2nd Grade English Language Arts Activities : Page 3

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.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

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

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

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

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

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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

Before your crafty kid moves on to sewing needles and thread, help her create a beautiful cross-stitch pattern with markers!

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

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

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

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

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.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

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.

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

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!

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

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!