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

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!

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

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

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

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

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

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!

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

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.

Wax paper hearts are a unique and glittery gift for a special friend on Valentine's Day. Make wax paper hearts with your child this February.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

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

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?

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

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!

The objective of this science fair project is to explore the relationship between acidic and basic compounds.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

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

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

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.

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.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

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!

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

Help your child learn grammar the fun way with this engaging clothespin game!

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!