Grade 5 Web Portal

MATH

MATH - Geometry and Measurement

Algebra Planet Blaster
Practice calculating equations with integers.
Area
Demonstrate area of a triangle, parallelogram and rectangle
Building 3D Shapes
NCTM site for recreating 3D unifix cube designs on paper
Circles
Understand the relationship between radius, diameter and circumference.
Congruency
Test yourself to see which shapes are congruent.
Cube Nets
Identify which nets can make a cube
Linear Measurement-Metric
Practice reading the ruler with centimeters and millimeters
Measure Madness
Using a ruler to measure in metric units
Measuring Angles
Interactive Games
Measuring Angles
great resource to use with smartboard
Metric Measuring Conversions
Calculate metric conversions as fast as you can.
Perimeter and Area
A quiz game for perimeter and area of rectangles
Perimeter Practice
Reveal the picture by correctly finding the perimeter of a rectangle.
Symmetry
Build symmetric designs with tiles.
Symmetry Activities
Varied activities centered on symmetry.
Tangram Game
Manipulate tangram pieces to make shapes
Volume
Put cubes in a box to determine the volume of a 3D shape.
Classify Quadrilaterals
Check your knowledge on shape quizzes.
Quadrilateral Drop
Can you match the shape to the description?
Polyhedrons
Explore solid figures.
Cube Nets
Identify which square will make the net into a cube.
Work with Polyhedrons
Count the faces, edges and vertices.
Naming Polyhedrons
Look at top down and frontal views of Polyhedrons to name them.
Standard Deviation Calculator

Math

Symmetry
fun math-skip login
Math

MATH - Games

1)Grade 5 Math skills - Internet 4 Classrooms
2) Rainforest Math
3) 5th Grade Math Skills - By curriculum standard
4) Harcourt Math Textbook
5) Harcourt Math Glossary
6) Funbrain-Math
Rounding Decimals
One or two players use basketball to practice rounding decimals.
Interactive Math Games
We like Power Lines!
The Product Game
A Broad Variety of Number Sense Math Games
Interactive

Fractions

Geometric Shape Design
Build a design and then determine what is its fraction.
BrainPop on Converting Fractions to Decimals
Watch movie and take the review quiz on fraction convertions!
BrainPop on Mixed Numbers
Check out the how mixed numbers become improper fractions.
Fraction Cafe
Visit the fraction cafe to see videos, take quizzes and learn about fractions.
Fraction Simplification Calculator

Number Theory

BrainPop on Prime Factorization
Watch movie and take the review quiz on prime factorization!
Prime Factors
Create factor trees to find the prime factors of a number

Ratio, Percent, Probability

Ratio Practice
A list of simple interactive ratio problems.
Harcourt and Ratio
Text book problems that model ratio.
NCTM Paper Pool
Look for patterns to determine the number of "hits" in a pool game.
Skillswise: Ratio and Probability
Facts, games and activities on ratio and probability
Decimals, Fractions and Percents
Challenge level
AAA Math
Converting a Decimal to a Percent
AAA Math
Converting a Percent to a Decimal
Spy Guys Math
Video teaching on Percent
Probability Experiments
E-lab for Harcourt Textbook using dice to look at frequency and possible outcomes
Standard Deviation Calculator
statistics
Binomial distribution calculator
Binomial distribution

Practice Test

Practice Test

All skills online practice

All Skills Practice

LANGUAGE ARTS

Persuasive Essay

Persuasion Map

Language Arts

gorilla grammar
grammar

Language Arts

Create your own...!
Spelling, grammar, and more!
Capitalization game
Need to practice capitals?
Vocabulary
All kinds of vocabulary!

Thesaurus

virtual Thesaurus
Great visual thesaurus

Spelling

Spelling Time
Teachers can set up accounts and word lists for students

Poetry

Calling all poets!
Create a poem! Lots of fun!

