Nobody knows much about the Secretive Celestial. It's up to your young author to decide who this superhero is. Let the imagination run wild.

Students read background information about July as National Anti-Boredom Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Easter decorations are full of pastels, pinks and yellows! But why do those colors represent Easter? Help your child write a response to this question.

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

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

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

You decide what's happening on the page by drawing and writing it in!

In this nonfiction writing exercise, students will consider whether they are superstitious, what superstitions they might hold, and how they feel about superstitions in general.

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

Imagine if Pinocchio ran away and ended up in Alaska during the Gold Rush! Your little writer will decide what happens next.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine story dialogue with characters from another story.

Is spilling salt really bad luck? Read about the origins of this food superstition; it may not be as odd as you think!

Collect and organize your thoughts in preparation for a reading response letter with this graphic organizer.

An evil snowman is on the prowl! What crafty plan will your creative writer come up with to resolve this winter adventure?

Use this prewriting activity to help students organize their writing and reinforce transitional language.

Students will then popular upper grade novel titles and determine the strategies those authors used to grab readers' attention.

Thanksgiving is a great time to focus on family and be thankful for things in our lives. In the worksheet A Poem with Details from Your Thanksgiving, learners will write an abecedarian poem with details from their Thanksgiving break where the first letter

Hey, what's Kraken? Kraken are mythical sea creatures with terrifying tentacles. Tell your young writer to come up with a story for Captain Kraken.

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

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.

Learners hone their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about Valentine's Day gift exchanges!

Encourage your fourth graders to put their writing skills and imagination to good use by imagining that they are opening up a restaurant and writing about it!

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

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

If you break a mirror, will it really give you bad luck for 7 years? Investigate the origins of this famous superstition with a fun writing activity.

Read up on the various number superstitions around the world and why certain numbers are so lucky or unlucky for certain cultures!

Let your fourth grader dig deep into their imagination to come up with their own adventure for A.J. and C.K., in this fill-in-the-blank comic strip.

Starting a story can be the toughest part of writing. Help your child flex their creativity by starting the same story in six different ways!

Year-round school: yay or nay? Use your persuasive writing skills to make a case.

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