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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

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

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.

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

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

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.

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

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

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

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

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

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

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

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

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!

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

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.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

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