5th Grade

Stimulate students’ creative-thinking skills, and focus on social issues such as sociology, psychology, ethics, and other topics including civics, geography, and futurism. Teachers can tailor the material to student abilities and backgrounds...

Take students in grades 5–8 on a field trip without leaving the classroom using Exploring Africa! This 48-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or false,...

Take students in grades 5–8 on a field trip without leaving the classroom using Exploring Antarctica! This 48-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or...

Take students in grades 5–8 on a field trip without leaving the classroom using Exploring Asia! This 48-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or false,...

Take students in grades 5–8 on a field trip without leaving the classroom using Exploring Australia! This 48-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or...

Take students in grades 5–8 on a field trip without leaving the classroom using Exploring Europe! This 48-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or false,...

Take students in grades 5–8 on a field trip without leaving the classroom using Exploring North America! This 48-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or...

Take students in grades 5–8 on a field trip without leaving the classroom using Exploring South America! This 48-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or...

It's time to make learning the English language fun for students in fifth through eighth grade using this engaging resource filled with lessons about figurative language. Students will explore idioms found across the content areas to develop skills in...

Help students in grades 5 and up learn about themselves with Developing Life Skills! This 96-page informative resource book is full of engaging activities and helpful life tips, including understanding oneself, setting goals, relationships,...

Guide students in grades 5 and up toward a healthy lifestyle, both physically and financially, using Life Skills: Preparing Students for the Future. This 128-page book covers topics such as: work ethic nutrition exercise sexually transmitted...

Support students' learning, memory, and test-taking abilities using Improving Study and Test-Taking Skills for grades 5 and up. This 96-page book provides students with tips on organization and study skills through lessons based on scientific and...

Providing an overview of grammar and an introduction to basic composition, this 96-page language arts resource book teaches the fundamentals of the English language. Grammar and Composition begins with words and progresses to sentences, paragraphs,...

Featuring open-ended lessons for the five most common types of middle-school writing, Writing: Fundamentals for the Middle-School Classroom will help encourage students in grades 5 and up to write every day. This 128-page language arts resource...

Full of activities and visual models, Fractions, Decimals, & Percentages is a fantastic lesson supplement when helping to clarify the principles behind the function of fractions, decimals, and percentages. Full of activities and numerous visual...

Provide real-world math application to students in grades 5 and up with Math Projects! Leveled easy, average, and challenging, the activities in this 64-page math resource book use examples from daily life to reinforce math concepts. From designing...

Take the abstract out of algebra for students in grades 5 and up using Pre-Algebra! This 82-page book covers topics such as number systems, integers, order of operations, variables and exponents, rectangular coordinates, linear equations, and...

Students in grades 5 and up enjoy using Statistics and Probability! This 80-page book covers topics such as mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and correlation. This reproducible workbook includes hands-on experiments, activities, explanations,...

Challenge students to think outside of the box! Using mind benders and challenge problems, Math Challenges for the Critical Thinker helps middle grade students learn about these math skills: problem solving reasoning convergent thinking divergent...

Help students grades 5 and up differentiate between easily confused word pairs or groups and perplexing science terminology in the areas of physical, life, Earth, and space science. Confusing Science Terms encourages students to: use a science...

Help students in grades 5 and up communicate effectively when they need to present scientific information. In Developing Science Writing Skills, students focus on: writing clear and concise hypotheses designing experiments writing explanations,...

Provide extra science curriculum practice for students in grades 5–8 with General Science: Daily Skill Builders. This 96-page science resource book features two short, reproducible activities per page and includes enough lessons for an entire...

Connect students in grades 5 and up with science using Meteorology. This 62-page book covers topics such as air pressure, measuring temperature, air movement, types of clouds, making a hygrometer, and weather forecasting. Students develop...

With this comprehensive earth science supplement, students learn to focus on the scientific method and developing hypotheses. Scientific Experiments is a 144-page middle grade resource book that includes these...

This instructional book gets the teacher vote for a blue ribbon! Nine units cover all of the steps that students will need to follow when preparing science fair projects. Sections include choosing a prompt question, conducting research, designing a...

Help students in grades 5–8 learn science terms and improve scientific literacy with Science Vocabulary Building. This 80-page science resource book reinforces commonly used science words, builds science vocabulary, and increases students'...

Promote scientific literacy by teaching the steps of the scientific method and enabling students to become problem solvers in everyday life! Scientific Method Investigation: A Step-by-Step Guide for Middle-School Students includes laboratory...

Presenting concepts in an easy-to-read and easy-to-understand format, Scientific Theories, Laws, and Principles is designed to help with planning for a differentiated classroom. This 80-page science resource book provides hands-on activities that...

Present basic information about the complex human body without overwhelming students in grades 5 and up with medical jargon! Understanding the Human Body makes the study of the human body even more fascinating with Far Out Facts, fun tidbits of...

Give students in grades 5 and up tons of information to digest with Your Body and How It Works! This fascinating 128-page resource book teaches students about body systems with quizzes, vocabulary reviews, and engaging activities. It covers topics...

Bring history to life for students in grades 4 and up with Amazing Facts in U.S. History! Students will love using this captivating resource book to explore little-known historical facts, folklore, and factoids often taught in school that are...

Make money talk with Basic Economics for grades 5 and up! This 80-page resource book helps middle grade students develop economic awareness and an awareness of resources and trade. It includes 12 sections, each with worksheets and Internet...

Bring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using Civil War: The War Between the States. With this 176-page social studies book, students will uncover information about this US war’s origins, battles, and effects on people. This...

Bring the judge and jury into the classroom using Democracy, Law, and Justice for grades 5 and up! This 80-page book covers topics such as citizen rights, civil law, the judicial process, juvenile justice, the Salem witch trials, and the FBI. The...

Bring U.S. politics to life for students in grades 5 and up with Elections! In this comprehensive social studies resource book, students learn the basics of democracy, what makes up the electoral college, how to compare election systems, and how...

In this middle grade social studies resource book, students in grades 5 and up examine the following topics: Holocaust-era political views the Nazi rise to power concentration camps the Jewish resistance Nuremberg The material engages students,...

Encourage students to become financially responsible with Personal Finance for grades 5 and up! This 80-page resource book features eight chapters of valuable financial information for middle grade students. It includes reproducibles and activities...

Bring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using The American Revolution! This 144-page book highlights events, battles, and people from when the first inhabitants arrived in North America to when the new republic was created. The book...

Bring the Constitution to life for students in grades 5 and up with U.S. Constitution: Preparing for the Test! Each article and amendment is covered in its own mini-unit so that students better understand the organization and importance of the...

Bring the action and adventure of U.S. history into the classroom with U.S. History Maps for grades 5 and up! From the ice age to the admission of the 50th state, this fascinating 96-page resource book enhances the study of any era in U.S. history!...