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38 Reading Comprehension Activities For 5th Graders: Resources, Ideas, And Examples

February 20, 2024 //  by  Nicole Muir

There are many ways to strengthen your students’ literacy skills. Reading comprehension is a vital skill that applies to many components of being a reader and literate person.

Reading comprehension will allow your students to understand the information they are reading, which goes beyond reading the passages fluently.

Understanding the information in the text passages they are reading will allow them to answer questions about the text more accurately.

They will also be able to use evidence from the text to support opinions and summarize the information, among other skills.

Check out these 38 reading activities below that help support your 5th grade students as they strengthen their reading comprehension skills.

1. Bloom Balls

This 3D activity will really make learning come to life as your students learn about reading comprehension. This activity can be used in a variety of different ways. You could write about the main character or your classes’ opinions, as just a few examples. You can even include a creative writing prompt or comprehension questions that relate to the text.

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2. Compare the Characters

This compare-the-characters resource is perfect for discussing a protagonist and antagonist. Having a discussion about what it means to compare and contrast two different things and how to find similarities will have to take place beforehand using this writing worksheet.

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3. Volcano Graphic Organizer

This volcano is a fun graphic, that students can relate to, that can be customized. Sequencing the story, discussing character traits, or looking at your impressions, like the graphic above, can help students comprehend the information they are reading. This is especially fun to work through with fiction stories that are written at a fifth-grade reading level.

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4. Wanted Poster

This activity is especially fun because it takes a different approach to most literary activities. Most literary activities focus heavily on the protagonist or hero of the story whereas this assignment allows students to write a blurb about the antagonist or villain after reading the 5th grade reading passage or a different level entirely depending on their level of reading.

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5. Make a Timeline

Your students can make a timeline using their fictional or nonfictional pieces of text. Depending on their reading level, they can use pictures or words. This assignment deals heavily with the skill of sequencing the story by putting the events in the correct order. They can present their work after they are finished to work on their oral reading as a reading exercise.

6. Anticipation Guide

This printable reading activity is very helpful when students are working on their prediction and inferring skills. Using pictures to make conclusions about the texts they are reading is an important part of reading comprehension. It is a reading comprehension worksheet that can be done as a whole class or in small groups.

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7. Lego Read and Build

Your students will enjoy retelling fiction texts and nonfiction texts using these fun lego pieces. A lot of students are already familiar with how to use these lego pieces, so they will already have some background knowledge going into this activity. This is a new way to integrate learning and creativity inside an exciting reading challenge!

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8. Signal Words and Story Mats

This activity will help your students think about and reflect on the most important information in the story. Having them sort the who, what, where, and when of a story will help your students understand what they are reading that much more and reinforce their knowledge. This activity is a variation of the traditional story map idea. This can be done with fiction and nonfiction stories.

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9. Story Train

Writing out story elements in their own compartments when describing a story they read or wrote themselves can help students comprehend these facets more deeply. Your students can get as creative as they like when designing their train, which will appeal to students who are hesitant.

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10. After Story Spinner

This after story spinner gives the instructor many examples of sentence stems to generate conversation and discussion among the students. This activity can be done with the students working in pairs, individually as a written assignment, or as a whole class. These are important questions for students to answer.

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11. Interactive Notebooks

Use this activity throughout your student’s interactive notebooks to introduce the different genres to your students. In the fifth grade, it’s important to know and understand different literary genres. Pair this with some interactive resources or a writing worksheet.

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12. Book Cafe

Bringing the atmosphere of a cafe into your reading classroom might just be the perfect integration into enhancing your students reading. Students will love filling in their laminated placemats with information from each book. Plot twist, those placemats even act as Graphic Organizers providing your students with fun and exciting comprehension practice.

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13. Begin Reading Minilessons

Begin your reading units with these mini-lessons! These can be really tailored to any unit, book, comprehension passage , or story you’re reading with your fifth graders. Help to establish strong prereading foundations.

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14. Writing Understanding  for Strong Reading Comprehension

Boosting your kiddo’s writing will inevitably help them to become stronger in the realm of reading comprehension. Adding a scaffold like this anchor chart into your classroom will be the perfect way to help your students grasp a better understanding of what they’re writing. Break down a 5th-grade reading passage and have students find each sticky note.

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15. Before, During, After

These before, during, and after bookmarks will help give students a guide throughout their entire reading process. Students can read and use these bookmarks at their own pace and integrate it into whichever story or novel they are reading. Provide students with the skills they need to fully enforce active reading.

16. Build Some Reading Stamina

This is a super fun activity that students will love to complete. Understanding the stamina of themselves and others in the classroom will be very helpful to the enhancement of their knowledge.

17. Character Trait Comics

Fifth-graders  love  comics. In my experience, teaching fifth-grade in the US and in various countries, every 10-12-year-old loves these books! They’re fun, they’re interactive, and most of all, they’re creative. Your kiddos will love these character trait comic strips.

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19. Reading Binders

Skip the reading notebooks this year, and have students create their own reading binders. Take it to a new level. Students will love the idea of having their own binders and being treated as more mature. You and teachers in the future will love the organization skills they’ve developed over time.

20. Literature Circles

Being comfortable will surely enhance students’ love for reading time. Being able to go places that aren’t normally allowed makes the reading experience that much more desirable. Literature circles also help to enhance students’ oral reading.

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21. Blurb Work

Independent reading is a qualification in the fifth grade. Independent reading helps not only build student comprehension but also a comprehensive vocabulary. Blurb work will help students to choose and understand books just by reading “blurbs”.

22. Sticky Notes and W Questions

I honestly have met very few fifth graders who aren’t excited about sticky notes. Most of my kiddos almost reach a new level of excitement when it comes to sticky notes. This is a great idea for answering different  W  questions after reading.

Learn More: The Cre8tive Author

23. Reading Workshop Checklist

If you’re a teacher, you have a pretty good understanding of the importance of smoothly running reading workshops. If they’re not smooth, they’re chaos. Giving students strong direction will give them the space and confidence to work independently.

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24. Book Tournament

Finding different ways to persuade your kiddos to read is always challenging. If you’ve got basketball lovers in your fifth grade this year, I strongly recommend this book tournament to get them motivated and reading both at home and in the classroom!

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25. Dreamy Conclusions

Making conclusions gets more and more difficult as students progress in age. Dreamy conclusions is a game that students will love to play, but will also purposefully benefit from.

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26. Sight Word Challenge

5th grade sight words help students to have a wider range of vocabulary retention. This, in turn, will help your students to develop both stronger comprehension and overall improved fluency.

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27. Reading Comprehension Jenga

Jenga can be used for various activities. It’s never a bad idea to get a wooden Jenga set to integrate into your classroom. It can be tailored to really any subject you’re teaching.

Pro tip: Write different comprehension questions on pieces of paper and tape them on so that they can be removed and the blocks can be used elsewhere.

28. Frog Songs

Use this video in your classroom to have students listen or read about the different sounds frogs make. There are comprehension questions at the end of this video, which can be used to assess student comprehension understanding or as practice in small reading groups.

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29. Read Aloud Books

Read-alouds are important for really any grade. There’s no doubt kids love hearing adults read to them. In the case that you don’t have the time or need some time to yourself throughout the day (no hard feelings, we’ve all been there). Playing a read-aloud on the projector or smart board is still giving your kiddos what they need to become better readers! There are a ton of fifth-grade reading-level book options available!

Learn More: 26 Suggested 5th Grade Read Aloud Books

30. 5th Grade Spelling Bee

My kiddos absolutely  love when we have a spelling bee in the classroom. This can be used at any time that your kids need a little break from the intensity that can be fifth grade. Although this isn’t directly a reading activity, becoming better spellers, leads to higher fluency, which in turn, reflects better comprehension.

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31. Disney Characters Brain Break

By reading into the context clues provided in the pictures, students will develop deeper thinking skills. This is a really special skill for students to have and this video makes it fun and active! It’s secretly an exciting reading challenge for your students.

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32. Island of the Blue Dolphin

Island of the Blue Dolphin is hands down a fifth-grade favorite! Filled with so many different aspects of reading comprehension, this book is essential to bring into the classroom. Use this video as a read-aloud for students whose fluency isn’t quite as strong as you need to be to reach a high level of comprehension.

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33. Riddles

Developing metalinguistic awareness is extremely helpful for increasing reading comprehension skills. One way to do that is through riddles. Riddles help students to distance themselves from what they’re seeing or reading and make sense of it.

Think outside the box, if you will.

Learn More: 100 Riddles To Keep Your Students Engaged and Entertained!

34. Understanding Figurative Language

Having a basic understanding of Figurative Language is vital in the fifth grade. Set your kiddos up for success with this Figurative Language activity. This can be played in a variety of different ways and will work great for students in small groups.

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35. Create Your Own Activity

Wordwall.net has so many opportunities for teachers to create their own super fun activities. These activities can literally be tailored to any subject or topic that you’ve been teaching in the classroom. Simple make a free account and get to creating!

36. Listening Comprehension

Work on your students’ listening comprehension with this video. Your students will love how simple these questions are, but will also develop a better understanding of what they hear and how to talk about it.

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37. Create a Comprehension Video Lesson

Edpuzzle is a super tool you can use to create your very own video lessons. Video lessons are something a bit different for your kiddos and can really engage them with the learning!  You can use Edpuzzle to create a video, include any of your own original or sourced online material, and add questions or prompts. This tutorial shows you everything you’ll need to know!

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38. Evan-Moor Daily Reading Comprehension

These daily reading review comprehension pages are so helpful for kids in all grades. In some cases, schools will use them throughout the grade and kids will be familiar with the setup. Integrating these short readings into your fifth-grade classroom will be very beneficial to all of your students.

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Final Thoughts

Literacy is one of the core focuses of many schools whether you are focusing on reading, writing, or comprehension. These activities are fun and interesting for students to participate in and they can be tailored to suit the needs of your students.

Using games, assignments, and hands-on materials can allow your students to make connections that go beyond the surface level of understanding that they would achieve if they were only doing worksheets. These reading comprehension activities incorporate comprehension questions for your students to answer using different mediums. Question banks are available in some of these ideas as well to support students and give them prompts.

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11 vocabulary homework ideas and how to motivate students to do it, by: vocab gal.

Homework is such a valuable formative assessment for both teachers and students, and yet students are motivated* by many different factors when it comes to their desire to actually complete the work. In this article, I'm sharing how to motivate students to do their homework and 11 vocabulary homework ideas and worksheets that work in grades 1–12. Plus, preview and grab my 7 Options for Vocabulary Homework Kit .

Keep scrolling to find vocabulary homework ideas! 

How to motivate students to do their homework.

As a teacher, I try to concentrate students’ learning on activities done in class, because asking some students to complete work at home can be daunting. Many times in my career I have been discouraged when more than half the class does not return to class with their homework assignment complete.

Yet we only have so many minutes with our students, and we need them to practice the concepts and skills they are learning until the knowledge becomes ingrained. Most students have a homeroom, study hall, or other downtime during the day in which they could complete activities, they just have to be motivated to do it.

Many studies cite “student choice” as one of the most important factors in inspiring students to learn. When students have the opportunity to select what questions to answer, what activity to complete or what role to play, they tend to feel more comfortable and confident about performing.

Additionally, research shows that when students are dedicated to a task important to them, like improving their video game scores, or optimizing their success on a playing field, they will go to great lengths to improve. While probably not as meaningful as their video game level, students will be more excited to answer questions about themselves than a generic worksheet.

By providing students with both choice and a topic that is personally meaningful, homework can be a great learning exercise as well as an important formative assessment.

Steps to Ensure Students Complete Homework

There are a few other motivating factors that can help establish homework as a meaningful part of a student’s educational experience. Here are suggested steps a school, parish, department, or teacher might take to ensure successful homework completion.

Step One First, confirm that students have a strong rapport with their teacher(s). While it is difficult to cultivate a deep relationship with each student, teachers should strive to show students that they value their students and are committed to helping them learn and grow to their fullest potential. I would encourage teachers not to assign homework for the first few weeks of school until they develop a classroom community of respect and appreciation for learning.

