5th Grade Teachers

Is anyone using Wonders ?

How are you doing this year? Are you seeing any gaps in this year’s fifth graders that you feel are the result of the pandemic?

Help! I could use some ideas. I have 15 students, 1 with IEP’s , 3 on 504’s, 1 GT, 2 others at higher levels, 1 emotional basket case, 1 ADD on steroids (even though he Tries to be good) and 6 ordin… more

I’m considering an independent self-paced curriculum for my 5th & 6th grade math classes next year. Does anyone have a recommendation, something tried & true?

Anyone know where I can get a really good timeline for my 5th grade social studies class?

My school has been tech heavy for pcp quite a long time now. Well, our tech teacher retired and our district is “phasing out” that position. We will now be doing art as a pcp along with music and P.E… more

Hello Everyone. From Atlanta, GA. Year 9 coming up. I have taught 4th grade for 7 years and 5th grade for 2.

Hello Teacher Friends,

We are moving towards a hybrid model with a distance learning component, where kids are split into 3 different cohorts:
*Group A: In person Mon/Tue
*Group B: In person Thur/Fri
*Group C:… more

State testing is coming up soon and I am planning a "Math and Science Bootcamp" for intensive review for our 5th grade team. What is one thing YOU would find valuable in this type of end-of-… more

Now this is the bowl for me! Hello fellow 5th grade teachers. I'm new to Fishbowl and just looking to say hi. 5th grade teacher in Florida and its been a slog up to this point in the year.

Do you find yourself more exhausted as a Remote teacher than when you were in the physical classroom? I do!! For me it's 10x more work and classroom management takes on a whole new meaning virtual… more

Hello! This is my second year teaching fifth grade. What do your small groups look like in math and ela? Where do you get your resources from?

I need some ideas for my last hour class. I teach reading only and I have this class first hour for reading and then last hour again for “communication skills”. I plan on some days doing prodigy, mayb… more

Does anyone use Canvas? Do you have any lesson for the Journeys reading series? This is my first year in fifth grade and my first year using Canvas.

Hello, does anyone teaches in a Spanish Immersion program ? It will be great to collaborate with another immersion teacher.

Taught third last and fifth grade this year and I had a really hard year for various reasons. I’m trying to decide if I actually liked the fifth grade, or if I should try again in third? Advice?

I have 26 students this year and I’d love to match with a class to have pen pals!!! Please send me a message if interested! We are in NJ !

Hi! I am Ana! I am a fifth grade teacher and teach all subjects, this is my 3rd year teaching 5th grade!

Where is everyone located?

My name is Teresa and I teach in PA. This is my 16th year teaching. I teach all subjects as a 5th grade teacher.

When does everyone start back officially???

What are your top relationship building activities for the first day of school? Looking for some ideas!

Hey, this is my first year teaching, and I'm trying to build up my library. Any recommendations for what 5th graders like to read? I'm a little lost.

What are your favorite first day activities? Specifically, those that build community and/or include a read-aloud.

Does anyone use the new Wonders series? or study sync?

Hello teachers. We are already back to school with this next week being the first full week of school.🤗

Does anyone use treasures for reading and spelling? I can’t find vocab and spelling word lists anywhere. First year teacher here 😬☺️

Hi Greg from Northern Virginia. This is my 18th year of teaching, starting my 6th year of 5th grade and I teach all core subjects.

Our district just adopted Scholastic Literacy for our reading program. It's pretty new, so I know there isn't much if anything out there (TpT, Pinterest, etc). Anyone have any tips or tricks t… more

Anyone familiar with avid?