Fifth Grade

Fifth grade is the last year before middle school, and the best year to find out what your child can do alone. The workbooks on this shelf carry the basics; the novels are where the year actually happens. A fifth grader who reads Hatchet and then goes looking for Brian's Winter on their own has told you everything you need to know about next year.

How to use it: thirty minutes of math, thirty of language arts, science and social studies on alternate days, four days a week. Use the fifth day for a project or a long read. Pick one math book and finish it.

The whole year in one place: The Whole Year: 5th Grade.

Shop our Fifth Grade products below

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Long Road to Freedom (Ranger in Time #3)

Kate Messner
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The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth: Understanding Our World and Its Ecosystems

Rachel Ignotofsky
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Night of Soldiers and Spies (Ranger in Time #10)

Kate Messner
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Packing for Mars for Kids

Mary Roach
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Danger in Ancient Rome (Ranger in Time #2)

Kate Messner
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Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

  • General / Multiple Sciences
  • Biography / Memoir

Why it works: Rachel Ignotofsky introduces fifty women through illustrated life stories about the questions they pursued, the work they did, and the barriers they faced. The gallery of pioneers carries readers across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through people and turning points rather than a conventional survey text.

Rachel Ignotofsky
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Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words

Randall Munroe
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How to: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

Randall Munroe
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What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe
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Rescue on the Oregon Trail (Ranger in Time #1)

Kate Messner
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What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe
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Dinosaurs: Exploring Prehistoric Life and Geological Time

Rachel Ignotofsky
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Apollo 11 Q&A: 175+ Fascinating Facts for Kids

Kelly Milner Halls
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Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals

Ben Rothery
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Ben Rothery's Weird and Wonderful Animals

Ben Rothery
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Sensational Butterflies

Ben Rothery
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Eyewitness Bird

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Who Was Rachel Carson?

  • Life Science
  • Environment & Ecology
  • Biography / Memoir

Why it works: Rachel Carson's journey from a girl fascinated by the sea to a fisheries writer and author of Silent Spring turns environmental evidence into a consequential life story. Her investigation of pesticide harm shows how chemistry can move through ecosystems and how clear science writing can change public debate.

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