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Fifth Grade Activities

Fifth graders can be tough customers when it comes to extracurricular learning, but you're sure to find something to accommodate just about any preference among our collection of fifth grade activities. Whether you have a kid who needs to play catch-up in a few areas or you're dealing with a more advanced learner, you'll find plenty of ideas that suit your needs right here. Check out these activities and try out a few to keep your kid engaged and learning.

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Fishing for Headlines

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Adding Colors: An Optical Experiment

What happens when colored beams of light mix? You might be surprised.

Solar System Garland

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your kid to astronomy.

Match Animal Adaptation: A Card Game

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!

Study Game: Planets!

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

Create a Cube and Find Its Surface Area

Make learning how to calculate surface area easy and fun using this simple hands-on approach.

Proper Proportions

The proportion game combines chance with math skills and is a perfect way for your third grader to become more familiar with equivalent fractions.

The Mayflower Compact: Would You Sign?

Would you sign the Mayflower Compact? Read it and see!

Essay Editing 101

"CUPS" is a useful tool when helping your student edit a writing piece. Plus, it's an activity you can do together!

Reaction Time Science: How Fast Are You?

Does your middle school teenager have good reflexes? Gauge his reaction time in this science and math activity that requires only a yardstick and a friend.

Book Through the Summer

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize his writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

A simple science experiment exploring the physics of water pressure that's been amazing people since Medieval times.

Inspect Animal Tracks

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.

Air Particle Experiment

This easy at-home experiment is a great way to "see" science.

Turn a 2D Painting Into a 3D Sculpture

Challenge your child with this exciting 2D to 3D project using a sheet of construction paper, oil pastels, and scissors.

Write a List Poem

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice writing and express herself with a list poem.

Sugar Cube House

Want a sugar-sculpted house, just like Hansel and Gretel found? Make a miniature version in this sweet geometry activity.

Write an "I Have a Dream" Speech!

Use Martin Luther King, Jr's historical "I Have a Dream Speech" to inspire your child to write down her own dreams.

Everyday Darwin: Create a Nature Journal

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Play the Bill of Rights Drawing Game

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Nobel Peace Prize for Kids

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, he will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

Social Media Book Review

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

Get Astronomical with an Indoor Star Show!

Help your young scientist celebrate the wonders of the night sky in the comfort of your own home.

Algebra All Around: 3 Activities

Here are three activities you can do at home and around town to bring algebra into your daily lives.

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