Fifth grade is the last stop before middle school. What your child carries in matters.
Fifteen pages built for one specific transition — finishing fourth grade and stepping into fifth. This is the year fractions get serious, decimals arrive, long division becomes non-negotiable, and reading expects a student to hold an argument in their head across several paragraphs.
Most of that gets hard for one reason: a shaky foundation underneath. So this workbook goes back and makes the foundation solid. Division taught as the inverse of multiplication, not a memorized dance of steps. Fractions understood as quantities before they're ever manipulated. Reading that asks your child to compare two texts and defend a position with evidence. Understanding first, procedure second — that order is the whole method, and it's the only kind of preparation that survives middle school.
📘 What's Inside
15 pages in our signature bridge structure
A parent "How to Use" guide with pacing guidance
10 content pages alternating reading and math
Reading: complex passages, comparing texts, summarizing, inference, and evidence-based responses
Math: multi-digit multiplication, long division, fraction equivalence and operations, decimals and place value, and multi-step word problems
A cumulative Mixed Challenge covering the full book
A student reflection page for self-assessment
Complete answer key
Our tightest, most mature layout — sized for a student ready for the next level
🎯 Perfect For
Fourth grade graduates heading into fifth
Shoring up long division and fractions before fifth grade demands them
Families preparing for the final elementary FAST year
Tutors running a summer bridge program
Homeschool summer units between grade levels
📝 How It Works
Download instantly and print the workbook.
Read the How to Use page first — it sets the pace correctly.
One content page per session, four or five days a week.
On long division, one step per line, every time. Process errors hide in messy work.
Finish with the Mixed Challenge in the last week of summer, then do the reflection page together.