Elementary School English Language Arts Activities : Page 10

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

Here's a sweet gift you and your child can make together, sure to please the most finicky valentine.

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Strong writing engages all five senses, and this fabulous fall-themed simile activity is the perfect way to celebrate sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!