K5 Learning Blog

K5 Learning provides free worksheets and other materials for kids in kindergarten to grade 5.

Science help

The juice in potatoes contain chemicals that can produce electricity. Let’s make a potato battery so that you can see for yourself.

Grammar help

The direct object of a sentence is the thing being acted on by the verb. How confusing! Let us explain this further.

Reading help

Reading is a complex skill that requires readers to puzzle through layers of context and meaning. We take you through five ways to help your kids improve their reading comprehension skills.

Grammar help

Apostrophes are so confusing. No wonder our kids struggle with them. Luckily there are some rules to follow.

Science help

In grade 2 science, students learn that matter exist as a solid, a liquid or a gas. Our worksheets allows students to practice states of matter, using the example of water.

Math help

To understand addition with regrouping, students need to have a solid understanding of place value. We take you through the process.

Grammar help

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.

Science help

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

Grammar help

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.

Reading help

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.