Elementary School Writing Activities : Page 6

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

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!

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.

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills!

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Multiplication facts are a necessary skill, and this board game provides a fun way for your third grader to practice them!

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.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

Childhood summers are magical, full of splashy fun and relaxing afternoons. Preserving those memories should be special as well.

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.