5th Grade

Identify factors

Comparison word problems: addition or multiplication?

Skip count by 2s, 3s, and 5s backwards starting at 100.

Compare mythological illustrations

Use academic vocabulary in context

Read a chapter of your favorite book or a picture book outside!

Draw out hopscotch on the sidewalk or driveway as multiples of 9, instead of by 1's. Say your multiples of 9 as you jump!

Place value review

Identify equivalent fractions

Baking Fun! Measure out the ingredients needed to bake a sweet treat. Double the recipe using fractions and multiplication.

Identify story elements

Multiple-meaning words with pictures

Write friendly messages to your neighbors outside with sidewalk chalk.

Read a graphic novel on Sora or Epic!

Play a card game with a family member or friend.

Multiply a 2-digit number by a 2-digit number: complete the missing steps

Graph and order fractions on number lines

Find as many coins as possible around your house. How much money do you have? How many tenths do you have? How many hundredths do you have? How many whole dollars do you have?

Read passages about sports and hobbies

Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?

Make a list of words that have more than one meaning. How many can you think of?

Go bird watching! Take photos and keep track of your sightings. Use an app or guidebook to identify feathered friends.

Divide 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers

Write your own multiplication or division word problem about a family member or friend. Then have them solve it!

Identify similes and metaphors

Write a short poem about summer. Be creative!

Start a nature journal, then take it outside to record all the beautiful sights and sounds that you notice.

Parallel sides in quadrilaterals

Calculate the perimeter and area of your bedroom in feet (If you don't have a ruler or measuring tape, how many of your own feet does it take to get from one side to the other?)

Find words using context

Watch your favorite cartoon. Who is the main character? Draw a picture of them and write 3 words that describe them. Share with a family member and explain why you chose the 3 words you did.

Try this shadow sidewalk chalk art project.

Add and subtract fractions with like denominators

Estimate sums, differences, products, and quotients: word problems

Practice measuring angles with a protractor game.

Use actions and dialogue to understand characters

Organize information by main idea

Write a paragraph convincing your family that you should have ice cream for dinner.

Collect rocks and paint them. Turn them into pet rocks, garden ornaments, or gifts for family members.

Add fractions: denominators 10 and 100

Create rectangles with a given area

Design a garden or playground on paper. What would the area and perimeter be? Draw out what it would look like.

Read drama

Create compound sentences

Make your own joke book. Collect jokes and riddles from your family and friends.

Grow fresh herbs in containers. Use old coffee cans, milk jugs, mason jars, plastic cups, or anything else you have around the house. Keep your herb garden on a patio or windowsill.

Choose numbers with a particular sum, difference, product, or quotient

Measurement word problems

Identify sensory details

Choose the best topic sentence

Make a list of zoo animals. Sort them by different categories, such as type of animal (mammals, fish, etc.) or coloring (green, brown, striped, etc.).

Plan a family activity day. Decide how much money to spend and research events and activities in your area and choose an affordable activity the whole family can enjoy. Allow enough time for the activity, and remember to include food in the day's plan. (This online Kids Party Checklist will help.) Don't forget to bring a camera and take lots of pictures. Create a family scrapbook of your special day.

1. Describe the event or activity your family will attend.

2. Will everyone in the family enjoy this activity? Why do you think so?

3. What do you need to arrange ahead of time? Will you need to purchase tickets? Pack a lunch? Make reservations?

4. What supplies or materials will you need?

5. What costs will be involved?

Use fractions to find the measure of an angle

Multi-step word problems with strip diagrams

Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that

Word game! Look for out-of-state license plates. Make a list of all the state names and slogans. Decide which ones you like the best.

Interview an older relative. Write out your family history.

Model decimals and fractions

Compare money amounts

Determine the meaning of idioms from context: set 1

Read passages about famous places

Watch a movie and write a review about it. How many stars would you give it? What did you like about it? What didn't you like? What category would this type of movie fall in (drama, humor, action, etc.)?

Cool down by making Ice Cream in a Bag. The simple technique produces delicious ice cream in about 5 minutes.

• Multiply fractions by whole numbers using number lines

• Draw quadrilaterals

Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Punctuating dialogue

Plan an end-of-summer celebration. Record a list of the 10 best things you did this summer. Create a menu of your favorite summer treats to be enjoyed on your last day of summer!

Have a water balloon baseball game. Use a plastic bat, a bucket of water balloons, and old towels as bases and you are all set.