Fourth and Fifth Grade: Tips and Activities
These tips and activities will help your child build academic skills while having fun.
Looking for ways to help your child learn important skills? Try some of these tips and activities.
How to Keep Reading With Your ChildSupport your child's reading skills by reading aloud, listening to your child read and discussing vocabulary.
Help With Writing at HomeUse these strategies to help your child with his writing.
Connect Food and Literature In this activity your child chooses a recipe to make that goes along with a book she has read.
Write a MenuNext time you go out to eat, try this fun exercise to help build language skills.
How to Help With Math HomeworkUse these helpful tips to guide your child with his math homework.
Tips to Integrate Technology at HomeHelp your child learn to use technology by integrating it into her daily life.
The History of FoodIn this social studies activity your child researches the origins of a particular food.
Math Tips for HomeHelp your child have a positive outlook on math with these strategies.
Recipe RatiosTeach your child about proportion and ratio by increasing and decreasing the amounts for a recipe.
Promote Science at HomeHere are tips for helping your child engage in scientific thinking.
Be A Travel AgentHave your child plan a real or virtual trip.
Make a MovieIn this activity your child has a chance to be a writer, director and actor.
Make Social Studies Come AliveHere are tips for helping your child learn to love social studies.
Art Tips for HomeTry these strategies to develop your child's arts savvy.
Encourage the Arts for Fourth-GradersHere are some easy ways you can encourage the artist in your fourth-grader.
Encourage the Arts for Fifth-GradersTry these easy suggestions for encouraging the budding artist in your fifth-grader.
Encourage Physical Activity at HomeThese tips will help you find the right physical activity for your child to keep him fit.
Design a Book JacketIn this activity your child designs a book jacket to summarize the main ideas of a story he has read.
Write a Diamante PoemHave your child write a line poem in the shape of a diamond.
Bedroom to ScaleHave your child explore measurement by drawing his bedroom to scale.
Sock ProbabiltyIn this activity your child explores prediction and probability using different colored socks.
Cause and Effect GameIn this activity your child learns about cause and effect.
Make a Bread Mold Garden!Your child can practice skills of observation with this science experiment.
Updated October 2008