Step Two Second, once the classroom community has been established, teachers should specifically explain the importance of homework as a way of deeply ingraining knowledge. Teachers should also make it clear that homework is a meaningful formative assessment where both they and their students can understand what students know and where there are knowledge gaps.

Step Three Third, some students may be quite unhappy when being mandated to do specific work. Therefore, teachers should stress the choices a student gets when completing their homework and that students get to complete the work that best reflects their own sense of self.

Step Four Finally, the teacher should praise students individually, as well as praise the class when homework is turned in on time. Many students thrive on positive reinforcement and also many may feel guilt if they let their classmates or teacher down. Additionally, as many teachers know, a word of encouragement or a small sticker can make the difference to many.

How to Respond When Homework is Not Completed

When at last it comes time for homework collection, there will be students who did not complete the assignment, no matter how well it was set up. Teachers can again encourage students who did not complete the homework in time to think about what may motivate them to complete it. If a student seems to dislike direct mandates, providing support such as, “I know that you value your learning and will find a way to demonstrate your abilities,” might be more effective than, “Turn in your paper by Thursday or it’s a zero!”

For others who seem driven by the need to please or help others, teachers might encourage students by stating, “I’m disappointed that you weren’t able to complete your work on time, and I know you will submit your work in order to show us both what you know and understand,” might work better than, “Don’t you want the credit for this assignment?”

Vocabulary Homework Ideas for Students

For this post, I have a few homework assignments that model these ideas. Both in my new It's All About Me vocabulary practice page, and my tried-and true,  7 Options for Vocabulary Homework bundle, students are motivated to continue their learning because they have both choice and a focus on themselves, a topic in which they are already invested.

My new It's All About Me Vocabulary Activity tasks students with answering a series of questions about themselves using vocabulary words in context. On the first page of this download students will list their vocabulary words and write their own brief definitions. On the second page student will answer eight prompts. Each response should include at least one of the vocabulary words from their list in context . In each of their answers students must underline the context clues that would help someone unfamiliar with the word understand what it means.

With the 7 Options for Vocabulary Homework bundle, students can choose from a variety of fun and engaging activities for learning or reviewing vocabulary words. In addition to the homework selection sheet, the bundle includes worksheets for vocabulary homework ideas number five and six. The other vocabulary homework options can be completed on a plain piece of paper or in student workbooks.

Here are the vocabulary activities listed on the 7 Options for Vocabulary Homework handout:

#1 Say Your Words

Do you love the sound of your own voice? Do you tend to learn information by teaching others? Then try saying each of the vocabulary words, out loud and in context, to friends, family, strangers, etc. Use either your flashcards or your list of words, and make sure to get initials from someone who heard you say your vocabulary sentence. If you can’t get a signature, just explain when and how you said the sentences and we will invoke the HONOR SYSTEM! Create two sentences per word.

Do you love to write? Do you copy your notes to help you remember information? Then try writing two sentences for each vocabulary word. These can either be two individual sentences for each word or you can put all of your words together in a story. (If you write a story, you only have to use each word once). Have fun and get creative – amuse me and impress me, but make sure you use your vocabulary words in context!

#3 Write Your Words in Other Classes

As an alternative to the above “Write your Words,” use your vocabulary in your assignments for other classes – social studies essays, science notes, art descriptions, etc. Write down the vocabulary you used for this assignment (For example: On my science test I said “Newton was meritorious,” etc.). You can abbreviate your explanations slightly, as long as I understand you know the word’s meaning; remember to use each word twice.

#4 Become Your Words

Do you gesture when you talk? Is it hard for you to sit still? Then consider creating motions to go along with your words. Cry for lament , raise your arms in praise for approbation , etc. See me during class to “perform” your motions, or write them down, making sure that the connection between word, meaning, and gesture makes sense.

#5 Draw Your Words

Are you an artist? Do you constantly doodle? Then create cartoons or drawings that illustrate each word’s meaning. Create one drawing or cartoon per word and make them neat, using clean white paper (consider using recycled paper that has printing on the other side). Paperclip all your drawings together for the end of the week.

#6 Sing Your Words

Do you love to sing? Are you constantly creating your own raps? Try rewriting the lyrics to a song to incorporate each of your vocabulary words or write your own song, rap, etc. You can also write poetry; regardless of the form you choose, the words should be used in the correct context.

#7 Test Your Words

Do you want to play teacher and write the test as well as take it? Now you can! Create a vocabulary test using all the words in a variety of different types of questions. Make sure to create the answer key to the test as well.

Download the 7 Options for Vocabulary Homework bundle and have students keep the selection sheet in their binders. Now they have seven weeks of vocabulary homework assignments!

Additional Vocabulary Homework Ideas

Ultimately, establishing a culture of community and trust in the classroom, explaining the reasoning behind and the benefits of homework, and providing choice and meaningful topics can make a significant difference in completion rates. Even if homework is not completed on time, teachers can still work to connect with each student to provide motivation to complete the assignments.

As educators, we all strive to make learning exciting and applicable to our students. By setting up clear expectations and providing interesting options, we can make any homework, including vocabulary homework, meaningful and valuable to students.

 *I have recently completed Gretchen Rubin’s audiobook The Four Tendencies about what motivates different groups of people. Many of the ideas about motivating students come loosely from her book as well as my own observations. I highly recommend the book to anyone wanting to learn how to better motivate themselves and others.

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70 Tips, Tricks, and Ideas for Teaching Fifth Grade

Brilliant ideas from brilliant teachers (like you).

Let’s be honest. One of the hardest parts of teaching is those two dreaded words: lesson planning. Sometimes the inspiration just isn’t hitting, and we could use a little help. We scoured our WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook and the web to put together a collection of ideas for teaching 5th grade to help you get through “The Sunday Night Blues.” Plus there’s advice from teachers like you on classroom management techniques and the best ways to communicate with parents. You’ll see everything organized by topic so you can find what you’re looking for easily. New to teaching? Fifth grade veteran? You’re g uaranteed to find something here to inspire you!

Getting Your Classroom Ready

1. create an inviting classroom.

Need ideas to take your classroom to the next level? We’ve gathered real-life 5th grade classrooms  for you to browse!

2. Gather all the supplies

Not sure what supplies you need for your classroom? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with this list of essential 5th grade classroom supplies .

3. Try different classroom layouts

Long gone are the days of straight rows of desks lining the classroom.  Throw out your seating chart and try one of these ideas instead .

4. Fill your classroom library with our favorite 5th grade books

Teaching 5th grade involves a lot of reading! Here are our favorite 5th grade books.

5. Get a jump start on lessons

Teacher planning and prep time are precious! It makes life a lot easier when you can purchase existing lessons, bundles, books, and pages when you’re teaching 5th grade. And why not support other teachers while you do it? Check out our favorite Teacher Pay Teachers sellers for 5th grade.

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6. introduce yourself creatively.

Make day one memorable by introducing yourself in a creative way, such as sending postcards over the summer! Here are creative teacher introduction ideas .

7. Put all hands in

Get to know your 5th grade class and finish decorating during the first week of school with an activity that has students trace their hands and decorate with words and pictures that describe themselves. We love this idea from Teaching in Room 6 .

8. Establish a culture of kindness

Print these free, downloadable posters to remind your students that kindness matters most of all.

9. Build your students’ social-emotional skills

Teaching 5th grade means building SEL skills. Use these SEL read-alouds  to talk about everything from kindness to courage to trying your best.

10. Create classroom jobs for your students

Here are some creative ideas for classroom jobs from our teacher community: tech support, environmental support, organizer, textbook coordinator, sanitation engineer, librarian, substitute, chief in charge, messenger, paper passer, supply clerk, IT technician, human resources officer, administrative assistant, waste management. Plus check out this big list of unique classroom jobs .

11. Make a class time capsule

At the beginning of the year, have students write down their thoughts, expectations, goals, feelings, and predictions. Put them all in a decorated jar, seal it up, and then read them all back to them in the last week of school!

12. Use the walls for anchor charts instead of premade posters

You can check out our  top 5th grade anchor charts for inspiration here.

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13. incorporate daily writing prompts.

We’ve gathered these 5th grade writing prompts that you can download and use to have your 5th graders practice their writing skills.

14. Read aloud

Book series make great read-alouds because you can carry them through the entire year. Here are some of our top read-aloud picks for 5th grade.

15. Encourage higher-order thinking

Looking for resources to encourage higher-order thinking in your young readers? Check out our list of higher-order thinking questions and stems .

16. Grade all assignments for spelling

“I take spelling grades off of any type of assignment: a science response, an essay, anything. You get a better snapshot of their real spelling level, not if they have help at home.” — Jessica R.

17. Use paint chips to inspire sensory poetry

Letting color work its inspiration for your 5th grade poets is a great idea from Fabulous in Fifth . Check out other  educational uses for paint chips  here!

18. Teach the difference between tone and mood

Practice applying the definitions by reading passages in class and asking students to identify the difference between tone and mood in each passage with this helpful anchor chart.

19. Teach how to use context clues to bridge into larger close-reading skills

We love this context clues anchor chart from Crafting Connections .

20. Teach the difference between literal and figurative meanings through writing and drawing

Take sentences from your class’s current text that use figurative language and have students (literally!) illustrate and explain the difference in the literal and figurative meanings of the expressions. Check out these figurative language anchor charts to get started.

21. Try a vocabulary activity. Or 15!

Use RAFTs, try Vocabulary Jeopardy, and more with these vocabulary activities .

22. Use scavenger hunts to teach how to cite evidence

Find four of our favorite activities for citing textual evidence—two for fiction and two for nonfiction.

23. Teach theme in language arts

To fully explore theme, students must understand what they read and then extract ideas from the text. Here are 14 ways to get started teaching theme .

24. Have fun with poetry

Help your class learn to read, appreciate, and write poetry with these poetry lessons, templates, and worksheets .

25. Use nonfiction to draw in reluctant readers

Have a student that just won’t read? Use these types of nonfiction to entice them!

26. Offer life-changing books

Fifth grade is a big year for many students. They are beginning to gain more maturity and life experience. Give your students access to texts that will expand their minds and hearts. Share these 5th grade chapter books with your students.

Ideas for Math

27. reinforce prime numbers with a fun card game.

Prime numbers become instantly cool when you use them to win this card game from Education.com. Download the activity for free .

28. Use bulletin boards as a math resource

Make your bulletin boards interactive and useful to aid kids in learning new mathematical concepts and to bolster independent learners. Check out these math bulletin boards that are creative and different to add to your room this year.

29. Focus on fractions

If it’s not math fluency, it’s fractions. The better understanding 5th graders have of fractions, the better off they’ll be when the quantities get more complicated or the operations get sophisticated. Check out our favorite fraction activities .

30. Make it easy to reinforce

Reinforce new concepts with games that don’t need a ton of prep and can even be played at home. Check out these easy-to-play 5th grade math games that cover many math standards.

31. Watch videos

It’s much more fun to teach multiplication and division when  you’re watching a video !

32. Teach the dreaded word problem

Use these math word problem activities and strategies .

33. Whip out the songs

Yes, by 5th grade, students should all know their multiplication facts. But let’s be real, sometimes it’s still a bit shaky. Try these catchy multiplication songs to finally have them solidify those facts!

34. Have a snack while you’re learning

Students will love combining cooking and chemistry with this engaging Compound Cookie activity where students follow a recipe to make a yummy snack. A fun (and delicious) way to go about teaching 5th grade math and science.

35. Graph paper isn’t just for graphing

Tired of messy math work? Try this hack to transform the way students show their math work.

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36. spend, save, give.

Teach your students to be more thoughtful and responsible about how they use money to help them be successful adults.

37. Making money

Kids love learning how to earn some extra cash. Use this making-money lesson to give them the vocabulary they need to dig deeper into topics like allowances, job, wages, and salaries.

38. Saving money

Saving money can be tricky for kids (and adults!). Use this lesson on saving money to help students learn how to save money in an age-appropriate way. It also covers other topics like investing and credit.

