2nd - 5th Grade English Language Arts Activities : Page 4

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

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

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

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

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

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!

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

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

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

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

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

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

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

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

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!