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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

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

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

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

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

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

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

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

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

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

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

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.

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.

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

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

Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.