JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.7/jquery.validate.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.2/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">
Click a row to begin:
<table id='tableid'>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
    <tr><td>row</td></tr>
</table>

CSS

.yellow {
    background: yellow;
}

JavaScript

$('#tableid').one('click', function() {
var $trs = $('#tableid tr');

for(var i = 0, len = $trs.length; i < len; i = i + 5) {
    (function(i) {
        setTimeout(function() {
           $trs.slice(i,i + 5).addClass('yellow');
        }, (500 * (i / 5)));
    })(i);
};

    });