writing Activity

This Halloween story starter will help your child polish grammar, handwriting and spelling skills. Get into the spooky spirit with a Halloween story starter!

Halloween Story Starters

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

Awful Epoxy Story Starter

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.

It's a Flying Baby?

Challenge your students to refine their thinking and explanations!

Clearer and Stronger Activity with Notes

Spin a spooky tale with a creative writing card game, perfect for a dark and creepy Halloween night around the campfire.

Scary Story Card Game

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

Mystery of the Yeti

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.

Bigfoot vs Yeti

Have you ever knocked on wood to counter-jinx yourself? Now it's time to find out the truth behind this well-known superstition!

"Knock On Wood"

A.J. and C.K. are at it again! If your child is into comics or graphic novels, they&#39;re sure to love this do-it-yourself comic adventure.

Cat Comics: Jam Session

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

Pirate vs Ninja

What if Cinderella's sisters stole her magical carriage and ended up in the desert! It's up to your creative writer to decide what happens next.

Funny Picture Prompt

It seems that Christmas magic has gone haywire! Be creative and write a story to explain this silly holiday scene.

Writing Prompt: The Present

Did you know there were really hot lava monsters in Chilean folklore? Read a bit about the legendary cherufe.

Cherufe

Can your fourth grader write their own comic strip? Let them give it a shot, with this fill-in-the-blank adventure featuring A.J. and C.K.

Cat Comics: Gone Fishin'!

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.

Cat Comics: Ballgame Antics

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

Cat Comics: Up a Tree

What if you woke up on Christmas morning and time had stopped! What would happen next?

Frozen in Time...

Encourage your little writer to exercise his creativity and write a story about this wacky scene.

Yeti Writing Prompt

Have you ever heard of a half-horse, half-fish? In old Mediterranean folklore these mythical beasts are quite common!

Hippocamp

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

The Place Value Game

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Write Mythological Mad Libs

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

How to Write a Scary Story

Help your students absorb the details of a text and make inferences about what they read with the strategy of close reading. By reading closely, students will become better able to understand complex themes and nuances in a text.

Close Reading: Introduction

In this lesson, students will use their creativity, a graphic organizer, and a fun story to learn about character analysis.  

It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits

Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.

Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!

Students will have the opportunity to strengthen their informational essay drafts by correcting errors in conventions and mechanics. They’ll use a checklist to guide this critical step in the writing process. 

Informational Essay: Editing

Use this lesson to teach your students how people survived in the New England colonies when they were first created.


The New England Colonies: Economy

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