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Reading is a blast when students have the right motivation. Try a verb relay race and other great reading activities to keep your students energized about learning. If your students perform better with more mellow and artistic time, alphabet activities like Rock the Alphabet and making letters out of pipe cleaners will delight and educate at the same time.

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Write a Pet Sitter Guide

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

Games for the Grocery Store

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

Toss and Blend: A Carnival Game

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Understanding Headers and Subheaders

...Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's a great way to practice this reading...

Make a "Word Slider"

... with reading, you can create more complex word endings with four or more letters. Cut a strip from your card stock, approximately 1 inch wide and 8 inches long. Use a...

Take a Picture Walk

... through the pictures in the book without reading the words. Start right from the top. Take a look at the cover and give your child a chance to take a look as well...

Build Sentence Puzzles

...Does your kindergartener know what a sentence is? Does she keep reading, long after she reaches the period, like she's in a run-on marathon? Help her practice...

Illustrate a Famous Book!

... illustrator” of a famous book like Where the Wild Things Are, or The Little Engine That Could, but she’ll get some major reading comprehension help along...

Play Vocabulary Bingo!

... development is a key component in upper-elementary reading programs. Students are usually given a list of important words from the reading material and asked to...

You're on the Air! Write a Commercial

... activity that will bring out the performer in your child! Fifth grade students have had plenty of experience reading aloud, but at this age, they can be reluctant to...

Sight Word Jenga

...Help your first-grader improve his reading skills with this new twist on a classic game. Let your first-grader create his own wooden word blocks and play sight word...

Sticky Note Project

...Build reading comprehension with a visual activity! Use sticky notes to sort out character traits and discover a deeper meaning of the story. While there are many...

...-year-old daughter, Andria, was about six when she began reading fluently. One day, when my sister complimented her on her reading ability, Andria replied with a sigh...

Make a Martin Luther King, Jr. Timeline

...Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making an MLK timeline. Your child will practice reading comprehension and learn about an important period in American...

Green Eggs and Ham Recipe!

... reading of Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham for some added Seussational flavor and a tribute to the man who was all about reading! Cooking with your kids is a great way to...

Social Media Book Review

..., she can write more tweet book reviews, practicing the art of writing, editing, and summarizing succinctly! reading, reading comprehension, reading activity, 5th grade reading, digital media...

Scrambled Words

...Building a strong vocabulary will help your little one with not just reading and writing but also in all school subjects. With this fun game, he won't mind brushing...

Hop On Those Spelling Words!

... tedium, gets your child moving, and practices those reading and spelling words at the same time. Another advantage to this activity is that it can be played either...

Table of Contents Treasure Hunt

... his treasure hunt. Assist him as needed in reading the clues and the Table of Contents pages. When he finds the final clue, share the treasure with him! ...

Turn Your Child into a Letter Detective!

...;, “is”, “you”, and “and”. The more she practices, the faster she'll get. So keep those highlighters handy, and the hunt fresh. preschool, reading, fluency, reading fluency, activity, reading activity...

Make a Book Square!

... the center, write the title of the book and a sentence describing the main idea of the book. During reading, ask your child to stop at the end of a chapter or an...

Write a Tall Tale

... folklore. Kids start reading tall tales and learning about the genre in second and third grade. Here's a great writing activity that not only reinforces classroom...

Step Inside the Story!

... in the shoes of the character. It will help him become more interested in reading and help boost his memory skills! Use this fun twist on reading so the next time a...

Create a Family How-to Guide

... that tricky DVR and practice his reading and writing skills! These days, pretty much all appliances have complicated directions. The washing machine, DVR, or home...

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