3rd and 4th Grade English Language Arts Activities : Page 2

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

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.

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

Looking for a fun group activity for kids? Offering writing practice, grammar review, and plenty of hands-on creativity, wacky word art is the way to go.

Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

This game will help your child write with more attention to detail.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

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.

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

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!