21st Century 5th Grade Learners

This lesson plan has several grade level appropriate texts that will be lead aloud in the classroom, could be via audio book, that guide students towards taking leadership roles and talking about what it means to be a leader.

This lesson, for students in grades 4-8, is designed to engage students through inquiry-based activities, and collaborative and creative opportunities.

This lesson plan focuses on making our students better communicators in a digital world by focusing on the four C's:
1- proficient communication
2- creation
3- critical thinking
4- collaboration

This section of the Youth Deployment Activity Guide is designed to give you additional age appropriate resources that are helpful in teaching your students about emotions. The emotional and social skills that are presented were written in order to help your child grow.

This lesson lets students pick 3 money-making businesses, advertise what they are selling, and evaluate their business on whether it is a legitimate money-making business.

This lesson provides a visual demonstration, for grades 3-5, that illustrates the limits on
farmland, making the importance of conservation clear.

This lesson centers around an online gamed called Quandary that engages students in making ethical decisions about a society they are helping to shape the students' problem solving skills. It is designed for grades 6-8 and 9-12, but can be adapted for 5th grade easily.

In this lesson, students reflect on their interpersonal skills while working in cooperative groups to solve Tangram puzzles. Students share and discuss their group skills using the Numbered Heads Together cooperative learning strategy.