"September and All Through the Year" | Seasonal Thematic Unit
A seasonal thematic teaching unit for lower elementary grades built around September/back-to-school themes, combining language, math, and science readiness activities.
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101 Creative Writing Activities
A large collection (101 numbered activities) of creative-writing prompts and exercises covering varied writing forms (sentence completion, poems, unconventional writing tasks, etc.) for upper-elementary/middle-school students.
A Letter to Punxsutawney Phil Writing Prompt - Groundhog Day
A Groundhog Day-themed creative writing and drawing activity in which students write a letter to Punxsutawney Phil.
A Pioneer Child's Life Diary Entry
A creative-writing worksheet where students write two comparative diary entries imagining life as a pioneer child in 1789 versus a modern-day child, to build historical empathy and perspective.
Activities for All Seasons
Reinforce basic K-3 skills across language arts, math, social studies, and science through seasonal-themed activities.
Aesop's Fables "The Ant and the Grasshopper"
Comprehensive teaching resource built around the fable 'The Ant and the Grasshopper': story versions, dramatization, craft, and worksheets.
All Aboard the International Space Station: A Cross-Curricular Unit
A cross-curricular unit teaching students about the International Space Station (ISS) through an informational reading passage, combined with reading comprehension, creative writing, vocabulary (Greek word roots), math, and geography activities.
Answers included
All About Me Backpack Worksheet First Week Back to school activity Wri
Back-to-school "All About Me" self-introduction activity using a backpack-shaped template.
American Tall Tales | The Legendary Annie Oakley
A tall-tale literacy unit teaching students about the genre of tall tales and the legend of Annie Oakley, combining a read-aloud illustrated story, informational facts about the real historical figure, comprehension questions, and creative writing practice.
American Tall Tales | The Legendary Captain Stormalong
A read-aloud/reading unit introducing the American tall tale genre through the legend of Captain Stormalong, with companion comprehension and writing activities.
American Tall Tales | The Legendary Johnny Appleseed
A read-aloud/reading unit introducing the American tall tale/folk hero genre through the legend of Johnny Appleseed, with companion comprehension and writing activities.
Barack Obama Activity Packet – Grades 1–5 Worksheets
Teach elementary students about Barack Obama's early life and presidency (first African-American U.S. President) and related social studies/Black history content through informational text and activities.
Brian's Winter (Novel Study) Gr. 4-7
Provide a comprehensive novel study for Gary Paulsen's Brian's Winter, with teacher-facing background/answer materials and student-facing vocabulary, comprehension, and extension activities organized by chapter groups.
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Budding Poets: A Beginner's Guide to Verse and Rhyme
A 112-page guide teaching poetic devices and forms (alliteration, hyperbole, metaphor, personification, concrete poetry, couplets, etc.) through explanation and writing activities, aligned to Common Core writing standards.
Answers included
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (Novel Study) Gr. 4-7
Provide a comprehensive grades 4-7 novel study for Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', with chapter-by-chapter comprehension questions, vocabulary, and creative writing activities.
Christmas Endless Creative Writing Prompts
Provide a low-prep, reusable Christmas-themed creative writing unit using the 'Somebody Wants But So Then' (SWBST) story structure with character cards, graphic organizers, and rubrics.
Creative Writing Fun: Scribe Activity Booklet
A multi-activity creative-writing booklet that opens with a craft instruction for making a decorated pencil (duct-tape flower pen), then leads students through writing haiku poems and an outlined short story.
Creative Writing Gr 2-3
A reproducible Milliken Publishing workbook of 26 themed creative-writing activities guiding grade 2-3 students through the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, publishing).
Creative Writing Gr 3-4
A reproducible Milliken Publishing workbook of 26 themed creative-writing activities guiding grade 3-4 students through the writing process.
Creative Writing Gr 4-5
A reproducible Milliken Publishing workbook of 26 themed creative-writing activities guiding grade 4-5 students through character development, descriptive writing, poetry, and imaginative writing techniques.
Creative Writing Gr 5-6
A reproducible Milliken Publishing workbook of 26 themed creative-writing activities guiding grade 5-6 students through narrative, poetry, and persuasive/commercial writing forms.
Creative Writing Gr 6-8
A reproducible Milliken Publishing workbook of themed creative-writing activities guiding grade 6-8 students through journal writing, poetry forms, characterization, and narrative/problem-solving writing.
Dr. Seuss Creative Writing Worksheet
Prompt descriptive/creative writing inspired by If I Ran the Zoo.
Earth Day Writing Craft
A craft-and-write activity where students build an Earth-themed craft and write a short response about caring for the planet.