Elementary School Writing Process Activities

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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.

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.

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.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

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

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

Before your crafty kid moves on to sewing needles and thread, help her create a beautiful cross-stitch pattern with markers!

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

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 third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

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

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