Showing Results for syllable rules

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

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.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

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.

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.

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Play tic-tac-toe and help your kid memorize multiplication facts!

Celebrate the 100th day of school by counting and spelling your way to a "$1.00" word in this 3rd grade math and reading game.

Help your third grader craft a homemade version of this classic strategy game, using just an old egg carton and a few beads!

Halloween bingo is a fun Halloween word and symbol activity for ghosts and ghouls of all ages. Play Halloween bingo this October to get into the spooky spirit.

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

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