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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

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

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.

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

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

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

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

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

Here's an easy project: create a homework helper bookmark so your fourth grader can write down assignments and mark the pages he needs to read.

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

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!

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

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

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.

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

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

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

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

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

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