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This Week in Fifth Grade
Week 1
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Your fifth grader will add lots of words to their vocabulary this year. Start the school year by discussing all the ways they can learn new words, including using a dictionary or thesaurus, reading context clues, keeping a vocabulary journal, or even playing word games!
Your students will add lots of words to their vocabularies this year. Start the school year by discussing all the ways they can learn new words, including using a dictionary or thesaurus, reading context clues, keeping a vocabulary journal, or even playing word games! Encourage your students to share new words they have learned.
Game Show Fun for the Whole Family
Activity
Game Show Fun for the Whole Family
This fun and easy quiz show game will help your fifth grader memorize and study vocabulary from their math, science, social studies, and language arts classes!
5th grade
Activity
All About Metaphors
Worksheet
All About Metaphors
This worksheet is a slam dunk for metaphors! Your young writer will learn what makes up a metaphor, and then practice making a few of their own.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Add a Vowel Word Fun
Worksheet
Add a Vowel Word Fun
Have some word fun! Take a word (like "fast"), add a vowel (like "e") and make a new word ("feast").
5th grade
Worksheet
Place Value and Decimals
Place Value and Decimals
Review place value and build number sense by having your child compare numbers with decimals. For example, at the grocery story, ask your child to choose between two similar items by asking, "which of these costs less?"
Review place value and build number sense by having your students compare numbers with decimals to the thousandths place.
Wastepaper Basketball Math
Activity
Wastepaper Basketball Math
Check out this game that provides an enjoyable way of demonstrating how recorded results can be expressed in whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
5th grade
Math
Activity
Decimal Place Value Tricks
Activity
Decimal Place Value Tricks
Help your 4th grade child work on understanding place values of digits in decimal numbers with this fun activity.
4th grade
Activity
Comparing Decimals
Worksheet
Comparing Decimals
Children practice comparing and rounding decimals in this math practice worksheet.
5th grade
Math
Worksheet
Fluency & Reading Comprehension
Fluency & Reading Comprehension
Provide opportunities for your child to read a variety of texts, including fiction and nonfiction. Ask your child questions after they have read to check for understanding. For example, you might ask, "what was this article mostly about?" or "what problem did the main character face in this story?"
Provide opportunities for your students to read a variety of texts, including fiction and nonfiction. Encourage them to highlight big ideas as they read or allow them to use sticky notes to record their thoughts.
Panchatantra: The Fish That Were Too Clever
Worksheet
Panchatantra: The Fish That Were Too Clever
Children to identify the theme of a story from the Panchatantra, an ancient collection of Indian animal fables.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
History of Zombies
Worksheet
History of Zombies
Ever wonder how the whole zombie craze got started? Read about the history of zombies in this awesome reading comprehension packet.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Butterflies
Worksheet
Find the Main Idea: Butterflies
Children learn about the ways that butterflies like the viceroy and buckeye avoid predators in this engaging reading comprehension worksheet.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fun with Creative Writing
Fun with Creative Writing
Have your child start writing imaginary stories by talking about the elements of a good story: Characters, setting, conflict, resolution, and plot events.
Before students begin writing imaginary stories, it's helpful to review the elements of a story (characters, setting, conflict, resolution, plot events).
Create a Comic Strip
Activity
Create a Comic Strip
Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Activity
Plot Diagram
Worksheet
Plot Diagram
Using this worksheet template, students plan their work by filling out a plot diagram with their story's exposition, rising action climax, falling action, and climax.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
On Demand Writing: Picture Prompt
Worksheet
On Demand Writing: Picture Prompt
Use this picture prompt to provoke creativity in student writing.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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