Yes! Kids can learn how to be financial planners. Set them up for future financial success by teaching them how to make financial plans to reach financial goals with this budgeting lesson .

40. Charitable giving

There is a strong push for educators to teach social-emotional skills. It’s important for our students to understand why and how to give back. Check out this charitable-giving lesson to add to your financial literacy lessons.

41. Hands on Banking

Our Hands on Banking resource has a whole host of resources to help teach students money skills. Online games, app recommendations, worksheets, lessons—it’s definitely worth a look!

Ideas for Science

42. get hands-on with science.

Science is the perfect subject for kids to get down and dirty. Try these 5th grade science projects for inspiration.

43. Try daily STEM challenges

These  STEM challenges are designed with your 5th graders in mind. Try one each day or each week to get their minds thinking outside the box.

44. Teach the plant life cycle

The plant life cycle is always a fun science unit. You get to talk about growing, planting, and nature. Plus, students love digging in and getting their hands dirty when they plant seeds themselves.

45. Teach electricity

It’s electrifyingly good fun!  Shock them with these science experiments .

46. Explore animal habitats

Ready to explore animal habitats around the world, from rain forests to deserts and everything in between? These fun habitat activities are just what you’re looking for.  Take a walk on the wild side!

47. Host a science fair

These science fair project ideas give students a chance to develop all sorts of skills like critical thinking, research, and writing.

Ideas for Social Studies

48. try social studies inquiry circles.

Address the required standards through inquiry-based learning. Here’s a how-to guide from the One Stop Teacher Shop. Watch your kids sink their teeth into the “thick versus thin” concept, and the Work Plan Form will help students take control of their own learning.

49. Let your students be TV producers

Fifth grade teacher Brittany R. had her class work “in small groups toward the end of the year and make commercials to try and get ‘tourists’ to visit their location (ancient civilizations).” — Brittany R.

50. Learn about heroes

Read biographies about famous people in history. Match books to holidays or other commemorations, like Presidents’ Day  or  Black History Month.

51. Use online learning

There are some amazing websites out there for teaching social studies lessons.  Check out our 50+ favorites .

52. Take a field trip

Being the oldest student on campus affords some privileges, not the least of which is awesome field trips. No baby field trips here. Take advantage of having more mature learners, and try one of these engaging field trips that you can only really do in 5th grade .

Ideas for Classroom Management

53. be consistent when teaching 5th grade.

Consistency is key. “I’ve been teaching 5th grade for 15 years, and I can honestly say that for me it comes down to one word: consistency. If you are not consistent and do not plan to follow through (rules, routines), then you will have a great big mess on your hands academically, socially, and behaviorally. You need be consistent and keep to your schedule, routine, and rules. Fifth graders learn quickly that if you don’t mean what you say, they do not have to do their best.” — Maria S.

54. Incentivize

Fifth graders may think they are big kids, but they’re still motivated by rewards. “I give tickets to my students (bought from a party-supply store). They can redeem them every other Friday. A certain number of points can be cashed in for prizes, like a piece of candy or extra computer time. Sometimes I give one or two tickets and other times I pull off a long string of 10 to 15, especially if I want to change the behavior of other students! Tickets can be earned for good behavior, turning in work, showing respect, appropriate class participation, and so on.” — Becky S.

55. Think soft, not loud

“If students are being loud, my instinct used to be to raise my voice to try to be louder than them. Now, I’ve started doing the opposite: I’ll speak more quietly. This tends to intrigue them, and they’ll start hushing each other so they can hear what I have to say. Try it!” — Erin F.

56. If you assign it, grade it

Make sure kids know that all their work is valuable and deserves their best effort. “If you assign it (project, test, homework), then you need to check or grade it!” — Maria S.

57. Encourage kids to develop their passions

Give your 5th grade kids a Genius Hour where they can explore a topic of their choice. Students spend a set amount of time each day researching the topic before creating a project they will eventually present to the class.

58. Let your students be the teachers

“I let my students work in groups to read part of a chapter and then teach it to the class. They did various things such as present graphic organizers, skits, raps, and acrostics. They took questions from the students and they also gave out questions as mini-quizzes!” — Brittany R.

59. Incorporate arts and crafts into lessons

“I’ve done Egyptian units where kids create their own sarcophaguses. It has to have representations of things that are important to them.” — Laura N.

“We created cubes (made of poster board and cut and glued with hot glue) to create an informational cube about Egyptians. They did their own research for the topics covered.” — Brittany R.

60. Have a classroom debate—in costume

“We do a debate between the Patriots and the Loyalists, complete with costumes. The kids LOVED this activity.” — Sherrie R.

61. Get the wiggles out

Even grown-ups can’t sit still and listen all day! Get your kids up and moving with awesome 5th grade brain breaks .

62. Prizes don’t have to be the way to go

Looking to explore other ways of classroom management? Check out what this teacher has to say about rewards .

63. Scratch the “I don’t know …”

Teach students these eight alternatives to “I don’t know” to help promote perseverance in your classroom!

64. Respond in ways that promote thinking

It can be so frustrating when our students look at us and blurt out “I don’t get it” after an in-depth lesson. Here are five practical ways you can respond to get those brains thinking!

65. Teach kids perseverance

Create a classroom community of students who don’t give up when challenges present themselves. Learn ways to build perseverance in your classroom when you’re teaching 5th grade!

66. Encourage a growth mindset

A growth mindset helps students embrace challenges, learn how to fail and try again, and gain more skills to becoming independent. Learn ways to incorporate growth mindset into your daily lessons and routines.

Other Ideas

67. have a sense of humor.

Teaching 5th grade requires a sense of humor, for both yourself and your students. Try one of our 5th grade jokes to start the day .

68. Build positive relationships with parents

Here are  tips for working with parents that make it the easiest part of your job.

69. Tweak your lingo

Sometimes a mere tweak in your language can make a big change in classroom participation!

70. Know the goals

New to 5th grade? Not sure of the skills your students need when they head off to middle school? Here are the skills one teacher says every 5th grader must have by the end of the school year.

What are your top tips for teaching 5th grade? Come share in our WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group  on Facebook.

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5th Grade Math Resources

Here you will find all the free resources available for 5th grade math.

What can you expect from the 5th grade resources?

A range of 5th grade math resources, from worksheets to games and activities.

Printable and digital versions.

Review key skills and support numeracy development.

Place Value 5th Grade Math Enrichment Activities

Number and Quantity

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Dividing Multi-digit Numbers Worksheet

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Input/Output Tables Worksheet

x and y Axis Worksheet

OST Practice Test 5th Grade

Reasoning Questions for 5th Grade

Themed Math Problems: Spring Term (Apr – Jun), 5th Grade

ACT Aspire Practice Test 5th Grade

Shape Patterns Worksheet

Sequences Worksheet

Less Than Sign Worksheet

Word Problems Grades 3 to 5 Multiplication

Numerator and Denominator Worksheet

3rd to 6th grade STAAR tests

NY State 3rd to 6th Grade Math Tests

Math Intervention Pack Fractions

Math Intervention Pack Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Themed Math Problems: Winter Term (Jan – Mar), 4th and 5th Grade

Math Intervention Pack Number and Operations in Base 10

Adding and Subtracting Decimals Worksheets

Subtracting Decimals Worksheets

Adding Decimals Worksheets

Multiplying and Dividing Decimals Worksheets

Multiplying Decimals Worksheet

Decimal Number Lines Worksheets

Dividing Decimals Worksheets

Themed Math Problems: Winter Term (Jan – Mar), 5th Grade

Themed Math Problems: Fall Term (Sep – Dec), 5th Grade

Comparing Decimals Worksheet

Types of Fractions Worksheet

Decimal Places Worksheet

Decimal Place Value Worksheet

Fractions of Numbers Worksheet

Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions Worksheet

Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers Worksheet

Comparing Fractions Worksheet

Ordering Fractions Worksheet

Multiplication and Division Sentence Stems

Multiplication and Division Check for Understanding

Fractions, Decimals, Percentages and Ratio Sentence Stems

Addition and Subtraction Sentence Stems

Place Value and Rounding Sentence Stems

Word Problems Grade 5 Division

Word Problems Grade 5 Multiplication

NY State 5th Grade Math Test

Thanksgiving Math Activities

3D Shape Check for Understanding

Word Problems Grade 5 Number and Base 10

Word Problems Grade 5 Addition and Subtraction

Word Problems Grade 5 Fractions and Decimals

Strip Diagram Questions

Quadrilateral Check for Understanding

Units of Measurement Check for Understanding

Measurement and Data

3rd to 6th Grade Math Tests

5th Grade Math Test

4th and 5th Grade STAAR Tests

Word Problems Grade 5 Place Value and Rounding

2D Shapes Math Posters Grade 4 and 5 (Spanish versions)

2D Shapes Math Posters Grade 4 and 5

Back to School Math Quiz Grade 5

Grade 5 Operations and Algebraic Thinking Exit Tickets

Grade 5 Number and Operations — Fractions Exit Tickets

Grade 5 Geometry Exit Tickets

Grade 5 Measurement and Data Exit Tickets

Grade 5 Number and Operations in Base Ten Exit Tickets

5th Grade STAAR Test

Math Memory Cards Fractions, Decimals and Percents

Math Memory Cards 2D Shapes

Numbers to 20 Math Memory Cards

Place Value Chart Interactive

Printable Numbers

Multiplication Chart 1-12

Hundreds Chart

Place Value Chart Printable

Decimal Place Value Chart Printable

5th Grade End of Year Math Assessments

Exponents Check for Understanding Quiz

Triangles Check for Understanding Quiz

Arithmetic Check for Understanding Quiz

Number Patterns Check for Understanding Quiz

Types of Graphs Check for Understanding Quiz

Inequalities Check for Understanding Quiz

Properties of Equality Check for Understanding Quiz

Summer Math Activities Grades 1 to 5 Pack

Summer Math Activities Grade 4 to 5

Fraction Operations Check for Understanding Quiz

Rounding Numbers Check for Understanding

Converting Fractions, Decimals and Percents Check for Understanding

Decimals Check for Understanding Quiz

Factors and Multiples Check for Understanding Quiz

Fractions Check for Understanding Quiz

4th Grade and 5th Grade End of Year Math Assessments

Ultimate Math Vocabulary Lists

Christmas Math Quiz

BIDMAS/BODMAS/PEMDAS Worksheet

Prime Numbers Worksheets

Teaching Long Division Worksheets

12 Math Club Games and Activities

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Homework Ideas for Elementary Teachers: Save Time and Make Learning More Purposeful for Students in 2024

What’s the first word you think of when I say “homework?” It’s one of those hot topics that people feel very strongly about one way or another. However, more often than not, it’s a requirement. As a result, I am here to share homework ideas that will make your life as an elementary teacher a little bit easier.

I used to send homework home nightly, but found it to add chaos to each and every day. I would spend many lunch periods copying an assignment for that night. Kids would forget to take their copy home. Parents would call or email to get clarification on what the assignment was for that night.

Then I switched to a weekly packet. The packet included all of the pages for the week along with a cover sheet that listed spelling words and assignments. This was an improvement, but still not ideal.

Last year, I started using a separate folder just for homework. This is one of the best homework ideas I have come up with. The folder includes the homework calendar and all of the printables they will need for the week. I sent home a Paragraph of the Week assignment each week. The consistency was outstanding. We really felt like we hit gold because the kids were all working on something meaningful with a purpose. The parents liked it because it was easy for them to understand and help with. I began experimenting with a monthly homework packet. And let me tell you…

It. Was. Awesome! 

We placed everything into a homework folder for the month and included an assignment calendar. The folder stayed at home and the students returned their completed work each morning in the communication folder . Learn about some of my best homework ideas for elementary teachers below!

7 Benefits of Assigning Homework

Do you question the importance of homework? Are you one of the many teachers or parents who feel homework should be banned? The idea of homework just doesn’t make sense to you. If you are part of the growing number of people questioning if the reasons homework is bad outweigh the benefits to homework, then you might find this to be helpful. 

