2nd Grade English Language Arts Activities : Page 3

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

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

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.

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

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

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

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

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

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.

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

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

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

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.

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!

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

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

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

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

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

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

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