3rd and 4th Grade Grammar and Mechanics Activities

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

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 game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

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

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your kid learn her the different parts of speech in a fun way!

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

Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!

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

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

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

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

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

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.

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.

Help your child learn grammar the fun way with this engaging clothespin game!

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

Talk about ice cream while helping your 4th grader work on crucial punctuation skills.

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

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

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

Strong writing engages all five senses, and this fabulous fall-themed simile activity is the perfect way to celebrate sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.