Resources & Links
Useful Web Resources for Parents and Students
Math:
Eureka Math Modules - help and workbook
Eureka Math™ Homework Helper Spanish (click here)
Splash Math-to get started, students must sign-in using the unique code provided in class. (click here)
Games for practicing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division: http://www.aplusmath.com/games/
Play Matho, Hidden Picture, Concentration, and Planet Blaster...and practice your math facts at the same time!
View instructional math lessons or practice your math facts at Kahn Academy -http://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/multiplication-division
For a bit more challenging math operations practice visit: http://www.kidsmath.com/
E.L.A:
Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/u/0/h
Newsela-an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction. https://newsela.com/(sign-in with your school username and password
Current Events website that includes videos with most of the articles.
Interactive website for practicing grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, parts of speech, etc…
http://interactivesites.weebly.com/language-arts.html
Students can enjoy vocabulary building while providing aid to the less fortunate. Free Rice is a non-profit website that is owned by and supports the United Nations World Food Program.
Read Theory is a powerful educational tool that offers online reading activities for all ages and ability levels. Using custom web application software and carefully crafted and tested content created by our team, we provide students with a dynamic reading experience that adapts to their individual ability levels and presents them with a seemingly endless array of skill building exercises. What is more, as students continue to use the site and see their scores gradually improve, the system adapts to match their progress, and the materials presented get incrementally more advanced.
5th Grade Language Arts Skill Builders
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-5th-langbuilders.htm
Social Studies:
Maps and European Land Claims
Land Claims of Early North America - YouTube video showing the history of how North American land claimed by England, France, Spain, and other European countries exchanged hands.
European Exploration Land Claims 1488-1610
North American Land Claims in 1650
Map of North America in 1702 showing land claims by Spain, France, and England
Land Claims by 1770 - Interactive map
Explorer's Games & Study Aides
Explorer Game-Match the explorer with the area they explored.
Play Merchants of the Great Exchange
Become a Spice Trader- Sail the high seas and become a spice trader.
Walk the Plank - Play this review game and try to keep from walking the plank
Explorer Flash Cards - Guess what each Explorer accomplished.
The Explorer Challenge - Similar to jeopardy.
Colonial America - The Thirteen Colonies
http://www.ducksters.com/history/colonial_america/thirteen_colonies.php
The Thirteen American Colonies:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies2.htm
13 Colonies:
http://mrnussbaum.com/13-colonies/
BrainPOP - Thirteen Colonies:
The War of IndependenceThe American Revolution for Kids
Online Interactive & Games of the American Revolution
Science:
FOSS Access
User name: grade5hawks
Password: grade5hawks
Choose Unit of Study: Living Systems, Mixtures and Solutions, Earth and Sun
The American Museum of Natural History has an entire website, “Ology” dedicated to the great “ologies” such as paleontology, astronomy, marine biology, and more.
http://www.ology.amnh.org/explore/ology
MCAS PRACTICE--click here
Below are several typing websites that can help students practice their typing and grow into more quick and accurate typists: