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This Week in Fifth Grade
Week 23
Root Words
Root Words
A word ladder is a great way to actively analyze the structure and meaning of words. Use word ladders to encourage your child to think deeply about root words! To play, begin with one word, then make a series of other words by changing one letter or one word part (like a prefix or suffix) to make a new word. For example, the word bicycle might become tricycle, which then might become triangle. As you play, ask your child to notice any patterns that exist.
Word ladders feel like a game, but students are practicing essential literacy skills by building an understanding of word structure. Offer a variety of word study activities to keep students motivated and engaged in learning. For example, after introducing root words with a word ladder, you might review the same root words with a word matrix or show your students the root words being used in the context of a story.
Root Word Ladder: Struct
Worksheet
Root Word Ladder: Struct
Use this word ladder to help your students learn about the root word STRUCT.
5th grade
Worksheet
Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots Word Ladder
Worksheet
Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots Word Ladder
Use this word ladder to help your students use roots, prefixes, and suffixes to build words.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Latin Root Words #1
Interactive Worksheet
Latin Root Words #1
Explore the meaning of Latin roots like "scribe" and "spect" with this matching activity! Build essential vocabulary skills with this simple one-page worksheet.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Interactive Worksheet
Area Models & Multiplication
Area Models & Multiplication
Once your child has learned how to find the area of a rectangle, they can use the concept to visualize the multiplication of large numbers. Relating these two concepts will help them build a solid foundation that will support them in understanding more advanced math. Continue to make connections to other strategies they've learned like number decomposition, generic rectangle, and area of complex figures.
Once your students have learned how to find the area of a rectangle, they can use the concept to visualize the multiplication of large numbers. Relating these two concepts will help your students build a solid foundation that will support them in understanding more advanced math. Continue to make connections to previously taught strategies like number decomposition, generic rectangle, and area of complex figures.
Scaling Area
Worksheet
Scaling Area
Challenge your students to think about multiplication as scaling in these exercises that involve area.
5th grade
Math
Worksheet
Multiplying with Area Model
Worksheet
Multiplying with Area Model
Students will use what they know about area to multiply two-digit factors.
4th grade
Math
Worksheet
Area Models in Fractional Units
Worksheet
Area Models in Fractional Units
This worksheet teaches students to break down the area of a shape by using fractional units. Show your students how to represent area for rectangular shapes with fractional length sides.
5th grade
Math
Worksheet
Using Text Evidence to Identify Author's Perspective & Narrator's Point of View
Using Text Evidence to Identify Author's Perspective & Narrator's Point of View
Explain to your child that, as a reader, they are an important part of the stories they read. Readers bring their own background knowledge and perspective to each story they encounter, which helps them comprehend, infer, and interpret the author's meaning. Likewise, the author, and even the characters themselves, have perpectives that make the text unique. Encourage your child to look for clues or evidence of different perpectives while reading.
Remind your students that, as readers, they are an important part of the stories they read. A reader brings their own background knowledge and perspective to each story they encounter, which helps them comprehend, infer, and interpret the author's meaning. Likewise, the author, and even the characters themselves, have perpectives that make the text unique. Encourage your students to look for clues or evidence of different perpectives as they read.
Making Inferences in a Fictional Text
Worksheet
Making Inferences in a Fictional Text
This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Inferences & Evidence
Worksheet
Inferences & Evidence
Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Making Inferences About Feelings
Worksheet
Making Inferences About Feelings
Students will make inferences about feelings and perspectives in a short text.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Correct Comma Placement
Correct Comma Placement
Proper comma usage can be confusing! Make it fun by looking at examples of silly or awkward sentences. For example, you might write, "I love cooking mom." Talk about how commas could change the meaning of the sentence. Then, give your child a chance to add commas to sentences by gluing dry macaroni to paper where the commas should be in the sentences!
Proper comma usage can be confusing! Make it fun by looking at examples of silly or awkward sentences. For example, you might write, "I love cooking mom." Talk about how commas could change the meaning of the sentence. Then, give your students a chance to add commas to their own sentences by gluing dry macaroni to their papers where the commas should be!
Perfect Punctuation: Commas in Dates and Addresses
Worksheet
Perfect Punctuation: Commas in Dates and Addresses
Help your third grader hone her punctuation skills with this worksheet that explains how to use commas in dates and addresses.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Punctuate Me: Using Commas
Worksheet
Punctuate Me: Using Commas
This veggie-themed worksheet helps refine learners' understanding of how and where to use commas.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Using Commas
Worksheet
Using Commas
In this worksheet, learners will proofread 12 sentences for punctuation, adding the missing commas.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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