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Welcome Fifth Graders!

Language Arts

Poetry

Poetry Webquest
rhyming dictionary
type a word to find another that rhymes
How to Write Haiku
Haiku by Kids
read lots of examples
How to Write Cinquain
Explore Poetry with the Authors
Poetry Idea Engine Game
Favorite Poem Project
Watch video of Americans reading their favorite poems
Alliteration or Simile?
Simile Matching Game
Analogie Challenge
Similes & Metaphors
tons & tons of great examples
Diamante examples
Simile Video

Grammar

Grammar Gorrilas
Review all parts of speech
5th Grade Grammar Links
Whatever needs practice, it's here!
Basic Possessives 1
Exploring for Possessives
Possessives Quiz

Nouns

Plural Noun Games
Noun Game
Noun Dunk Game
Nouns & Pronouns
Noun Game 2
The Rat Game
common & proper nouns
Noun Finder
click on the nouns before they fade away
Find the Nouns
QUIA Plural Nouns

Possessive Nouns

Singular or Plural Possessive?
Possessive Nouns
interactive rules and examples; singular and plural
Cave of Stone Wonders
Possessive or not?
Singular Possessives
slide show interactive quiz
Possessive Noun TicTacToe
Possessive noun quiz
QUIA Possessives game
Singular or Plural Possessive quiz
Write the possessive quiz
Choose the correct possessive
Possessive Practice
wisc-online slideshow
Exercise in Plurals and Possessives
Plurals / Possessives

Adverbs

Verbs

Verb Power
review verbs, helping verbs & contraction verbs
Tenses Treasure Hunt
verb tense practice
Quia: Irregular verb tenses
game
Verb Battleship
Verb Viper
correct tense
Present, Past & Future Tenses
Online worksheet to do on SmartBoard
Subject / Verb agreement
write the correct present tense verb / print the accompanying handout

Linking Verbs

Adjectives vs. Adverbs

Rats! Adj vs. Adv

Prepositions

Adjectives

Conjunctions

Balloon Joining Words
BBC game

Pronouns

Pronoun Treasure Hunt
BBC website
Traveling Pronouns
BBC website
Pronoun Poppers
Quia quiz
Pronoun Jeopardy
Quia game

Subject / Predicate

Mr. Morton Schoolhouse Rock
Rags to Riches game
simple subject & predicate
Subject and Predicate Song
scroll down to subject an predicate music video

Complete / Incomplete / Run-on Sentences

Commas

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs

Writing

Paragraph Game
Story Starters with Prepositional Phrases
fun idea
Story Starters with Subordinate Phrases
Story Starters with Participial Phrases
Writing Fun
Wonderful Tool for all Types of Writing including poetry
Scholastic Story Starters
Writing Games

Proofreading

Sentences

Sentence or Sentence Fragment?
4 Types of Sentences #1
4 Types of Sentences #2
4 Types of Sentences #3
BBC Making Sentences Game
complete or incomplete? add punctuation to make sentences
Grammar Blast
Identify the correct sentence
Ed Helper run-on sentences
Find the sentence fragment #1
has an accompanying handout
Find the sentence fragment #2

Compound / Complex senctences

Punctuation

Punctuation Paintball
BBC Commas
Comma "quiz"
Comma PowerPoint
good introduction
Another Comma PowerPoint
good reinforcement
Test Your Comma IQ!
Comma Confusion!

Sequencing

Sequencing Games
ThinkQuest Sequencing
two pieces of reading with sequencing questions

Prewriting Activities

Bio-Cube
Use for biography summaries or before writing an autobiography

Writing for Teachers

Adverb Writing Lesson
Fantastic Prompts and Lessons focusing on sentence fluency
scroll down
Starter Sentence Prompts
Serendipitous Nouns story starters
use with a lesson on great beginnings

Writing Fix

Strong Opening Paragraph

Brave Margaret
Powerful First Paragraph

Organization

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
3 paragraphs

Voice

Word Choice

Similes & Art
paper plate simile books

Idea Development

Figurative Language

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Hyperbole examples
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out
TeacherTube Hyperbole Video
Hyperbole examples
scroll down for many examples

Personification

Homophones

There, Their, They're

Video Presentation

To, Two, Too

Video Presentation

Vocabulary

Free Rice

Using Context Clues to determine Word Meaning

Reading Skills

Into the Book
Reading Comprehension site
ReadWriteThink
lessons

Character

Character Map
online interactive tool for developing characters in writing
Character Trading Cards
create online for prewriting or characterization
Character Trading Cards
create online for prewriting or characterization
What is Character?
Handout or Smartboard
List of Character Traits
Characterization Power Point
Character Vocabulary
Character Spelling

Book Projects

Designing a Book Cover
planning pages
Book Cover Creator
create and print online
Book Cover Guide
use before designing a cover

Plot

Interactive Circle Plot Diagram
Plot PowerPoint
Plot PowerPoint
Plot, Setting or Theme?
may need to override
What is Plot? Practice
Conflict
chart defines 4 types of conflict

