1st - 5th Grade Dialogue Activities

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

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

Cultivating resilience is one of the most important ways we can overcome challenges and reach our goals. In this activity, children will explore the concept of resilience and then create a video to explain and teach resilience to others.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

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

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

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

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!