Printables
23 sheets to print, grouped by learning area. Grade 5 sheets ask a child to judge as well as answer — is it a fact, is the test fair, which box is really cheaper — because that is what this year adds. The instruction line at the top is addressed to you.
Reading and writing
English language arts and literature
Context clues and word parts
Word detective
For each sentence, work out what the bold word means from the words around it, and underline the clue that gave it away. Then build a new word from each prefix.
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Judging what you read
Fact or opinion?
Tick fact or opinion for each statement — a fact could be checked. Then read the advertisement and answer the questions underneath.
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One message, three readers
Write it for them
The news: soccer practice has moved to Thursday at 6 p.m. at Riverside Park. Write it three ways, for three different readers. Then answer the question at the bottom.
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Precise writing
Punctuation changes meaning
Each sentence has one mistake that changes what it says, or makes it wrong. Rewrite it correctly, then say what the fix changed.
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Naming the kind of text
Genre detective
Read each piece. Write what kind of text it is, and one feature that gave it away. Every genre has its habits, and noticing them is what Alberta's outcome asks for.
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Numbers to a million
Mathematics
Adding and subtracting, decimals too
Columns to a million
The same column method, two digits wider. For the decimals, line up the points — 38.9 is written 38.90 so every column means one thing.
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Partial products
Multiplying by two digits
Multiply by the ones digit on the first row, then by the tens digit on the second — which starts with a zero in the ones place, because it is tens. Add the two rows. Estimate first.
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Same denominator
Adding fractions
When the bottoms match, only the tops change: the pieces stay the same size. Write each answer, then change any improper fraction to a mixed number.
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Algebraic expressions
Letters for numbers
A letter stands for a number that can change. Put the given number in place of n and work it out. Then turn the words into expressions.
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Fold it, and finish it
Lines of symmetry
Draw every line of symmetry on each shape and write how many — one of them has none. Then finish each half-shape so the dashed line is its line of symmetry: every corner on the other side is the same distance from the line.
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Inside and around
Area and perimeter
Find both for each rectangle. Then use the fence question to see that the same perimeter can hold very different areas.
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Across, then up
The coordinate grid
The first number says how far across; the second says how far up. Plot and label the five points, then write the coordinates of P, Q and R.
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Looking closely
Science
Solid, liquid, gas
Particles in motion
Draw the particles in each box — packed, close and sliding, or far apart — then answer the questions using the word particles in each answer.
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Buoyancy
Float or sink?
Predict, then test in a sink or a bucket. The last two pairs are the interesting ones: the same stuff, a different result.
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Drag, evidence and honesty
A fair parachute test
Make three parachutes from a plastic bag — small, medium and large — with the same string and the same weight (a washer or a clothes peg). Drop each three times from the same height and time the fall.
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Renewable or not
Where energy comes from
Tick whether each source is renewable (it is replaced naturally) or non-renewable (it runs out). Then answer the Alberta question.
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And what farmers do about it
Weather or climate?
Tick weather (what is happening now) or climate (the usual pattern over years). Then answer the farming questions.
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Who does what inside
Body systems
For each organ, write which system it belongs to and what it does. Then put the parts of the digestive system in order, from mouth to end.
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Write it, test it, debug it
Code a path
Write a program to take the robot from S to F without hitting a rock, using arrows and numbers — → 2 means two squares right. Test it with a finger. Then find the bug in someone else's.
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Moving and feeling good
Physical education and wellness
Motivation to be active
What moves me?
Tick whether each reason comes from inside you or from outside you, and whether it helps or gets in the way. Then plan one change.
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Nutrients and their jobs
Fuel for the body
Write the letter of each nutrient's job, and a food that has it. Then plan a lunch on the plate — half vegetables and fruits, a quarter protein, a quarter whole grains.
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A day, measured
Sleep, move, screens
Keep this for one ordinary day, then compare with Canada's 24-hour movement guidelines for children 5 to 13 years old. No judging — just noticing.
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Unit prices and a budget
Smart shopper
Work out which cereal box is really cheaper, then plan a party snack list on a $20 budget. Budgeting is deciding before the shop, not at the till.
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Before you print
- Everything is drawn as outlines, so a sheet costs almost no ink and can be coloured in afterwards.
- Each sheet is one page. Use your browser's print button, or the one at the top of the sheet.
- Most sheets have a short for the grown-up note underneath with the answers and what to watch for. It does not print with the sheet.
- Several sheets have no single right answer on purpose. Those are the ones worth talking through rather than marking.