4th and 5th Grade English Language Arts Activities : Page 2

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

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

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!

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

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

Your fifth grade aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

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

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

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

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

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!

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

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!

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

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

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.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

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

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

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

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

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.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.