You Are What You Eat (Grades 5-8)

Math, reading, writing, and word work; it's all here in a daily lesson plan created to support a substitute teacher in a fifth grade class. 

Associative property of addition, exponents, and variables are a few of the terms that a set of flash cards includes and are designed to support math vocabulary instruction. Cards offer a a bold-faced font as well as a thorough...

Common denominators, factors, and rounding are a few of the terms in a set of flash cards designed to reinforce math vocabulary. Forty-two cards offer a bold-faced vocabulary word or a corresponding definition alongside an example with...

Acute angles, nets, and vertices are only a few terms that a set of flash cards includes. Among the 108 cards, two types are available; word cards printed in bold-faced lettering, and corresponding definition cards equipped with an...

Support math vocabulary with a reference sheet designed for fifth grade scholars. Three pages offer 13 terms accompanied by their definition and a picture representation. Terms include equation, perpendicular, ordered pair, and more! 

Here is another terrific Jeopardy-style game that covers many 5th grade math topics. These games are always a hit with the kids, and are a very effective teaching tool because they turn learning into fun. The topics are: decimals,...

Sometimes the simplest ideas can be the most challenging to solve! In this app, you are given five numbers and a set of operators, and you need to create an expression that when evaluated using the order of operations simplifies as the...

Kids work together in groups to discuss and understand the differences between a typical diet and a healthy one. They use the My Plate recommendations to compare what they eat with what they should be eating according to the MyPlate...

In this nutrients activity, students explore the Internet to access a specific website to match up five terms to five statements regarding how to keep your body strong and healthy.

An animated fat molecule explains how some fats are beneficial and some are harmful. He describes triglyceride molecules and how the chemical bonding or overall shape determines the health value of each individual type of fat. This...