Fifth Grade Activities
Browse through our fifth grade activities, or use the selector below to pick a subject. You'll find many fifth grade activities to keep your child learning on the fly, all year long. From fun holiday activities to subject specific ones there are many 5th grade activities to choose from.
Make Plasma Soup and Explore the Components of Blood
Blood is made up of four different parts, and each part is important and unique. This activity will introduce your child to each component of blood and give him a fun way to study the properties of blood.
Make a Homework Helper Bookmark!
Here's a quick and easy project that ensures your child won't forget his assignments--or his place in the reading. Have your child create a homework helper bookmark!
Judge a Book by Its Cover
From a Twilight novel to required reading, he'll learn about preconceptions as he predicts a book's story based on the cover.
Press Yourself a Piece of Paper
Transform yesterday's news into pretty pressed paper, perfect for party invitations, thank you notes, or just some kind words for a friend!
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.
Molecule Madness: A Water Experiment
Learn what makes water molecules work with this fun and easy science activity.
Make a Mexican Tin Art Mirror
Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.
Observe the Greenhouse Effect in a Jar
Your kids may have heard of the greenhouse effect, but do they know what it is? Explore the basic concept by conducting a simple experiment that shows how a greenhouse works.
Speak up for the Earth
On Earth Day, help your child write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants, asking for people to live more Earth-friendly and suggesting ways to be kinder.
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.
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