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5th grade summer learning activities

We designed this fifth grade summer learning calendar to be a fun, easy way for your child to practice important skills over the summer. Fifth graders should be able to work independently on most of these worksheets and activities, but if you can, check on your child’s progress periodically throughout the day. As a study break, encourage your child to try the PE challenges or get some exercise. It will help them focus — and it’s a great study habit for middle school and beyond. For the science activities, an adult’s curiosity and assistance may be needed. Remember, kids this age respond more to positive reinforcement, so showing your enthusiasm at whatever your child accomplishes will give them motivation to keep trying! See more summer learning calendars .

A questionnaire: what do you like to read?

Generosity strikes

Adding fractions

Exercise and the human heart

PE challenge

Learning how to do a burpee!

Reading comprehension: Hard Times

Punctuating a paragraph

Adding fractions, uncommon denominators

Draw Baby Yoda in space (on Art Projects for Kids)

The nonstop dance challenge

Comparing two stories

Wounded pride

Subtracting fractions, uncommon denominators

Social studies

What Edison teaches us about success (on PBS)

Do the robot

Reading comprehension: dialects

Can’t live without it

Changing improper fractions to mixed numbers

Making the case for health (on PBS)

The side jump challenge

Poems: comparing rhythm and sound

Colons, semicolons, and dashes

Probability scale 0 to 1

Create a comic book

The grapevine challenge

Making metaphors

Rewriting a dialogue

Adding mixed numbers #1

Floating on salt water

Work out like a Jedi (on YouTube)

Simile or cliché?

Cosmic kids

Adding mixed numbers and fractions

Crazy captions

It’s time for split jumps

Malapropisms

Prepositions

Adding big numbers

Kentucky’s underground railroad (on PBS)

Hair UP! (on PE Central)

Poems: opposites

Adding decimals

Decomposing

100 jumping jacks!

Silly spoonerisms!

Which type of writing?

Subtracting decimals”

Unsung history makers: Maria Moreno (on PBS)

High knees are a breeze

Homophones and homographs

Dividing by larger numbers

How plants make food

Homophones: fun with puns

Write like a reporter!

Division of 3-digit decimals

How to draw a horse head (on Art Projects for Kids)

Work out like an Avenger (on YouTube)

Word-building riddles

Fame and fortune

Decimal place value (to the ten thousandths)

Parts of the food chain

Balancing stick

Finding key points

Writing a persuasive argument

Ordering sets of decimals

Create a family memory book

Advanced jumping jacks

Reading comprehension: David Copperfield

Analog world

Comparing and ordering decimals

The many phases of water

Prefixes micro- and mega-

Active and passive sentences

Coordinates

Why we should protect freshwater mussels (on PBS)

The push-up shuffle

Prefixes aplenty

Be prepared

Coloring a grid #2

Temperature and solubility

Boom Chicka Boom (on YouTube)

Subtracting suffixes

Compound sentences

Conversions: time

Reversible and irreversible changes in matter

Clauses: parts of a sentence

Career choices

Conversions: length

Draw the Statue of Liberty (on Art Projects for Kids)

The sprint-hop-walk challenge

Poems: The Rabbit

Storytelling with words and pictures (on PBS)

Conversions: capacity

Why parachutes work

Mountain climbers

We hope this 5th grade summer learning calendar is helpful. Check out the summer learning calendars for kindergarten , 1st grade , 2nd grade , 3rd grade , and 4th grade , too!

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50 Best 5th Grade Books for Summer Reading

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Need the best 5th grade books for summer reading? This list of books for your kids, ages 10 or 11, are organized by genres to help you find a good middle grade book for every interest and reader.

If you’re new to Imagination Soup, welcome! I’m a former teacher, a mother, a writer, and an avid children’s literature reader. I read over 1000 books a year and pick the best books to share with you!

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Speaking of picking books, let your readers choose the books they want to read from this list! Why? Because book choice is crucial to ownership and motivation.

I’ve purposely selected books that are new and backlisted so you can always find options for your budget or your library.

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I’m not including reviews on this book list for 5th graders, but you can read all my book reviews and recommendations for 5th graders here.

In addition, it’s worth mentioning that these books are good choices for other grade levels, too.

However, if you want other book lists of easier or harder book lists, check these summer reading lists:

Summer Reading List for 4th Grade

Summer Reading List for 6th Grade .

See ALL  summer reading lists  here .

Remember, summer reading programs  can be a great motivation for your fifth graders. I especially love programs that give free books as a reward. Even better, when they give readers the book first!!

Don’t miss this free reading printable for summer as well as a different  free summer “Brain Camp” learning printable .

Best 5th Grade Books to Read for Summer Reading (Ages 10 – 11)

Fantasy summer reading book ideas for 5th grade.

