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Although it can be challenging to give students the freedom to critique you and your class (both positively and negatively), there are still many reasons (10, in fact) why you should survey your students at the end of the year, no matter how difficult it may seem. I have a

Help students master decimal operations in word problems by teaching them these strategies! Breaking down word problems in elementary school is a challenging task, especially when your students are so easily distracted by unnecessary information or details. Something as simple as the character’s name in the question can throw the

A major part of teaching upper elementary is helping students learn different reading strategies to help them as they work on reading comprehension and understanding what they read. No longer are students focused on just reading as fast as they can. In upper elementary, we are focused on making sure

When you use skits to practice theme and work on writing, you’re opening the door to a whole lot of creativity, fun, and great ELA skill review! If you’re ready to get your students up and moving and interacting with each other, then you’ll love our newest idea for teaching

In the new school year, plan to spend more time using writing prompts to connect with students.  When we created the Holiday of the Day Writing Prompts a few years ago, we knew that they would provide some great opportunities for celebrating in the classroom. And we had a good

It’s not enough for students to just know how to copy the math with fractions; rather, students need to understand the why behind adding and subtracting fractions in the first place. Let’s be totally honest: there is a lot of math to teach in upper elementary, and of that math

I love using this figurative language flipbook to solidify my students’ understanding of figurative language and to track the examples we find throughout the year! Figurative Language is one of those topics that it seems like we teach and teach and teach again, so as I tried to find ways

Teaching factors and multiples in elementary school is a challenge, but it is a challenge we are willing to conquer here at Fun in 5th Grade! In this post, we are talking about teaching factors and multiples as numbers with superpowers…a concept most students can connect with! Sometimes it feels

Set the stage for a March full of fun and adventure in your classroom with these St. Patrick’s Day Picture Books and resources. St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday that can come and go without too much hoopla in the classroom, but it really has a lot to offer if

Get creative with your daily test prep in upper elementary with game show question challenges. If you’ve been around Fun in 5th Grade and More for a while, then you know that we love a good Game Show created specifically to align with the standards and skills associated with upper