After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, reflect on T.J. Avery’s decisions and consequences with this extension activity.

In this writing exercise, children write a descriptive paragraph or two about the colors that surround them in autumn.

What is that strange object in the sky? This prompt will be a lift off for your young writer's imagination as he creates a story to match the picture.

Jump into a comic strip with this creative writing prompt. Tell a story about your life as a superhero!

Get ready for the next big snowstorm with a plan to stay cozy, safe, and happy!

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.

A.J. and C.K.'s camping adventure is up to your fourth grade author in this comic strip-writing adventure!

Students will read a complex sentence and then break it down into bite-size chunks in order to practice rewording vocabulary in this reading fluency worksheet.

Let's go on a writing adventure! Imagine if you woke up in a completely different country, and no idea how to get home. What would you do next?

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

Celebrate the spirit of Halloween, and share a spooky story! With this creative writing exercise, your child will describe his costume and what inspired it.

In this creative writing prompt, children recall a past Thanksgiving and describe what made it so memorable.

Students will use this worksheet to write about their thinking as they discuss their ideas!

Young writers take on the perspective of a turkey in this creative writing exercise.

Students read background information about August as National Sandwich Month and then respond to reflective questions.

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

Encourage an entrepreneurial spirit with this Respond to a Topic worksheet that gets kids thinking about what type of business they could build!

With this exercise, your students will master the art of revision using standard editing marks.

Use this word bank to identify 10 alternatives for the words "said," "sad," and "went.

Children embrace the spirit of the season with this Thanksgiving writing prompt.

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

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!

Voice is the energy, intention, and tone of a piece. Students will practice identifying voice in writing, then examine an excerpt from an award-winning text that book with a strong example of voice.

Young writers learn to develop strong narrative voices by getting in touch with how they express themselves given a variety of situations.

Is the sleeping dragon a watchdog or a pet? Your fifth grader can write her own story with this fun writing prompt.

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!

Super villain Mt. Crushmore and superhero The Human Shield are battling it out...with sharks! What mighty and menacing things are they saying to each other?

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, give students a chance to nurture their imaginations with this creative extension activity!

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

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.