2nd - 5th Grade Writing Strategies Activities

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

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

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!

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

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

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

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.