2nd - 4th Grade English Language Arts Activities : Page 3

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

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

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

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Holiday thank you cards show friends and family that you appreciate them. Make a batch of holiday thank you cards with your child this winter.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

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

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

This game will help your child write with more attention to detail.

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

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

Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

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.

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.