I’m going to be honest, as a teacher (and especially as a parent), I am in the camp of not liking the idea of homework at the elementary level. However, each of the districts I have taught in has required teachers to assign nightly homework in addition to reading for 20 minutes. It often felt like a waste of time and paper.

For some teachers, the word HOMEWORK brings about pangs of dread. Others see it as a necessary evil of learning. For many, it merely represents having to fulfill a district requirement. In many districts these days, homework is not counted towards a student’s overall grade. The debate over homework has been waged for years. The question is: What’s a teacher to do?

No matter where you stand on the topic of homework, here are some ideas related to homework that will make you feel better about assigning homework. They may even make you feel good in some cases! I am hoping the 7 benefits listed below will ease the guilt some teachers feel about burdening their students and their families with tasks to complete at home.

1. Prepares Students for the Next Day’s Learning

A great way to use homework is preparation for an upcoming lesson, whether it’s doing some reading ahead of time, or looking over other assigned material, there’s no doubt that preparing for an upcoming lesson is a beneficial way to assign homework.

2. Increases Responsibility

When a student has a task that they MUST do rather than WANT to do, they learn to be responsible. Homework is the “You do” in the learning model of “I do, We do, You do.”.  It gives the learner a chance to practice what was covered in class and take responsibility for their own learning.

3. Advances Problem-Solving Skills

If the student can’t find an answer to something in their homework, (or even where to look for information to find an answer), what steps will they take to solve this problem? Will they look in a dictionary, online, ask a friend, or go to a library? Homework gives students a chance to flex their problem-solving muscles.

4. Offers Review Practice

Whether it’s a new math skill, or spelling/vocabulary words, homework that involves reviewing material covered in class will help students to remember it and is a very useful assignment.

5. Teaches Time Management

For students with an active extra-curricular life, homework teaches them how to manage their time. This helps them learn to prioritize schoolwork.

6. Strengthens Persistence and Grit

There have been many studies done recently that show a lack of persistence and grit in today’s students. Developing the fortitude to complete homework assignments also helps develop a student’s capacity for grit and persistence. These are necessary for success in many areas of life, not just academically.

7. Promotes Self-Esteem

Students will develop a sense of pride when they learn the value of a job well done and take ownership of their work. This carries over into their personal development as well. It is for this reason that homework should always be a review of skills already taught.

5 Problems with Assigning Traditional Homework

These were five of the problems I faced in my 3rd grade classroom. No matter which grade you teach I’m pretty sure you can relate. The good news is I managed to find a solution that saved me time and reduced my stress each day. Not only that, but my students’ math skills were strengthened and their families were less burdened with random assignments each night. Read on to learn about the problems I had and how I solved them.

1. Mandated to Give Homework

My school required we give homework 4 nights per week. It was a mandate, so my personal feelings made no difference. I had to send it nightly.

2. Emails and Calls from Parents

I often received emails and phone calls from confused parents. They often said they didn’t understand the homework or told me that their child said that they had “never seen this stuff before”. Let’s be honest, our time is so limited. We do not want to spend the afternoon or start the morning returning messages explaining directions or convincing someone that you did, in fact, teach it in class.

3. Wasted Class Time Every Day

I needed to spend some of our instructional time every afternoon going over the instructions because each assignment varied.

4. Drop-In Visits from Parents

I frequently had a parent and child return to my classroom because the homework never made it into the backpack. This often resulted in an unplanned conference at a time when I needed to prepare for the next day.

5. Students Forgot what was Taught

Unrelated to homework, I consistently faced a different problem. I often would teach a concept, the students would demonstrate proficiency…and then they didn’t.

How often do you have students who forget what odd and even (or a prime and composite if you teach higher grades) numbers are, not remember how to round to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000, or sit like a deer in headlights when asked to write a number in expanded form in the spring when they were rock stars of that skill in the fall when it was taught.

This is especially troublesome if you teach in a grade that takes standardized testing at the end of the year because you then need to set aside a lot of class time for review and test prep.

How to Grade Homework

Determine if correcting homework is an effective use of your time. Teachers don’t know how much assistance a child had with an assignment so it isn’t always an accurate representation of their abilities. Checking the homework for effort and general understanding may be sufficient. If you are assigning worksheets, consider selecting a few questions to go over in class.

Homework Incentive Ideas

Homework should be completed because it is an expectation and not to receive a trinket. However, some teachers do find that extrinsic rewards are motivational to their students. If you choose to make those a part of your homework procedure, here are a few easy-to-manage suggestions:

Students earn a ticket when they complete an assignment. Have them place the tickets into a container. Draw one ticket a week to win a No Homework Night Coupon.

Certificate

Honor perfect homework efforts with a certificate. This could be done monthly or by marking period.

Offer a “No Homework Coupon.” These are like gold!

Ideas for Homework Consequences

First, check with your school and district to see if there is a policy in place. Next, determine a plan for how you will handle homework that is incomplete, missing, poor quality, etc. and be consistent. Be cautious about using recess as a punishment for not doing homework. Often the kids who are not doing their homework are the ones who most need recess .

10 Homework Tips for Elementary Teachers

Below are homework tips for elementary teachers to consider. You are bound to find some helpful homework ideas on this list that you can implement.

1. Assign Tasks Students can do Independently

The first tip on this list of homework ideas is to strive to find easy-to-manage, yet effective assignments. Although it is true that you shouldn’t be sending home tasks that students can’t complete on their own, you also need to be careful not to give them “busy work” either.  Having them complete an assignment for a skill they are proficient in also creates unnecessary work for the teacher. Time is a teacher’s greatest obstacle so be careful not to spend it copying, correcting, managing, chasing, etc sheets of paper that students are not gaining anything from. 

2. Keep Homework Assignments Consistent Across the Grade Level

The second tip on this list of homework ideas is to strive to be consistent with your grade level colleagues. Ideally, the assignments and policies should be identical.

3. Collaborate with Your Team

The third tip on this list of homework ideas is to save time by teaming up with the other teacher(s) at your grade level. Alternate prepping the packet for the week or designate different subjects to different teachers.

4. Communicate Expectations with Your Students’ Families

Communicate your expectations with parents from the beginning. Discuss them at open house and make a hard copy available for students who may transfer in later in the year.

5. Change the Way you See Homework

Use homework as an opportunity to teach organization and responsibility. While homework may not always be a reflection of a student’s abilities, it can be a valuable learning tool for time management and work habits.

6. Keep a Simple and Consistent Format

Design a simple and consistent format for homework. It could be reading and a math page every night or you may have students work on a different subject each night.  When I taught 2nd grade I used to do Math Monday (computation), Teacher Choice Tuesday (a spelling activity), Word Study Wednesday, Thinking Thursday (word problems).

7. Create a System for Collecting It

The seventh tip on this list of homework ideas is to create a system for collecting it. It’s important to have some sort of turn-in system and procedure so students know what to do with their homework each morning.

8. Implement an Efficient Routine for Checking Homework

Consider implementing an efficient routine for checking homework. If you are just going to check for completion and spot check the homework you could have students place it on their desk while they do morning work and you can circulate and check the pages.

9. Communicate Homework Progress with Parents

Determine how you will communicate homework progress with parents. In general, no news is good news, but I do have a homework alert that gets sent home as needed. It needs to be signed by an adult at home so the families know if they are not meeting the expectations.

10. Consider Creating a Menu of Optional Homework Activities

The last tip on this list of homework ideas is to create a menu of optional homework activities. Some parents find homework to be a burden and others want more. One way to make everyone happy is to send home a basic assignment that is required for all students and a list of optional enrichment choices for those who want additional assignments.

How I Implemented Homework in My Classroom

There are tons of homework ideas out there, but this is what worked for me.

As a public school teacher, I was required to give out nightly homework to my third graders. I found myself spending a lot of time picking out assignments, making copies, communicating directions, answering emails and phone calls from parents who did “not understand the new math” (aka the math workbook pages), distributing, collecting and correcting what essentially was just busy work sent home to meet a requirement I did not agree with. 

My biggest concern was (and continues to be) that many of the assignments from the workbook included 10-20 of the same type of problem. That meant that if a student was struggling with subtraction with regrouping and completed 20 problems incorrectly, that misconception and error became so much harder to fix. 

Parents were signing reading logs, but the kids weren’t actually reading.

I was frustrated by feeling like my time, the students’ time, and the parents’ time was being wasted. I knew there had to be a better option, so I set out to fix the problem. I’m thrilled with the results I must say.

I began creating spiral review math pages for each day for my own 3rd graders. These pages proved to be important and meaningful work. This resource is best if not one of the best homework ideas I have ever come up with.

What are the Spiral Review Math Pages?

The spiral review math pages are a tool for teachers to use to ensure students are having continued practice with previously taught skills. They are available for 1st-5th grade. The spiral review packets were designed to have 25 pages per month, which gives you the flexibility to assign them for homework every night plus have extras. The 1st grade version is set up a little differently, but still has 180 pages so you’ll be covered for the year.

Each of the spiral review pages follow the same daily format, cover skills from each area (e.g. computation, measurement, geometry, data, and word problems) and continuously spiral previously taught skills. This consistent format of 10 standards-based questions focused on topics we’d already covered provides an important spiral review of all the grade-level skills. This helped students to retain previously taught skills. The added benefit was that students who had not demonstrated proficiency earlier in the year had the opportunity to do so over time through repeated practice and instruction.

Using these spiral review math pages makes homework more purposeful and easier to manage. My students became much stronger in all math concepts, the parents expressed gratitude for the consistent format, and the phone calls and emails asking for assignment clarification completely stopped. It was so effective that it completely eliminated the need for any test prep in the spring. My students’ test scores were even much higher than previous years.

These worked so well for myself and the other 3rd grade teachers who were using them, that (by request) I created them for 2nd, 4th, and 5th grade too. Each was designed in consultation with and piloted by experienced teachers in those grade levels. They have since been used the past few years by thousands of teachers who have reported great success as well. I most recently added first grade.

This is one of my favorite ideas for homework of all time!

What’s Included in the Spiral Review Math Resources?

The 2nd-5th grade packets all have monthly/seasonal themes. September targets many of the skills that were required at the end of the previous grade level. It was designed to be used as a review for the new year and to pinpoint important foundational skills that your students must be proficient in before moving on to new standards. The following months build in a systematic, sequential order with lots of spiral review built in so that students retain important concepts. They include the following resources:

• 250 print and go pages (plus 10 bonus pages) that will cover you for the full school year
• answer keys to make grading quick and easy for you
• 2,500 review problems (plus 100 bonus problems) based on the Common Core, which will help you rest easy knowing your students are practicing the math concepts and skills they need to
• 250 Google Forms so students can access them digitally from home or in school
• Recording sheets for students to show their thinking
• Item analysis data trackers to make it easy to see which students need to be pulled for small groups or if it would be beneficial to reteach the concept to the entire class
• Projectable answer keys so students can check their own work

The first grade version is a little different. It’s format has only 5 problems to better meet the developmental needs of our younger learners. It has 180 printable pages instead. In addition, this resource does not include seasonal pages, which allows you to use them at any time of the school year.

Learn more about the spiral review math resources for your grade level below.

• 1st grade spiral review math activities
• 2nd grade spiral review math activities
• 3rd grade spiral review math activities
• 4th grade spiral review math activities
• 5th grade spiral review math activities

Where Can I Learn More about Spiral Review Math?

You can learn more about spiral review in this post: Spiral Review Math .

The Benefits of Using Spiral Review Math Pages

There are tons of benefits to using the spiral review math pages for homework.

• The spiral review pages provide multiple opportunities for students to become proficient in a skill instead of just teaching it and forgetting it
• The repeated spiraling practice of foundational grade level skills ensures they were ready to build upon them when y ou introduce new skills.
• You’ll no longer need to waste hours of valuable class time on standardized test prep in the spring because the spiral review throughout the year ensure your students are always ready for the exam.
• It constantly shows you if there are skills you need to reteach either to the whole class or to a small group of students. 
• Students complete them with ease because the skills and the format of the pages are familiar to them.
• The variety of 10 different problems eliminates the risk of students cementing a misconception into their minds.

