Rights, Repsonsibilities, and Privileges Revisited

Words change their meaning.  When I first taught fifth grade, I created this activity for students to look up the meanings of rights, responsibilities, and privileges.  They would brainstorm examples and we would discuss what this would look like in our classroom.

I taught other grade levels for several years and returned to fifth grade this year.  As I was preparing my beginning of the year activities, I realized that how I thought about privilege in the past had changed.

I have updated this lesson to reflect the idea that privilege isn't always something that is earned.  I still call my incentive system "Privileges", but it is with the understanding that privilege has different meanings in different contexts.

To download the new version of Rights, Responsibilities, and Privileges, please visit Artistry of Education @Teachers Pay Teachers.

Winter Vocabulary Activity

This two-page freebie has a list of twenty-four winter words and an alphabetical order graphic organizer.  You can download the Winter Vocabulary Activity here.

For more winter vocabulary activities, check out Winter Vocabulary Builders in my Teachers Pay Teachers store.  Winter Vocabulary Builders is also available in my Teacher's Notebook store.

Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt

Several weeks ago I shared a vocabulary page I use as a warmup.

Another warmup I use with my fifth graders is the Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt.  I use the form shown below for a week's worth of words.  I write down words from one of our text books and have students look them up using the text features.  

To download this form from my Google Drive, please click here.

So far I have used them to review words in a lesson we have already covered in social studies. I also have used this as a preview of vocabulary in our math book.

 

Vocabulary Page for Bell Work

I have been creating a series of vocabulary pages for morning work to use in my fifth grade challenge classroom. The form you see above is the first one.  I list two words each morning during the week.  Students use tools--electronic and hard copy-- to look up the definition, a synonym and antonym for each word.  We discuss our findings after I have taken attendance and lunch count.  I have them turn in the entire sheet on Friday.

Right now I am using a SAT vocabulary list to choose my words.  Any word list will work for this activity.

To download the Synonym/Antonym page from my Google Drive, please click here.

I have recently updated my Poetry with Synonyms and Antonyms in my Teachers Pay Teachers store.

Poetry with Synonyms and Antonyms is also available in my Teacher's Notebook store. 

Milli Means 1000

All week long I have been celebrating a milestone here at Artistry of Education.  To celebrate its 1000th posts, I have been offering a week of digital swag.  Here is today's freebie.

The prefix milli means 1000.  I wrote a short worksheet with five words that start with milli: milliliter, milligram, milliliter, millisecond, and millipede. 

To download this worksheet, click here.
 

Vocabulary Recording Sheet

Today's freebie is a simple one page document where students can record the vocabulary words they encounter in their reading.  You can use this for their independent reading or as a part of a non-fiction unit of study.

I run several copies back to back and staple with a cover to make a student created glossary.  To download Vocabulary Recording Sheet from my Google Drive, click here.

Funny Kid Moments -- Pratfall

One of my students tripped and fell in my classroom, but started laughing right away.  His friend said to me, "He does that all the time." 
No one seemed hurt so I asked if it was a "pratfall".  After some confusion, the dictionary was consulted and the two boys discovered that pratfall was "to fall for comedic effect."
The boy who tripped pointed to his friend, "He likes prat-talking."

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