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.
Stock Market Math
This activity will further your child's ability to interpret graphs and let her apply math skills in a real-world situation. She'll also get an understanding of how stocks work by reading line graphs.
Make an Apostrophe Collage
How can you help you child get control of this puny but powerful punctuation mark? Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.
Find Out Why Leaves Change Color
Want to give your child a peek into the science behind a tree's changing leaves? With this hands-on activity, you'll show how those colors stay hidden in the leaf all year long!
It's About (Elapsed) Time!
For kids, estimating how long activities will take, and being able to balance a schedule accordingly, is anything but a snap. By using your child's own activity schedule, you can strengthen his understanding of elapsed time, and get him organized along the way!
Create a Comic Strip
Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple as telling a story, as rudimentary as writing a wish list, or as fun as composing a comic strip.
Make a Temperature Tracker
By developing graphing skills and interpreting data, students are exercising key analytical skills. Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen these skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!
Guess My Rock!
There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.
Build Vocabulary by Breaking it Down!
But in order to broaden your child's vocabulary knowledge, they'll need to look beyond just the definition. Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.
Get Sales Tax Savvy
For a fun activity that takes the dull out of decimals, show you child how to gain a better understanding of decimals - as dollar amounts!
Reading Comprehension 101
Text comprehension skills can be practiced by as simple an activity as interpreting illustrations or considering metaphors.