If you like paranormal , fantasy , and sci-fi , you’ll love:

• Amari and the Night Brothers (series) by B.B. Alston
• The Endling: The Last (series) by Katherine Applegate
• Travis Daventhorpe for the Win! by Wes Molebash
• Area 51 Interns: Alien Summer by James S. Murray and Carsen Smith
• Escape from Atlantis by Kate O’Hearn
• Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori Lee
• Dungeoneer Adventures by Ben Costa and James Parks
• Medusa (The Myth of Monsters, 1)  written by Katherine Marsh
• Zombie Season  by Justin Weinberger

Adventure Summer Reading for 5th Grade

If you like adventures , you’ll love

• Green Lantern Legacy by Minh Le (graphic novel)
• Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (series) by Stuart Gibb
• Explorer Academy Vela: The Sailor Cipher (series) by Trudi Trueit
• Alone by Megan E Freeman
• Masterminds (series) by Gordon Korman
• The Unforgettable Logan Foster  by Shawn Peters
• The Wildes: The Amazon  by Roland Smith

Mystery Summer Reading for 5th Grade

If you like mysteries , you’ll love:

• Minerva Keen’s Detective Club  by James Patterson and Keir Graff
• Framed! A T.O.A.S.T. Mystery (series) by James Ponti
• The Deadly Daylight   written by Ash Harrier
• The Screaming Staircase (series) by Jonathan Stroud
• Nooks and Crannies  by Jessica Lawson
• The Frame-Up by Wendy McLeod MacKnight
• The Case of the Left-Handed Lady: An Enola Holmes Mystery  (series) by  Nancy Springer
• Night Raven: The Moonwind Mysteries   (series) by Johan Rundberg

Historical Fiction Summer Reading for 5th Grade

If your 5th grader likes historical fiction , they’ll love   one of these middle grade choices:

• Lifeboat 12  by Susan Hood
• Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
• Loyalty by Avi
• The War That Saved My Life (series) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II (series) by Adam Gitwitz
• Sky Full of Song  by Susan Lynn Meyer

5th Grade Books to Read: REALISTIC

If you like realistic fiction , try reading one of these excellent 5th grade books:

• Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte (graphic novel)
• Roll with It (series) by Jamie Sumner
• And Then Boom  by Lisa Fipps
• Unteachables by Gordon Korman
• Isaiah Dunn is My Hero  (series) by Kelly J. Baptist
• Not an Easy Win by Chrystal B. Giles
• New Kid  (series) by Jerry Craft (graphic novel)
• From the Desk of Zoe Washington  (series) by Janae Marks
• Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega (graphic novel)
• Finally Seen (series) by Kelly Yang
• Farther Than the Moon  by Lindsay Lackey
• Table Titans Club  by Scott Kurtz (graphic novel)

5th Grade Books for Summer Reading: FUNNY

If you like funny books , you’ll laugh your way through these choices:

• Phoebe and Her Unicorn: A Heavenly Nostrils Chronicle  (series) by Dana Simpson (graphic novel)
• The Worst Class Trip Ever (series) by Dave Barry
• The Last Kids on Earth (series) by Max Brallier
• Anyone But Ivy Pocket  by Caleb Krisp
• The Last Last Day of Summer  (series) by Lamar Giles
• Once Upon a Tim (series) by Stuart Gibbs
• Crabgrass Comic Adventures by Tauhid Bondia (graphic novel)

5th Grade Books to Read: ANIMALS

If you like animal stories,  you’ll love:

• Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF Venable (graphic novel)
• Always Clementine by Carlie Sorosiak
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH   by Robert C. O’Brien
• Ride On  by Faith Erin Hicks (graphic novel)
• A Whale in the Wild by Rosanne Parry
• Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire
• The Aquanaut by Dan Santat (graphic novel)
• Dog Driven   by Terry Lynn Johnson
• Scurry  (series) by Mac Smith (graphic novel)

5th Grade Books to Read: NONFICTION

What about NONFICTION & Informational Fiction? Here are some great choices:

• Accidental Archeologists: True Stories of Unexpected Discoveries by Sarah Albee
• Two Truths and a Lie by Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie Ann Thompson, illustrated by Lisa K. Weber
• So You Want to Be a Ninja? (series) by Bruno Vincent
• A Brief History of Underpants   by Christine Van Zandt
• The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Rome (series) by Jonathan Stokes
• Black Heroes of the Wild West by James Otis Smith (graphic novel)
• Almanac 202 5  National Geographic Kids
• The Biggest Stuff in the Universe  (series) by Mr. DeMaio
• Search for a Giant Squid: Pick Your Path  by Amy Seto Forrester
• Survival Scout Tsunami  (series) by Maxwell Eaton III
• Plague Busters! Medicine’s Battles with History’s Deadliest Diseases  by Lindsey Fitzharris

Don’t forget to find ways to make reading FUN!

Participate in a summer reading program.

Read with a headlamp in bed.

Read on an electronic device. ( Free eBooks ?)

Start a book club .

Reward reading with . . . more BOOKS! (Kids choose, of course.)

Read nonfiction books and  graphic novels , too.

Even More Book Suggestions for Your 5th Graders:

–>  More Book Recommendations Plus REVIEWS for 5th Graders

Summer Reading List for 6th Grade

Brain Camp Summer Learning Printable

KEEP READING:

Best Book Series for 5th Grade

Read Aloud Book List for 5th Grade

Good Books for 10 Year Olds

Summer Reading Lists for Kids

Melissa Taylor, MA, is the creator of Imagination Soup. She's a mother, former teacher & literacy trainer, and freelance education writer. She writes Imagination Soup and freelances for publications online and in print, including Penguin Random House's Brightly website, USA Today Health, Adobe Education, Colorado Parent, and Parenting. She is passionate about matching kids with books that they'll love.

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I love your lists! They have been so helpful in finding books for my 11 year old, reluctant reader! Thank you so much!

YAY! It makes me so happy to know this. You are very welcome. 🙂

Hello this is a nice resource to have but I was looking more for classic books recommended for my son’s age 10yo? I’m I missing a list somewhere?

