Playlist: Literacy Enrichment 5th Grade
Context Clues and Classics
For TeachersHow to use a classic to revamp a study of context clues.
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Beta
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Not Like The Others: Penguins
Four penguins. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
Sets of Idioms Related to Body Parts
Five sets of five idioms, all related to body parts!
Greek and Latin Word Part Paths
How can we go from Biology to Immobile?
Not Like The Others: Deserts
Which of these deserts is not like the others?
Analyze Paragraphs: Wolverines
Three paragraphs about wolverines. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.
Not Like The Others: Planets
Which of these planets is not like others? Well, it sure looks simple at first. But each option could be the one that doesn’t fit in.
Building Creative Analogies
We’ll take two seemingly unrelated pieces of content (say volcanoes and the human body) and then build analogies to connect the two ideas. In the end, students can create a skit, comic, or story relating the two concepts.
Jabberwocky and Context Clues
Context clues lessons can be a disaster. Here, we expose students to a delightful classic packed with nonsense words (“Jabberwocky”) and ask them to decipher the meanings and parts of speech. Then, it’s only natural for students to write their own nonsense poems.
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Introduction
Your students will try to match up definitions that belong to the same homophone in this brain-boggling vocab puzzle.
Academic Love Letters
What if Kylo Ren wrote a love letter to Abe Lincoln or the Sahara Desert wrote one to the Moon?
Educational Valentines
Let’s make valentines with an educational twist!
Greek and Latin Dinosaur Names
Let’s create a new dinosaur using Greek and Latin stems!