Grade 5 Magazine – What’s Buzzing? (First Edition)

Liven up your Language Arts planning with Teach Starter’s beautifully designed and highly informative classroom magazine, What’s Buzzing?

The magazine’s content has been specifically curated for Grade 5 students. It uses age-appropriate classroom vocabulary and a variety of text types to address a wide range of relevant and engaging topics. The articles contained within the magazine directly relate to learning areas such as Science, Humanities, Fine Arts, and Health Education.

Some of the highlights of this issue include:

• “The Loudest Sound in the World” (narrative)
• “How to Make a Twirling Spinner” (procedural)
• “Species Snapshot – Narwhals” (informational)
• “Earth Watch – From Fires to Flooding” (expository)
• “Healthy Mind, Healthy Body – What’s Your Sport? (comic).

Task Cards

Five sets of task cards addressing the areas of writing, language, comprehension, reading strategies, and higher-order thinking skills have been developed to support and complement the magazine’s content. Download the What’s Buzzing? Task Cards.

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  Grade 5 Magazine – “What’s Buzzing?” (First Edition) Task Cards

  A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with the first edition of Teach Starter’s Grade 5 magazine.

For more information on this amazing teaching resource, read Ali’s blog (NEW) Grade 5 Magazine – What’s Buzzing?

Digital version

If you are keen to save time, ink and paper, you can display a digital version of the magazine on your interactive whiteboard or one-to-one device using our online flip-book.

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Print version

Use the drop-down menu to select the following download options:

• Color
• Black And White

A version of this teaching resource document can be opened and edited in Microsoft Word, allowing you to add your own custom content.

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