4th and 5th Grade English Language Arts Activities

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

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

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

Does your fifth grader need a study buddy for geometry? Forget about a tutor. Help him make his own geometry dictionary!

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

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 science fair project idea discovers if an artificial light source will yield the same plant health and growth rates as light from the sun.

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

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

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

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

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

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!

Here's a fun activity that will give your child a way to develop his sentences, making them more detailed and interesting.

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

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

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.

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

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

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.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Make English grammar fun with this engaging card game! Play a few rounds after a lesson on tenses to help students review what they have learned.

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

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

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

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.

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.