[Ashley Thomas](/content/users/ashley-thomas/index.html)  
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January 17, 2024

Looking for some ideas that my 5th grade teachers can use!

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[Jan Ogino NBCT](/content/users/jan-ogino-nbct/index.html)  
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January 17, 2024

Fifth graders like hands on projects. I take a science project and tie it to a social studies concept likened to governmental regulations around business. They need to apply for a license (fill out a form) and then determine the rules around operating a business fairly and within the law. Then they need to have a budget for their product. I opened up a store for supplies and they had to use a digital budget with income and expenditures. Income being a beginning budget from a loan, say. This way I can integrate several standards across content, inject responsibility and fun.

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[Amanda Jessee](/content/users/amanda-jessee/index.html)  
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January 20, 2024

My 5th graders love activities where they are given a bunch of coordinates that leads them to create their own dot-to-dot. I have a book of them that are seasonal and holiday based. Google “coordinate grid pictures free” for some examples!!

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[Amanda Jessee](/content/users/amanda-jessee/index.html)  
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January 20, 2024

Found the book I have used, but it is out of print. A few of the activities from it can be found online by searching “ TS Denison plotting points”.

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