I don’t have a list like that but my friend, Erica at What Do We Do All Day does here: https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/classic-books-for-tweens/ .

I could not find a printable Summer Reading List for fifth grade, and I really like what you have for the other grade levels. I am the librarian for a private school, and I would love to share your lists with my students.

thank you so much for pointing that out — it’s fixed. Here’s the link: https://imaginationsoup.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/5th-grade-summer-reading-list-2.pdf

I agree. I love the books lists and would like to share with the families at my school; however, I am unable to find printable lists for many of the grades. Only Pre-K, 1st, and 4th are working for me.

Sorry about that — my forms aren’t working. Do you want all of the grade level lists? I am happy to email them to you.

Hello! Love your site and the resources it provides for myself (with my own children) and for my school. I tried the 5th grade link above and it says “page not found.” Is there another link to try? Thanks for sharing!

try https://imaginationsoup.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/5th-grade-summer-reading-list-2.pdf

You have the BEST book lists. I know I can trust your decisions and they’ll make every member of my family happy. Whether we’re listening to them on audio books or reading together. They’re great!

I have read the book The One and Only Ivan with my class it is an amazing book for children.

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How To Finish Summer Homework Assignments: 14 Tips To Save Your Child’s Summer

• July 19, 2018

Many schools assign homework for students to complete before they return to class in September. This results in both parents and students having to learn how to finish summer reading and homework while balancing fun summer activities.

This summer, school is out and homework is in.

If your child has been putting off a pile of summer homework and reading assignments—he or she is not alone.

Reading books and writing assignments during the summer may not sound appealing to many students—or parents. Students can also get UK homework help if they need the some help with completing their assignment! But summer assignments are a great way to combat the effects of Summer Learning Loss and keep your child’s brain active over the break.

The Facts On Summer Learning Loss

Six weeks in the fall are spent re-learning old material Two months of reading skills are lost over the summer One month of overall learning is lost after summer vacation

With the right mindset, goals, and structure, you’ll have no problem finishing summer reading and homework between BBQ’s, ball games, and beach trips.

Follow these 14 steps to learn how to complete summer homework—without sacrificing summer fun.

14 Tips For Finishing Your Summer Homework Assignments

Make a game plan, tip 1: take a (quick) break.

It’s hard to go from a full year of schoolwork to tackling summer homework right off the bat. Let your child take a week off of homework at the start of the summer. This will give his or her brain a chance to relax and reset, and enjoy taking part in fun summer activities like sports.

Tip 2: Review Project Requirements

Don’t have your child dive head-first into his or her homework assignments. Review the expectations of each project with your child and discuss how much time he or she will need to complete them.

It would be a shame to waste time redoing a project because your child didn’t understand it initially. Reviewing all requirements is an important first step to starting off on the right foot.

Tip 3: Break Down Each Project Into A Series of Goals

Think about which assignments will take the longest and what your child will need to complete them during the summer. Break these larger assignments into a series of goals that need to be met to complete the project.

Examples of goals include “read 2 chapters per week” or “write essay introduction by July 15th”.

Set Aside The Right Amount Of Time

Tip 4: plan a weekly summer homework schedule.

This should be similar to a school year homework schedule, but altered for the summer. T he ideal amount of time to spend doing summer homework per week is 2-3 hours , so figure out where that time fits into your child’s average summer week.

Tip 5: Make A List Of Supplies & Resources

Your summer adventures could take you and your child to a wide variety of places. Make sure you both know what to bring with you so your child can tackle homework when not at home.

Examples of supplies include:

• Textbooks or Assigned Novels

Tip 6: Choose Assignment Topics Based On Interest, Not Length

Sometimes students are given options when it comes to topics to research or books to read over the summer. Encourage your child to make these decisions based on the topics that interests him or her most—not which is “easiest”. This will result in your child enjoying his or her work, and allow him to benefit more from it.

Help Your Child Do Work On-The-Go

Tip 7: adjust your homework schedule for trips & vacations.

Exploring new places is an amazing learning experience, so don’t feel like you should sacrifice them for more homework time. Instead, plan your child’s homework schedule around these day trips and vacations.

If you know your child won’t have time to complete work while you’re away on a longer trip, make up those hours in the weeks before and after your trip.

Tip 8: Tackle The Work Your Child Can Do On-The-Go

While writing an essay is a project to save for when you return home, there are assignments that your child can tackle from just about anywhere. Options for homework to do on vacation include projects that are doable in small chunks—like reading a book or completing a math worksheet.

Tip 9: Bring Your Child’s Supplies With You

Remember that supplies list you created? Make sure you pack that backpack and bring it with you on your trip! It’d be a waste to find a spare hour to finish that math assignment, only to realize your child left his or her calculator at home.

Tip 10: Capitalize On The Quiet Times

Even the busiest trips include some quiet time. If you’re early for a dinner reservation, have your child complete a chapter of reading while you wait. Or, encourage your child to wake up 20 minutes early to answer some math questions without disruption.

Build A Support Team For Your Child

Tip 11: schedule a weekly workdate for your child & a friend.

There’s no reason your child has to work through summer homework alone. Make a weekly work date with a friend where they can tackle summer assignments together. If that friend is in the same class as your child, they can even discuss questions and challenges together. Build A Support Team For Your Child

Tip 12: Review Your Child’s Progress Every Week

Each week, speak with your child about the work he or she accomplished, and what is planned for the week ahead. If you know your child will be busy soon, work together to reorganize his or her homework schedule.

