Curriculum and Links

• We use the Arizona College and Career Readiness Standards. http://www.azed.gov/standards-practices/

• Our Math is by Houghton Mifflin and it is called INTO Math.

• We currently use the Wonders Program for Reading 

• We use Inspire for our science curriculum.     

• We use Impact for our Social Studies curriculum.                                                                                                                           

PARENT LINKS:                                       

• IB: https://ibo.org/programmes/primary-years-programme/  or  https://www.ibo.org/globalassets/new-structure/brochures-and-infographics/pdfs/parent-pack-faqs-about-the-pyp-en.pdf 

• Powerschool: https://msd38.powerschool.com/public/

• Madison Handbook: https://www.madisonaz.org/families/family-resources/handbooks/district-handbooks 

• Link to Simis Home page : https://simis.madisonaz.org/families/family-resources 

• Positive math:   https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-tips-improving-students-success-math

• Mindfulness:  https://www.mindfulnessfirst.org/solutions-schools/

• MAP links to Kahn videos and practice - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m4hvhpYzeWQWKfT2kadM_pNDunMZdk0Va-O99IOfQ0Y/edit 

• See Saw - https://app.seesaw.me 

• Classroom Google -  https://meet.google.com/mce-spgt-jma   -  class code: nnsb6kn  

• Book Leveler: https://lexile.com/

STUDENT LINKS:                                       

• Classroom Google -  https://meet.google.com/mce-spgt-jma   -  class code: nnsb6kn 

• See Saw - Log into your Madison account - go to your Seesa Bookmark  

• Brain Pop - https://www.brainpop.com/   UN: madisonsimis  PW: pop1

• Brain exercises-  http://www.setgame.com/set/daily_puzzle  

• Code !!! so cool and good for thinking - https://code.org/ 

• Typing: https://www.typingclub.com/  OR  https://www.typing.com/student/lessons  OR  http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr

ELA                                               

• Destiny Discovery (Simis library books): https://msd38.follettdestiny.com/portal/portal?app=Destiny%20Discover 

• World book online - https://worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/home 

• Reading Comprehension - https://readtheory.org/     V2VSEYVF 

• Poetry: https://www.poetry4kids.com/poems

• Spelling rules - https://blog.allaboutlearningpress.com/category/spelling-rules/ 

• eSpark - https://www.esparklearning.com/    UN: (your) first/last (names) PW: 1st four letters of your last name.   

• Book Creator - https://bookcreator.com/    6H8XPBR 

• Roots and Affixes - https://membean.com/roots/ 

• Cool word thesaurus - www.visuwords.com 

• Dogonews - https://www.dogonews.com/ 

• Parts of speech, sentence analyzer https://linguakit.com/en/part-of-speech-tagging 

• EPIC:   kids.getepic.com/students        Class Code:  kih8865 

• QR reader:  https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/scan 

• Figurative Language - https://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/literature_figurative_language_language_arts_fifth_5th_grade.htm 

• Parts of speech - https://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/word-lists.html 

•  Root word games - http://www.vocabulary.co.il/root-words/  -  http://www.playkidsgames.com/member-homepages.php?d=1828  

SCIENCE                                            

• Ecosystem  food chains - https://www.tes.com/lessons/EpcWEWRg3aWS4Q/ecosystem-images   

• AIMS science practice cards - https://quizlet.com/9760033/4th-grade-science-aims-review-flash-cards/ 

• Science simulations - https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/new  

• Affixes  and  Roots - https://membean.com/treelist     

• Worldbook online - http://worldbookonline.com/student/home  OR  http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home   

• Science vocabulary - https://quizlet.com/9760033/flashcards  

• National Geographic - http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

• Science - http://www.ssec.si.edu/games/students 

• Roller Coaster: https://www.livingston.org/Page/32934  

• Arizona Water: http://www.srpnet.com/education/azwaterstory.aspx 

• ROCKS: https://www.wardsci.com/cms/geology_study_cards 

SOCIAL STUDIES                                       

•  Social Studies - Government - https://bensguide.gpo.gov/learning-adventures-14more?id=36&age=ben4_8   

• History - http://www.historyforkids.org   

• Dogo News current events for kids -http://www.dogonews.com/grade_tag/grades-3-5

• World book online - https://worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/home 

• History - http://www.historyforkids.org 

MATH                                             

• Virtual Manipulatives - https://www.didax.com/math/virtual-manipulatives.html  

• Measurement games - https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/5th-grade-math/measurements-5th.html and https://www.splashmath.com/measurement-games-for-5th-graders and https://www.mathgames.com/measurement  and https://www.mathplayground.com/measuringangles.html 

• FRACTIONS - http://www.mathplayground.com/index_fractions.html  

• Digital manipulatives - https://toytheater.com/angle/ 

• Triangle rules - https://www.mathopenref.com/acutetriangle.html 

• Graphing online - https://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/classic/bar.asp 

• Fractions - https://toytheater.com/category/teacher-tools/virtual-manipulatives/fraction-manipulatives/ 

• Practice your math facts - https://xtramath.org/#/home/index 

• Math help - http://mathantics.com/  

• Multiplication Games - http://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

• More Multiplication Games - http://www.fun4thebrain.com/mult.html

• Even more math Games - http://www.mathnook.com/math/skill/multiplicationgames.php

• Math FACTS practice - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

• Skill practice for all subjects - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-4th-langbuilders.htm 

• Practice your math skills :-) - https://student.frontrowed.com - the class code is deihlh

• Story problem solving using models - http://www.mathplayground.com/tb_multiplication/thinking_blocks_multiplication_division.html 

• Practice Story problems  - http://www.mathcats.com/storyproblems.html  - 

• Mean, Medium,  and Mode - https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/data-distributions-a1/summarizing-center-distributions/e/mean_median_and_mode   

• Using a protractor - https://www.mathplayground.com/measuringangles.html 

• Math vocabulary: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wf_b-Eg1IdRkzpVD3G6xeFcwpXfBJ9H6/view?usp=sharing

• Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/login  username: your email             code:J2JYW4ZK