FIFTH GRADE BOOK—INVENTIVE EXERCISES TO SHARPEN SKILLS AND RAISE ACHIEVEMENT

Ready-to-use reproducible handouts invite students to join an adventure, solve a puzzle, pursue a mystery, or tackle a problem as they develop and practice skills in four content areas: language arts, social studies, science, and math. Sample activities include "Here Comes the Judge," in which students read the facts of three court cases and then write their rulings; "The Weirdest Delivery," in which students use a map of "Transylvania" to make a mysterious midnight delivery; "Snow Problems," which explores the physics of a snowball fight; and "No Brakes!," in which solving for the greatest common factors also solves a word puzzle revealing how the earliest bobsleds stopped without brakes. Teacher supports include skills checklists, four skills tests, and answer keys. Incentive Publications. 352 pages. ©2000.

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