4th and 5th Grade Writing Activities

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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."

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

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

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

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

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

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

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

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.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

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

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.

Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

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

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

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