Tip 13: Touch Base With a Tutor (Or Enrol In Summer Learning Program)

A new set of eyes can make all the difference in making sure your child gets his or her summer assignments done efficiently and effectively. Your child’s tutor will be able to give constructive feedback and turn this feedback into goals for the upcoming school year.

If you want an extra head start for your child this school year, enroll him or her in a Summer Learning tutoring program to get started on the right track.

And Most Importantly…

Tip 14: reward your child with summer fun.

While schoolwork is important during the summer, it doesn’t have to come at the sacrifice of having fun. Whenever your child completes a new project or achieves a goal, reward him or her with a treat or fun summer activity.

Work Hard—And Play Hard—This Summer

Summer might seem like it will last forever, but the school year will be here before you know it. Don’t let your child fall into the habit of procrastination—instead, make a plan together and stick to it.

If you follow these tips, your child will finish summer homework and summer reading in no time…and develop great learning and study habits that will already be in place for next year!

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Accelerate your  students' learning this summer with fun-filled workbooks for every grade and age!

Designed to reinforce skills through a series of engaging activities, these activity books will ensure students keep learning — and have fun! — all summer long . Each summer workbook by grade reinforces the valuable skills they’ve developed over the past year and helps students build new skills to get them ready for the next grade. 

For example, the interactive Get Ready for Kindergarten: Scholastic Early Learners will prepare your student to take on the next step in their academic journey by teaching the alphabet, numbers, phonics, shapes, and colors! Meanwhile, the  Weekly Reader: Summer Express (Between Grades 4 & 5) has a 10-week format and targets important skills like vocabulary, grammar, and math. 

The workbooks for every grade in the list below will boost your students' confidence and get them ready for success in the school year ahead.

Shop workbooks for summer below! Plus, explore learning kits, summer-themed books, take-home book packs, and much more for  summer learning . You can find all books and activities at The Teacher Store . 

Looking for more activity books for your classroom? Check out these  reading comprehension workbooks for grades 1-5 to enhance your students' skills. 

Summer Vacation Holiday Homework for Class 5

3. Make a model of any polygons using matchsticks. (Roll nos. 15 to 24) 4. Make a model of different objects of different volumes (such as cube, cuboid, glass, bowl etc.) (Roll nos. 22 to 30) 5. Prepare a chart on factor tree with creativity. (Roll no. 31 onwards) NOTE:- DO REVISE ALL THE WORKSHEETS

Try to use waste material to prepare models and charts.

• Make a model showing process of photosynthesis. (Roll no. 1-4)
• Make a model /chart of any insectivorous plant like pitcher plant. (Roll no. 5-8)
• Make a model showing Food chain. (Roll no. 9-12)
• Make a model showing structure of seed. (Roll no. 13-16)
• Make a model showing stages of germination of seed.(Roll no. 17-20)
• Make a model showing food web.(Roll no. 21-24)
• Make a chart on the lifestyle of nomads using pictures and information.(Roll no. 25-28)
• Make a model of sense organs with waste material.(Roll no. 29-32)
• Make a model of solar cooker or wind mill with waste material. (Roll no.33-36)
• Make a poster on ‘Project Tiger’ programme launched by government of India. (Roll no. 37-41)

NOTE:- DO REVISE ALL THE WORKSHEETS

Download Summer Vacation Holiday Homework for Class 5 in PDF

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Holiday Homework Solutions

Holiday Homework Solutions for class 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (During Summer Vacations) facility for the academic session 2022–2023 is being maintained to help the students and parents to do the holiday homework comfortably in Summer 2024-25. You are requested to upload your holiday homework in PDF format based on Latest CBSE Curriculum 2024-25 and get the solutions with in a week. You can also ask your Maths or science problems through Discussion Forum. If the problems are related to NCERT or NCERT Exemplar Problems please refer to NCERT Solutions page to get this. The solutions of holiday homework should be uploaded along with the school name at the end of this page. Notification of completion of homework will not be given by the website, you have to check yourself after a week for the solutions.

Download NCERT Solutions for all classes. Students of the upper primary level (Class 6, 7 and 8) are already well informed and are keen to find and learn more. According to CBSE, while assigning and preparing homework for the students, it is important to note they are able to develop the skills like relating, thinking, concluding, inferring. Homework should be such that the student neither feel it burdensome nor they lose interest in the subject matter. Moreover it is useful in providing them a happy experience. Homework therefore needs to be thought about and worked upon differently. Emphasis should be given on Vedic mathematics, designing quality homework rather than its quantity. Download NCERT Books and apps based on latest CBSE Syllabus.

Encompassing the aforesaid ideas, the CBSE has brought forth a Manual, “Alternatives to Holiday Homework” for classes VI to VIII. It is collection of ideas transformed into suggestive activities that are creative, interesting, meaningful and interactive, enhancing various skills, directly or indirectly related to subject matter providing students to enhance their learning and gaining knowledge based on NCERT Books following the latest CBSE Syllabus.

