Technology for 5th grade

Printable task cards, 4 or 8 a page, from math facts, vocabulary, passages or your own list, with a recording sheet, a key and an on-screen self-check.

A live typing race for the whole class: everyone types the same short passage on their own device and the projector shows the class racing along. No ranking below 3rd grade, no accounts, nothing stored.

TypingClub is our first pick: its page says it is and will always be free for individuals and schools, and no account is needed to start. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.

Checked 2026-10-27

Scratch is our number one pick: a free block-based coding site from a nonprofit that works for ages 8 and up and has teacher accounts. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.

Checked 2026-10-27

Socrative is our number one: it has a ready-made Exit Ticket activity that students answer on a device. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.

Checked 2026-10-30

Peabody Teach's task card maker is our number one: it builds numbered cards from math facts, word meanings, a reading passage or your own list, 4 or 8 to a page with a recording sheet and an answer key, plus an...

Checked 2026-10-31

Computer science for kids in plain words: the 2026 CSTA standards, Code.org, Scratch and ScratchJr, CS Unplugged, AP CS Principles vs. CS A, and what the evidence says.

Checked 2026-11-06

Grading with a rubric in Google Docs, step by step: copy it in as a real table, mark a level per row, fill the total line by hand, one comment per row, no retyping.

Virtual pattern blocks: the six shapes to drag, turn and snap together on the projector, with a fraction-of-a-hexagon count and a print of your design.

Checked 2026-11-06

Run Peabody's free typing course with a class: 18 lessons with no student accounts, typing tests of 1, 3 and 5 minutes, a printable sheet for each lesson, and a link that shows each seat's words a minute.

Checked 2026-11-10

Running a classroom escape room for review: choosing content, teams and time, printing locks and clue cards, envelopes, hints, checking codes, keeping it fair, and fixes.

Keeping marks and names off the internet: what FERPA and COPPA say in plain words, your district's gradebook first, paper, local files and browser-only tools, and habits for any gradebook.

Twenty printable cards for coding without a screen: robot partner, repeat, find the bug, if-then rules. Print 4 or 8 to a page. Free, no sign-in.

Checked 2026-11-07

Children tap their own name and pick hot, cold or home lunch, then print the day's sheet. Names stay in your browser. Free, no sign-in.

Ten free unplugged coding lessons with printables, K to 8th grade: steps, repeats, if-then, bugs, scoreboards, test plans, and writing a precise spec for an AI.

Checked 2026-11-06

How do you say "do it this many times" and "do this or that" to a robot? A free unplugged lesson for 3rd to 5th, about 40 minutes, with a printable.

Checked 2026-11-06

What does a game have to remember, and what makes it change? A free unplugged lesson for 3rd to 5th, about 35 minutes, with a printable.

Checked 2026-11-06

How do you cut a big job into small jobs, and how do you check it works? A free unplugged lesson for 3rd to 5th, about 40 minutes, with a printable.

Checked 2026-11-06

A free slideshow rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): one idea a slide, readable text, helpful images, sources and design.

Checked 2026-10-30

A free video project rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): storyboard, clear message, audio, editing and credits for sources.

Checked 2026-10-30

A free coding project rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8) for block or text code: it works, planning, debugging, readable code and explaining it.

Checked 2026-10-30