Why You’ll Love it as a Teacher

Not only will the nightly spiral review math pages provide your students with meaningful practice of important skills, increase their confidence as learners and make them stronger math students, they will also solve many of the problems you face as a teacher and make the parents’ lives easier too. It’s one of the best homework ideas I have ever come up with!

• You’ll longer needed to scramble to find homework for each night. Instead, simply print each month’s pages at the start of the new month and copy them all at once into weekly packets for the students.
• Your lesson planning will become much more intentional and focused because you are able to easily identify which skills your students need to work on more.
• You will no long waste valuable time correcting busy work. Instead, you’ll go over these important skills as a class.
• Parents will feel better about being able to help their students and became true allies and partners in their learning.
• Students and their families will be able to better enjoy their evenings together as a family because they know what to consistently expect for homework each evening.
• Distributing the week’s packet all at once enables students’ families to support my goal of teaching time management because they can work ahead when they know there is a busy night coming up on their calendars.
• Homework will be easier for you and more meaningful for your students.
• The homework assignments will be systematic and routine so parents and students will always know exactly what the expectations are and understand the instructions.
• You will constantly review all prior skills so that your student reach mastery over time. This will prevent students from forgetting what they learned earlier in the year.

How to Implement them in Your Classroom

I used a separate folder just for homework. It included the homework calendar and all of the printables they will need for the week. We placed everything into a homework folder for the month. The folder stayed at home and the students returned their completed work each morning in the communication folder .

I assembled the homework packets for the entire year in one afternoon and didn’t have to think about it again the rest of the school year. I sent them home on Friday afternoons.

The students simply completed one page each night beginning on Monday afternoons and returned only that one page to class in the morning. The other nightly pages remained at home. 

This meant I no longer needed to take any class time to explain the directions or check to make sure the papers made it into the backpacks.

The next morning I projected the answer sheet onto my smart board and reviewed each problem with them. This daily quick review made them accountable and reinforced all of the math skills regularly. Going over it in class sent the message that the work they did outside of school was purposeful and they would be accountable for it. They no longer felt homework was a waste of time so they demonstrated increased effort.

I also created data collection sheets to use either with one specific student’s page, or to examine the class as a whole. The pages were so easy to use and let me see at a glance where I needed to focus future instruction. 

How Can I Use the Extra Spiral Review Pages in the Packet?

There are 25 pages per month in each of the spiral review resources. Since you’ll never need to use all 25 for homework purposes, consider using the extra pages in the following ways:

• formative assessment to monitor progress
• morning work
• math center activity (“at your seat” activity during Guided Math Workshop )
• Emergency sub plans  activity

Where Can I Buy the Math Spiral Review Pages?

You can purchase the math spiral review pages from my Teachers Pay Teachers store . They are also available in my Elementary Math Resource Collection and grade level math clubs, which you can find below.

What Teachers Who Used these Packets Have Said

Thousands of teachers have used this homework idea in their classroom. Read some of the reviews below!

• “WOW! I’ve been teaching for 16 years and this has been the most useful thing I have used. My students really understand all of the skills and I loved knowing I wasn’t moving on without all my kids being proficient. The beautiful layout, structured format, and clear expectations made it so easy to make these become part of our daily routine. I highly recommend them to everyone.” (Thank you Jocelyn P.!)
• “I started using your monthly spiral review pages in October and never looked back. Not only did they provide us with quality daily work, but I just got my end of year scores back for the district math assessments and my entire class crushed it. I attribute their success 100% to these pages combined with your guided math book that opened my eyes to a whole new way of teaching. I can’t thank you enough. My administration has taken notice. I’m so proud of what we’ve done.” (Thank you Kerri K.!)
• My teammates and I had the opportunity to see you present about guided math and math workshop and excitedly jumped right in with your guided math format the next week! We have been using the spiral review pages as homework and in the “at your seat” station during our daily math workshop. OMG!!! We ALL agree that between the new teaching routines and the use of these pages, our students are consistently performing above average and truly understand the math. It’s not just our opinion either because we just received our test scores from last year and they were not only MUCH higher than ever before, but we outscored the district and student growth from the previous year was amazing. That was what prompted me to finally leave a review. I/we can not recommend these enough. Thank you for not only making our jobs easier, but so much more enjoyable as well. (Thank you Jessica R.!)
• These are absolutely wonderful for my students! I use them for a variety of things including review and homework. (Thanks Tony C.!)
• “Love the data sheets! Great way for me and my students to monitor their learning.” (Thanks Kelsey!)

In closing, we hope you found these homework ideas for teachers helpful! If you haven’t already checked out this post about spiral review math , please be sure to do so!

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What's the cause? - Part 3 Game

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Let's choose the heading! - Part 4 Game

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• Enjoyable Reading : Encourage kids to have fun discussing books and sharing thoughts. 
• Creative Writing : Help kids explore different writing styles in a creative setting. Read our blog 100 Best Fun Writing Prompts for 5th Grade: Journal Prompts for fun insights and ideas.
• Real-life Connections : Relate language lessons to everyday experiences. Encourage kids to read newspapers, novels, storybooks, etc. Watch educational videos and TV shows with kids. Help them explore new words and their meanings.
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Ideas for Teaching The Properties of Matter in 5th Grade

Welcome to the first post in a series of upcoming posts on Ideas for Teaching Science. I am hoping to give each of my fellow teachers out there enough ideas and materials to save hours of planning time. Why scan Pinterest for hours when you can find a collection of my ideas right here in one spot? And, why reinvent the wheel, right? I already have a full year of lesson sets (lesson plans + printable materials) for 4th and 5th grade for both the TEKS and NGSS standards that thousands of teachers and districts across the country are already using. Grab the FREE year long scope and sequence here .

My long-term plan is to also make these planning tools and complete lesson set bundles for grades K-3. For now, this blog series will focus mostly on the two grades I have ready to go. This post will cover the 5th grade, and 4th grade will be covered in a separate upcoming post.

I really want to help you find what you need to make your life a little, or maybe even a lot, simpler. I will start each post with the standards I cover in that lesson set of science. And then, I will share all of the ideas and resources I can think of. The title of each lesson set in this series may not be exactly what you call it at your school, so look for the standard(s) that you are hoping to cover in your lesson. I will cover each set of standards for each grade level. I will be working to add as many visuals for my ideas as possible, so this series may take me a year or so to complete. But, I am excited for the challenge! I hope you find what you need! And, if you ever need something that you can’t find, let me know!

Make sure to grab my FREE lesson planning pages before we go through the planning ideas! It will give you a place to plug ideas into lessons.

Now that you have your lesson plans ready to fill-in… Here we go!

The Properties of Matter

Physical science is always a blast! What a fun way to start off your school year and get students curious and engaged in science! It may be my favorite part of the year for experiments, but I really like Earth Science, too. I teach in Texas, so everything I do must be aligned to the TEKS to get my kids ready for that glorious standardized STAAR test at the end of 5th grade. I really want well-rounded, scientifically educated kids, so I also teach using the NGSS. I truly feel using both sets of standards bring the quality and depth of learning up big time. It works well for a Texas teacher because we have very similar standards to the NGSS. We just have a few extras in Life Science.

I break up the first standard(s) of the year into two lesson sets. Properties of Matter and the States of Matter. The States of Matter will be covered in the next post. Any materials you read about in this post that you want to use in your class, you can grab right here in this lesson set . Or, you can click on any pictures in this post to be taken to the lesson set.

Standards Covered:

5(A) classify matter based on measurable, testable, and observable physical properties, including mass, magnetism, physical state (solid, liquid, and gas), relative density (sinking and floating using water as a reference point ), solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy or electric energy;

5-PS1-3. Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.  

The Lesson Intro – Engage, Excite, and Assess

I always start a lesson with an engagement piece. This is something that activates prior knowledge and interest in the topic. I usually try to find an activity that gets them moving, talking, playing, or interacting with something we are about to learn about.  I like to start the Properties of Matter off with a scavenger hunt . I make a list of things they can find around the room based on some physical properties. You can put out supplies such as magnets and beakers of water for them to test some properties, but I like to just see what they know without testing it. (They will test items in the lab stations later.) Each item to check off their list is not a specific object, but such as, “Something magnetic”. This scavenger hunt is fun for them, gets them moving and maybe talking to other students around the room. But, it also gives you a list of items they think match each physical characteristic- a super sneaky pre-assessment. I love sneaking assessments in where I can. The kids never even see it coming.

I also use the intro part of my lesson to introduce our key terms using the Word Wall Chart. My Word Wall Chart is a guide for us to learn more about our science words as we learn more about the topic. Each day we add to this chart with a better definition of each word. I always pick three words from my informational text (more on this in the next section) to use in this chart. For the intro part of our lesson, we write the word in the first column. I ask students to think about what the words mean. We share ideas and come up with a definition as a class (based on their ideas and schema) to fill in the second column of the chart. This gives me a good idea of how well students understand these words going into the lesson. I can also pick up on misconceptions during this activity, too. I have a big chart on my board, and I also print student copies for them to fill in on their own before we share ideas or answers as a class. You can keep these in their interactive notebooks or have students turn them in to be checked. [Side note: You can also see in the picture below part of my Content Focus Wall. It is a great tool for your classroom. I use it to record and display what we are learning and as an exit slip system. Check it out FREE here (or click on the picture). Monday is the day that I have students fill in the terms to define and questions to answer on their exit slip. They will only write the words and questions. At the end of the week they will define words and answer questions based on their learning.]

As the last part of my introduction, I will introduce the project. For each lesson unit, I plan a project that will allow students to learn as they work on it as well as use their classroom learning to add to their project depth. This is something that I will allow time throughout the week for their brains to work creatively and hopefully grow their love of science.

The project for properties of matter is actually really fun and creative to get students excited about science and STEM. Students will work through my project guide to develop a new way of measuring volume. I love to see the creative alternatives kids come up with.

Teacher Input

For this portion of the lesson, I try to give them just enough information to build a good background knowledge for assimilating, or taking in and fully understanding, the information we will be learning throughout the lesson. I always let them know that we need to learn and research before we can make our exciting labs happen. This gives them a little purpose and motivation for reading.

Teacher Input: Informational Text with Key Terms and a Graphic Organizer

Here you will use a rich and engaging informational text that will explain a little more about the concept, while introducing the key terms they need to know for this lesson. Students will read the Properties of Matter  informational text , and determine the meaning of each key term using context clues from the text. I always select three key terms that I want them to really learn. Students will use clues from their reading to write their own definitions for the words. This fits right into the second column of the Word Wall Chart. If you go by the one week lesson plan in my FREE Lesson Planning Kit , I complete the lesson intro on Monday and have students read the text. They will also complete the graphic organizer to process the information they learned from their reading. The graphic organizer can be something they turn in for you to assess comprehension or save for reference on homework and studying. On Tuesday, I have students do a Think-Pair-Share to think about what they read Monday. Partners can talk about what they remember from their reading yesterday to refresh their memories. Allow students to share what they discussed about their reading as a class. This is also a great time to get ideas from the class for a new definition to add to the Word Wall Chart. The third column is a place to write a definition based on context clues from their reading.

After refreshing their memories on the reading, I allow students to write a summary using the key terms from the text. This student output activity allows them another chance to build on their prior knowledge, strengthen their vocabulary by connecting the words to what they learned, and process the details from their reading. I chose Matter, Mass, and Volume for the key terms of this set of standards. These three words will be the foundation of their writing. You can get a good idea of how well they are understanding the topic so far through their writing. PLUS, it builds their literacy skills!