Suggestive Holiday Homework for Class 6

• Holiday Homework for Class 6 Hindi
• Holiday Homework for Class 6 English
• Holiday Homework for Class 6 Mathemaitcs
• Holiday Homework for Class 6 Science
• Holiday Homework for Class 6 Social Science

Suggestive Holiday Homework for Class 7

• Holiday Homework for Class 7 Hindi
• Holiday Homework for Class 7 English
• Holiday Homework for Class 7 Mathematics
• Holiday Homework for Class 7 Science
• Holiday Homework for Class 7 Social Science

Suggestive Holiday Homework for Class 8

• Holiday Homework for Class 8 Hindi
• Holiday Homework for Class 8 English
• Holiday Homework for Class 8 Mathematics
• Holiday Homework for Class 8 Science
• Holiday Homework for Class 8 Social Science

A well rounded development of individual knowledge happens not only from textbooks and formal education but more from the learner’s personal experiences, individual inquisitive nature and social surroundings. Homework is an area of importance and to make it more relevant for the NCERT Books classes 6th, 7th and 8th, appropriate strategies and meaningful activities may be suggested to the schools that give more time to child to explore the environment to develop creative thinking.

These activities (like OTBA for class 9 & 11 ) would be so framed that they keep the child interested in subjects and therefore would also help in enhancing the learning power. Homework is one of the areas that need urgent attention. As the students of class VI, VII and VIII develop a certain learning style and want to know and find more and more. Efforts should be made to make homework more creative and interesting so that the students do not feel burdensome while doing the same and the ultimate purpose of providing homework is served.

A survey was conducted through questionnaire prepared by CBSE to collect feedback from parents, teachers, students and other educationists on “Alternatives to Homework at Upper Primary Level” for Class Sixth, Seventh and Eighth so that appropriate strategies and meaningful activities can be designed and suggested to schools. The questions were directed to know the ideal quantity and purpose of the homework, whether homework should be assigned in all the subjects, internet usage should be a part of the homework or not, how homework helps in teaching.

Keeping in view emerging issues, there is a need to think about giving quality homework emphasizing on acquiring applied learning skills. Few points can be kept in mind while designing a quality homework by teachers: 1, Provide students capacity building activities which are followed up and acknowledged like drawing, creative writing, making puzzles, stories, plays, online games, reading online books and craft.

2. Provide them assignment sheets which improve their reading & writing abilities. Homework must enable the student to practice a skill independently. 3. A possible discussion can be held with different children on what they would like to do at home to improve in which ever area they deem necessary. Homework must be designed in a way that maximizes the chances of its completion by the students.

4. Parents should be able to understand the child’s needs and schools suggestions on how to learn mathematics, logical reasoning, etc. by doing puzzles, writing letters, reading to elders from the newspapers, making household lists, recipe making and cooking. 5. Learners who have dyslexia or number difficulty should have practice assignments overcoming their problems.

The child in middle school have a keenness to discover more and prepare for the examination. Learning is about developing new faculties, which become useful as an adult. The years 12 to 15 are years when rules become important, and doing well, excelling are given importance both at home and in the class. As the child grows chronically his/her emotional maturity also grows and there are interests which are beyond just what lessons can give.

The homework assigned should: 1. enhance study habits and practice skills (which learners are able to perform independently) 2. reinforce necessary skills both scholastic and co-scholastic among the learners. 3. enable learners to become independent learners and thinkers and develop among them 21st century skills so that they can participate in Make in India in future. 4. lead to the improvement in the academic achievement of the learner.

5. expand on the existing knowledge of the learners and be a part of the already acquired competencies in the classroom. 6. not put unneeded pressure or stress by including new learning material or difficult material to be worked upon by learners themselves. 7. be CBSE Syllabus based and as per developmental needs of the learners. 8. not require specific resources or technology which is not accessible to all learners. 9. have clearly defined, purposeful, creative and engaging activities.

It is also advised that teachers can refer to Life Skills Manuals, Health Manuals and Environmental Education Manuals which contain age appropriate and interesting activities which can be taken up by the learners individually. These activities can be assigned to learners so as to enhance their life skills, values and make them health conscious.

Homework is needed, and necessary for a teacher to be able to follow up with each child. The correction and feedback on homework is an important input that helps both parents and children to follow up and improve in areas which are needed. The recourse extra classes, can be reduced if the homework is used for learning improvement and acquisition of diverse skills. We are providing a handful help to solve or helping in solving the holiday homework.

What are concepts of the Holiday Homework for Class 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5?

The Holiday Homework 2024-25 for class 1 and Class 2 should be totally creative work only. We should prepare the homework in such a way that student enjoy the work like play. The holiday assignment for class 3, 4 and Class 5 should be totally creative work.

What are the Holiday Homework suggestions for Class 6, 7 and 8?

The ideas for Holiday Homework 2024-25 for class 6, 7 and 8 Maths, Science, English, Hindi and Social Science are given on Tiwari Academy. We should also include the interesting facts related to daily life with the topic of NCERT Books.

How to prepare the Holiday Homework 2024-25 for class 9 and 10?

The collection of Important Questions from NCERT Textbook, From board Papers, CBSE Sample papers and NCERT Exemplar Books may be the good holiday homework practice material for High School students.

What would be good the Holiday Homework for class 11 and 12?

The Holiday Homework for class 11 and 12 are generally selected as the NCERT Textbook topics. The NCERT Books back exercises and related questions which are asked in CBSE Board Examination may be a good assignment for intermediate students.

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[Updated] CBSE Class 5 EVS Holiday Homework 2024-25 Session in PDF

Hello Parents, In this article, we will discuss the CBSE Class 5 EVS Holiday Homework. Holidays, the word itself brings joy among kids that they feel so feel and independent when they hear about holidays. Still, many children agree that homework over the holidays is a form of cruel and unusual punishment. Upon returning from a Holiday, the teachers probably have a handful of students saying the dog ate their homework or it got blown away in a winter storm. But as a parent, you need to understand that the holiday homework is good practice for your student because the children get so busy enjoying their holidays that they forget to study.

