5th Grade Career and Technical Education Workbooks (by date, latest first)

Engage your students with this comprehensive, no-prep resource that explores the exciting world of video games! Perfect for elementary classrooms (Grades 2-5), this lesson combines reading comprehension, interactive quizzes, and a hands-on creative project to teach students about video game design, careers in gaming, and safe gaming habits.

What’s Included:

✅ Informational Text: A kid-friendly, 6-page PDF explaining video games, their types, and the roles of game designers, programmers, artists, and testers. ✅ Multiple-Choice & Short Answer Questions: Reinforce learning with auto-graded quizzes (answer key included). ✅ True/False & Fill-in-the-Blanks: Fun assessments to check understanding. ✅ Vocabulary Matching & Labeling Activities: Build key terms like "programmer," "simulation," and "game designer." ✅ Creative Design Project: Students imagine and draw their own video game, describing its story, characters, and gameplay (perfect for bulletin boards or presentations!). ✅ Safety Tips: Teach responsible gaming with rules like taking breaks and protecting personal information online.

Why Teachers Love It:

✨ Aligned with STEM/STEAM – Integrates technology, art, and critical thinking. ✨ Print & Digital Ready – Use as a worksheet packet, group activity, or homework assignment. ✨ Engages Reluctant Learners – Taps into students’ love of gaming while teaching ELA, career skills, and digital citizenship. ✨ Flexible for Subs or Centers – Clear instructions make it great for independent work.

Perfect for:

• Technology or Computer Science Units
• Career Day (Game Design & Coding Connections)
• ELA Nonfiction Reading & Writing
• After-School Clubs or Summer Camps

Grades: 3–5 | Subjects: ELA, STEM, Career Readiness, Digital Literacy

Format: PDF (Printable or Projectable) | Pages: 15 (Incl. Answer Key)

AVID Early Finisher Activity Packet - Includes WICOR Skills: This engaging resource is great for early finishers, sub plans, or even study hall. It combines fun activities with academic enrichment, offering a blend of AVID spirit and educational content. Students will enjoy exciting challenges, goal-setting exercises, a reorganization checklist for binders, and an inspiring reading passage accompanied by thought-provoking questions, and more!

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Directions:

1. option 1- print and hole punch, students keep the packet in the AVID section of their binders and complete when they finish tutorials or class work early
2. option 2- use for sub-plans
3. option 3- students complete pieces of the packet each Friday through the month

21 Pages Included in This Packet:

• A cover page

• An inspiring reading passage about J.K Rowling and the challenges she overcame

• Reading response questions

• An inquiry page where students write leveled questions in response to the reading

• Creative Writing Prompt

• Binder checklist where students reflect on their binder organization in January and set a goal for February

• Academic SMART goal-setting

• Non-academic SMART goal-setting

• Class participation self-reflection and goal-setting

• Positive self-talk page

• Zentagle mindfulness AVID-themed coloring page

• Finish the picture

• AVID-themed word search

• Create your own word search

• Sudoku

• AVID-themed word scramble

• Maze

• Determination word hub

• Coloring page

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