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This Week in Fifth Grade
Week 14
Word Lists
Word Lists
Keep your child's spelling and vocabulary lists in a single folder so that you can refer to them throughout the year. Try to make connections between new words and old words.
When introducing new words each week, remember to discuss word morphology and spiral back to previous words in order to reinforce and practice vocabulary skills. Always find ways to connect to texts read in class as well as writing activities.
Build Vocabulary: Word Meaning and Spelling #7
Worksheet
Build Vocabulary: Word Meaning and Spelling #7
Children build their vocabulary in this word meaning and spelling worksheet by learning 10 new vocabulary words, along with their definitions, then writing them on the spaces provided.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Tricky Words
Lesson plan
Tricky Words
Your students won’t be tricked when they discover digital tools that help them spell homophones and plurals correctly. Your students will also learn about times when they shouldn’t take an automatic spelling suggestion on their devices!
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Make Your Own Sight Word Search
Worksheet
Make Your Own Sight Word Search
Students will practice spelling and reading words from their sight word list as they create their very own sight word searches.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Multi-Digit Division
Multi-Digit Division
Make sure your child is working on both standard math problems and word problems, as this helps strengthen different skills. Help reinforce the use of multiple methods by practicing different ways of solving the same problem. This will encourage flexible thinking and math-related conversation.
Make sure your class is working on both standard math problems and word problems, as this helps strengthen different skills. Help reinforce the use of multiple methods by practicing different ways of solving the same problem. This will encourage flexible thinking and math-related conversation.
An Introduction to Partial Quotients
Worksheet
An Introduction to Partial Quotients
Use this teaching tool to introduce a popular division method to your students!
5th grade
Math
Worksheet
Doubling Multiples for Division
Lesson plan
Doubling Multiples for Division
Challenge students to use their understanding of standard algorithm division to list multiples while solving division problems. Focus on their language use and opinions in this pre-lesson to the Partial Quotients Method lesson.
5th grade
Math
Lesson plan
Real World Division
Worksheet
Real World Division
With this exercise, your students will have the chance to use division to solve multi-step word problems with real world contexts.
5th grade
Math
Worksheet
Making & Revising Predictions
Making & Revising Predictions
Making predictions requires several skills, including inferencing and citing evidence. When your child makes a prediction, make sure to ask them to explain their thinking. Have your child record their prediction and reasoning in a notebook. Then, ask them to revisit their notebook halfway through the story to add to or change their prediction.
Making predictions requires several skills, including inferencing and citing evidence. When your students make a prediction, make sure to ask them to explain their thinking. Have students record their prediction and reasoning in a notebook. Then, ask them to revisit their notebook halfway through the story to add to or change their prediction.
Five Ways to Respond to Literature
Lesson plan
Five Ways to Respond to Literature
Prepare your students to analyze and respond to literature by practicing five types of responses: predictions, questions, clarification, connections, and opinions.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Summary Writing with Big Ideas
Lesson plan
Summary Writing with Big Ideas
Before students can respond to literature critically, they must have a strong grasp of big ideas and summary writing. Support your ELs in these foundational reading skills by introducing a three-sentence paragraph frame for summary writing.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Literature Response Reflection Cards
Worksheet
Literature Response Reflection Cards
Help your students think deeply about literature with these helpful conversation starters.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Argument Writing
Argument Writing
Suggest a topic that your child will be interested in to help them get engaged in writing an argument based on their own opinion. Then, challenge them to write a paragraph about the opposing side of the argument.
Provide a high-interest prompt to help your students get engaged in writing an argument based on their own opinion. Then, challenge them to write a paragraph about the opposing side of the argument.
Argument Writing: Claim, Reasons, and Evidence
Lesson plan
Argument Writing: Claim, Reasons, and Evidence
This lesson will help students map out their argument essay after they have identified a topic. Students will learn the three basic components of constructing an argument: stating a claim, listing reasons, and providing evidence.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Argument Writing: Forming an Opinion
Worksheet
Argument Writing: Forming an Opinion
This worksheet teaches the art of argument writing by presenting four statements that students must either agree or disagree with.
5th grade
Worksheet
On Demand Writing: Argument
Worksheet
On Demand Writing: Argument
Fifth graders who are new to argument writing need extra support. This worksheet provides a writing prompt and a list of important tips to keep in mind.
5th grade
Worksheet
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