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2nd and 3rd Grade Writing Types Activities : Page 2

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

The Zoo Stories: Imagining Animals at Night

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

Gourmet S'mores

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Dinosaur Family Dynamics

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

Fact Versus Fiction

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

Write a Seasonal Alphabet Poem

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

Write a Tall Tale

A Sonia-Inspired Activity: Poetry Read-Alouds

Here&#39;s an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child&#39;s pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Write a Going Green Plan

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

Patriotic Poem

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

Make a Family History Fanfold Timeline!

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

Put on a Poetry Party!

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

What's a Zipper? A Writing Game

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.

Pet ID

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!

Create a Family How-to Guide

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video &quot;card&quot; to celebrate Dad this Father&#39;s Day!

Special Broadcast: Happy Dad's Day!

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

Create Your Own Pumpkin Person!

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

Terse Verse

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

Personal Tall Tales

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

Make a Family "Thankful Box"

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.

Picture Book Pumpkin Creations

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Vacation Memory Book

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

Write a Pet Sitter Guide

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! 

Discover the Colors of Fall

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Superhero Dad

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Storyboarding: Using Pictures to Teach Words

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Plan Stories with The Five-Finger Technique

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Create a Recipe to Practice Writing

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Can You Picture It?: A Writing Activity

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this  exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Write Parts of Speech Acrostic Poetry!

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Create a Story Summary Folder

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