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With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

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

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

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.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

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

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

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.

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

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.