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This Week in Fifth Grade
Week 32
Life Science Vocabulary
Life Science Vocabulary
Life science lessons often include complex, unfamiliar vocabulary. The study of the human body, for example, can involve multiple systems, each with their own set of structures and terminology. Help your child keep these terms straight by spending additional time learning and reviewing while participating in science experiments at home.
Life science lessons often include complex, unfamiliar vocabulary. The study of the human body, for example, can involve multiple systems, each with their own set of structures and terminology. Help students keep these terms straight by spending additional time learning and reviewing them beyond regular science instruction.
Animal Crossword: Cold-Blooded Animals
Worksheet
Animal Crossword: Cold-Blooded Animals
What's the animal that swims upstream? Help your child figure this out with this cold-blooded animal crossword puzzle worksheet.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Breathe In, Breathe Out: The Respiratory System
Lesson plan
Breathe In, Breathe Out: The Respiratory System
Show your students the parts that work together to make a person breath! Have them compare the lungs of a healthy person, the lungs of a smoker, the lungs of a city resident, and the lungs of a miner.
4th grade
Science
Lesson plan
Color by Number: Cell
Worksheet
Color by Number: Cell
The cell is the "building block of all life." Young biologists will learn about some of its most important parts by completing this color by number worksheet.
5th grade
Science
Worksheet
Coordinate Planes and Function Boxes
Coordinate Planes and Function Boxes
Connect students' understanding of input/output boxes to coordinate planes! Since 5th graders typically focus on the positive numbers of the coordinate plane, playing a game like Battleship is a good way to help students practice finding graphing positions by listing ordered pairs. Also, you can print out graph paper and create your own game! Just label the sides and have your students pair up to start plotting their points!
Connect your child's understanding of input/output boxes to coordinate planes! Since 5th graders typically focus on the positive numbers of the coordinate plane, playing a game like Battleship is a good way to help them practice finding graphing positions by listing ordered pairs. Also, you can print out graph paper and create your own game! Just label the sides and pair up with your child to start plotting your points and guessing their points!
Coordinate Challenge: Treasure Hunt!
Worksheet
Coordinate Challenge: Treasure Hunt!
Kids gain a better understanding of identifying points and graphing on the coordinate plane with this treasure hunt coordinate worksheet.
5th grade
Math
Worksheet
Next Level Functions
Lesson plan
Next Level Functions
Take function tables to the next level when you teach your students to generate and plot ordered pairs.
5th grade
Math
Lesson plan
Modeling Fraction Subtraction
Lesson plan
Modeling Fraction Subtraction
Encourage student explanations and visual representation of fraction subtraction in this interactive lesson. Use this lesson on its own or as support to the lesson Modeling Mixed Number Subtraction.
5th grade
Math
Lesson plan
Cause and Effect and Comparing Nonfiction Text
Cause and Effect and Comparing Nonfiction Text
Your fifth grader is by now ready to use their critical thinking skills to analyze nonfiction texts. Encourage this by having them frequently reading short texts on high-interest topics! Ask your child to identify cause and effect as they read, and use graphic organizers to help them compare and contrast two or more texts, using evidence to support their findings.
Your fifth graders are by now ready to use their critical thinking skills to analyze nonfiction texts. Encourage this by having them frequently reading short texts on high-interest topics! Ask students to identify cause and effect as they read, and use graphic organizers to help them compare and contrast two or more texts, using evidence to support their findings.
Earth's Ecosystem: The Coral Reef
Worksheet
Earth's Ecosystem: The Coral Reef
In this worksheet students will be challenged to use information from multiple sources about coral reefs.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Illustrative Infographics
Worksheet
Illustrative Infographics
Tap into your students’ creativity by challenging them to create an infographic using content from their reading!
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Soil and Decomposers: A Perfect Pair
Worksheet
Soil and Decomposers: A Perfect Pair
Using paired passages on soil and decomposers, students will compare and contrast information.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Informational Writing
Informational Writing
Invite your child to choose a topic of interest, then give them a structured note-taking tool to guide their research. Remember: Historians don't just talk about figures and dates — they explore the time period and geography surrounding them. Rather than simply restating historical facts, students should evaluate and analyze why events happened, as well as the lasting effects of the time period.
Invite students to choose a topic of interest, then give them a structured note-taking tool to guide their research. Remember: Historians don't just talk about figures and dates — they explore the time period and geography surrounding them. Rather than simply restating historical facts, students should evaluate and analyze why events happened, as well as the lasting effects of the time period.
How to Write a Paragraph
Worksheet
How to Write a Paragraph
Yum, this paragraph is making me hungry! With this introductory worksheet, your student will learn how to write a paragraph.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
The Impact of Westward Expansion
Lesson plan
The Impact of Westward Expansion
How did westward expansion impact people living in the United States? Use this history lesson to give students an overview of the people and events involved. Then help them reflect on multiple perspectives in an informational paragraph.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Historical Perspectives: Westward Expansion
Worksheet
Historical Perspectives: Westward Expansion
Read about the westward expansion of the United States and respond to questions about the informational text.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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