These are good websites to access at home. Copy the website below and paste in in the url address bar for access. AR TESTS https://hosted203.renlearn.com/57945/ Interactive Typing Program: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/flash/stage1.shtml ---------------------------------------------------------------- WORD OF THE DAY: http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl ANALOGY OF THE DAY: http://www.factmonster.com/analogies?opt=showhint GRAMMAR: GAMES http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/la-grammar.html http://www.mrsdingman.homestead.com/LangArtsLinks.html http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang.htm#elem (choose 5th grade at the bottom of the screen) http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/School-Bell/Language- Arts/Grammar/Parts-of-Speech http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/ http://print.factmonster.com/ Use this site for descriptive words for your writing: http://www.msgarrettonline.com/descripwords.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- POWER POINTS http://www.pppst.com/index.html http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/englishC7.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- ANALOGIES: http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Readquarium/Vocabulary/Analogies/ www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/analogies/analogiesx.html www.quia.com/cb/7146/html www.gamequarium.org/dir/readquarium/vocabulary/analogies ----------------------------------------------------------------- GRAMMAR: http://www.mytestbook.com/ www.gamequarium.com brainpop.com http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/la-grammar.html http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/grammar/gram.html#gramquiz http://www.mrsdingman.homestead.com/LangArtsLinks.html http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang.htm#elem (choose 5th grade at the bottom of the screen) http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/School-Bell/Language- Arts/Grammar/Parts-of-Speech http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/ http://print.factmonster.com/ http://www.msgarrettonline.com/descripwords.html http://www.soundsafaritheater.com/onomatopoeia.html http://www.idiomsite.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Studies: Make A Time Line http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- GOOD SOCIAL STUDIES LINK FOR OUR GOVERNMENT http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/index.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUMPET OF THE SWAN Trumpeter Swan http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Trumpeter_Swan/lifehistory http://www.trumpeterswansociety.org/ http://www.seattleaudubon.org/birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=54 http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12202-33030-- ,00.html http://whyfiles.org/015species_restore/swan.html Wetlands http://www.epa.gov/wetlands/ http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/wetlands.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetland http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/wetlands/index.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------- INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION http://americanhistory.about.com/od/industrialrev/a/indrevoverview.ht m --------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOK: http://www.eharcourtschool.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL STUDIES - GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS (STANDARDS) The Grand Canyon http://www.nps.gov/grca/ http://www.bobspixels.com/kaibab.org/geology/gc_geol.htm The Great Salt Lake http://www.utah.com/stateparks/great_salt_lake.htm The Salton Sea http://www.saltonsea.ca.gov/thesea.htm The Chisholm Trail http://www.onthechisholmtrail.com/ The Mojave Desert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_Desert -------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 STATES PROJECTS & STATES & CAPITALS There are many, but these are really good! http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es 50 states. com factmonster.com http://www.schoolexpress.com/funtime/states_capitals/states_capitals. asp http://www.netstate.com/states/ http://www.netstate.com/states/study/map.htm songs of the 50 states: http://www.50states.com/songs/ STATES AND CAPTIALS GAMES http://www.quia.com/custom/4main.html http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/capitalgame.html http://www.netstate.com/states/maps/ks_maps.htm http://www.funbrain.com/where/index.html 50 states. com www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf The following 2 lines is 1 site - must copy and paste all of it to work! This is also a site for 50 states games and information: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag- drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html http://state.1keydata.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- MORE SOCIAL STUDIES- maps and miscellaneous http://www.enchantedlearning.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- FEBRUARY: FAMOUS BLACK INVENTORS: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/mccoy.htm FAMOUS BLACK COWBOYS http://www.blackcowboys.com/blackcowboys.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- FEBRUARY: PRESIDENT'S DAY PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA: http://www.factmonster.com/spot/washington1.html ON-LINE QUIZ ON PRESIDENTS http://www.funbrain.com/who/index.html LEARN ABOUT THE PRESIDENTS http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ MOUNT VERNON: http://www.mountvernon.org/ GAME: http://a4esl.org/q/h/tf-lb-pday.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- CIVIL WAR STUFF BATTLES: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002047F/major_battles.htm http://www.historycentral.com/CivilWar/index.html http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/bystate.htm http://history-world.org/some_major_civil_war_battles.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_the_American_Civil_War ABRAHAM LINCOLN: http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln2.html http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/sites.htm Stonewall Jackson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson Ulysses Grant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant Jefferson Davis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis Abraham Lincoln: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln William Sherman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman Robert E. Lee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee Major Battles: http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/bystate.htm MORE SOCIAL STUDIES- maps and miscellaneous http://www.enchantedlearning.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY http://www.gemsvt.org/middle/grade8/socialstudies/webquest/ http://www2.una.edu/geography/statedepted/themes.html http://sd71.bc.ca/Sd71/Edulinks/ICT6_9/lessons/geo1/5themes2.htm http://www.cvs.k12.mi.us/mhilton/5_themes_of_geography.htm http://www.proteacher.com/090027.shtml http://www.kathimitchell.com/geog.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- CSU MATH CONTEST: www.colstate.edu/mathcontest -------------------------------------------------------------------- MATH GAMES http://www.aplusmath.com brain.pop.com www.4kidgs.org http://www.ixl.com/math/grade/fifth/ http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/index.html http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/con_math/g05c03.html http://www.coolmath.com www.gamequarium.com http://www.funbrain.com http://www.aaamath.com http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index_temp.html FUN PROBLEM SOLVING http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/grade5.html education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.html INTERACTIVE GAMES- click on 5th grade at the bottom of the page http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang.htm#elem -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, PROBABILITY http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- PATTERN BLOCKS http://www.mathcats.com/explore.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- Websites to practice math facts/skills CSI Mathematics � Georgia Tech http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/CSI/homepg.html Math fact Practice http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/mathfact/mathFact.htm Gamequarium.com http://www.gamequarium.com/math.htm Sum Sense Division http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/SumSense/sumdiv.html Division Machine http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/dividermachine.h tml Divisibility Rules http://www.vectorkids.com/vkdivisible.htm The Product Game � NCTM Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=29 Shodor � Number Cruncher, Elapsed Time http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ Timed math test http://www.mrmyers.org/Math_Mania/math.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- MAGIC TRICK http://digicc.com/fido/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- PRACTICE SUDOKU PUZZLES http://www.sudoku-puzzles.net/play.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEMISTRY - ELEMENTS Chem4Kids.com education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.html http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- College Project: http://u101.com/colleges/Georgia/