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This Week in Fifth Grade
Week 22
Word Morphology
Word Morphology
Word morphology is the study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words. As your child studies words and word parts, ask them to keep a journal of the interesting words they learn. Read through this word list together and look for words with common prefixes or suffixes.
Understanding root words and their meanings is a foundational piece of language. This is crucial as students read more complex texts and come across unfamiliar words. Support your students by having them create a Root Word Dictionary to keep track of a variety of root words and their meanings.
Word Part of the Week: per
Worksheet
Word Part of the Week: per
Help your students get to know a common prefix with this great graphic organizer.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Word Wizards
Lesson plan
Word Wizards
Help your students become word wizards! In this creative and engaging lesson, students will review roots, prefixes, and suffixes before creating their own words and definitions.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Word Part of the Week: dia
Worksheet
Word Part of the Week: dia
Help your students get to know a common prefix with this great graphic organizer.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fractions and Decimal Multiplication
Fractions and Decimal Multiplication
Work with your child to brainstorm real-life situations that use geometry or decimals, like building with blocks or shopping for groceries. Then, ask how math can help in those situations. For example, knowing about decimals can help us understand the prices at the grocery store. Talking about math with your child will strengthen their concrete understanding of complex topics.
As students work through the different strategies for decimal division and multiplication, it can be helpful to revisit the same problems using fractions. Then, try using decimals and fractions in geometry problems. For example, ask students to find the area of a rectangle with dimensions that are decimals. Combining these topics will build students' critical thinking and number sense.
Area with Decimals and Fractions
Lesson plan
Area with Decimals and Fractions
Refresh students on the relationship between decimals and fractions when they multiply to find the area! They will find the area of a location in a picture by converting mixed numbers to a decimals and then using the area equation.
5th grade
Math
Lesson plan
Converting Fractions to Decimals
Lesson plan
Converting Fractions to Decimals
Encourage students to explain the relationship between decimals and fractions to help them with future computations. Use this lesson on its own or as support to the lesson Area with Decimals and Fractions.
5th grade
Math
Lesson plan
Dizzy Over Decimals: Multiplying Decimals #2
Worksheet
Dizzy Over Decimals: Multiplying Decimals #2
Learners boost their decimal multiplication skills with this helpful practice worksheet.
6th grade
Math
Worksheet
Perspective, Opinion, & Narrator's Point of View
Perspective, Opinion, & Narrator's Point of View
Look for examples of author's purpose in the real world. For example, when you're driving, ask your child to identify the purpose of a billboard or a road sign. At the grocery store, compare the purpose behind the nutrition label on a box of cereal versus the fun description on the back of the box.
As students identify the author's purpose and narrator's point of view, make sure that they are able to justify their thinking with evidence from the text. Help them find cue words, loaded words, and direct quotes combined with their own inference skills.
Detecting the Author's Purpose
Worksheet
Detecting the Author's Purpose
Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Identify the Author's Purpose
Worksheet
Identify the Author's Purpose
Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Whose Point Is It Anyway?
Lesson plan
Whose Point Is It Anyway?
What if Cinderella’s stepsisters weren’t really evil? In this engaging lesson, you will introduce your students to multiple points of view and discuss how these different perspectives can change a reader’s experience.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Argument Writing
Argument Writing
Many written arguments come in the form of letters. Encourage your child to write a persuasive letter to someone about a cause they care about. For example, your writer might choose to write to the NFL asking for increased safety on the field or to write to a television network asking for more shows with strong female leads.
Many written arguments come in the form of letters. Present your students with a controversial letter and have them write a persuasive letter in response. For example, you might write a letter to your students saying that they will have twice as much homework for the rest of the school year. Review the format of a letter before asking them to write their response.
Persuasive Letter Organizer
Worksheet
Persuasive Letter Organizer
Help your students plan a well-supported persuasive letter with this planning document.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Argument Writing: Persuasive Letters
Worksheet
Argument Writing: Persuasive Letters
In this exercise, your young writers will write a persuasive letter to a person of their choice.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Map Your Essay: Graphic Organizer
Worksheet
Map Your Essay: Graphic Organizer
Young writers map out their essays with the help of this graphic organizer.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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