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Fifth Grade

Need educational resources for fifth grade? Find mostly free and never expensive resources to teach math, English/ Language Arts and Social Studies. We have games, videos and presentations. Most of our content is based on Native American or Latin American history and culture. We also have a wealth of educational resources for teaching English Language Learners.

Three Native American veterans, two men, one woman — School is getting back under way and maybe you realize you need another lesson or two for this week. Because we have subscribers who are both middle school and elementary teachers, and some who teach at schools that are K-8, each week I'll include a lesson, or maybe a whole unit, for middle school and another for elementary school.

Lessons of the Week: News You Can Use

September 17, 2024 in Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / multiplication / Seventh Grade / Third Grade by AnnMaria De Mars

National Native American Heritage Month is celebrated in the month of November. Here are some fun activities that your K-12 students can participate in all year.

Native American Heritage Month Activities for Students

November 23, 2022 in 7GenGames / blogposts / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / History / Holiday / Newsletter / powwow / Remote Education / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade tagged 7 Generation Games / Native American culture / Native American heritage month / Native American Language Games / Native American Resources by Christy Hanson

Art gallery — Whether you are counting down the last days of the school year or trying to come up with ways to keep your summer school students awake and on task, Google Arts & Culture is a gem. Visit museums virtually, tour national parks, even re-create ancient pottery.

Sites we love: Google Arts & Culture

May 20, 2022 in Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade by AnnMaria De Mars

We have added a Resource Library webpage on our teacher platform, Growing Math. We have also organized the virtual manipulatives page. What’s in the Resource Library? Are you looking for something to make your lesson just a little more engaging or to reach that student who didn’t understand the first […]

The Growing Math Resources Library

March 25, 2022 in 10 Minute Lesson / 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / blogposts / Educational Games / Educational Resources / ESL / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Growing Math / Math / Mathematics / Newsletter / Remote Education / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade / Statistics Education / Teachers / Third Grade tagged 7 Generation Games / Educational Resources / Freebie Friday / Growing Math / mathematics / MTUL / newsletter / statistics / Teacher Resources / Video Library / Virtual Manipulatives by Christy Hanson

Asynchronous, self-paced teacher training just arrived at Growing Math. Now you can train with us on on your own time, for free.

Growing Math Asynchronous Training: Train on your own!

February 18, 2022 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / blogposts / Cultural content / Division / Educational Games / Educational Resources / ESL / FAQ / Fifth Grade / Growing Math / Long Division / Math / Mathematics / multiplication / Newsletter / problem-solving / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade / Statistics Education / subtraction / Teachers / Third Grade / Two-digit multiplication / video tagged 7 Generation Games / agriculture / Asynchronous training / Christy Hanson / Diana Sanchez / Dr. AnnMaria De Mars / Growing Math / Growing Math Training / Math Resources / mathematics / Professional Development / self-paced training / social studies / Teacher Resource / Teacher Resources / Teacher Training / Training by Christy Hanson

Break down the language barrier with our English/Spanish #bilingual games. Play "AzTech: Meet the Maya" and "Making Camp Bilingual" for free for the next 30 days! Read our latest blog.

Free Bilingual Games to Enrich Your Math Class

February 16, 2022 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / blogposts / Cultural content / Division / division / Educational Games / ESL / Fifth Grade / Math / Mathematics / multiplication / Newsletter / problem-solving / rural education / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade / Statistics Education / Third Grade tagged Accessibility / Bilingual by Christy Hanson

Let's take a closer look at how we improved accessibility in Forgotten Trail for all students.

Forgotten Trail: New Accessibility Features

January 20, 2022 in 7GenGames / blogposts / Educational Games / Fifth Grade / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade / Special Education tagged Accessibility / AnnMaria De Mars / Educational Games / newsletter / Special Education by Christy Hanson

It’s finally here! Our development team has been hard at work, revamping Making Camp Ojibwe. Now it has been featured on the front page under the Kids’ New + Updated games! Making Camp Ojibwe for Android features a newly updated in-game store. The before and after from the trading section […]

Making Camp Ojibwe: New & Improved on Android

September 17, 2021 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Game Progress / Third Grade tagged Making Camp Ojibwe by Christy Hanson

Example of a plot for statistics education — I like good news and today’s post is brimming with it. The American Statistical Association has a page on their site This Is Statistics called “resources for teaching during social distancing” but really, these digital resources are excellent because they can be used any time! Statistics Education Web is awesome! […]

Statistics Education at Any Age

May 19, 2020 in Fifth Grade / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade / Statistics Education by AnnMaria De Mars

Explanation of how Ojibwe fished pops up when you click on item — Take a 5-10 minutes out of their day for your student to learn about Ojibwe history. It's fun and educational. Part two in 7 days of short lessons with Making Camp

Lesson 2: Trade for a wigwam

April 29, 2020 in Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade tagged math lesson / Ojibwe / social studies / Trade / wigwam by Daniel Mondaca

Fractions problems teacher report from Fish Lake — How do you know what standards are being addressed while students are learning at home? Fish Lake reports break it down easily.

Student Progress Reports for Fish Lake

March 29, 2020 in Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Sixth Grade by AnnMaria De Mars

What happens when division is not exact? — Use our division play list to teach long division and division with remainders. End your lesson by playing Spirit Lake, learning more math along with Dakota history.

Learning Division on YouTube and with Spirit Lake

March 24, 2020 in 10 Minute Lesson / division / Division / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics / Teachers tagged division with remainders / long division by AnnMaria De Mars