Being able to write a strong conclusion is an essential skill for all story-tellers. With this activity, budding writers will practice this skill by writing two types of endings for their personal narratives.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help students practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story of a birthday.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your budding writer practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story related to friends.

Want students to add more pizazz to their narratives? Encourage them to use descriptive details! Have students read over their writing and identify how many adjectives they used. Then challenge them to add in at least five more adjectives.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your young writers practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story about something related to school.

In this three-page template, students will follow the prompts to create a story map about a memorable moment of joy in their life.

Writing personal narratives requires students to be able to stretch out small moments into beginnings, middles, and ends. Help your young writers practice this skill by thinking how they could stretch out a story about something they’ve done in the summer

Give your students practice bringing their stories to life as they write realistic fiction!

Students will study effective hooks and have the option to craft some hooks for their own writing.

What is it like to be an ant? After reading Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg, your students will know!

Teach students to slow the pace of the story by pausing to take stock of what’s happening around the character and inside the character's heart and mind.

Good writers also know how to slow down the action at just the right times to build suspense and pull the reader into the moment.

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Learn to identify first, second, and third person perspective in writing!

In this simple reading comprehension exercise, learners will learn the difference between realism and fantasy, along with clues for spotting each.

Can you tell the difference between fact and opinion? Hone writing skills by identifying opinion vs fact.

Children will use their imaginations to write a fanciful holiday story in this creative writing worksheet.

Children will use their imaginations to write and illustrate a short nonfiction essay in this creative writing exercise.

Children will discover how figurative language can enliven writing in this fun cut-and-paste worksheet.

Children will enjoy dreaming up their dream Valentine's Day gift in this simple drawing and writing prompt.

In this fun worksheet template, children compose a letter with an extra-special destination: the future!

Young writers practice crafting thoughtful, compelling paragraphs with this persuasive writing worksheet.

Children use their creative writing skills with this Thanksgiving prompt.

Practice identifying elements of a story in this simple sorting activity!

Young readers will discover how to identify the point of view of a story or text in this literacy worksheet.

This worksheet is a fun-filled way to write dialogue about a familiar party staple: balloons. Your 3rd grader creates the conversations between family members.

Read this charmingly illustrated story of "The Three Little Pigs" then use the finger puppets to retell it!

These beautiful story cards are a great way to help your child build confidence in her speaking and storytelling skills.

In this summer writing prompt worksheet, children will describe their dream summer vacation.

Don’t be scared of writing! Tell a story about a scarecrow in this fun autumnal activity!