Summer Writing Activities Roll a Story Creative Short Story Fun Center Activity

Each month adds a themed set with new story elements, so the activity stays fresh from August through the end of the year. With five story elements to mix and match, students build more complex plots and use more detail.

This is a growing bundle. Some months are still being added, and July is coming soon. Buying now locks in the lowest price.

What’s Included

• Five pages of story element options in each monthly set, in two formats
• Writing pages to extend and develop story ideas
• August: Back to School and Summer
• September: Fall and Apples
• October: Fall and Halloween
• November: Thanksgiving
• December: Holidays
• January: Winter
• February: Valentine’s Day
• March: St. Patrick’s Day and Spring
• April: Spring and Weather
• May: End of the Year
• June: End of the Year and Summer
• July: Summer (coming)

Skills Covered

• Writing detailed short stories
• Developing characters, settings, and plot
• Using creative thinking to build a story
• Planning and extending a narrative
• Practicing narrative writing with a seasonal theme

Ways to Use This Resource

• Add to a writing center
• Offer as an early finisher option
• Introduce a fiction writing unit
• Focus on specific story elements for targeted practice
• Laminate the pages for reusable whiteboard marker use

Differentiation Ideas

• Require students to use all five elements
• Let students focus on only three or four elements
• Have students write several short stories and expand one into a longer story

Why Teachers Love It

• Endless combinations on every page
• Seasonal themes keep students interested
• Flexible for centers or early finishers
• Low prep
• Grows throughout the year

This seasonal roll a story bundle turns a roll of the die into a story idea, and the monthly themes give students a reason to keep writing.