Word Skills

Word Games
Vocab builder and word games
Word Central
Word of the day and online dictionary
Fun Word Games
Voca development and word skills

Typing and Keyboarding

Readers Workshop

SOCIAL STUDIES

EXPLORATION

VoiceThread

Interactive Activities

1) Lewis and Clark Then and Now: Psychology of Explorers
Why do people explore? - video
2) Why do people explore? - Interactive
Interactive timeline - FLASH
3) Latitude and Longitude
Brain Pop
4) Timeline of Exploration
Thinkquest
5) Searching for Asia
Thinkquest
6) Exploration Navigation
Thinkquest
7) Why Explore? - Point by Point
Explore the four reasons
Latitude and Longitude
Lesson and Game
Christopher Columbus

Exploration: Independant Research

Library Search Engine
Kid friendly sites only.

ADAPTATION

Native Americans 2

1) Native American Housing
2) Native Americans - Portal
3) Facts about Native Americans
The Plains People
Investigation
Native American groups by region
Interactive Map

Native Americans 3

Plains People

Iroquois-Northeast Woodlands Natives

Facts for Kids
Iroquois
Lots of reading about each tribe within the Iroquois Nation.
Iroquois Facts
A bit on land, clothes, food, housing, story and flag.
Iroquois Stories
Iroquois Village
Iroquois Oral Tradition-stories
Iroquois Facts/pictures
Good Iroquois Site
Our Wiki
Mary Jemison
After Indian Captive
Iroquois Prayer
Shows what the native valued in their environment.
Dreamcatchers
Objibwa Story
Indian Games
Easy to read descriptions of games

Indians of the Northwest Coast

General Information on Culture
Click on different aspects of culture to explore the NA life style on the Northwest coast.
Northwest Coastal Crafts
Totem Poles
History, stories and explanation of totem poles of the Northwest.
Haida Language
Background information about the Haida Tribe's language.
Native People of the Northwest Coast
Tribes of the Northwest Coast
Language of Salish Tribes
Daily Life
Encyclopedia Brittanica - Northwest Coast Indians
Fact Monster: NorthWest Coastal Indians
Northwest cultural info and pictures
Download PDF to see pictures and facts about NW Native Americans
Nootka People's Culture
Broad information including government and comminity facts.
Our Wiki
Tlingit Art and Woodcarving
Kid friendly and has photos
Haida Culture
Fifth grade level reading on housing, art and society.
Cultural Aspects of NW
Very good reading level for grade five.
Tote Pole Symbols and Colors
Includes images and the zodiac calendar.
Haida food
Food of the Haida tribe
Tlingit Religious Beliefs and Practices
Short text describing main parts of religion.
Tlingit Beliefs
Student friendly and has photos.
Virtual Museum: Potlatch
A virtual visit to a museum showing all about the potlatch tradition.
The First Totem Pole
A story about the first totem pole.
The Potlatch
One long paragraph of facts.

Life Round Here

SCIENCE

Living Systems

FOSS-Living Systems

Science

Variables

Variables and Experiments
Outlines vocabulary such as independent, dependent, controlled experiment, etc.
Foss Variables On-line Materials
Home-school connection activities for the Variables unit.
Science Notebooking Guidelines
Guidelines for teachers on how to set up science notebooks.

Safely Search the Web

ES HUB SEARCH
GREAT SEARCH ENGINE-webpath express
The ISB ES Search Engine
The search engine just for ES students
2) ES friendly search tools
Great starting place for research
3) Ask for Kids
Great for searching for images
4) Classroom Clip Art
Fantastic place for safe images

Classroom Blogs

Rm 230 Blog
Blog for Mr. Dudash's students
Blogging! It's Elementary!
Blook on Blogging
Blopera (Ms. Hahn)
ISB ES Flickr
list of explorers
list of explorers
ESL 5
Room 227's Blog
Rm 226 Class Blog
Rm 228 Class Blog
Rm 231 Class Blog
Rm 229 Class Blog

ES Music

ES Music Portal
Great new ES music portal

Eco-Survey

ES Eco-Survey
Let's win the contest! Take the survey!

Spanish

Keyboarding Tools

Free Typing Game
Practice your typing skills on this handy site.

Typing

Reading

Practice Test

All 5th Grade