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5th grade critical thinking math cultural activities
Design and Run a Food Truck STEM With Digital PBL - Project Based Learning Math
Introduce your students to the FOOD TRUCK CRAZE as they master their math and STEM skills through this project based learning math unit. With this math project based learning unit, students will design and run their own food truck! As they plan their final product in this PBL unit, students integrate digital learning by investigating various cultures and diversity and learning about foods from different countries. They will be able to represent a country of their choice, design (STEM) open a fo
Lunar New Year 2024 | Year of the DRAGON Reading Comprehension | Spring Festival
Chinese New Year in 2024 starts on Saturday, February 10th!It’s the Year of the DRAGON!Did you know that the Chinese believe that people born in the Year of the DRAGON are strong, tenacious, and ambitious? Do you know what the lucky colors and numbers are for people born during the Year of the DRAGON?Find out more by close-reading interesting text all about the Year of the DRAGON.Create a Cool DRAGON Collage, perfect for a 2024 Year of the DRAGON Bulletin Board!*** This resource has been updated
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4th - 7th
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Holidays Around the World | Christmas Around the World
Engage your students in the ultimate Holidays Around the World Activity with these super engaging, high-interest math and literacy activities!This Holidays Around the World Bundle Includes:Holidays Around the World Literacy Activities & Paired TextsHolidays Around the World Math Budgeting Math ProjectChristmas Around the World Task Cards (GREAT for fluency practice!)The Math and Literacy Activities have been designed to work together. As your students plan their trip with the math project, t
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3rd - 6th
My Place in the World Project: "Me on the Map" Geography for Kids
This hands-on geography project "My Place in the World" has kids create a visual representation of how we fit into the world. Teachers often use it with the kids' geography book "Me on the Map," by Joan Sweeney. Ideal for integrated Social Studies, ELA, Geography, Literacy, and Map Skills.Using a series of nesting circles to show the relative sizes of different geographic places, this simple but effective geography lesson helps kids sort out their relation to one another. This activity includes
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Geography for Kids Bundle: Three Essential Hands-on Activities
Diwali Craft - Rangoli Diya
A fun craft activity when celebrating Diwali / Deepavali (The Hindu Festival of Lights). This activity incorporates two aspects of Diwali: the rangoli and the diya.Design a pattern (use the grid lines to help keep your shapes consistent).Write a fact about Diwali, or a message (or use the template with the pre-printed message).Add colour.Cut.Glue the two flames together and insert into the diya. Glue together.Hang.Alternatively, you could make this into a greeting card and write a message ins
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2nd - 5th
3/D Tipi, Circle and Welcome Pole Craft, EASY Native American Art Fall Activity
This bundle includes 3 Native American themed craft projects made for students using circles (Mandela) cones (3/D tipi), and cylinders (welcome poles) These crafts are a great way to integrate the arts with your Native American curriculum. This is three of my students favorites put together in a money saving bundle! See descriptions for each project, and check out the teacher reviews of individual items! Crafts include a 3/D tipi, mandella, and 3/D welcome pole. Great for Bulletin boards, door
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1st - 7th
Potato Olympics
The Potato Olympics are a great way to get students excited about the Olympics while doing fantastic writing and mathematics tasks.
Students decorate and create a potato athlete. The potatoes compete in 5 different challenges and students record and evaluate the results.
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3rd - 7th
Day of the Dead Multiplication and Addition Math Craft
Celebrate El Dìa De Los Muertos with this beautiful multiplication craft! This project includes a sugar skull which students can decorate. Students will be able to apply their knowledge of multiplication strategies or addition/subtraction fact families to complete this festive craft. Multiplication Strategies included: arrayfact familiesnumber lineequal groupsrepeated additionmultiplication wheel Addition Strategies included: number bondfact familiesnumber lineten frameaddition wheel Included is
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1st - 5th
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3d Printable Paper Houses Coloring Pages - STEAM Activity for Geometry & Maths
Set of 9- 3d Paper House Printable Coloring Pages - STEAM Activity & MindfulnessNOTE: this is a duplicate product, as was unable to highlight the freebie otherwise. Please only purchase once!This is the full set of our 9 Printable Paper House Templates. They are a quirky little STEAM project looking at 3d shapes. Lots of fun to be had with coloring and design the details of these paper houses.Designed to stimulate imagination (e.g. see our student creating little paper dolls to go with it!).
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1st - 5th
End of the Year Teacher Roast
Looking for the perfect way to end the year? Let your students roast you!
