If you’re searching for fun third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade learning activities, you’ve come to the right place! We have resources that span reading, math, and science on a wide range of topics to help you find the perfect fit for your students.
Reading activities for Grades 3–5
Use these National Hispanic Heritage Month activities and lesson ideas to honor Hispanic American contributions and influences in our society.
Explore evidence-based reading comprehension strategies that can promote deeper comprehension among your students.
Learn about repeated reading, its benefits, and some how-tos for providing students with the opportunity to read texts again and again.
Have your children in Grades 3-5 explore how great things can happen when we work together.
Have your children in Grades 3-5 explore the animal world with free reading lessons, updated throughout the week.
Discover five days of reading and learning activities designed to engage your child in an exploration of family and spending time together.
View more reading activities for Grades 3–5.
Math activities for Grades 3–5
Try these fun Memorial Day math activities to celebrate the holiday with your students using Memorial Day-themes games, lesson plans, and activities.
Explore fun 5th grade math games and activities to bring to your math classroom. These include quick warm-ups, complete lesson plans, and ways to ensure all students can become math experts!
Use this lesson to teach students about the order of operations: complete operations in parentheses, multiply and divide from left to right, and add and subtract from left to right.
Explore HMH's Math at Work web series to hear insights from industry experts about jobs that involve math and more.
Teach students about the different types of polygons in mathematics, which can be described as flat, closed figures with three or more sides.
A place-value system is one in which the position of a digit in a number determines its value, and a place-value chart is a way to make sure digits are in the correct places.
View more math activities for Grades 3–5.
Science activities for Grades 3–5
Use these nutrition activities for elementary and middle school students to teach them about healthy eating, regular exercise, and self-care.
Get into the spirit of the season with these 7 fun fall science experiments and activities for elementary school students.
As your students start brainstorming invention convention ideas, you may hear them say they can’t think of anything to invent. We’ve come up with inventions that students can use as sources of inspiration when brainstorming their own ideas.
Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage students in environmental conservation.
Explore a variety of learning activities to engage students in scientific exploration of the great outdoors.
Explore a variety of scientific learning activities to engage your child in objects in the sky.
View more science activities for Grades 3–5.
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