Reading and Literacy Activities for K-5th Grade at Home

8 Activities

Overview

This Playlist is all about reading, letters, and games for Kids K-5, and has been mixed especially for having fun at home or in small groups!

20 Questions (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

20 Questions (Grades 3-5)

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students play a version of the popular game 20 Questions. First, students pair off, with 1 student thinking of something from a predetermined category while the other asks their partner up to 20 questions to determine what it is. Finally, students reconvene as a whole group for discussion.

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20 Questions (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Giant Scrabble

Literacy, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 3 - 5

Giant Scrabble

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Scrabble is a game that challenges us to use our critical thinking skills to build words. In this activity, students will have the chance to make their own Scrabble tile and work together to make words and play a giant game of Scrabble.

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Giant Scrabble

Literacy, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 3 - 5

Backwards Scrabble

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

Backwards Scrabble

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students play Scrabble® or other popular word games, but with standard game play turned backwards. They begin by filling the board with words. Then players gain points by identifying the misspelled or phony entries.

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Backwards Scrabble

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

Animals That Talk in Stories

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Animals That Talk in Stories

K - 2

45 Minutes

In this activity, students search for animals in stories that talk or have human characteristics. Then, they create an animal to share with their peers.

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Animals That Talk in Stories

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Alphabet Book

Social and Emotional Awareness, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Alphabet Book

K - 2

45 Minutes

Knowledge of the alphabet is the foundation for reading. In this literacy activity, children share their knowledge of the names of letters, the sounds letters make, and words that start with each letter as they work together to create a group alphabet book.

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Alphabet Book

Social and Emotional Awareness, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Book Design (Grades K-2)

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Book Design (Grades K-2)

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children look at and discuss art depicting foods and then illustrate a foldable book presenting their favorite foods.

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Book Design (Grades K-2)

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Making Costumes for Characters from Books

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

Making Costumes for Characters from Books

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Fiction and fashion unite in this fun activity. Students design and draw a costume for a favorite character from a book or story and for use in a scene from the book or an imagined event.

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Making Costumes for Characters from Books

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

New Lyrics for Old Songs

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

New Lyrics for Old Songs

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Writing singable and memorable song lyrics might be a more challenging task than students imagine. In this fun activity, students compose new lyrics to a familiar song of their choice, and may choose to perform their new song for the group!

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New Lyrics for Old Songs

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

Reading and Literacy Activities for K-5th Grade at Home

Grades K - 5

7 Hours 30 Minutes

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20 Questions (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

20 Questions (Grades 3-5)

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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20 Questions (Grades 3-5)

STEM, Literacy

Grades 3 - 5

Giant Scrabble

Literacy, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 3 - 5

Giant Scrabble

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Giant Scrabble

Literacy, Digital Media and Communications

Grades 3 - 5

Backwards Scrabble

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

Backwards Scrabble

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Backwards Scrabble

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

Animals That Talk in Stories

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Animals That Talk in Stories

K - 2

45 Minutes

In this activity, students search for animals in stories that talk or have human characteristics. Then, they create an animal to share with their peers.

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Animals That Talk in Stories

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Alphabet Book

Social and Emotional Awareness, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Alphabet Book

K - 2

45 Minutes

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Alphabet Book

Social and Emotional Awareness, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Book Design (Grades K-2)

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Book Design (Grades K-2)

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children look at and discuss art depicting foods and then illustrate a foldable book presenting their favorite foods.

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Book Design (Grades K-2)

Arts, Literacy

Grades K - 2

Making Costumes for Characters from Books

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

Making Costumes for Characters from Books

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Fiction and fashion unite in this fun activity. Students design and draw a costume for a favorite character from a book or story and for use in a scene from the book or an imagined event.

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Making Costumes for Characters from Books

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

New Lyrics for Old Songs

Arts, Literacy

Grades 9 - 12

New Lyrics for Old Songs

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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New Lyrics for Old Songs