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Ancient History STEM Challenge Bundle
STEM and Ancient History: Greece, Rome, and EgyptColumns, Domes, and PyramidsA Bundle of STEM Engineering Challenges for Ancient History!Integrate STEM Engineering Challenges and Ancient History? Yes!Teachers are saying:"Great resource to engage students in STEM! My students were excited and took time to work on projects in small groups. Very engaging :)" "This was SO much fun! It was a great way for us to integrate science/social studies/ and literature. The kids were laughing and engaged the
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Mardi Gras Mini Pack (Informational Booklet, Craft, Puzzles)
This Mardi Gras Mini Pack would be a great way to introduce the holiday in your classroom. It's designed with grades 2-5 in mind.
This download includes:
*Mini Informational Booklet that covers the history of Mardi Gras and how it is celebrated
*Design your own Mardi Gras mask templates
*Color by Numbers page (2 versions: 1 is two-digit addition/subtraction and 1 is multiplication/division)
*Vocabulary Word Search
*Creating Words Page
How I use this product in my Classroom:
I use the booklet
Grades:
2nd - 5th
South Africa! Ndebele Community—Lesson, “Painted” House Craft w Geometry
Introduce students to the Ndebele community of South Africa, and learn how this small community is famous for its beadwork, attire, and painted houses! This product includes the following, all as Adobe files:An images file in a slideshow format with embedded lessons on each slide. Lessons explore the Ndebele community and the heritage they display in their arts and crafts. There is no printout needed.An art project with step-by-step instructions for making an Ndebele painted house, full of color
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K - 8th
Also included in: South Africa! The BIG Bundle Grades 3 to 5—Crafts, Lessons & Activities
5th Grade Math Project | Math Around the World | 5th Grade Decimals & Fractions
5th Grade Math Project! Project based learning! Differentiated math enrichment project! Learn about geography and countries around the world while solving math problems aligned to the standards! Great for distance learning! Digital version included compatible with Google Drive!Math Around the World is a great way to keep your students engaged as they practice and apply their fifth-grade math skills and strategies! This project is a great end-of-the-year cumulative project! It also works well as
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5th - 6th
Chinese New Year 2024 - Digital Escape Room Activity - Lunar New Year 2024
Chinese New Year 2024 is a holiday observed each year in China. Your students will love learning about this exciting celebration in this Chinese Lunar New Year Digital Escape Room. Teachers, you will love using technology to teach them about this holiday and other facts about Chinese culture!In the intro scenario, it is New Year's Eve, and Linh's parents have given her a red envelope filled with money. At the end of the celebration, she reaches into her pocket to open her envelope, and it isn't
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM BUNDLE #2: Cooperative Learning | Distance Learning
Picasso Pumpkins: Hispanic Heritage Month, EASY Fall or Halloween Craft Cut&Glue
A fun Fall art activity for Hispanic Heritage Month. Learn about Spains most famous artist while creating a cubist style pumpkin in the likeness of Picasso’s famous paintings. Several pumpkin images and sizes are included for student choice, including one created after Picasso's "Girl in the Mirror" painting. There are 2 pages of facial features drawn from Picasso’s most popular paintings including “Skull with Leeks. Students of all ages and abilities will have fun mixing up the face features
Grades:
K - 6th
Country Research Project - A Country Study About Kenya with Reading Passages
Engage your students in geography by learning about the world around them with this fun country study of Kenya. Your students will create a 18-page mini book all about Kenya. They will read the included reading material about Kenya and use that, together with other books or online resources, to complete each page in their own Kenyan mini-book.Your students will complete the following tasks about Kenya:Identify Kenya on a world mapLabel the major Kenyan citiesDevelop general knowledge of Kenyan f
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3rd - 5th
Country Research Project - A Country Study About Italy with Reading Passages
Engage your students in geography by learning about the world around them with this fun country study about Italy. In this country research project, your students will create an 18-page mini book all about Italy. They will read the included reading passages about Italy and use that, together with other books or online resources, to complete each page in their own Italian mini-book. This country study about Italy is designed for students in grades 3-5,and is the perfect addition to your social st
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3rd - 5th
Morning Meeting Sharing Questions- 200 Fun Discussion Questions
Do you participate in morning meetings? Do you ever get to the sharing time and find yourself asking the same types of questions or simply having trouble thinking of new questions to promote a safe and fun classroom community? This download contains 180 unique morning meeting sharing questions--one for each day of the school year. It is a great addition to any morning meeting space. You can choose to print out the master copy of the questions if you have a way of organizing the questions on your
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Morning Meeting BUNDLE: Greetings, Sharing Questions, and Activities
Country Research Project - A Country Study About Mexico with Reading Passages
Engage your students in geography by learning about the world around them with this fun country study of Mexico. Your students will create a 18-page mini book all about Mexico. They will read the included reading material about Mexico and use that, together with other books or online resources, to complete each page in their own Mexican mini-book.Your students will complete the following tasks about Mexico:Identify Mexico on a world mapLabel the major Mexican citiesDevelop general knowledge of M
