Speaking & Writing

Salt Subjects & Pepper Predicates

Salt Subjects & Pepper Predicates

Season your sentences to make them "yummy"! This activity is a great way to practice subjects and predicates by constructing sentences. What you need: Scissors Laminator (optional) Pencil How to prep: Cut out the task cards. Add 5 subjects and 5 predicates to the...

Flip the Script

Flip the Script

Figures of speech are words or phrases that are used in a non-literal way to describe something or emphasize a thought/idea. An understatement is a type of figure of speech where a writer or speaker uses language that minimizes an issue to be either comedic, polite,...

Video Biography Question Cards

Video Biography Question Cards

This activity will guide your child in creating a video biography! What you need: Scissors Phone camera How to prep: Cut out the Question Cards. Directions: Choose someone older who will interview for a video biography. Use the Question Cards as a guide while...

Comic Strip Starters

Here's a fun, artistic twist on storytelling using figures of speech! What you need: Pencil and crayons or markers How to prep: Simply print the pages Directions: Use the narrative spaces provided to draw and create a narrative for the comic strip starter. Use both...

Affix Addition

Affix Addition

Study root words, prefixes, and affixes through this fun, hands-on activity! What you need: Scissors Pencil How to prep: Print the pages Cut apart all the word parts and place them in separate areas with their label above the pile. Optional: In the blank spaces, add...

Creative Writing with Similes

Let your child take the author's seat as they write acrostic poems using similes! How to prep: Print the pages Directions: Use the workspace to plan an acrostic poem using your name and similes. Once you are complete, review your poem, including spelling, with a...

Non-Fiction Text Features I Spy

Non-Fiction Text Features I Spy

Look out for text features (captions, glossary, italics, bold print, diagrams, labels, and lots more) in your child's favorite books! What you need: Your child’s favorite non-fiction book Scissors How to prep: Print the pages Cut out the Text Feature Cards Optional:...

Caption That

Caption That

This activity will have your child using personification and synecdoche like a PRO! PERSONIFICATION refers to a figure of speech when the writer or speaker gives an animal or object human-like traits to convey a specific idea. Example Sentence: The floor groaned under...

Summarizing Graphic Organizer

Summarizing Graphic Organizer

This vibrant graphic organizer will help your child organize their thoughts about a book they've read! What you need: Favorite fiction or nonfiction text How to prep: Laminate for future use with an expo marker (optional). Directions: Summarize the text you read by...