Language art activities

Encourage early reading and writing with this sand tray writing activity. Download a free set of 24 CVC cards for kids with an apple theme.

This Language Arts Interactive Notebook is filled with over 30 pages of hands-on grammar activities for grades 4-8. Activities including everything from diagramming to figurative language.

Have you tried incorporating art and poetry into your grammar lessons? This activity is a perfect art project for kids. Kids LOVE painting crazy hair on their paintings and then searching for adjectives in magazines that fit the personality and appearance of their paintings. They glue the words throughout their art's hair. The project is completed by writing a descriptive poem. The finished poetry and the paintings make a great bulletin board or hallway display. #Adjectives #Grammar…

37 fun language arts games and activities to teach kids in kingergarten through middle school the fundamentals of language and literature!

Give the children a piece of paper that says “I can’t imagine life without” in the center of the page, and then have the students write all over the page what they cannot live without.

Brown Bear Brown Bear Printable Language Activity is a great way to get children asking questions and using critical thinking skills. It's the perfect activity to do after reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? via @growingbbb

As Spring Break approaches, I find that my fifth graders are in need of some reminders as to what it means to be kind to each other. In general, they are sweet kids, but at times the words they use and actions they take, particularly on the playground, aren't the kindest. Our read aloud for the month is Wonder by RJ Palacio so the theme of kindness fit right into our room. It just so happens that a new book, We're All Wonders by RJ Palacio, a picture book intended for younger readers to…

Paint a Watermelon Poem. A fun way to encourage reluctant writers to try writing free-form poetry. Great activity for elementary kids.

I love teaching figurative language! It can be a really fun way to encourage students to make their writing come alive. It also makes the writing process

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