Before we discuss the CBSE Class 5 EVS Holiday Homework, let us check the CBSE Class 5 Summary. Below we have mentioned the complete CBSE Class 5 Summary. Students are advised to check out the complete summary.

Class 5 EVS Holiday Homework

Check out the updated EVS Holiday homework for CBSE Class 5 .  Students can download the complete holiday homework in PDF Format for practice purposes.

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CBSE Class 5 EVS Syllabus

Understanding the basics of Science, Nature, and surrounding are the major areas of concern for Class 5 Environmental Studies. Let us now discuss the CBSE Class 5 EVS syllabus with topics to be covered and the month assigned.

Class 5 EVS Syllabus Explained in Video

Below we have mentioned the video about the Class 5 EVS syllabus; you can see subject related more videos on our Youtube channel.

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We have tried to bring CBSE Class 5 NCERT Study Materials like Syllabus, Worksheet, Sample Paper, NCERT Solutions, Important Books, Holiday Homework, Previous Year Question Papers etc. You can visit all these important topics by clicking the links given.​

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Tennessee's third-grade reading law, what to know about TCAP scores, retention and more

Tens of thousands of students across Tennessee are awaiting the results of their standardized tests, which will set off a fast-moving timeline to determine whether they're held back under a controversial state reading and retention law .

While the law primarily applies to third graders, thousands of fourth graders who opted for yearlong tutoring to avoid retention last year will also be affected this year.

The law, passed in 2021, took effect in 2023. It hinges on scores for the English language arts section of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program test, also known as the TCAP or TNReady.

Third graders who score as "below" or "approaching" proficiency on that section may face retention if additional steps are not taken.

Fourth graders who fell short on last year's test but opted into tutoring must pass the section of the test or hit an individualized growth goal. If they do not, it's up to parents and school leaders to decide if they are held back or sent to fifth grade with more tutoring and academic supports in place.

Here's what parents need to know about navigating the implications of the law.

When are TCAPs?

TCAPs were administered between April 15-30 for grades 3-5. Testing dates varied by district.

When will third- and fourth-grade TCAP scores be available?

TCAP scores are typically released in two waves over the summer and early fall each year. However, the Tennessee Department of Education will release some scores and data early for third and fourth graders affected by the reading law.

English language arts scores for third graders will be released to districts on May 20. Adequate growth data for fourth graders will be released by July 1.

It will be up to districts to relay information and next steps to parents and legal guardians.

How many students could be held back?

As the reading law took effect last year, 60% of third graders fell short of the state's reading benchmark. That number does not factor in automatic exemptions. After exemptions, retakes, summer school and the appeal process all unfolded, just 1.2% of last year's third graders were held back under the reading law, which totaled just under 900 students.

It will likely take several months to see numbers on how many third graders are ultimately retained this year. Last year's third-grade retention data was not released until November.

Learn more: Only 1.2% of Tennessee third graders held back in 2023 after reading law rollout

The effects of the law for fourth graders will play out differently.

More than 12,000 of last year's third graders who fell short opted into yearlong tutoring in fourth grade to avoid retention. Those fourth graders must now show adequate growth or again face retention or additional tutoring.

As defined by state education officials, the complex formula for adequate growth factors in the student's English language arts score on the state standardized test and the probability that they will eventually reach proficiency. Growth goals are individualized to each student.

A bill passed by lawmakers in April removed mandated retention for fourth graders who do not meet adequate growth and instead leaves the decision up to parents and schools. The new measure states that a district or public charter school must call a conference with the student's parent or guardian, English language arts teacher and school principal if a fourth grader does not hit their goal.

The conference will determine one of the following things:

• Promote the child to fifth grade with interventions and academic supports in place, including tutoring
• Retain the child in fourth grade

It's not clear when final fourth-grade retention data will be available.

Reading law change: Lawmakers OK bill to put decision on holding back 4th graders in hands of schools, parents

Are there exemptions for third graders?

Some third graders whose scores fall short can move on to fourth grade without any further action. Those students include:

• English language learners who have received less than two years of English language arts instruction
• Those who were held back in a previous grade
• Students with disabilities or suspected disabilities that impact their literacy development

It is up to the districts to sort out those students and inform parents.

What options do third graders have to move on to fourth grade?

Third graders who score as "approaching" proficiency must complete one of the following to move on to fourth grade:

• Retest and score on grade level, with a retest window of May 22-31
• Enroll in summer school, meet 90% attendance and show adequate growth
• Have a free state-provided tutor for the entirety of fourth grade

Additionally, third graders who score at or above the 50th percentile on their spring reading screening test can also move on if they enroll in tutoring for the entirety of fourth grade.

When it comes to post-summer school tests, the State Board of Education defines "adequate growth" as a student scoring at least 5 percentage points higher than their baseline score. The baseline can be either their initial TCAP English language arts score or their retake score.

Third graders who score as "below proficiency" have the following options to move on:

• Retest and score as "meets" or "exceeds" expectations, with a retest window of May 22-31
• Enroll in summer school with a 90% attendance rate  and  have a free state-provided tutor for the entirety of fourth grade

Retake scores will be given to districts within two days of testing. Retesting and summer school dates vary by district. Students who opt for fourth-grade tutoring must demonstrate adequate growth on their TCAP the following spring or be subject to more interventions, including tutoring or possible retention.

