4th and 5th Grade English Language Arts Activities

Here's an easy project: create a homework helper bookmark so your fourth grader can write down assignments and mark the pages he needs to read.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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.

Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.