A personalized 5th grade workbook where your child is the hero
Fifth grade gets ready for middle school: unlike fractions, multiplying fractions, decimal operations, volume, order of operations and the coordinate plane. In English, figurative language, Greek and Latin roots, summarizing and finding the theme.
Every page is built for one child: their name in the problems and stories, the world they pick, the things they love. One quest a day, about 20 minutes, printed at home.
What 5th grade learns in the book
Each new skill gets its own lesson page — a picture, the steps and a worked example — before the practice starts. Skills from the year before come back as warm-ups and Friday review.
Math — new this year
- ★Adding Unlike Fractions
- ★Multiplying Fractions
- ★Decimal Operations
- ★Volume
- ★Order of Operations
- ★Powers of 10
- ★Coordinate Plane
Reading & writing — new this year
- ★Clauses & Conjunctions
- ★Figurative Language
- ★Greek & Latin Roots
- ★Summarizing
- ★Be the Editor
- ★Finding the Theme
5th Grade Common Core standards covered
The exact codes print on the grown-ups page of every book, so you can see what each week practiced.
- 5.NBT.B.7Add, subtract, multiply and divide decimals to hundredths.
- 5.NBT.A.2Explain patterns when multiplying or dividing by powers of 10.
- 5.NF.A.1Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators.
- 5.NF.B.4Multiply a fraction by a whole number or by another fraction.
- 5.OA.A.1Use parentheses and brackets, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.
- 5.MD.C.5Relate volume to multiplication and solve real-world volume problems.
- 5.G.A.1Use a pair of perpendicular number lines to define a coordinate system.
- L.5.1.aExplain the function of conjunctions, prepositions and interjections.
- L.5.1.cUse verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states and conditions.
- L.5.2Use punctuation to separate items in a series; edit for conventions.
- L.5.4.bUse common Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to meaning.
- L.5.5.aInterpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors.
- RI.5.2Determine two or more main ideas and summarize the text.
- RL.5.2Determine a theme of a story from details in the text.
- W.5.1Write opinion pieces supporting a point of view with logically ordered reasons.
- W.5.7Conduct short research projects using several sources.
Struggling with something? Weight the book toward it
Pick a focus when you build the book and those skills come up about three times as often, without dropping anything else.
Times tables & division
The multiplication facts that unlock everything after them.
Fractions
The topic children most often get stuck on.
Word problems
Turning a sentence into a sum — usually the real difficulty.
Shapes, area & measuring
Shapes, measuring length, area, perimeter, angles and volume.
Reading comprehension
Understanding and explaining what was just read.
Writing longer answers
Getting more than one sentence onto the page.
Grammar & punctuation
Capitals, periods, commas and apostrophes.
Vocabulary & spelling
Word building, prefixes, roots and confusable words.
Eight worlds to choose from
The same 5th grade curriculum, told as a different adventure. The world names the chapters, the companion and the word problems.
Academy of Magic
Space Explorers
Deep Sea Discovery
Dinosaur Dig
Soccer Champions
All-Star Stadium
Detective Agency
Superhero Squad
Try the first five days free
Type your child’s name and 25 real pages of their 5th grade book arrive by email. If they ask for day 6, the full month is $39 — one-time, not a subscription.
- ★20 daily pages — math, reading and writing
- ★Reading passages chosen around what they love
- ★A Research Quest project and a diploma
- ★Answer keys and the standards covered
- ★Print at home as often as you like
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