Can I file an appeal?

Yes, but appeals are only open for third graders who score as approaching expectations.

The state Education Department allows for appeals in two circumstances:

• The child faced a catastrophic event within 60 days prior to their TCAP that impacted their ability to perform on the test.
• The child scored in the 40th percentile or higher on a state-approved universal reading screener.

There are also additional steps required for those who appeal using the reading screener option. Here's what they entail:

• The principal of the school must agree to develop an academic remediation plan for the child.
• The student’s English language arts teacher and principal must both agree to promote the child to fourth grade.
• The student’s school district or charter school must agree to give the child high-dosage, low-ratio tutoring for the entirety of their fourth grade year.

The appeal window will be open from May 28-June 28.

Once parents and legal guardians are notified of a retention decision, they have 14 days to file the appeal. Parents and legal guardians can also authorize school personnel to file an appeal on their behalf.

When will retention decisions be made?

Final third-grade retention decisions will be made in June and July for students who do not participate in summer programming and by July 12 for those who do.

The state Education Department does not list a retention decision deadline for parents and schools considering whether to promote or hold back fourth graders affected by the reading law.

Key dates third-, fourth-grade retention in Tennessee

Here are all the key dates in one place for 2024:

• May 20: English language arts TCAP scores for third graders released to districts
• May 22-May 31: Third grade English language arts TCAP retake window
• May 28-June 28: Appeal window for third graders (fourth graders do not qualify for appeals)
• June-July: Final retention notifications made for students who do not participate in summer programming
• By July 1: Adequate growth data for fourth-grade students released to districts
• July 12 : Final retention notifications made for students who participated in summer programming and attend schools that start July 22. For schools that start later, the state mandates final retention decisions be made at least 10 days before the first day of school.
• July 26 : Post-tests for students in summer programming close by 5 p.m.

Summer programming dates will vary by district.

Where can I learn more?

More information on the third-grade reading and retention law from the Tennessee Department of Education can be found at tn.gov/education/learning-acceleration .

Reach children's reporter Rachel Wegner at [email protected] or find her on Twitter, Threads and Bluesky @RachelAnnWegner.

What college protests could look like across the U.S. as summer begins

College administrators hope that the end of the school year will diminish the protests, but the activists are making plans for the summer and beyond.

New York police had just poured into Columbia University, clearing protesters out of an occupied campus building and arresting more than 100 people in a far-reaching crackdown at the epicenter of the nation’s uprisings over the war in Gaza .

But within hours of the police moves Tuesday night, Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian student leader, said he and others were already planning their next action.

“Or actions,” said Khalil, foreshadowing the continued resolve of the movement. “Until we finish this semester and come back next semester.”

Khalil’s determination to press the movement forward, repeated by countless students at universities across the country this week, showcases how protesters are determined that their calls for the end of the war and university disinvestments from Israeli companies won’t slow down much over the summer.

College protests over Gaza war

“No one plans on leaving this summer,” Selina Al-Shihabi, a Georgetown University student who is part of the still-growing encampment at George Washington University in Washington, said Wednesday. “That is very clear among the people with us today, and it’s something we meet about, something we chant in our slogans.”

The stakes over what this summer may hold has far-reaching consequences for students, college administrators, big-city mayors, police agencies and President Biden . Some Democrats worry that scenes of upheaval this summer, especially at the party’s August convention in Chicago, could damage Biden’s reelection campaign.

Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Biden appeared to recognize that there would be no quick end to the demonstrations, even as he sought to carve out a middle ground.

“Dissent is essential to democracy,” Biden said. “But dissent must never lead to disorder or to denying the rights of others so students can finish the semester and their college education.”

Yet at least for college administrators, many of whom have asked for police to break up their schools’ encampments, the end of spring classes leaves some room for optimism that their campuses will see a bit of break in the action over the summer. Just how much, however, is rooted in a more fundamental debate over whether the protests that rocked colleges this spring represent a sustained generational movement or a short-term political fad.

Answering that question is complicated because experts are divided over whether the student-led movement is really just getting started or destined to fail when most students scatter for the summer. Some experts point to the struggles other social movements, including the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests against corporate greed, faced once they no longer had an anchor or highly concentrated encampments and command centers from which to carry out their movement.

“Many of those students, except for the most die-hard activists, are going to go home — and that’s going to de-escalate and demobilize it,” said Dana R. Fisher, a professor at American University and author of a book about activism. “Any campuses where you have most of the student body in student housing … in the summer, you’re going to really lose people.”

The trajectory of a social justice movement has vexed historians and political leaders in the past. The most successful movements stay relevant by crowding out other news while melding into history books by continually challenging and surprising authorities, they said.

During the civil rights protests, young people found ways to step up their activism over the summer by congregating in specific communities to press their demands, such as the “Freedom Summer” voter registration drives in the South in 1964.

During the Vietnam War, student protesters congregated at music festivals and high-profile political events — including the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago — to continue pressing their demands. And fours year ago, when the nation was largely shut down due to the pandemic, the summer season did little to prevent students from mobilizing in their individual cities to condemn the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.

But all those movements were far larger than the pro-Palestinian student movement remains today. At many colleges, a relatively small number of students are leading the calls for a cease-fire or changes to university investment policies.

