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This Week in Fifth Grade
Week 4
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms and antonyms are a staple in vocabulary acquisition! Make sure your child knows how to use a thesaurus. Then, work together to build word lists with multiple synonyms and antonyms for commonly used words that they can notice in their reading and use in their writing.
Synonyms and antonyms are a staple in vocabulary acquisition! Make sure your students know how to use a thesaurus. Then, work as a class build word lists with multiple synonyms and antonyms for commonly used words to help their reading and writing.
Synonyms for Friend
Worksheet
Synonyms for Friend
Does your child have a chum, comrade, or confidant? These are all another way to say "friend"! Your child will expand their vocabulary as they practices using synonyms.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Synonym Memory Game
Worksheet
Synonym Memory Game
Students will have fun matching synonyms with this vocabulary memory game.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Synonyms for Funny
Worksheet
Synonyms for Funny
Not all synonyms are created equal; can your child recognize slight differences in meaning of some of these 24 synonyms for funny?
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Comparing Decimals and Expressions
Comparing Decimals and Expressions
Children sometimes have a hard time comparing numbers, and knowing if one number is greater or less than another. Understanding place value and whether a digit is in the ones, tens, or hundreds place can be a big help in making number comparisons.
What is an expression? Make sure to give your students lots of examples before asking them to compare! If your students are ready, you can even include variables in some of your examples.
Comparing Decimals: Decimal War!
Lesson plan
Comparing Decimals: Decimal War!
Get your students excited and test their knowledge of comparing decimals with this fun decimal "war" game!
5th grade
Math
Lesson plan
Explaining Expressions
Lesson plan
Explaining Expressions
Challenge students to decompose numbers within multiplication expressions. Use this lesson as a standalone lesson or as support to the lesson Solving Expressions in Word Problems.
5th grade
Math
Lesson plan
Understanding Expressions and Equations
Exercise
Understanding Expressions and Equations
Students will understand mathematical expressions and equations after they work through this engaging exercise from Education.com.
5th grade
Math
Exercise
Inferences & Summarizing
Inferences & Summarizing
Ask your child about books they're reading at home and at school to help strengthen summarizing skills. When children summarize they tell what the story or book is mostly about in five sentences or less. Then, ask them to make inferences about specific parts of the stories they've described.
As students learn to visualize what they're reading, they will also improve their inference skills. Have students draw a picture or comic strip to show what they've read. Then, have them put it into words with a three-sentence summary. Finally, ask them to make an inference about a specific part of the story and refer to the book and their drawings for inspiration.
Writing a Fiction Summary: The Wind in the Willows
Worksheet
Writing a Fiction Summary: The Wind in the Willows
Learn a fun reading strategy and practice writing fiction summaries using a classic text.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Famous Short Stories: The Celebrated Jumping Frog
Worksheet
Famous Short Stories: The Celebrated Jumping Frog
Meet some famous short stories with our set of printable mini books.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Summary Writing: Big Ideas vs. Details
Worksheet
Summary Writing: Big Ideas vs. Details
Help your EL students will practice differentiating between big ideas and details.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Sentence Editing
Sentence Editing
Part of being a good writer is being able to edit! For some children, it helps to break editing down into pieces. Try to edit in stages, first looking for proper capitalization, then checking for correct punctuation, and so on.
As students edit their writing, it's helpful to provide them with a checklist. Make sure they check for structure, proper capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
Present Perfect Tense
Lesson plan
Present Perfect Tense
Have your students heard about participles and tenses? This fun lesson teaches students about conjugating verbs and forming sentences.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Tips for Writing a Good Beginning Sentence
Worksheet
Tips for Writing a Good Beginning Sentence
Young writers discover strategies for creating compelling introductions that capture a reader's interest in this writing worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Grammar Review: Clauses
Worksheet
Grammar Review: Clauses
What are clauses, and how do you use them to create sentences? Find out with this worksheet on independent and dependent clauses.
5th grade
Worksheet
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