4th and 5th Grade Writing Activities

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

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

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

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Cultivating resilience is one of the most important ways we can overcome challenges and reach our goals. In this activity, children will explore the concept of resilience and then create a video to explain and teach resilience to others.

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

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.

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

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

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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

Your child can explore color mixing and design while folding together a paint-filled paper and then using a marker to outline it.

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

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

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

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

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

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

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

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

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

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.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.