To sustain and grow their movement, experts say, these students will have to find ways to align and coordinate with other left-wing interest groups and potentially shift their tactics farther away from campuses.

The failure to do that effectively was one of the downfalls of the Occupy Wall Street movement, said the Rev. Michael Ellick, a pastor who led the “occupy faith” component of the movement that took over New York’s Zuccotti Park until a series of police raids on the encampment in the fall of 2011. Even those camps that police allowed to remain operating for longer periods of time, such as the one on National Park Service land in Washington, eventually fell victim to internal divisions, filth, drug abuse and rats.

“The key to sustaining the movement was everyone being there in person and having a culture develop,” Ellick said. “As soon as those camps got wiped away, that movement was basically hard to keep going in the same way.”

“Then it depended on old-fashioned organizing,” Ellick added. “Like relying on community relationships, and building solidarity with different networks, which some aspects were really good at, but some were not at all so of course it faded away.”

Lisa Fithian, a veteran liberal activist who has been demonstrating since the 1980s and now teaches guerrilla tactics to younger activists, said she is fully confident in the pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ ability to press — and intensify — their movement over the summer.

Earlier this week, Fithian was at City University of New York (CUNY) and Columbia holding impromptu trainings about how protesters can place their bodies on the line to affect social change.

Fithian, a veteran of protests over both Iraq wars and the Standing Rock demonstrations over the Dakota Access pipeline, said the students have already built the network of support needed to sustain the movement.

Fithian also said the police crackdown on the protesters offers to promote synergy between their demands and those of the broader racial justice anti-police-brutality groups, which she expects will continue to energize the protests.

“You have a generation that is both very upset, very disturbed, and very angry over now being met with a state response that is completely disproportionate,” Fithian, 63, said.

Eva Borgwardt, national spokesperson for IfNotNow, a Jewish-led pro-Palestinian group, noted the students are already part of a coalition of protesters who have been working for years to bring more attention to the plight of Palestinians. That movement, Borgwardt noted, has far more outlets to vent their frustration than just college campuses.

“This moment is the result of decades of organizing and movement building,” Borgwardt said. “And we are watching today’s organizers learn from prior movements, and apply those lessons in real time in the street.”

At a protest encampment at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, students were handing out papers that detail their demands, instruct participants how to act and whom they should not talk to, and how to treat ailments such as “handcuff injuries.”

The students, none of whom would agree to be identified by their full names, vowed their movement is just getting started and will persist all summer.

But Benjamin Jancewicz, a photographer who has been documenting the Baltimore protest movement since the uprising over the 2015 death of Freddie Gray in police custody, cautions that being “well organized” may not be enough unless the demonstrators form alliances with other Baltimore-based social justice groups.

He noted Baltimore has a “history of activism that stretches back to the Black Panthers” but it’s relatively rare for demonstrations to grow large enough to elicit broad public attention.

“All of those groups have different things that they are fighting for. All of them have different things they believe in,” Jancewicz said. “But occasionally something like this will happen, and people will be like, ‘okay, we are going to put our stuff at the side for the moment and march with you guys.’ So we will see if that happens.”

In Louisville, a city consumed by protests in 2022, veteran Black Lives Matter activist Chanelle Helm believes the pro-Palestinian activists have already formed a tight alliance with racial justice demonstrators. Helm, who is Black, believes many racial minorities already feel sympathy toward the Palestinians, and the police tactics being used against pro-Palestinian demonstrators only strengthen that bond.

“I don’t see these as cross movements, as we would look like at environmentalism or technology movements,” said Helm, who was at the forefront of the demonstrations over the death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville in 2020. “The lines have already been meshed. The Middle East is full of Black people.”

With fewer students on campus this summer, Helm said the demonstrators may briefly shift to new venues. And even if protests briefly die down, Helm said, it would be a mistake to assume that the movement had petered out.

“The most important thing that people have to understand about protests is that the actual protest is only like 5 percent of the work,” said Helm, adding the vast majority of time is spent on “creating narratives,” reading up on history, building resources and allies, and training demonstrators.

At the George Washington University encampment, Al-Shihabi said that is precisely how the students plan to spend their summer.

Al-Shihabi said student leaders are already forgoing summer jobs and internship plans to continue their activism.

“Every single student here obviously needs money,” she said, while standing in an encampment that now includes a shower and portable toilets, as well as at least one large rat that felt safe enough to scurry past in the middle of the day. “Everyone needs to have future careers. … But they are putting all of that at bay because they care about the greater good of humanity.”

Kaden Ouimet, an American University student government leader who has been protesting at the George Washington University encampment, also plans to stay in Washington this summer instead of returning to his hometown in Arizona. He plans to help craft a detailed plan for university divestment, conduct research, and strategize over how to woo incoming freshman to the pro-Palestinian cause this fall.

“We hope we can come back from summer stronger in our convictions than ever,” Ouimet said.

At many schools, the fall courses will restart in mid-August, around the time of the Democratic National Convention from Aug. 19 to 22.

Justin Hansford, executive director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University, said he believes this summer has the potential to “be the culmination of protest politics” because the students protesting today started taking lessons when they were in high school during the 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstrations.

“I think what could happen this summer could be even bigger than the George Floyd one,” said Hansford, who was a Black Lives Matter protester before he became a law professor. “There are a number of people being brought into the [movement] not just from a racial perspective, but also religious tolerance and antiwar politics … so there is not a lot to make me think this is just going to let up.”