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Country Research Project - A Country Study About Brazil with Reading Passages
Engage your students in geography by learning about the world around them with this fun country study of Brazil. Your students will create a 18-page mini book all about Brazil. They will read the included reading material about Brazil and use that, together with other books or online resources, to complete each page in their own Brazil mini-book.Your students will complete the following tasks about Brazil:Identify Brazil on a world mapLabel the major Brazilian citiesDevelop general knowledge of
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Country Research Project - A Country Study About Egypt with Reading Passages
Engage your students in geography by learning about the world around them with this fun country study of Egypt. Your students will create a 18-page mini book all about Egypt. They will read the included reading material about Egypt and use that, together with other books or online resources, to complete each page in their own Egyptian mini-book.Your students will complete the following tasks about Egypt:Identify Egypt on a world mapLabel the major Egyptian citiesDevelop general knowledge of Egyp
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Ancient Greece and STEM : Engineering Columns
STEM Engineering Challenge for Ancient Greek History!Looking for a way to integrate STEM into your ancient cultures lesson?Engineering Greek columns will provide an enrichment experience for your students that combines geometry, architecture, and structural engineering. This STEM packet includes:Ancient Greek Columns Background InformationColumns VocabularyTeacher NotesEngineering Challenge Activity – Columns • Engineering Process PosterInquiry QuestionsStudent Job CardsRubricEngineering Design
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Ancient History STEM Challenge Bundle
Country Research Project - A Country Study About Japan with Reading Passages
Engage your students in geography by learning about the world around them with this fun country study of Japan. Your students will create a 18-page mini book all about Japan. They will read the included reading material about Japan and use that, together with other books or online resources, to complete each page in their own Japanese mini-book.Your students will complete the following tasks about Japan:Identify Japan on a world mapLabel the major Japanese citiesDevelop general knowledge of Japa
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Importance of learning math in 5th grade
Since math forms the basis for many other subjects — like science, engineering, and technology — it's essential that kids develop strong math skills starting in elementary school, as it makes them more likely to succeed in the more challenging middle and high school courses.
Benefits of learning math in 5th grade
Learning math in 5th grade has many benefits. It helps students:
- Develop problem-solving, logical reasoning, and critical-thinking skills
- Prepare for more complex mathematical concepts in higher grades
- Understand how math is used in real-life situations
By ensuring that 5th graders have a solid understanding of math concepts, teachers can help set them up for future success
Key topics covered in 5th grade math
In 5th grade, students are introduced to more challenging mathematical concepts. They'll likely continue to build on their understanding of fractions and decimals, and explore new concepts like numerical expressions.
Decimals
Fifth graders will continue to build on their knowledge of decimals by learning how to read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths.
Operations with Fractions
Fifth grade math involves extending their understanding of how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions with unlike numerators and denominators. Fifth graders will start learning how to simplify fractions, convert fractions to mixed numbers, and find common denominators.
Measurement
In 5th grade, measurement concepts become more complex, and involve learning about volume and capacity.
Algebraic Thinking
In 5th grade math, teachers will introduce the concept of algebraic thinking. This includes working on numerical expressions. They learn to solve simple one-step equations and use algebraic thinking to solve real-world problems.
Data
Fifth graders will learn about the coordinate system, along with how to create and interpret graphs and charts.
How to find math resources for 5th grade
Educators can save time preparing lessons by using math worksheets, activities, and other types of resources created by experienced Sellers on TPT. Simply search the TPT marketplace for "5th grade math," and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find print and digital materials that've been proven to work in classrooms around the country.
Frequently asked questions
What types of 5th grade math resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of math worksheets, lessons, and activities sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular math worksheets, games and resources can be found on topics like: fractions, decimals, algebra, probability, and geometry.
What are some good resources for practicing math in 5th grade?
Websites like TPT offer free and paid resources, including worksheets, for 5th grade students practicing math. You can also find refresher lessons for concepts learned in earlier grades.
What are 5th graders learning in math right now?
Fifth graders will learn decimal and fractional expressions and explore numerical expressions, volumes and diagrams.
How much math practice should my student do each day?
The amount of practice varies depending on your student's needs, but generally, 20-30 minutes of practice per day is recommended.
What if my student doesn't enjoy math?
Sprinkle a little fun into your math lessons by using games, videos, puzzles, and real-life scenarios. If a child in your class seems to find math boring or uninteresting, you can also try connecting it to their interests or hobbies. Additionally, teachers can encourage a positive attitude and celebrate small successes.
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