Teacher Input: Anchor Chart {and Interactive Science Notebook}

I LOVE a good anchor chart! Not only do I find it fun to draw and color, but I love to make meaningful posters to display around the room. Anchor charts make a great reference for students to look at while they are working. The more they see the information, the better they will remember it. Anchor charts are great for your visual learners because they are visual representations of the standard(s), and they are great for you kinesthetic learners because I have my students make their own copy of the anchor chart. Students play an active part in making the big anchor chart, and use their creative skills to work on their own. As a class, work to complete the anchor chart together. Allow student input and guide student suggestions to make sure the correct information is used. I always have a prepared anchor chart plan, but I make changes to include student ideas. Students can draw the anchor charts in their Interactive Science Notebook on the input page. Or, they can cut and glue the interactive anchor chart in their notebook. In each of my lesson sets , I provide a printable anchor chart to make your life easier and to save time on student work. They can fill in the printable anchor chart and not have to take as much time draw every part. And, most of the time the anchor charts can be colored for fun while looking at the visual representation of the standard(s). I even add an interactive component to make their anchor more fun and memorable. Interactive flaps may look fun, but they make a great quiz tool for review time. Students can quiz themselves and lift a flap to see if they knew it! Real learning made fun!! Take a look at the printable student anchor chart from this lesson. Its interactive and can be so colorful.

To end the day Tuesday, students can fill in the diagram section of their Focus Wall exit slip. The diagram is going to be the anchor chart. Some diagrams throughout the year will be a collection of information like this, and others will be more of actual diagrams such as cycles or processes.

Student Experience

This is the FUN part! Here you will find a meaningful, hands-on activity to help students experience the concept first hand in a real way. Labs, games, stations, scavenger hunts, and passport activities are all great ideas for the experience portion. For the properties of matter experience, I set up a variety of stations with tools that help them observe properties of the items in their basket. Each group will carry this little basket from station to station and test each item. For example, one station is a triple beam balance and beaker for students to observe the mass or volume of each item in their basket. For my students/classes that are ready for an extra challenge, I have students look for the item that has the trickiest mass or volume. We tend to think bigger size equates to bigger mass, but that’s not always the case. I give students a chart to guide them through the challenge. I typically do the Student Experience part on the Wednesday of my lesson week. This may fall on a different day if the two-week plan works best for your class.

Critical Thinking and Creative Output

Now that students have everything they need to fully understand the concept, they need a creative and critical thinking output to process all of it. Here you will give them something creative to do on the student output page of their interactive notebook. Then, they will need to think critically about this concept by analyzing some data. Complete the processing portion by allowing them to create the project and learn/experience more through it. I usually take Thursday and Friday to work through this portion of the lesson. This is a great place to add to the last two columns of the Word Wall Chart. Look up the real definition of the words with the class and draw an image to represent each word.

Creative Output: Interactive Science Notebook

For the properties of matter, I made this a simple read-and-draw activity. Students will read the clues for each mystery object and use their knowledge to draw what they think is being described. It is always fun to see how those 5th grade minds work and see what they come up with. Here is the notebook image again, but this time you can look at the output side (left side). I do not take this for a grade. I just want to see if they seem to grasp the concept. Does their answer make sense based on what we have learned? If not, I will sit and let them tell me more about what they drew. In our mini-conference, I can better understand their misconceptions or missing knowledge, and decide how I need to help them catch up through one-on-one instruction.

Creative Output: The Project

This is the part of the lesson where students have covered all the bases and will complete their project . They should have worked on it some already through the week. I don’t always have them physically create their project. Due to lack of time or materials, I may just have them work through all the design of it. If its a design, I let students share their ideas as a class. If it ends up being a physical creation, I let students present their creations to the class. You can also use this project as an extension for students who need more of a challenge. I will often use the creation of the physical representation as a G/T project.

Critical Thinking: Analyzing Data

For our analyzing data part of the lesson, I try to make it similar to something they might see on their standardized test. I will make it more thinking than just one question, but it will be comparable to the rigor and style of a test question. This is also more open ended than a multiple choice test question. I want an answer that makes their brain work to use everything we have learned, but I also want a thorough explanation of their thinking. For the properties of matter, I give them a collection of images that show how a crayon would look if tested in situations similar to our lab stations. They will use those images to describe and classify that object based on the properties of matter. You can see the analyzing data page on the left of the picture below.

Formative Assessment

This is the ONE part of our lesson that I take a grade on. (Grading will vary from school to school, but the schools where I have taught take about one science formative assessment grade per week plus a summative unit test grade every two or three weeks.) The formative assessment comes after all learning has been done, and I have had a chance to assess along the way through observing student work and responses. I would have already been able to have mini-conferences to catch any students up who were falling behind. I always use a CER activity for this assessment. I want to see students make a claim about what they have learned, support that claim with evidence, and explain their thinking. This activity really builds their thinking, processing, and written communication skills. I will have a very good idea of what they have learned through this writing. I like to provide a question to get them started, but you can leave it completely open for any students at that ability level. The question I provide is usually a guiding question from the standard(s) we covered. They will answer that question by making a statement. They will use evidence from the information they learned throughout the lesson, and explain how their learning supports their statement. An activity like this needs to be presented to students throughout the first few lessons using a gradual release of responsibility. For the first lesson, walk them through the activity with teacher modeling and thinking out loud. You can make the statement for them at first and let them support it and explain it. You may need to work in small groups with students to help them learn how to think and write in great depth and detail. As they grasp the concept over time, allow them to do more of it on their own.

Science Starters

I use science starters to get the class ready for the lesson. Being departmentalized, this is something students know to walk in and get started on. They answer one question each day that helps them think about the standard and how it applies to real life. Some questions will help activate prior knowledge, and others will just work to get their brains thinking. Science Starters are great for behavior in the classroom because they know what is expected of them from the moment they walk in the door. I include a week of science starters in each Complete Lesson Set . You can also find a year of science starters here .

Vocabulary 

Vocabulary is important in all subjects, but plays such a big role in a subject like science. Each science word is a key to understanding the concept. I include vocabulary practice pages, vocabulary flash cards, and word wall charts in each Complete Lesson Set that I make. You can also grab my Big Bundle Vocabulary Tool Kit which has over 50 printable activities for learning and practicing vocabulary in an subject area.

Science Says

My students have always loved this game! First of all, it gets them out of their chair and moving. It also makes a great brain break activity. BUT, the biggest reason I love this game so much is because of how much I have seen it help my students remember information for their tests. I have seen students using their Science Says movements while answering questions on their STAAR test. Do you know how happy that made my teacher heart?!?! We play this game during any down time and before each unit test. I teach them moves that resemble science words and then we play it like Simon Says.  I have a Science Says Kit coming soon due to popular request!! Until then, here is a few words and movements to get you started.

The Content Focus Wall board is a great way to make your classroom learning more interactive and purposeful. It helps students know the learning goals from the beginning and guides them through acquiring the knowledge to define key words and answer the guiding questions. The exit slip will have categories for students to fill in on their sheet each day when they walk in. What makes this interactive is that the students will keep it on hand throughout the class time and look for the answers for the Content Focus Wall. You can set this board up for each content you teach! I like to use this over the course of the week and have students hand it in on Friday. Here is an example of what a Science Focus Wall might look like.

Diagram Quick Draws

Science Diagrams are incredibly important for students to see often and know well. I use them to teach, review, and as a test taking strategy.

-Note-Taking Pages These work great for a fill-in-the-blank note taking page for learning or reviewing concepts.

-Test Prep Having students practice filling in these diagrams will work wonders for helping build their memory of each concept. This can be build skills for a test brain dump or for using as a supplemental aid on a test.

-Test Prep Game – Science Diagram Quick Draw Give each student a dry erase board and call out a diagram. They can show you their diagrams when time is up and demonstrate how much of this concept diagram they can remember. This helps practice for a brain dump or showing thinking on a Science test. Modify this for any students using supplemental aids on testing by giving them a folder of these diagrams to fill in rather than completely draw from memory. Laminate these for repeated use with dry erase markers.

-Science Focus Wall Use these diagrams in place of anchor charts for the diagram section of your  Science Focus Wall.

Unit Tests (after a selection of lessons are completed)

I have a collection of unit tests for both 4th grade and 5th grade TEKS that are written to mimic the style and rigor of the 5th grade Science STAAR test. Each test covers a selection of similar standards (about three lesson sets). The tests are designed with plenty of space for thinking, note taking, drawing diagrams, and making corrections after the test is graded. I use unit tests as an assessment, and also as another opportunity for learning. I go back over tests after I have taken a grade and work through (think aloud) each test question with my class so they can better understand the content and give an example of how to work through test questions. I want to build experts in both the content and test familiarity, so when they get to that big test at the end of 5th grade they are comfortable and confident. I do everything I can to set my students up for success. The image below shows how my unit tests are setup. I provide an answer key for quick grading as well as a copy of the test with answers and explanations. The test in this image is the 4th grade Structures and Functions Unit Test .

And, that concludes the first post in this series. I would LOVE to hear your feedback, questions, or comments on this post. If there is something else you were hoping to see in this type of post, let me know so I can make sure to add it!!

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Free 4th and 5th Grade Reading Activities

On this page, I have compiled my most highly recommended reading activities for literacy instruction in 4th and 5th grade. Under the title of each resource, you will find complete samples that you can download, print, and try out with your students.

If you see great results (I think you will!), just click the link to purchase the complete set or bundle of the reading activities or resources shown.

Curious about how I teach reading in 5th grade? Click here to read a detailed break-down of how I teach reading.

If you have any questions about any of these reading activities and resources, you can read the description found at the link to purchase for more information. If you still have questions, click here to send me a message!

4th and 5th Grade Reading Skills Bundle

This huge resource includes the reading activities and resources that I use to teach my major reading skills and standards. The reading activities included in the resource include:

• Reading Charts/Posters
• Graphic Organizers
• Reading Passages
• Small Group Reading Activities
• And often much more, depending on the resource.

—-> Click here to download a free reading passage and poster from my Story Elements set.

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4th and 5th Grade Reading Resources

5th grade reading exit slips.

Reading exit slips are an effective, easy to implement way to assess students with reading skills and standards.

—> Click here to download free reading exit slips that assess fiction and nonfiction comprehension.

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Paired Passages 4th/5th Grade

Paired passages are huge on state exams now. Students need several opportunities to read paired passages and answer questions that require the students to use both passages. It is difficult to create paired passage questions on a whim. To help, I created paired passage resources. They include engaging paired passages and rigorous questions that provide the practice that students need.

—> Click here to grab a FREE paired passage set. Your students will love learning about google and Gameboy with these paired passages and reading activities.

Click here to see a discounted bundle of my most popular paired passage resources.

Reading Choice Boards

Using choice boards is an effective (and easy prep) way to offer students choice when they are learning various reading skills. These reading choice boards allow you to offer your students choice while also ensuring they are practicing grade-level reading skills. The reading choice boards are perfect reading activities for reading centers, reading homework, and early finishers.

—> Click here to download some free reading choice boards. The resource includes a free reading and math choice board for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade.

Interested in more reading choice boards? Click on your grade level to see full sets. 3rd Grade Choice Boards 4th Grade Choice Boards 5th Grade Choice Boards

Reading Centers 4th/5th Grade

Saved the best for last! These next few reading activities are my absolute favorite reading resources. They work perfectly for reading centers, reading stations, small group reading instruction, and more!

Reading Games

These reading games are prefect for small group instruction that can carry over into a reading center. This free reading activity includes one reading passage and a game-board with text-dependent questions. I like to read and discuss the passage as a whole group or small group reading activity and then have the students “play” the game at a reading center or station.

—> Click here to download a free reading game!

Reading Roll and Answer Centers

This next reading activity is pretty simple but still a nice change from just answering questions. The students read a text and then roll two dice to determine which question they will answer. You could make this more engaging by having the students play it BUMP style.

—> Click here to download a free roll and answer reading center.

Click in the box below to see a bundle of the two above reading activities, which are also sold separately.

Reading Centers and Games

Reading puzzles.

These reading puzzles are the perfect way to get your students to practice grade level reading skills in a hands-on way.

—> Click here to download a free mini-set of reading puzzles for identifying text structures.

Reading Spinners

Really want students to go deep with a reading skill or standard? Try these reading spinners. They take one reading skill and have the students dive deep by answering a variety of questions related to that reading skill.

—> Click here to download a free set of reading spinners (one for spinner for each skill: theme, text structure, main idea, and point of view).

