5th Grade

LESSON PLANS

Similar and Different Lesson

Students discuss the ways in which they are similar and different.

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Education Consulting: Is it for You?

Read about the wide variety of opportunities for earning extra money that your educational expertise can net!

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Coping Skills Checklist

A coping list checklist for the classroom.

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Feelings Thermometer

Use this strategy to help students see when they are escalating so they can intervene and use coping skills to manage…

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Dealing with Technology in the Classroom

A primer on new technology that students may be introducing to the classroom to cheat, bully, or harm others. Find tips…

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Student Goals Checklist

This graphic organizer provides writing prompts that support students to reflect on what is going well in the classroom,…

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Cyberbullying: The Downside of New Media Technology

New media technology — cell phones, PDAs, and computers — has given rise to a new form of bullying called cyberbullying.…

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Daily Tasks Checklist

Support your students to hold themselves accountable for their work in class by providing them with a checklist. In…

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Socially Inappropriate Behaviors

Descriptions of socially inappropriate behaviors and suggestions on how to break their cycles.

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Direct Skill Instruction for Students with Autism

This article identifies social skills that need to be developed with autistic students and the steps required to build…

WORKSHEETS

What Is War?

Students will consider the kinds of human activity we define as war, what activities we might describe as warlike, and…

CLASSROOM TOOLS

Career Bulletin Board

Create a "Career Collage" and display it on a bulletin board.

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Putting a Positive Spin on Peer Pressure

Peer pressure has the potential to be a powerfully positive force. By leading students through self-awareness…

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Glows and Grows

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Animal Breathing

This resource provides for different breathing techniques that you can teach your students.

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Antecedent Prompting Procedures for Students with Autism

A specific approach to working with autistic students where the teacher prompts the child to engage in some kind of…

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Talking With Children About War and Violence In the World

Talking to students about Ukraine? Educators for Social Responsibility has prepared this guide for adults who are…

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Bully-Proof Your Classroom

Find suggestions on how to make your classroom a peaceful, non-threatening environment. Learn how to increase school…

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Administrative Expectations

An explanation of what school administrators expect from and look for in job candidates.

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Peer Initiation Strategies for Students with Autism

With these strategies, peers are taught how to initiate and encourage social interactions with children with autism.

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Peer Tutoring for Students with Autism

In this approach, peers learn to use effective teaching techniques and positive reinforcement to teach academic subjects…

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Promoting Social Development for Students with Autism

Background information on four approaches that have commonly been used to promote social development in children and…

WORKSHEETS

Creating Safe and Secure Passwords: Tips for Kids

This colorful printable includes tips and strategies to help kids understand how to create safe and secure passwords…

WORKSHEETS

The Monkey Trial

Students read an overview of the Scopes Trial, whose main issue was for the right to teach the science of evolution in…