Grade 5: Free Study Materials and Practice

Grade 5 Math

7 lessons

Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators
The child adds and subtracts fractions and mixed numbers with different denominators using common denominators.
Converting Units
The child converts between metric units of length, mass, capacity and time and solves measurement problems with mixed units.
Coordinates and the Coordinate Plane
The child reads and plots points in the first quadrant and describes translations on a grid.
Decimals and Place Value
The child reads, orders and rounds decimals with up to three decimal places and multiplies and divides them by 10, 100 and 1000.
Line Graphs
The child reads, draws and interprets line graphs that show change over time and compares information in tables and graphs.
Order of Operations
The child evaluates calculations with several operations and parentheses in the conventional order and writes numerical expressions for word problems.
Volume of Rectangular Prisms
The child finds volume by counting unit cubes and by multiplying length, width and height, using cubic centimeters and cubic meters.

Grade 5 Language Arts

6 lessons

Opinion and Persuasive Essays
The child writes a multi-paragraph opinion or persuasive piece with an introduction, reasons supported by facts and details, linking phrases and a conclusion, and a balanced discussion of two sides.
Reading Comprehension Strategies
The child asks and answers questions about a text, finds the answer in the text, makes simple inferences, explains words in context and summarises what they read.
Theme and Point of View
The child works out a story's theme from details, describes and compares characters in depth and explains how first- and third-person narration shape a story.
Context Clues, Prefixes and Suffixes
The child works out unknown words from context, prefixes, suffixes and root words, uses dictionaries and thesauruses, and tells literal from nonliteral meanings.
How to Write an Informative Essay
The learner writes a multi-paragraph informative essay with a clear focus, grouped information, facts, definitions, quotations, precise words and a conclusion.
Narrative Writing
The child plans, drafts, revises and edits stories and true accounts with events in order, details, description and dialogue.

Grade 5 Science

7 lessons

Earth, Sun and Moon
The child explains day and night with Earth's rotation, the year with its orbit, the Moon's phases, and the order and features of the planets; they link seasons to Earth's tilt.
Food Chains and Food Webs
The child sorts living things into producers, consumers and decomposers, builds food chains and simple food webs, and explains that plants make food using sunlight.
Gravity, Friction and Air Resistance
The child explains that unsupported objects fall because of gravity, tells mass from weight, measures forces in newtons and investigates air resistance, water resistance and friction.
Puberty and Life Stages
The child describes the stages of human life from baby to old age and the body changes of puberty, with accurate vocabulary and reassurance that timing varies.
Dissolving and Separating Mixtures
The child compares materials by hardness, solubility, transparency and conductivity, uses a simple particle idea to explain dissolving and states, and separates mixtures by sieving, filtering and evaporating.
Fair Tests
The child plans a fair test, decides what to change, measure and keep the same, takes repeat readings, and presents results in tables, bar charts and line graphs to draw a conclusion.
States of Matter and the Water Cycle
The child sorts materials as solids, liquids or gases, measures the temperatures at which water changes state, and explains evaporation and condensation in the water cycle.

12 lessons

Westward Expansion
The child traces how the United States grew from the Appalachians to the Pacific, follows pioneers on the trails, and explains what westward growth meant for Native nations and for Mexico.
US Constitution
The child explains why the first plan of government was too weak, how leaders wrote the Constitution and agreed on compromises, and what the Bill of Rights protects.
Explorers and Reformers
The child finds out why sailors set out to find new sea routes, what happened when Europeans met the peoples of the Americas, Africa and Asia, and how printing, new art and new ideas about the Church changed Europe.
US Landforms and Climate
The child describes the main landforms, rivers and lakes and climate regions of the United States, the natural hazards each region faces, and how the land and climate shaped where people settled.
Native American History Before 1492
The child describes how Native nations in different parts of North America lived, governed themselves, traded and used their land before Europeans arrived, and knows that these nations still live today.
North America Regions
The learner describes the physical regions, population, cities and economy of North America, and its links with the rest of the world.
American Revolution for Kids
The child explains why the colonists grew angry with Britain, what the Declaration of Independence says, how the colonies won the war, and who took part on each side.
Maya, Aztec and Inca
The learner describes the Maya, Aztec and Inca states and the diversity of other Indigenous peoples of the Americas, including those of present-day Brazil, and their achievements.
Atlantic Slave Trade and Abolition
The learner explains how the transatlantic slave trade worked, the lives and resistance of enslaved people in the Americas, and how abolition movements ended the trade and slavery.
Thirteen Colonies
The child explains why people founded Jamestown, Plymouth and the other English colonies, compares life in the New England, Middle and Southern colonies, and describes how colonists, Native nations and enslaved Africans…
US States, Capitals and Regions
The child names and finds the five regions of the United States, the 50 states and their capitals, Washington, D.C. and the US territories, and describes what makes each region different.
World Wars and the Holocaust
The child finds out why two world wars happened, what they meant for soldiers and families, how Hitler and the Nazis persecuted and murdered Jews and other groups, and how the wars ended and are remembered.

Grade 5 Health Education

3 lessons

Feelings and Wellbeing
The child names a range of feelings, uses ways to cope with worry and anger, keeps friendships healthy, and knows when and whom to ask for help.
Germs, Clean Air and Water
The child explains how germs spread in places people share and how everyone helps to stop them, why clean air, clean water and safe rubbish collection keep a community healthy, and who in the community works to keep…
Health Labels, Ads and Medicines
The child spots how adverts and packaging try to make them want food, toys and health products, reads simple labels, knows that medicines are taken only from a trusted adult, and knows where to find health help and…

Grade 5 Computers & Technology

6 lessons

Computers Then and Now
The child compares how everyday life changed with computing, says what people and computers each do well, meets the people who design technology and why it must work for everyone, explores computing jobs, and weighs…
Inside Our Devices
The child names the parts of a computer system, explains input, processing, output and storage, and recognises computers inside everyday objects.
Physical Computing
The child programs a microcontroller or robot kit to react to buttons and sensors and to control lights, sounds and motors.
Online Safety
The child keeps personal information private, uses strong passwords, behaves kindly online and knows when and how to tell a trusted adult.
Variables in Games
The child uses variables for scores, timers and user input, and explains how the value of a variable changes as a program runs.
What Is AI for Kids
The child spots AI in everyday tools, trains a simple model by sorting labelled examples, sees how new or unfair examples change its answers, compares how people and machines learn, and uses an AI tool responsibly.