Cause and Effect

Author's Purpose

Comparison and Contrast

Compare / Contrast online activities
Compare & Contrast Guide from ReadWriteThink
use this for introducing the concept
Reading Skills Rocket #1
Reading Skills Rocket #2
Reading Skills Rocket #3
Reading Skills Rocket #4
Reading Skills Rocket #5
Compare and Contrast Tutorial
Compare or Contrast?
online quiz

Author's Viewpoint

Author's Viewpoint Practice

Charts and Graphs

QUIA Charts & Graphs
TV411: Reading Charts and Graphs
TV411: Interpreting Charts
TV411: Reading Charts
Chart Reading Practice 1
How to write about graphs
Choose a graph and read the sample text
Read a Table Quiz
Bar Graph Quiz
Line Graph Quiz
Circle / Pie Graph Quiz

Locate Information Using Text Features

Interpreting Charts
Interpreting a pie chart
What's on a map?
Captions Help Tell the Story
Headings
lesson & exercise
Looking for the Fine Print
reading advertisements / critical reading
Read All About It
Predict what section of the newspaper headings belong
Headlines
predict the topic of the article
Using a Table of Contents
What are they selling?
Critically reading advertisements

Setting

Setting Handout
Create a Setting Map
interactive
Setting Powerpoint
Setting Graphic Organizer
handout or Smartboard
Setting
read & answer the questions

Summarizing

Read, Write, Think Fact Frenzy
find facts to summarize

Sequencing

Main Idea

Main idea practice
read a passage, choose the main idea
QUIA: Find the Main Idea
Find the Main Idea
6 question "quiz"
Find the Main Idea
4 question "quiz"
What's the Main Idea?
Read the paragraph, choose the main idea
Choose the Main Idea
Hamburger Main Idea
Main Idea Song
Main Idea BrainPop
Main Idea Rap

Inferencing

Story Elements

QUIA: Story Elements quiz
character, conflict, narrator, plot and setting
Short Story Elements
quiz
Story Elements quiz
Elements of a Story: Interactive & quiz
cinderella
Plot, Setting or Theme?

Generalizing

Steps in a Process

Drawing Conclusions

Biographies

Novels

Sign of the Beaver

Chapters 1-4 Vocabulary
Penobscot Primer
listen to the last native speaking Penobscot Native American
Videos of Maine Native American daily life
Chapters 5-10 Vocabulary
Chapters 11-15 Vocabulary
Chapters 16-19 Vocabulary
Chapters 20-25 Vocabulary
French & Indian War background information
The Survival Story
The real story of Matt & Attean
Sign of the Beaver website

Jean Fritz Books

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?

Mr. Nussbaum Ben Franklin
interactive reading comprehension
Everything Ben Franklin
Th Ben Franklin Story Part 1
The Ben Franklin Story Part 2
The Early Show: Talking with Ben Franklin
Vocabulary
Spelling
Benjamin Franklin quotations

Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?

Vocabulary
Spelling
Mr. Nussbaum Boston Tea Party
Declaring Independence
short film
Liberty's Kids "The Intolerable Acts"
Episode 2 be sure to click on the correct episode
Liberty's Kids "The Boston Tea Party"
Episode 1 be sure to click on the correct episode
Liberty's Kids "The Boston Tea Party"
Episode 1 Part 2 be sure to click on the correct episode
Liberty's Kids "United We Stand"
Episode 3 be sure to click on the correct episode

Shh... We're Writing the Constitution

Spelling (Shh..)
Vocabulary (Shh..)
Preamble Scramble
Schoolhouse Rocks Preamble
"Holes" Found Poem Interactive
use this for making a "found" poem together
Example "Found" Preamble Poem
"Found" Poem instructions
"Found" poem example
Vocabulary (Preamble)
Spelling (Preamble)

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Spelling

Vocabulary

Summer of the Monkeys

Genre Study

Spelling

Genre Spelling Words

Vocabulary

Genre Vocabulary Words

Biographies

Many short, online biographies
includes pictures, games & handouts

Figurative Language

Review Games for Figurative Language

Math

SOL Review Flashcards
email: adavis@rcps.org password: bh5thgrade click "study"

PreAlgebra

BBC Activity: Find value of an expression
BBC Activity: Equation Match
Evaluating Expressions: Timed game
TeacherTube variables & expressions video
Algebra
click on writing algebraic expressions for examples

Elapsed Time

Factors and Multiples

Fractions

Fraction Frenzy: Equivalent Fraction Match
Math Matching... Equivalent Fractions to Models
Fresh Baked Fractions
Fishy Fractions
Fractions by StudyJams
short video
Turkey Terminator Fraction Game
How to Reduce Fractions
Math Playground Video
Bridge Builders
Fraction Tiles

Fractions to Decimals

Math Playground: Converting Fractions
good practice
Fraction to Decimal Game
Fraction / Decimal Equivalent Game
Matching Fractions to Decimals
More Matching Fractions to Decimals
Matching Even More Fractions to Decimals
QUIA: Fraction / Decimal Conversion
Matching, flashcards or concentration
Relating Fractions to Decimals
Compare Fractions
More Comparing Fractions

General Math

Math Magician
Spacey Math
Math Mayhem
Another fun way to practice multiplication!
IXL Practice
choose any skill for SOL practice questions!

