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Printable Story Starter: The Newest Reindeer

For Students 3rd - 4th
Students can finish the story of Pluto, the newest Reindeer, and his adventures at Rudolf's Reindeer Academy in this writing prompt. The prompt provides students with an introduction to the story and allows them to continue with details...
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Printable Story Starter: The Case of The Missing Mothers Day

For Students 3rd - 4th
This creative writing prompt encourages students to continue the story of "Momma's Boy," who has discovered that Mother's Day has disappeared from the calendar. The prompt provides students with an introduction, setting, and character,...
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Printable Story Starter: Christmas Morning

For Students 3rd - 4th
A writing prompt about a surprise on Christmas morning provides students with the beginning of the story, and invites them to finish the middle and ending. This prompt could be a good addition to a Christmas-themed unit, or as a lesson...
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter J

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this story starter worksheet, students complete the worksheet their teacher created for the letter J. Students write their own story based on the picture, sight words, spelling, or vocabulary words the teacher included.
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter V

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this story starters worksheet, students write their own stories using the printable worksheet their teacher made for letter V pictures, sight words, spelling, or vocabulary words.
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Alphabet Picture Prompts: The Letter L

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this story starters worksheet, students write their own stories using the printable worksheet their teacher made for letter L pictures, sight words, spelling, or vocabulary words.
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Story Prompt: Man Carving Letters Out of Stone

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this story prompt instructional activity, students write two short stories about the pictures of men carving the letters X and A out of stone.
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Frogs in a Pond: Story Writing

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this story writing worksheet, students analyze a picture of two frogs in a pond. Students write a story about the picture. Students make up a title for the story.
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Running for President Story Starter

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Most American children have, at one point or another, imagined what it would be like to run for president. Offer this creative writing prompt to young writers and discover how the world would change if kids were charge.
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George Washington Story Starter

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Imagine traveling back in time and having the opportunity to meet the very first president of the United States, what would you do? Challenge the imagination and creative writing skills of young learners with this fun writing prompt.
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Halloween Tales

For Teachers 3rd
At the beginning of this Halloween activity, learners generate a list of spooky characters and words that they will use when creating their original stories. Teams of 3-4 members create the stories together. The activity includes a handy...
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Wonderfully Wild Unit

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the ethics of 'fair' in regards to humans relationship with wildlife. In this wildlife study lesson, students read the story starters about wildlife and then discuss how to finish the story. Students finish the stories...
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A Most Embarrassing Moment

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students recall their most embarrassing moments by reading the story starter and then finishing the story.
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I'm Really Good at ...

For Teachers 5th - 6th
For this writing worksheet, pupils are asked about their personal abilities and talents. Students read the story starter and write about what they are really good at.
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If Animals Could Talk

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students consider what would happen if animals could talk. Students read the story starter and write about what animal they would talk to and what would be said.
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Writing a Story: Planning

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this rewriting a familiar story worksheet, students choose a familiar story and fill in the squares of a graphic organizer with new information about the characters, setting, story starter, ending. and/or main events. Students write 5...
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Story Starters

For Teachers K - 12th
Students orally tell different types of stories using the assistance of props. For more advanced students, stories may be told according to a specific genre, or the story may have to include a given condition, setting, situation or theme.
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If I Lived on the Moon

For Teachers 1st - 4th
In this story starter activity, learners complete a story starter starting with "If I Lived On The Moon...". Students write this inside a space ship.
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Down By Two With Minutes Left

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this story starter learning exercise, students read the sentence that will begin their story about a close game in ice hockey. Students write the rest of the story on the lines.
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My Hiding Place

For Students K - 2nd
In this writing learning exercise, students read a story starter that asks if they have a special hiding place. Students write the story and illustrate it.
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The Door Under the Stones in the Woods

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this story starter worksheet, students create their own story on the lines provided as they read the 3 sentences regarding a door under the stones in the woods and add to the story to make it their own.
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Starfall

Ernie Barnes

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts instructional activity, students write a story about a time they have tried hard to get better at something. There is a story starter provided. Students illustrate the story.
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The Funniest Thing I Ever Saw -- Story Starter

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this writing worksheet, students recall the funniest thing they have ever seen. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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The Monster Match

For Students 5th - 8th
In this creative writing worksheet, students read the story starter and then use their imagination to craft their own middle and end to complete the story.

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