Tag: 5th grade

Spanish teacher Tanya loves using food to give her bilingual students a window into the incredible diversity of Latin cultures! To showcase the culinary richness found across Latin America, including Afro-Latin and Peruvian Nikkei, Bilingual 5th and 6th graders made a website…

After learning about the role of enslavement in U.S. history, 5th Grade Humanities students studied the abolitionist movement. Each student was assigned a real abolitionist from history (Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, Lucretia Mott, David Ruggles, etc.) and spent time…

At Prospect Sierra, we know that math is a social and creative endeavor; it’s in the multiple pathways where math gets interesting. Our students learn from themselves and each other that they can make sense of problems through a variety…

The outdoor classroom at NatureBridge in the Marin Headlands allowed our 5th grade students to bond through cooperative games and learn about the effects of climate change during their two-night trip last week. Some groups tested the pH levels of…

5th graders celebrated storytelling through a story slam in humanities! Modeled after The Moth (@mothstories), writers were asked to craft a narrative about a small moment that taught them something about themselves. Students practiced reading with a partner first to…