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3rd and 4th Grade Writing 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.

Put on a Poetry Party!

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

What's a Zipper? A Writing Game

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

Pet ID

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Outer Space Story

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

Create a Family How-to Guide

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video &quot;card&quot; to celebrate Dad this Father&#39;s Day!

Special Broadcast: Happy Dad's Day!

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card  by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

Make Shape Poem Greeting Cards

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

Chanukah Anagram Game

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

Create a Family Movie Guide

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.

Personal Tall Tales

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Make a Family "Thankful Box"

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!

Frosty the Snowman Oulipo

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.

Be a Detail Artist!

Multiplication facts are a necessary skill, and this board game provides a fun way for your third grader to practice them!

Schoolyard Multiplication

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

Book Through the Summer

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

Picture Book Pumpkin Creations

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Vacation Memory Book

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

Write a Pet Sitter Guide

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! 

Discover the Colors of Fall

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

Freeze Theater

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and  rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Skeltonic Verse

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

 "Yellow Pages" for a New Neighbor

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

Teal Pumpkin Project: Spread the Word!

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Storyboarding: Using Pictures to Teach Words

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

Create a Recipe to Practice Writing

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

How to Write a Scary Story

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Can You Picture It?: A Writing Activity

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

Write a Collaborative Story

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Create an Autumn Tree of Resolutions

Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

Write a Simile Poem ... Starring Your Pet!

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