Geometry: Angles

Wise Up on Angles
Protractor Activities
Quia Angle Games
BBC: Read about angles
Math Playground Video
how to use a protractor
Lines, Points, Rays Game

Geometry: Shapes

Wise Up on Shapes
Investigating Quadrilaterals
Investigating 3D Prisms
Investigating 3D Pyramids
click & hold to maneuver the shapes
Classify Quadrilaterals

Geometry: Symmetry

Geometry: Volume, Area, Perimeter

Perimeter

Math Goodies Perimeter
scroll down for exercises
Finding Perimeter game
Funbrain-perimeter, area or both

Area

Video- Area of a triangle
Math Playground
Video- Same Area, Different Perimeter
Math Playground
Area of Triangle practice
Area of Triangle baseball
good individual practice game
Funbrain- area or perimeter or both

Numerical Data

Create a Graph
Wise Up on Interpreting Data
Wise Up on Mean, Median & Mode
BBC Activity: Train Race (Mean, Median, Mode)
Coordinate Points Game
What's the Point
coordinate game
Graph Mole
coordinate game
Lunar Adventure
coordinate game
Reading Bar Graphs
Using Bar Graphs
Cool Graphing
includes stem & leaf- use the graphing drills for interpreting data
Bar Grapher
Weather Data
USA Today Snapshots
USA Today newspaper graphs

Stem and Leaf

Video- How to Read a Stem and Leaf Plot
Math Playground

Patterns

Wise Up on Patterns
Geometry Pattern Activity
Number Patterns
Crazy Pattern Machine
Pattern Games
Input / Output Machine
"I Repeat" Pattern Song
Crack Hacker's Safe
open the safe by cracking the patterns

Place Value

whole numbers and decimals
Place Value game
WebMath Place Value
Wise Up on Our Number System
Identify the decimal
Specific place value of decimals
Equivalent decimals
Place Value Pirates
Place Value Jeopardy
decimal & whole numbers
Place Value Puzzler
Expanded Notation Games
QUIA
Tank Game place value
fast and fun!
Guess a Number using place value skills
Place Value Jeopardy
Make the largest number

Probability

Fish Tank Probability
Virtual Coin Toss
Car Racing Game with one die
Probability Video
click on skip intro, click Lesson #19
BrainPop: Probability
Tree Diagram
Tree Diagram Practice

Measurement

Meaure It!
Cm and In
Measure Inches
Matching Measurement Equivalents
Customary Equivalent Games
E Lab: Precise Measurements
practice measuring inches
Soda Jerk Game
practice oz, c, p, g
Measure spinner
Ounces and Pounds
Reading a thermometer
Thermometer Practice
BBC measuring factsheets
includes metric capacity
Reading Measuring Instruments
Interactive Measurement Quizzes
includes all units except metric capacity

Transformations

Rounding

Rounding Funbrain

Math Videos

Parts of a Circle

Practice Questions- circle parts
scroll way down for questions

Prime Factorization

Decimals

Division

Graphing

Make your own graph

Distributive Property

mean, median, mode, range

jeopardy

Science

Chemistry

4th Grade Review

Simple Machines
Weather Basketball Game
Earth Ping Pong
SOL Flashcards
login & password are 5thgrade

Review Game Zone Flashcards

Light

Oceans

Oceans Webquest
Help Nemo Get Home!
Ocean currents activity
Jean-Michel Cousteau ocean Adventure
Blue World TV
online 1/2 hour ocean tv episodes
Coral Reefs: Rainforests of the Sea
20 minute streaming film
Plankton Film
20 minutes
What Causes Waves?
What Causes Tides?
Why is the Ocean Salty?
Ocean Floor Video #1
Ocean Floor Video #2

Sound

Science of Music- tons of online experiments
20 Online Sound experiments
Play the Piano & See the Sound Waves
Explanations of Important Sound Concepts
How Does Sound Work? An Introduction
Sound Webquest
Drum Machine and Breakdancing
I Know That
interactive- explore waves, pitch, frequence
Sound Millionaire
Sound Sort Game
5th grade sound
Sound Battleship

Classifying Living Things: Five Kingdoms

Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Plants

Scientific Method

Cells

Cells Alive
interactive cell models
Plant Cell
identify the organelles
Animal Cell
identify the organelles
Cell movies
Cell Inspector
Great for identification
The Inner Life of a Cell
Beautiful Cell Movie
Molecular Movies
many choices of short video
Cell pictures
Stem Cell Pictures
3D Cells
explore cell parts
Inner Life of a Cell
beautiful cell movie with music: teachers will need to override