Encourage students to put their thoughts into words on the paper with these writing prompts. Invite your students to respond to these prompts with a well-written opinion paragraph.

A fill-in-the-blank Christmas wishlist for boys and girls.

What was a time in your life when you were surprised? Use this prompt and worksheet to help students plan a personal narrative on this topic.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Predictions and Summarizing.

What do alien girls like to do for fun? Get your child in a creative mood with a fun story starter! She'll get to make up a story based on the prompt.

Challenge students to come up with arguments and counter-arguments for a controversial topic, whether they agree or not.

Bronk is not like any other prehistoric creature you've seen! Your child can create stories straight out of the Wild West, about Bronk the Brontosaurus Cowboy.

This joker is walking right into bad luck, literally! You get to decide what happens to him after he walks under this ladder. Be as creative as you want.

Check out these printable weather postcards, which feature iconic images of each season. Print out these weather postcards for your kindergartener.

All writing needs support! Give your young writer some structure with this supporting statements activity.

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.

This goofy magician is about to perform a magic trick! Let your aspiring wizard determine what trick the magician is about to perform.

Let your fourth grader dive into this fill-in-the-blank comic adventure of A.J. and C.K.

In this activity, students will organize their thoughts, then write their own definitions for two common classroom objects. When they finish, have them share their work aloud so students can see the variations around the room!

Here's a writing prompt to put a jig in your step, and pep in your writing practice!

Nouns are an important part of every sentence! What would happen if we tried to write a story with no nouns?

Help students create their own division word problems!

Help young writers get their personal narratives in top form with this editing checklist! Students will make sure that their narratives have correct ending punctuation and capitalization with this handy worksheet.

Floyd and Roly are best friends and neighbors! Help your child stretch his writing skills with this fill-in-the-speech-bubbles worksheet.

It's up to your 2nd grader to make a story based on a prince, a princess and two huge grins. Try story elements like setting, background and a problem.

Mix fun with zen in this haiku activity! Students will practice writing about everyday objects in the style of haiku.

If you were a famous explorer, what would you want to discover? You'll need your imagination for this adventurous writing prompt!

This elf snowball fight writing prompt is perfect for Christmas. The elves and reindeer have gotten into an epic elf snowball fight in this creative prompt.

Is that a pirate on a dinosaur's back? Yes. Why? Let your child decide (and slip in great composition skills practice)!

This cuddly bear has a story to tell! Give your child a head start writing his own story with this fun coloring page, and let his imagination do the rest.

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.

Young writers get some hands-on character development practice with this epic writing prompt.

Here are a few ways to help your first grader think about winter, by doing a little writing and drawing about the season.

Did you know that flamingos can ice skate? This funny picture needs some color, and a story behind it!

This worksheet walks students through an example of how the dialogue between two or more characters can help writers change the pacing of a narrative.