Reading Spinners for 4th and 5th Grade

4th and 5th grade reading homework.

If you are looking for a simple to implement, but rigorous reading homework program for your 4th and 5th graders, I highly recommend checking out this resource. Here are the key features that I love:

• One passage per week to allow the students to close read, build fluency, and really dig into one text
• Skills-based sets allow you to spiral your standards and reading skills all year
• Works with any pacing guide

—-> Click here to download a free reading homework set to try out with your students.

Click here to purchase the Reading Homework Bundle for 4th and 5th grade!

3rd Grade Reading Homework

Do you have readers reading below grade level and want to make sure they can comprehend and successfully complete their reading homework? I recommend checking out my 3rd grade reading homework, which is set up the same way as my 4th and 5th grade set.

—-> Click here to download a free week of the 3rd grade reading homework to try out!

Click here to purchase the 3rd Grade Reading Homework Bundle.

5th Grade Language Resources

In 5th grade, I have found that the language standards are not often the same grammar needs that my students have. So, I teach grammar that is at my students’ level during writing workshop. For the language standards, I use a quick and easy to implement curriculum that only requires 10-15 minutes a day. Each set in the curriculum includes the following:

• Teaching Posters/Charts
• Practice Printables
• 4 Day Practice

—> Click here to try out the Figurative Language set. You will love how it simplifies your language instruction.

5th Grade Language and Grammar Resources

P.S. I also have language task cards and language centers, if you are looking for more language resources. You can view a MEGA Bundle of all my 5th grade language resources by clicking here (this includes the resource described above!)

Thank you for your interest in my reading activities and resources for 4th and 5th grade! Let me know if you have any questions! Click here to send me a message!

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I’m Jennifer Findley: a teacher, mother, and avid reader. I believe that with the right resources, mindset, and strategies, all students can achieve at high levels and learn to love learning. My goal is to provide resources and strategies to inspire you and help make this belief a reality for your students.

 Spelling Homework Ideas

Need some ideas for spelling homework? Check out the gigantic list below of great ideas! You'll find the first 20 ideas here, and the remaining ones here . Each idea can be used with any list of weekly spelling words. Choose the ones that work best for your grade level. Vary the activities frequently.

Note: You might also want to consider our new  AnyWord Spelling Practice eBooks . They are full of ideas for lots of spelling practice with any spelling words. The 3 eBooks provide practice with creative writing, word play, and partner games.  Check them out !

Printable List of Spelling Homework Ideas

1. Write each word 5 times, using a different color each time.

2. Type your spelling words 10 times, using a different font each time.

3. Create a comic strip. Add captions that use 5 of your words.

4. Write the words in ABC order.

5. Write the words in reverse ABC order.

6. Write a TV ad for a product that uses 5 of your spelling words.

7. Find each word in the dictionary. Copy a definition for each one.

8.  Cut each spelling word out of a newspaper or magazine. Glue all the words on a piece of paper.

9. Write a sentence for each spelling word, but leave out the spelling words. List all the words on the page. Ask a family member to add the correct spelling word to each sentence.

Remember: Spelling homework not only prompts students to practice their spelling words. It can also help engage family members in the learning process.

10. Find each word in the dictionary. Write the page number on which it appears and the guide words at the top of the page.

11.  Write each word in a sentence. Make pictures for 3 sentences.

12. Write your spelling words. Add a rhyming word next to each one.

13. Write a story that uses 10 spelling words. Remember: Spelling homework not only prompts students to practice their spelling words. It can also help get family members involved in the learning process.

14. Scramble each spelling word. Have a family member unscramble the words and sign your paper.

15. Spell your words with alphabet pasta. Glue them onto paper.

16. Cut out paper letters for half of the words and glue onto paper.

17. Make a word search puzzle in which you hide all of your spelling words. Give it to a family member to solve and sign.

18. For a different type of word search, draw a Boggle-type game board. Make sure it contains at least 5 of your spelling words. See if a family member can find the spelling words.

19.  Make two copies of your spelling words on index cards. Use the cards to play a memory or "Concentration" game with a family member.

20. Write each word forwards and backwards.

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At the beginning of the week , give students a written list of 5 of these  ideas. Ask them to complete them in any order throughout the week.

Or, make a monthly spelling calendar. Write a different idea on the calendar for each school day in the month.

For more spelling homework ideas:

Need more ideas? See this list of 20 more homework ideas and/or our AnyWord Spelling Practice eBooks . 

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30+ Ready-to-use lesson activities that will spice up your Google Classroom

You can do so many things to spice up your teaching when you’re a Google Classroom teacher. But, most of the time, we all return to the safe lesson where nothing can go wrong.

Today you’ll learn how to create safe lessons in Google Classroom. And nobody said they can’t be fun too! We’re going to spice things up! And the best is yet to come: you can use these lesson ideas for free and share them with students in your Google Classroom! Cue… confetti! 🎉

I’ll split this post into 3 parts:

Spice up your Google Classroom with the BookWidgets add-on

30+ ready-to-use lessons for in your google classroom, the endgame: live monitoring, auto-grading, and feedback in google classroom.

If you want to skip a part, just click the title you want to check out, but remember: I’m explaining everything for a reason. 😉

Every digital lesson idea you’ll find in this post is created in Google Classroom with BookWidgets . There’s more. You can also monitor the activities live when students are working on them, review the work and give comprehensive feedback.

There are two ways to get started:

1. With the BookWidgets add-on

⚠️ Only for schools with a Teaching and Learning upgrade or Google for Education Plus account.

You can attach BookWidgets content to your assignments using this newest addition in Google Classroom. Go to Google Classroom, create a new assignment, choose the BookWidgets add-on, and you can start creating digital exercises and evaluations right there!

Learn everything about the add-on in this free 1-hour webinar . Register now and take your chance to win BookWidgets for your entire school!

Check out this tutorial or this short video on getting started with the BookWidgets add-on in Google Classroom. Then, reach out to [email protected] so we can enable it for your entire school.

2. With the BookWidgets Chrome extension

⚠️ If you’re using the free Google Classroom version, the BookWidgets Google Classroom extension is the right way to go.

Download the Chrome extension , open your Google Classroom and go to Classwork. Now, hit the “ Create ” button and choose BookWidgets.

Here’s a step-by-step tutorial and webinar for beginners to get you started.

I’ve divided these free Google Classroom lessons or activities into 10 categories so you can find what you need in one click. Remember, you can use them for free make a duplicate. I explained how you can do this here .

• Ready-to-use ice breaker activities and classroom energizers

Ready-to-use lessons to explain and introduce classroom rules

Ready-to-use lessons to start a lesson in a creative way, ready-to-use lessons to end a lesson in a creative way, ready-to-use lessons for students to ask for help, ready-to-use lessons for student self-assessments, ready-to-use lessons for creative book reports, ready-to-use lessons about special days in the year, ready-to-use lessons with rich media: tiktok, short films, and podcasts, ready-to-use lessons featuring emojis.

Here we go!

Ready-to-use icebreaker activities and energizers

Use the following free lesson plans in Google Classroom to spice up a dull moment or to get to know each other better. If you can create a good team spirit and classroom where all students know each other on a deeper level, they will be more motivated to learn.

1. The Icebreaker Bingo

When you share this digital back-to-school bingo activity OR fun energizer with your students in Google Classroom, every student will get their own scrambled bingo sheet. Then, you only have to stand in front of the classroom and shout, “I’m looking for students who…have brown hair”.

All students who, for example, have brown hair can stand up and immediately tick off that box on their bingo sheet. Pro tip: ask those students standing up to tell a bit more. That way, everyone gets to know each other better.

Another way to use this digital bingo sheet is to have your students walk around and look for another student that fits the box. When they find that student, they introduce each other and have a small chat. Then, the student returns to his place to tick off the box.

2. Icebreaker questions

If you’re out of creative questions to ask your students, this icebreaker activity for high school students is the solution. It was created and brought to our attention by Guido Merry , a teacher in the Netherlands.

There are two ways to play this question icebreaker game:

Project the question wheels on a large screen in your classroom and ask a student to come forward and spin the wheels. The first question is always for the teacher. The second question is for the student in front of the classroom and the last question is for another student. The student in front of the classroom, can name a fellow student. In turn, that student must answer the question and come forward to spin the wheel. Just continue like this. The game ends when every student has answered 2 questions.

Divide your students into groups of 5. Let them take turns spinning the wheels. Each student has to answer all three questions in their spin-turn.

3. The Facebook profile

The good thing about social media channels is that you have to make a profile and fill it out with information about yourself. It triggers students to think about who they are and how they want to present themselves.

So… it’s a perfect first day of school activity. Below, you’ll find a digital (fake) Facebook profile form your students have to fill out. When they’ve submitted all the forms to you, you pick out a few profiles anonymously and read their likes, intro, or interests out loud. Then, other students have to guess to which student the Facebook profile belongs.

Pro Tip: You can also use this as an ESL lesson and let students practice writing.

4. Two Truths, One lie

A fun classic. This will get your students to know each other on a deeper level. It’s a lesson activity you can use on the first day of school and when a dull moment hits as a classroom energizer.

All your students submit 2 truths and 1 lie to you, and you turn it into a fun game! You can read the truths and lie out loud in front of your class, without telling who it’s from AND without revealing what the lie is. Your students will have to guess the name of the student, and they will have to guess the lie. Then, that student may tell them if they guessed correctly and elaborate on his or her story.

5. The M&M game

When there’s candy involved, students are suddenly all ears.

This free activity will help your students get to know each other in a group, playing a fun game. They have to pick an m&m and complete a challenge or answer a question in order to be allowed to eat the m&m.

Just share the game with your students in Google Classroom. Each group just needs 1 computer or tablet for the game board. Make sure to go over the rules before they get started.

When you want to introduce your classroom rules, or maybe re-introduce them if needed, you can do this in a fun way or in a way where students have a say about your rules too. Go check out a few ready-to-use lesson ideas on explaining classroom rules. There are more free lessons in this blog post about classroom rules .

6. Emoji rules

This pair-matching game about your classroom rules is perfect for younger learners. Using emojis will help mediate meaning. Students have to find the classroom rule and pair it with the right symbol, or in this case, emoji.

7. Collaborate on classroom rules

Ask your students to fill in this form to get a clear view of the rules that students find important. Giving them a choice means that they will be more willing to obey your classroom rules. In Google Classroom, you can always attach the final version of your rules to this assignment afterward. A final version can be something like this digital classroom poster explaining the rules .

8. Classroom rules checklist

Here’s another way to give students a voice when it comes to introducing your classroom rules. List your classroom rules in a checklist and let students check the boxes. You can review their answers and discuss the rules that students indicated they didn’t understand or they didn’t agree with. Go check out the lesson plan below, adapt it with your rules, and share it on Google Classroom. 👇

9. Classroom rules memes

This is the one I’m using every year again, and my students love it! I teach older students, so I need to keep my cool when introducing my classroom rules. As my students are basically adults, they should know what is allowed and what is not, but they also need to know what I find respectful behavior without distancing me from them too much.

Go check out this fun carousel with memes. Click on the dots on the images to get a better explanation.

Use the next lesson plans to start a lesson in a fun way or to introduce a new concept. Ask your students to go to Google Classroom at the start of the lesson, fill it out, and submit the lesson. The activities below vary from digital whiteboard lessons to interactive worksheets.

10. (Fore)knowledge hashtags

When you start a new lesson or teach a new concept, ask your students about the topic before explaining it. This way, they activate possible foreknowledge and you can see what your students already know.

11. Change the world

Ready for a fun writing exercise at the start of your lesson? You can also use the next lesson to start a conversation. Or use it as a good lesson starter to make the jump to your next big topic: SDGs! Pick out a few of your students’ answers that fit the transition to your lesson topic.

Share this digital worksheet with your students in Google Classroom, and they can start writing. When finished, they hit the “submit” button so you can gather their responses.

12. Sunshine & sunbeams

Share this digital whiteboard lesson in your Google Classroom when you’re introducing a new topic. On your blackboard, draw a big sun, with the new subject in the middle of the sun. Ask your students to write down what they already know about the new topic on their digital whiteboard. When finished, ask some students to come to the whiteboard in the front of your classroom and note one word that they have on their whiteboard.

