Teaching fifth grade

If you are new to teaching 5th grade, you have come to the right place. This is a collection of blog posts and resources for 5th grade teachers.

The start of a new school year is always such a great feeling. You and your students get a fresh start. You can try new things. You can toss things that haven’t worked for you. In today’s post, I’m sharing a few things that I think every fifth-grade teacher NEEDS to have in place before […]

If you are new to teaching 5th grade or thinking about teaching 5th grade, here are my top things to know about teaching 5th graders.

Are you moving to a new grade level? Have you always taught younger primary grades (kindergarten, first, second) and are overwhelmed with the idea of moving to third, fourth, fifth or sixth grades? Changing to teach upper elementary has so many unexpected benefits and challenges. Check out the BEST tips for making the leap from primary to upper elementary and middle school and how to set up your new classroom.

5th grade writing is so much fun to teach! This post lays out my best tips for teaching 5th grade writing, along with the sequence and pacing that I use!

This post breaks down how I teach math in 5th grade and how my weekly instruction is structured, including the math resources needed.

Life has been crazy lately! I received a job offer 10 days before school started this year so I am now in a new district, at a new school, in a new grade level! Due to my circumstances, I did not h…

What does a 5th grade reading lesson in a typical elementary school look like? I will walk you through a 60 minute ELA lesson that’s highly engaging and highly effective. It’s a simple idea that yielded great result in my upper elementary classroom. Get your sticky notes ready and let’s teach! #stickynotes #literacyactivities #upperelementary #fifthgrade #readingcomprehension #lessonplanning #teachingreading #teachingideas #readingideas #readinglessons #literacy

Teachers often have questions about what a literacy block should actually look like. How do you structure your time? When do you pull reading groups? How and when do you teach grammar? The list of questions is lengthy, and with good reason. No one really ever told us what to do! Probably because there is […]

5th grade writing doesn’t have to be a struggle! This blog post provides all of my best tips and ideas for teaching your fifth graders to succeed as writers. As a veteran 5th grade teacher, I have had a lot of experience teaching all kinds of students how to improve their writing. So, you'll get my insight on the best ways to help all of your upper elementary students succeed in your writing curriculum!

Figure Me Out! "All about me" math activity for beginning of the year or any time of the year!

Visualizing the text is such an important reading strategy used for building your students’ reading comprehension. This reading teacher's blog post shares teaching tips, strategies, activities, and resources for teaching visualizing in your classroom (reading crafts, posters and graphic organizers). Helpful for second grade, third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade teachers.

1341 likes, 25 comments. “Turn any worksheet into a game with capture the flag.”

The 9 things I needed for my 3rd grade classroom - or else I wouldn't have survived the school year! Before going back to school I always made sure I had these 9 things, especially number 2! 1h

Find out what an actual ELA class looks like in fifth grade. This is a detailed look into my classroom and our routines.

We teach figurative language in upper elementary. This can be a bit of a tricky skill for students in fourth, fifth or sixth grades, but I’ve developed some engaging and rigorous activities that help students to comprehend and use figurative language in their own writing and language assignments.

ELAR, Reading, writing, teacher, comma, anchor chart

These real life math activities are a great way to engage 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classroom or homeschool students in project based learning and financial literacy. Great for upper elementary with the differentiated and editable options. Great to work on basic math skills, standards, individualized mathematics, extend the learning into the home or community, and more. Use these before breaks, during short weeks, after state testing, and more. Second, third, fourth, & fifth grader…

Advice for new 5th Grade teachers from 15 veteran teachers.

Made this for my 5th grade classroom- will laminate and use sticky notes when we read short stories/picture books to introduce skills. Then use for reference when writing our summaries.