4th & 5th Grade

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.
- William Arthur Ward

At Home Activities

• Guess the Groceries Game - Most kids don’t think of grocery shopping as an exciting way to spend the afternoon. But when grocery shopping involves a game and possible prizes, you just might have your child begging to go with you! Not only is this a fun diversion from worksheets (and a chance for you to get some shopping done), but it's also a great chance to practice rounding, estimation and addition with a hands-on method—one of the very best ways to make sense of math. Click here to learn more!
• Baseball by the Numbers - Click here for a baseball-themed activity to computation and categorization of numbers.
• Practicing Place Value - Click here for a Race to 100 and click here for a cross-curricular activity grid.
  
• ELA Choice Board - Get more out of what you read and improve your comprehension with this board of different activities.
  

Websites & Apps

• Estimation 180 - Building number sense one day at a time is their tagline. A fun and efficient way to build skills!
• Bar Modeling Practice - Follow the link to learn more about ways to practice drawing, labeling, and using bar models to help you solve problems.

Design Squad Nation from PBS Kids is aimed at providing engineering tasks and challenges to parents and educators.

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Explore The Learning In Your Backyard

Projects, Problems & Challenges

• Destination Pennsylvania - Did you know that PA has 11 tourism regions? Each one has a range of historic places to visit. Research a place you would like to go and write a persuasive letter to a family member convincing them to take you there. Don't forget to include an agenda for the day and the projected cost of the trip, including gas! Click here and order a free map from the PA Department of Transportation!
  

Reading & Writing Projects

• Click here for a menu of student-chosen reading response options and click here for writing ideas.
• Wonderopolis - Click here for ideas to help your student find answers to their wonderings!
  

Math Ideas

• Dream Bedroom Project - Let your child design a dream bedroom. Click here for the project outline.