Practice Greek and Latin root words with interactive games like matching, races, and digital board games. Breaking down and decoding words by using word parts is nothing new in education. In fact, it is a very common strategy for teaching vocabulary and language, whether you are working within your first

Explore these 6 types of context clues to practice with your upper elementary students. Plus, a free poster download for each. It was Mrs. White in the Library with the lead pipe. If you’ve ever played a game of Clue, then you may be familiar with this kind of phrase.

Working on text features in the classroom is fun with these posters, activities, and games for upper elementary.  Do you remember the first time you opened a chapter book? What about a college textbook, or maybe even *gasp* an encyclopedia. Now, I may be dating myself here, but staring down

If you are trying to figure out how to start teaching fractions to your elementary students, don’t fret! These tips and resources are exactly what you need to get started! Many people know what elementary teachers teach students, but they have no idea how important the order of what we

Start learning about another major holiday this year with these Chinese New Year books and activities for upper elementary students. The Chinese and Gregorian calendar New Year celebrations are similar but different. Although many of our students in the US would recognize the idea of staying up late at night

Help students break the reading ‘code’ with these games for teaching themes in upper elementary. We all know that reading is important, but as a parent, we often don’t consider why reading is so valuable. We want our kids to be able to read, and we are thrilled when they

Use these fun and easy games and activities for reviewing fraction standards during this upcoming test-prep season. Guess what!  It is test prep time, and that means that over here at Fun in 5th Grade, we are reviewing our grade-level standards and skills with games and activities and all the

Use these ideas for using the Kindness Challenge throughout the year. Although we often focus on the hard skills of education like vocabulary, fractions, place value, etc. We believe that a good, well-rounded student is one who has the knowledge but also has empathy, grace, and a commitment to bettering

Let the celebrations continue with these holiday-themed ELA skill review activities that you can use throughout the year. A lot of times, when we think of the holiday season, we think of the winter months here in the US. We focus on the obvious holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving and