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

Djinn are evil genies who live in a parallel world. Tell your 4th grader to write about his favorite superhero defeating this djinn.

If your child has ever fantasized about being a pro athlete, he'll enjoy this writing assignment! Characters have stats and stories have supporting details.

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.

What would you wish for if you had the chance? This writing prompt is a fun way to get beginning writers using their creativity.

A good introduction draws a reader into the story and makes them want to learn more. Help your second graders hook their readers as they practice writing strong introductions using this helpful worksheet.

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

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

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

Take a bite into the supernatural with this scary writing prompt.

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.

In this exercise, we'll practice expanding upon general concepts.

This story writing prompt encourages children to get creative with an important life science concept: the food chain!

Historic novels are rich sources of reading practice and this graphic organizer is a nod to prairie classics like those written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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

Give your child a fun way to polish his writing skills with a Halloween story starter. Hell get to make up his own scary story and get a creativity boost.

Have you ever opened an umbrella indoors? Some people think that action causes bad luck! Read all about how this superstition came to be.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Story Hooks.

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

Grab your colored pencils and your crayons and get your creative juices flowing with a story starter worksheet that lets you add the illustrations!

Imagine if the classic Christmas story, The Nutcracker, was actually a Halloween story! How would that change the way the story was told?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Story Hooks.

There's more than one way to hook a reader! Help your students reinforce their understanding of captivating story starters with this Goldilocks-themed matching worksheet.

Using the brothers from Ender's Game, our writing worksheet gives your child the opportunity to examine any rivalries between him and his siblings or friends.

Imagine you woke to find you had a new, unimpressive, non-super power! Tell a story of what you'd do with this mediocre gift.

In this spooky-slash-silly writing prompt, kids can write about what kind of music, if any, might repel a zombie.

Imagine if there were a ski resort on the moon! Use those creative writing skills to make up a story that goes with this silly picture.

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

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.

The best type of introduction makes you want to learn more! Help your second graders hook their readers as they practice writing new and improved introductions using this grabby worksheet.