While the country prepares to keep our families and communities safe, teachers are also continuing with teaching and learning through digital distance learning opportunities and packets for our students. On this post, I will share some free distance learning resources for 4th and 5th graders that are printable (and some now include digital versions).
Writing Choice Boards
These writing choice boards make a great distance learning option because they are low prep, require very little copies, and offer student choice. There is also a digital version included compatible with Google Slides.
To use these, print the board or boards you want to use with your students. Tell your students how many prompts they must complete (each week or in all). And that’s it!
There are writing choice boards for:
- Personal Narrative
- Fictional Narrative
- Opinion/Persuasive
- Informational
- Finish it! Finishing story starters or titles in all genres.
- Response to Literature
- Response to Informational
Click here to grab the writing choice boards.
Free Math Review Printables
For math activities at home, I have my Spring No Prep Math review printables for you. I chose these to offer as home learning printables for a few reasons:
- The resource includes printables for so many math skills so you can definitely find several that will work for your students.
- They are themed with a theme that most students will like…what student isn’t ready for spring?
- They are print and go. No prep and no explaining necessary.
And they now also include digital versions that are compatible with Google Slides.
Click on your grade level to grab the spring math printables!
Free Math Games
Not interested in sending home printables? Do you want some game options to send home with your students instead? I have you covered!
1. Click here to grab several low prep partner games for multiplication and division facts.
3. Click here to grab some free game ideas for a deck of cards with fraction skills.
Free 2-Week Reading Plans
For reading, I didn’t really have a resource ready made to share that would work well for home learning (and not require a ton of copies). So, I created this quick free resource that you may find useful.
There are two weeks of reading plans included. One for fiction stories and one for nonfiction texts.
There are also two versions of each week included.
One version is for the students to use the same story/text for each assignment. This is good for students who are slower readers and need to work on fluency. This is also a good option if you don’t want to send home a ton of passages to read. You only need to send home one fiction story and one nonfiction text for two weeks of learning. This option is great to pair with reading for enjoyment for a balanced reading instruction.
The second version has the students reading a different story/text each day. This is a great option for students who have access to online reading passages. You can have them read a different passage that you assign each day and then have them complete the assignment. Alternatively, you can also make copies of 5 fiction stories and 5 nonfiction texts for the students. This is a great option for students who do not have books available to read from at home and you want to ensure they are reading a variety of texts while at home.
There are also choice activities that you can assign as extensions. Simply write in the number you want the students to choose from in the sentence above the table.
You find texts online from Readwords, Newsela, or Commonlit.
***Click here to download these reading plans.
Free Reading Games
Want more of a game approach to reading? Check out these free resources. Warning: The students will need someone to “play” these with so keep that in mind when choosing what resources to send home.
I hope these printable resources are helpful to you as you prepare your students for remote or distance learning.
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Thank you so much for these. Is there a way you would allow the reading game board to be shared on a website? That is the way we are assigning activities for our kids, through our teacher websites. Thanks for considering.
Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity. These are wonderful resources with little to no prep.
Thank you SO MUCH for these. I LOVE the choice boards. These really helped me save time, so that I can prep for remote learning but also still be able to spend time with my family. It is greatly appreciated.
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Thank you for sharing these in this time of need! You are truly an AMAZING teacher!
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Thank you so much – it is such a scary time! Right now, we have no school but haven’t been told what we are to do about school!
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Thank you so much!! I’ve already purchased most of these- but they are all printed out at school- so this is much needed right now:-) Thank you again!!!!!
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Hi, Jennifer!
Your free Reading and Writing Choice Boards are resources my district would like to make available as a choice for teachers to use during our change to on-line learning. I’ve read your copyright information, but I just want to make sure that we can use these free resources as long as full credit is given to you. We really appreciate your excellent work and support with quality learning resources!
Hi Jennifer, yes, share in whatever way works best for your students and families!
I can’t thank you enough for making these shareable in any way that works best for families. That helps tremendously with access.
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Thank you for the wonderful resource, Jennifer. Please know your support is very much appreciated 🙂
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Thank you so much for continuing to provide such excellent resources!! I am using them help support my at home learning resources for my students, but also have used them lots in the classroom during normal times. They are so well-made, thought out, and engaging for the kids. You are my go-to when I am looking for something for a specific skill and love that they are grade level specific and are always a great match. Thank you!!!!!!
Very nice! i am trying the check in sheets. the second thing i clicked on was for students in 3 – 5 grade and mine are preK – 2 SPED students on the Autism Spectrum. So if you have any links for those needs,please let me know.
Hi Suzanna, I only create resources for grades 3-5. Thanks for asking!
Hi,
I have the Google Classroom links for fiction reading review and cannot locate the pdf to get access to the answer keys. Where can I find it?
Thanks!
Hi Jessica, you just need to re-download the file to access the answer keys. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Review-4th-and-5th-Grade-Fiction-Digital-Access-for-Distance-Learning-4144763