Resources

Look ahead to the next week's topics, and use websites below to assist students before, during, and after their knowledge progression.

ELA:

• For suggestions of fi fth-grade spelling words and spelling activities to work on at home, see http://www.spelling-words-well.com/fifth-grade-spelling-words.html

• Check out this site’s free section for reading lessons, reading games, and spelling help: http://www.smarttutor.com/free-resources/free-reading-lessons/fifth-grade-reading/

• For fun and challenging free games in language arts, go to http://mrnussbaum.com/fifth-grade-language-arts/

Some of this site’s games can be downloaded onto a tablet for use.

• This site helps with vocabulary and grammar and donates rice through the World Hunger Programme for every right answer: http://freerice.com

Start at the lowest level of difficulty and let your child work his way up.

• For games, worksheets, and more try: http://www.gameclassroom.com/5th-grade

• Scholastic provides “parent refreshers” of the skills your child is expected to learn in each grade in school:

http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/collection/subject-refreshers/parent-primers

• Ask your local librarians for suggestions. They see what books are of interest to children and can point your child to the appropriate reading levels or special interests. Many libraries also have suggested reading lists on their website.

MATH:

• For math games and activities, see www.gameclassroom.com

• Scholastic provides “parent refreshers” of the skills your child is expected to learn in each grade in school:

http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/collection/subject-refreshers/Parent-primers

• There are many math games and worksheets at http://www.softschools.com/grades/5th_grade/math/

• The Kahn Academy at https://www.khanacademy.org/ offers on-line tutoring in all aspects of fifth-grade math. The site keeps track of the skills mastered and automatically moves the student through the skill levels.

• For games to help with angles, measurement, and fractions, as well as other skills, try http://mrnussbaum.com/fifth-grade-math/

• Math Fact Café offers thousands of pre-made and custom worksheets on fifth-grade math skills: http://www.mathfactcafe.com/home