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This Week in Fifth Grade
Week 35
Vocabulary Review
Vocabulary Review
Your child is constantly encountering new vocabulary words as they read. Support them by introducing them to words with multiple meanings and common roots. Refer to vocabulary words from the beginning of the year to maximize their learning and retention. Be sure to discuss strategies your child can use independently, like using context clues and reference materials to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Students are constantly encountering new vocabulary words as they read. Support them by introducing them to words with multiple meanings and common roots. Refer to vocabulary words from the beginning of the year to maximize student learning and retention. Be sure to discuss strategies students can use independently, like using context clues and reference materials to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Graphic Organizer Template: Multiple Meaning Table
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Graphic Organizer Template: Multiple Meaning Table
Use this template to record multiple meanings of the same word. A useful resource for reading, instruction, and word study.
Reading & Writing
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Multiple Meaning Words Worksheet
Interactive Worksheet
Multiple Meaning Words Worksheet
This multiple meaning words worksheet uses context clues to help kids make sense of homonyms, or words with multiple meanings.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Interactive Worksheet
Build Vocabulary: Word Meaning and Spelling #14
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Build Vocabulary: Word Meaning and Spelling #14
Children build their vocabulary in this word meaning and spelling worksheet by learning 10 new vocabulary words, along with their definitions, then writing them on the spaces provided.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Measuring and Line Plots
Measuring and Line Plots
Turn the next time you need to measure something into a learning opportunity! Show your child how you measure, and what you do with those measurements. Next, offer your child an opportunity to practice. Give them a ruler and have them measure things around the house. Challenge them to make a line plot showing the measurements of like items.
Using a ruler to measure everyday items can be challenging. Take the time to explain the ruler's features, pointing out the exact point for the number zero and modeling how to measure short lengths. Discuss fractions of an inch and help students locate the half-inch and quarter-inch marks between whole numbers. Then, give students the opportunity to practice this skill by measuring things around the classroom. Challenge students to make a line plot showing the measurements of like items.
Donut Data
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Donut Data
Practice using line plots and data sets to solve math problems with this donut-themed fractions worksheet!
5th grade
Math
Worksheet
Looking at Line Plots
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Looking at Line Plots
This worksheet prompts students' critical thinking skills. Students will need to determine if several line plot problems are solved correctly and explain their reasoning.
5th grade
Math
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How Do You Measure Up?
Worksheet
How Do You Measure Up?
Students will take practice measurements of real world objects and make a line plot of the data.
5th grade
Math
Worksheet
Researching Fun Ideas
Researching Fun Ideas
As the end of the school year approaches, ask your child what they would like to learn more about. Use their answer to plan a fun research project for the summer break. Let your child select any topic, such as their favorite animal, celebrity, or video game. Help your child find books, nonfiction movies, and outings that will help them learn more about their chosen topic.
As a class, generate a list of high-interest topics like cars, movies, video games, sports, and animals. Have students pick the topic they'd like to investigate, and give them time to conduct research. When students select their own topic, they are more likely to be engaged in the research process. Provide graphic organizers to help your class organize their notes, and, when needed, use sentence frames to support them as they write.
Video Games: Not Just for Fun
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Video Games: Not Just for Fun
Develop reading comprehension with this video game passage. Ask your students to read the excerpt, then answer questions about the main ideas and details.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Introduction to Research: Grocery Store!
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Introduction to Research: Grocery Store!
Where does the food in the grocery store come from? Get your student ready to investigate their local grocery store with this fun worksheet and activity.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Make a Travel Brochure! Melbourne
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Make a Travel Brochure! Melbourne
Budding researchers will head Down Under to learn about Melbourne, Australia, in this engaging project.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Informational Writing: Paraphrasing Information
Informational Writing: Paraphrasing Information
Practice retelling stories out loud with your child to strengthen their paraphrasing skills. This will help prepare them to paraphrase information in their writing. Encourage your child to learn some fun campfire stories in anticipation of the summer months. Remind them to tell the stories using their own words, rather than simply memorizing the original version.
Paraphrasing nonfiction information is still challenging for fifth graders. Having been told to put information in their own words, students often just copy directly from their research sources. Practice paraphrasing by having your students relate personal stories and retell peers' stories. Next, try this with informational texts by playing a version of "telephone." Have students write a short paragraph about a familiar topic. Then have them pass their paragraph to a peer, who will rewrite it. Pass and rewrite several times before returning it to the original author.
Paraphrasing: Van Gogh
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Paraphrasing: Van Gogh
Paraphrasing is an important skill for writing a research paper. Students can practice putting someone else's writing into their own words.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Paraphrase the Declaration of Independence
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Paraphrase the Declaration of Independence
Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Paraphrasing: The Nile River
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Paraphrasing: The Nile River
The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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