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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.
Color by Number: Cell
Worksheet
Color by Number: Cell
Learners will look at a diagram of a cell, then follow the instructions to label its parts by color.
5th grade
Science
Worksheet
Label the Diagram: The Human Digestive System
Worksheet
Label the Diagram: The Human Digestive System
Learners will use a word bank to label 15 parts of the human digestive system in this life sciences diagramming activity.
5th grade
Science
Worksheet
Inside-Out Anatomy: The Digestive System
Worksheet
Inside-Out Anatomy: The Digestive System
Use this Inside-Out Anatomy worksheet to learn about the digestive system.
5th grade
Science
Worksheet
Coordinate Planes and Function Boxes
Coordinate Planes and Function Boxes
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 your child 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!
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 Grid Game!
Worksheet
Coordinate Grid Game!
Play detective as you put your geometry skills to the test! This game is a great way to get to know the coordinate plane and practice plotting ordered pairs.
5th grade
Math
Worksheet
Graph it! Ordered Pairs
Worksheet
Graph it! Ordered Pairs
Let's make sense out of pairs of numbers. Get your students started with graphing functions using this introductory ordered pairs worksheet.
5th grade
Math
Worksheet
Blank Function Tables and Coordinate Planes
Worksheet
Blank Function Tables and Coordinate Planes
Ask your students to use these blank function tables and coordinate planes to practice plotting ordered pairs.
5th grade
Math
Worksheet
Cause and Effect and Comparing Nonfiction Text
Cause and Effect and Comparing Nonfiction Text
Your fifth-grader is 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 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.
The History of African American Spirituals
Worksheet
The History of African American Spirituals
In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.
4th 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, encourage your child to 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.
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
Paraphrasing: Historical Passage
Worksheet
Paraphrasing: Historical Passage
Paraphrasing is an important writing skill. With this worksheet, your student will learn some history as he practices paraphrasing.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Research It! The Hobbit
Worksheet
Research It! The Hobbit
Researching, both online and offline, is a skill your student will find useful in any class. This writing worksheet gives her an interesting topic to research.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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