Looking for some fun games and activities for 5th graders to keep your tween occupied — and learning — at home? Check out activities for class 5! Whether it’s learning about how to follow a recipe or identify the states on a map, these activities combine crucial life skills with important grade-level learning.
Fun learning games and activities for 5th graders
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Act out a script
This activity will help your child have fun, increase reading fluency and expression, and get the whole family involved.
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Family fitness
Try these activities together to build an awareness of the importance of exercise.
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Follow a recipe
This activity provides real-life practice in reading directions, sequencing and measuring.
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Identify that state
This game will help your fifth grader locate states on a map and build social studies skills.
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Create a comic book
Your fifth grader will learn to use the Drawing Toolbar in Microsoft Word to create his own family comic book. This activity builds writing and computer skills.
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Create a memory book
With the help of a word-processing program and a digital camera, your fifth grader can build computer skills and create a wonderful book about his family.
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Keeping a journal
Have your child keep a journal and build reading and writing skills.
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Making a break mold garden
This activity teaches observation and experimentation, important skills for budding scientists.
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Describe an object
In this activity your child writes about an object in detail.
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Crazy caption
This simple but fun activity builds reading and writing skills.
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Power reading talk
Don’t underestimate the power of talking to your child about what he is reading by asking questions and engaging in conversation. This activity helps to .
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Microscope discovery
With an inexpensive microscope as your tool, you can help your child reinforces the skills of observation and prediction, important tools in building science skills.