Go check it out. Students can use different tools in the bar below to complete their whiteboard.

Go out with a BANG 💥 … or a fun exit ticket or exit slip. Exit tickets are quick activities at the end of your lesson. Most of the time, you check your students’ understanding of the lesson they just got. It also helps them summarize and remember better. Here’s a post with 60 digital exit tickets . I’ve listed a few of them below.

13. Popcorn exit ticket

Share this digital exit ticket worksheet with your students in Google Classroom at the end of your lesson. Ask your student to write down words that they learned today or that connect to today’s lesson topic. When they submit their work, you have everything together in the reporting dashboard and can check if some students didn’t write down much. Make sure to give extra instructions to those students. Remember: it’s a formative lesson activity - no grades!

14. Exit in 3, 2, 1

Trigger your students to think about the lesson they just got. Let them name 3 things they just learned, 2 things they want to learn more about and 1 question for the teacher about the lesson. It’s a good way to rehearse and see if there are more questions.

15. Three times different

In this exit slip, students have to explain the lesson in three different ways. They have to write a summary, draw the lesson, and give an example. Students can use the whiteboard tools in the bar below. They can use the types tool, drawing tool, and they can even add an image by clicking on the photo icon. This tool is perfect for when your students want to make a drawing on paper and upload it to your digital whiteboard.

Go check out this free lesson plan below 👇

“ Are there any questions? ” If you’re a teacher for a long time already, you know that no student will ever answer this question. 🤦‍♀️ Check out the next ideas that will prompt your students to ask questions or ask for help.

16. 3 stars and 1 wish

This is the perfect example of an exit ticket and a way for students to ask for help combined in one lesson activity. Students indicate what they understand perfectley after your lesson, and they also get the chance to ask for help in their “wish”.

Click the example below to take a look. As it’s a digital worksheet, students can add their answers using their keyboard.

17. Mood meter

This mood meter activity for primary school students is the perfect lesson starter. It’s a subtle way to know what is happening in your student’s minds. As you know, it’s not always easy to have an understanding of what is going on. So use this lesson once in a while. Students can talk about their fun weekend, holiday, and evening. And sometimes, the meter will alert you to open up a conversation with students that are not feeling well. There are also students that will indicate that they don’t understand your lesson and need help.

18. Traffic light

This interactive whiteboard activity offers students a creative way to ask for help. They color the traffic light and explain their choice. Students send their answers to you in Google Classroom, and you can check immediately which students need help. In the next lesson, you gather all students that indicated a red traffic light and give them instructions again.

You don’t always have time to give personalized feedback. One way to go around this is by letting your students assess themselves. You’ll also see that students are often more critical about their work than you are…

19. Self-assessment rubric

One of my favorite question types in the BookWidgets quiz or (split) worksheet widget is the rubric question type. I know you can create rubrics in Google Classroom too, but these rubrics can be part of your students’ assignments, and they can be used as a self-assessment tool.

In the lesson example below, students have to assess themselves on the task or project they just completed. You can see all the results in your reporting dashboard in Google Classroom. Here, you can indicate whether you agree with the students or not, by filling out the rubric too. Return your feedback without grades (or with grades - that’s possible too).

Click here to learn more about creating digital rubrics .

20. Emoji self-assessment

A fun and quick way to check metacognition is by letting them complete a self-assessment form… with emojis! And you can immediately see which students need more help on which learning goals. Ask your students to fill it out after a task, project, or homework about the topic.

Ask your students to go back to the worksheet in Google Classroom just before a test about the topic. Their answers will still be there. It will help them focus on the parts that are a bit challenging.

This is a resource students can use anytime before they submit their homework or a task. It will help them elevate their work to a higher level. And it’s fun!

Go check out how this SELFIE assessment works 👇

22. Tops and Tips

This is a very interesting self-evaluation for students and can also be used as a peer evaluation. After a presentation or task, students need to think about 3 tops - things that went great - and 2 tips - things they could do better next time -. Students can submit their self-assessments to the teacher, or they can download what they’ve filled out. They can also just leave their answer like that and come to Google Classroom again. Their answers will still be there.

The peer assessment goes like this. All your students open the assignmnet in Google Classroom and fill it out for the student that is presenting. Using the share button, students can send their tops and tips to the student (e-mail address). When that’s done, they delete their answers (dustbin button) and fill them out for the next student.

There are so many fun assignments to do when students have read a book. Think out of the box and get creative. Here are 15 digital book report activities . I listed my 3 favorite activities below. 👇

23. Letter to the author

Here, students have to write a friendly letter to the author. When shared in Google Classroom, they can easily submit their work to the teacher and share it by e-mail with the author (if they can find the fanmail address). So much fun!

24. Story timeline

In this creative book report lesson idea, students have to create a timeline of the story. When did what happen, chronologically? They have to add the biggest events in the story to the timeline.

25. Comic story

This fun whiteboard activity has the grid of a comic. Students can create a comic story out of their book and add drawings and text balloons.

There’s a special day in the year for about everything that exists on this planet! Go check out this awareness days folder in BookWidgets with fun, ready-to-use activities. Share them with your students to introduce the fun days in a creative way. It’s a work in progress! We’ll keep sharing new lesson activities about the awareness days every week!

26. April fools’ day around the world

Here’s a fun lesson about culture and traditions around the world. How can one fun day be so different? Let your students go through this frame sequence widget or project this lesson on the big screen and start a conversation.

27. World Honey Bee Day

Don’t worry, 🐝 happy! In this lesson activity about honey bees, your students will become excellent bee experts. They even get a certificate in the end! They will learn everything about the bee from scratch. Share this interactive worksheet with your students in Google Classroom, so they can open it and get started! Now, it’s your turn! 👇

28. Summer Solstice

How much do your students know about summer solstice? This ready-to-use lesson explains the concept very well. Students can go through this lesson that you’ve shared in Google Classroom step-by-step, and they will learn about summer solstice in an interactive way.

Integrating rich media like TikTok , film , and podcasts in your lesson will engage your students even more. Click on the links to find even more lesson plans and inspiration!

Use rich media in your lessons to introduce a new lesson topic, start a discussion or conversation, evaluate language skills, and much more!

29. Learning English with TikTok

I wanted to include this lesson that integrates the very popular TikTok app within a lesson about pronunciation. I hope it inspires you to broaden your mindset and think out of the box. Share this lesson in your Google Classroom, and students can start recording their voices. They can easily submit the answers to you so you can listen to their pronunciation and return feedback. Go check it out! 👇

30. Short film - Coin Operated

This amazing short film lesson - Coin operated - lets your students see “through” a film. They have to discover the meaning of the story and write it down. As it’s a short film without speech, you can still edit this lesson for another language. Just make sure to find the BookWidgets group folder here, duplicate the activity, edit the language and share it in your Google Classroom.

31. Learning science with a podcast

The poop collector episode of the “ Tumble Science Podcast ” is a fun episode you can use as a lesson starter for your science lesson. You can even start your first lesson with it, so students understand the word “ science ” better. Go check out the lesson activity below!

Emojis are basically a new way of communication. Everyone uses them to express feelings, to emphasize written words better, and even as a replacement for written words. As emoticons really tickle your students’ interests, it might be a fun idea to incorporate them into your lessons. Here are some of my favorite lesson plans using emoticons or emojis for all kinds of subject areas. 💪

32. Emoji introduction

This is a fun lesson starter for the first day of school. Ask your students to indicate their interests and other aspects of their life using the given emojis. Students can just drag and drop the emojis and send their answers to the teacher in Google Classroom. Later on, you can ask your students to explain the emojis they have chosen and tell a little bit more about themselves. Access the lesson plan preview below and try it out!

33. Emoji artwork

You’re absolutely going to love this ready-to-use lesson plan! Students have to spin the wheels and use the three emojis that come up to make a creative painting. They spin the wheels a second time as well. Now, they have to write a story! This lesson is all about inspiring students’ creativity and dreams. Bonus: you can immediately check their writing skills too. Go check it out! Which 3 emojis did you spin? 👇

34. Emoji sight words crossword

Just when you thought you’d seen it all, there’s another fun lesson plan. Use this digital crossword puzzle for teaching languages to young learners. When you duplicate this widget from the BookWidgets Blog group here and edit the activity in your account if you want to change the language. Now, it’s an English lesson. Can you complete it? 💡

35. Emoji exit ticket

Always go out with a bang! Last but not least: the exit ticket or exit slip widget. This activity takes you only 3 minutes to create, and it has so much value! At the end of a lesson, your students have to indicate whether they understood your lesson or how they are feeling. They have to do so by indicating an emoji. As a second part, you can ask your students another open-ended question. This can be a content question about the lesson, or you can ask students to write down any questions they still have.

How to share these activities on Google Classroom?

We’ve gathered all the free lesson plans in this BookWidgets Group . Click on the link. If you don’t have a BookWidgets account yet, it’s now time to create one for free. The best way is to sign up using your Google Single Sign-On - The Google Account you’re using in your Google Classroom .

You might get redirected to your BookWidgets account’s homepage once you’ve signed up. If so, just click on this group link again when you are signed into your account.

You will see a list with all the widgets ( a.k.a. activities created in BookWidgets ) in this post.

Now, follow the next steps:

• Click on the cogwheel icon,
• Choose “ Select all widgets ” (or just indicate the widgets or activities you want).
• Click on the cogwheel icon for a second time,
• Choose “ Duplicate selected widgets ”.
• A pop-up window opens. Click on the black arrow ⬅️ next to the title - two times - until you don’t see the arrow anymore. Now click on “My widgets” in the pop-up.
• Finally, choose “ Duplicate here ”.

All these widgets are now yours to adapt and share in Google Classroom with your students. Now is the time to go to your Google Classroom and open BookWidgets from there as I’ve described above - using the add-on or Chrome extension.

Once you’ve opened BookWidgets in Google Classroom, adapting and sharing these exercises or widgets is easy. Go to the “My widgets” folder. You’ve just duplicated everything here. Next to the activity - on the right - you will find a tiny arrow pointing down ⬇️. Click on it and choose “ Edit ”. The widget’s configuration screen opens. When you’re done editing, you can click “share” and choose a Google Classroom course.

When you’ve shared these lessons with your students in your Google Classroom, BookWidgets allows you to follow up on them. Reviewing a lesson activity created with BookWidgets can be done in two ways: via “Live Widgets” or/and within the reporting dashboard . Both possibilities are available from your Google Classroom account.

Live widgets

Monitor students, live, in Google Classroom when they are still working on your activity. You can immediately discover struggling students and give them a helping hand. You can also find students that need bigger challenges. And… when your students forget to submit, you can still push the button and submit for your students.

Even when it’s a fun practice exercise that students don’t have to submit, like flashcards, you can see if they did some practicing at home or in class. You can see Live Widgets activity for up to 30 days.

The reporting dashboard

When your students have submitted their work, you can start reviewing it. Most of the activities and question types within a quiz or (split) worksheet get auto-graded. This will save you so much time!

There are some important teacher features that will make reviewing student work much easier:

• You can grade student by student or question by question,
• You can still change the grade in auto-graded questions,
• You can add comments below questions and in your students’ answers,
• You can use a filter to already hide correct answers and focus on the ones that need your attention,
• You can use a filter that groups all student answers on one question that are precisely the same. Your feedback will go to all those students;
• You can configure the feedback that your group of students (or individual) students will see. With or without grades, with or without the correct answers, and more.

As you can see, there are lots of handy ways to review student work more efficiently in Google Classroom with the BookWidgets reporting dashboard.

That’s it! I can understand that your head is exploding 🤯 with new ideas right now!

Remember, you can duplicate all these Google Classroom lesson plans created with BookWidgets in this group . I explain how you can do this here . Duplicate them to your account so you can start editing and sharing them with your students in your Google Classroom. It’s very important that you do this and don’t use the link to the lesson . That way, your students’ answers can’t find their way to you.

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