Activities for 5th Grade
Row row row your boat
Submitted by: Meg
July 6th, 2010
Categories: 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | Art | Math
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: A game of matching equivalent fractions. Each player starts out with 10 Post-it® Notes with a fraction written on each, and a cardboard boat that they have decorated (containing 3 fractions written on the side). The students "row" their boat as soon as they have determined whether or not an equiv. fraction exists for a post it note they possess. If there is a matching fraction, they put the post it on top of the fraction on the boat..and then sail it on to the next island. The boat with the most "cargo" wins. Or, there is no winner : )..it's just a fun game.
The Year Is Important in History
Submitted by: Myra
July 6th, 2010
Categories: 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | History
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: Use two different colored Post-it® Notes. Put an important year from US History on one color and the same year on the other color. Each student takes a date and looks for what happened in USA History and other places in Europe, etc. They write the historical event on the backside of the Post-It. Put it on the Timeline.
bulletin board
Submitted by: shandra
July 6th, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Art | ESL | History | Language Arts | Math | Music | Reading & Writing | Science | Special Education
Estimated Time: 10-20 minutes
Description: Create a wish list bulletin board for the holidays. Make a Christmas tree background and create "ornaments" with Post- it® Notes. Each ornament can have something for the classroom, such as pencils, paper, kleenex, or books. Instead of giving me a gift, when students ask what I want for christmas, I suggest that they can get an ornament off the tree and get something to help the class.
Reading / Writing Rockets
Submitted by: Kristi
July 2nd, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | ESL | Reading & Writing
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: While reading a story, students use 'rocket' shaped arrow flags to mark at least 6 vocabulary words, WOW words, or words they may not know. Students then share their words, use them in their writing, or learn new words to fly to the moon. This means that their names are on a bulletin board. Students get points for each exciting wow word or vocabulary word they find. If students achieve 20 points in one month, they reach the moon and earn prizes or extra recess time. Students love using the Post-it® products and almost always reach their goals.
Word Scramble
Submitted by: Tina
July 1st, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Art | Classroom Management | ESL | History | Language Arts | Math | Music | Reading & Writing | Science | Special Education
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: In an effort to reinforce the spelling of a word, place one 4 x 6 Post-it® Note that has one letter of the word on it, on the front of as many students needed to spell out the word. Have the students scramble themselves up and give them one minute to arrange themselves in the right order so that the word is spelled out correctly.
