3rd - 5th Grade Writing Organization Activities

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

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

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

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

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

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

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

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.

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

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.

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

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.

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

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.