K5 Learning Blog

Phrasal verbs can be tricky to understand, as many of them have a figurative or idiomatic meaning. “We can put you up for the night” does not mean to build something, but rather to let someone stay.

We take you through the six simple machines: the inclined plane, the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the screw, and the wedge.

When students draw comparisons between two or more items, they’ll be using comparative and superlative adjectives. We’ll show you how the different forms of adjectives are used in examples.

When making inferences and drawing conclusions in reading, students get to the meaning of texts: what is important, why it is important and how one event leads to another.

We have added 40 new math worksheets for grade 3 students to practice data and graphing.

Sometimes you just want someone to explain how to solve a math problem in 60 seconds or less. We have created videos that do just that.

Try this fun activity with items you have at home. Making a homemade compass is surprisingly easy.

Magnetism is one of nature’s fundamental forces, yet scientists don’t fully understand why it occurs in the first place. Let’s explore how magnets work.

When writing stories, there are eight essential elements to keep them running smoothly and allow the action to develop in a logical manner for the reader to follow. We take you through the first three elements: characters, setting and plot.

Skip counting is one of the building blocks in math that, once mastered, will make higher level math easier to learn.