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!

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.

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

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

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

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

Talk about ice cream while helping your 4th grader work on crucial punctuation skills.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

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.

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

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

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

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

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

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.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Greek mythology offers up some of the most epic tales ever. This Greek mythology tree activity introduces students to some of the main characters in Greek mythology.

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

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

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!

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

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

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

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

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!

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.