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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!

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.

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

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

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

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

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.

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

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 give your child a way to develop his sentences, making them more detailed and interesting.

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

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

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.

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

This science fair project idea discovers if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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