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This Week in Fifth Grade
Week 2
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Help your child with new vocabulary using a variety of tools. Introduce a word web to study a vocabulary term in depth. Then, practice using context clues in a story to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
Teach your students to use a variety of tools to determine the meaning of a new word. Introduce a word web to study a vocabulary term in depth. Then, practice using context clues in a story to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
Vivacious Vocabulary #2
Worksheet
Vivacious Vocabulary #2
The second in a series, this activity allows students to match definitions and sentences with challenging vocabulary words which are common in 5th grade texts.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
The Tortoise and the Hare: Vocabulary
Worksheet
The Tortoise and the Hare: Vocabulary
Your students will practice using context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words while reading this classic Aesop fable.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Vocabulary Word Web
Worksheet
Vocabulary Word Web
Use this simple graphic organizer to map out a new word and explore it in depth.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Rounding Numbers
Rounding Numbers
Help your child review rounding basics. Talk about place value and show them how to use vertical number lines and place value charts as tools for understanding the values of numbers based on their placement.
Using place value charts and manipulatives like base-ten blocks can help reinforce number sense and the concept of place value. Understanding place value is necessary before students can round numbers correctly.
Water Rafting: Rounding Decimals to the Nearest Hundredth
Game
Water Rafting: Rounding Decimals to the Nearest Hundredth
Help your fifth grader review their decimal knowledge with this engaging, educator-created game.
5th grade
Game
Rounding to Whole Numbers
Interactive Worksheet
Rounding to Whole Numbers
Learners round decimals and fractions to the nearest whole number in this practice worksheet.
4th grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Numbers All A-Round
Lesson plan
Numbers All A-Round
Teach your students to round to the hundred thousands place with this straightforward lesson.
4th grade
Math
Lesson plan
Summaries
Summaries
What's in a summary? A summary tells the most important ideas in a story or nonfiction text. Challenge young readers to sum up a reading passage in only one sentence.
Teaching students to summarize main ideas and key details can help aid in their understanding of nonfiction texts.
Write a Simple Summary
Worksheet
Write a Simple Summary
Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Power Reading
Lesson plan
Power Reading
Help students learn how to read passages with multiple main ideas and differentiate between main ideas and supporting details by creating a graphic organizer with proof from the text.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Differentiating Main Ideas from Details
Lesson plan
Differentiating Main Ideas from Details
Use this lesson to help your ELs understand main idea and supporting details in the context of sentences and paragraphs. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the Power Reading lesson.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
The Writing Process: First Drafts and Revisions
The Writing Process: First Drafts and Revisions
Make sure to let your child know the importance of revising work. No one gets their writing perfect after one try! Children can read their writing aloud to listen to their ideas and then change them to match the message or thoughts they want to convey.
As students are drafting their stories, you can have them share aloud portions of their writing. Then they can discuss how to revise their writing to eliminate redundant or unnecessary information.
Revise with ARMS
Worksheet
Revise with ARMS
Add, remove, move, and substitute! Use this fun revising strategy to revise a sample essay.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Rethink, Revise, Rewrite
Lesson plan
Rethink, Revise, Rewrite
Using the skills of revising and editing, this lesson incorporates the process of peer editing conferences into the revision and editing processes. Students will expand their editing and revision skills via peer editing conferences.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Rainbow Editing
Worksheet
Rainbow Editing
Students will use this fun and colorful revision technique to edit a piece of sample writing.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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