5th Grade Activities
Looking for games and activities to support your fifth grader in school? This year is all about giving her the skills to make middle school a breeze. From science activities for curious kids to math games that make fractions fun, we've got great ideas to keep learning going outside of the classroom.
Observe the Greenhouse Effect in a Jar
This simple experiment serves as an introduction to the greenhouse effect. Your child will be able to see for himself how greenhouses work, and relate this understanding to what occurs in our atmosphere.
Play French Cricket
Most kids are familiar with dodgeball and kickball, but have your kids ever heard of French Cricket? This fun outdoor game is easy to set-up, all you need is a baseball bat, a tennis ball, and some excited players.
Make Frost on the Window!
As a fifth grader your child will more than likely have an opportunity to grow crystals from various chemical solutions at school. Here is a fun and nifty science experiment they could perform at home.
Make a Fossil From Glue!
Fossils are ancient plant, animal and microbe life that lived in the distance past preserved in stone. You can make your own fossils at home with a little modeling clay and glue.
Go on a Backyard Botany Hunt!
Want to give your child a lesson in the wide world of plants? Here's a fun activity that will have him researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.
Be a Prime Number Hunter
Wondering how to help your child get a handle on prime numbers? Why not turn her into a prime number hunter?
Write an Art Project Proposal
Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals (it may even be a substitute to all the begging and whining!)
Make a Book Jacket!
Want to play publisher for a day? Become the copy editor and illustrator for this creative and fun project.
Go Shopping for Decimal Practice!
Here's an activity that will get your child's attention with a back-to-school shopping spree. The catch? He'll have to use decimal skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide his way to a new wardrobe!
A Field Guide to Grammar
Appositives? Clauses? Huh? Here's a review of some common (and commonly confused) grammar terms, as well as a quick activity to apply them to real life reading and writing.
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