3rd and 4th Grade English Language Arts Activities

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

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

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

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.

Greek mythology offers up some of the most epic tales ever. This Greek mythology tree activity introduces him to some of the main characters in Greek mythology.

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

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

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

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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.

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.

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

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

Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your kid learn her the different parts of speech in a fun 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.

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

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

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

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.

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

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

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

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

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.