Grades 4 - 5

Articles by the Teachers' Mentor

Using Poetry to Teach Reading
Although this article was written with primary children in mind, the activities could be easily adapted for older students by choosing more difficult poems.

Reading Aloud to Children
Older children can benefit from hearing stories read aloud.

Build and Use A Classroom Library

Teaching Multiplication and Division Facts

Should Speed Tests Be Used to Teach Math Facts?

Using Webquests

A major purpose of Teachers' Mentor is to provide links to web sites that can be used by younger children. However, I find many valuable resources which have a reading level or an organization that make them inappropriate for independent use by the younger students. If I think these sites could useful for the upper elementary grades, I will link to them here. Some of the sites could also be useful to primary students if an adult is available for reading help.

Grades 4 - 5 Language Arts

Grades 4 - 5 Math

Grades 4 - 5 Science

Grades 4 - 5 Social Studies