5th Grade Writing Types Activities

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

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and embracing a positive attitude throughout the holiday season.

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.