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Welcome to Fifth Grade
By:
Mrs. Megan Weisenhorn
Mrs.
Emily Behrens, Mrs. Stacey King
and the Fifth Grade Class
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links to be directed to the following information:
5th grade Blog (email us to be added as a reader)
Back to School Handbook
5th Grade Standards, Benchmarks & Grade
Level Expectations
Weekly
Newsletter
March 8-12
Calendar of Tests, Major Projects,
and Field Trips for
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Wish List
Document Camera
Sports Illustrated for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazines/
Parent
Corner
This section is used to communicate tips to parents on
how to help their child be a successful student. Periodically we will
post information and articles that we find on this subject. Enjoy!
www.loveandlogic.com
WHEN TO HELP WITH
HOMEWORK
Alex and Jason come home with the same math homework.
Alex complains to his mom, "It's just not fair.
Mr. Jenson gives us too much homework. I don't know how to do this. He
never explains anything. You need to help me. It's going to take too
long!"
"How did he explain this homework?" asks
mom.
"I don't remember. You need to help me,"
says Alex.
Mom opens the book and points out the answers. She
gets the task over quickly and then lectures, "You'd better start
paying attention in class!"
Jason makes the same complaint to his mom.
"How did your teacher explain this
homework?" asks mom.
"I don't remember. You need to help me,"
says Jason.
"How sad," answers Mom.
"I'll be happy to help when you work harder on your schoolwork than
me, and I know that you are listening in class." With that, she tells
Jason to open his book and try to remember how the teacher told him to do
the work. "You can watch your program when it's finished," she
tells Jason.
Which mom did the best job of parenting?
Which kid is more likely to start listening better in
class?
I bet you know the answer!
Students'
View of Intelligence Can Help Grades
Eleven
Tips to Help Your Child Prepare for Tests
Organization
Advice for Parents
Guidelines
for Helping With Homework So You Don't
Work Harder Than Your Child!
Home Ways For School
Days - Teachers and parents as partners in child's education
5th Grade
Classroom Book Requirements:
Click here for the monthly GENRE LOG schedule
THREE books required per month
1 AR book in the assigned genre
Project (students have a copy of the directions)
Historical Fiction- mini-research project
Informational/Biography- timeline on Inspiration
Science Fiction/Fantasy- paper bag project
One "free choice" book
Individual goals will be set for additional reading
requirements per month.
SPELLING
LISTS:
Week 1-36 Spelling Words
Week 1-36 Challenge Words
RELIGION:
Hail Holy Queen & Apostles Creed
Father Ken Halbur's Blog
http://www.catholic.org/saints/
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/byname.aspx
http://www.LetsSayThanks.com
You can pick out a thank you card and
Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently
serving in Iraq
Math Websites
Place Value Puzzler
More Place Value
Practice
www.eduplace.com/math/mhm/
This website allows you to take a practice
test for each chapter of the book. Please be aware that some of the
questions on the practice test will not be asked on the test at school
because they don't meet 5th grade standards and benchmarks.
www.aaamath.com
Click on different links to practice
comparing, naming numbers, place value, mental math, addition, subtraction,
or multiplication.
www.aplusmath.com
A great place to go to work on your basic
facts. You can create your own flash cards at this link.
http://www.superkids.com
Create worksheets for concepts such as your
basic facts.
www.funbrain.com
A variety of games to practice various skills.
www.dailysudoku.co.uk
Number puzzles from easy to very hard.
Social Studies Websites
www.harcourtschool.com/socialstudies
After logging into this website, you will
need to click on the Horizons box. You will be asked for a password:
Green. Fill in the additional boxes with the correct
information. Once you have gotten here, you will need to choose our
book: United States
History: Beginnings.
http://www.senate.gov/
The official website of the Senate.
http://www.house.gov/
The official website of the House of
Representatives
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
The official website of the Supreme Court
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
A guide to the government and how it is set
up.
Science Websites
Chapter E1 & E2 Matter &
Elements mp3
Click above to hear
the chapters read aloud.
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/trading/game.htm
An online solar system trading
card game that is a FUN way to
learn the facts
of the solar system.
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
It has a narrated short video of
what can be seen in the
night sky each
month. When you get to the website just click on "tonight's
sky" to
view it.
http://astronomywebguide.com/links_kids.html
Fun Projects to learn about astronomy and space.
www.skythisweek.info/
A weekly astronomy column..
www.heavens-above.com
This site provides you with all the information you need to
observe satellites such as the International Space Station and the Space
Shuttle, spectacular events such as the dazzlingly bright flares from
Iridium satellites as well as a wealth of other spaceflight and
astronomical information.
www.spacew.com
Aurora
observation reports, space news and gallery photos.
www.dustbunny.com/afk
A site that explores sky maps, the planets, constellations and
wonders of the sky.
www.adlerplanetarium.com
Resources on the internet.
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/tonights_sky/
A guide to constellations, deep sky objects, planets and
events.
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www.kidsastronomy.com
A great site for kids to learn about astronomy.
www.skymaps.com
A site to explore, learn and enjoy the night sky.
www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html
Astronomy definitions and explanations for kids.
www.allaboutspace.com/subjects/astronomy
A comprehensive on-line site about space
and astronomy. It is designed for people of all ages. It has an easy-to-use
structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic and
then to progress to much more advanced information as desired, simply by
clicking on links
www.livesky.com
Live
Sky is extended information on stars, galaxies and other deep sky objects.
This information includes access to digitized sky survey images.
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov
A fun learning center for young astronomers,
includes movies.
www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Local Clubs:
www.dmasonline.org
Des Moines Astronomic Society upcoming events and current sky
conditions.
www.amesastronomers.org
Ames area astronomers
website. It include
www.icue.com
http://www.vancouver2010.com/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
log in: 1stfrancis
password: aea11
matter video- Matter and Its Properties:
Changes in Matter (picture of an egg)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks2bitesize/science/reversible_irreversible.shtml
Reversible & Irreversible Matter- activity 1/28/10
www.harcourtschool.com
Go to Science, 5th grade. The password is
Jones. This site contains many activities for extending the textbook
topics.
sciencespot.net
Kids Zone section- lots of
interesting things to do
http://www.funnelbrain.com/
Site to create study materials
and flash cards.
Technology
The following sites are helpful in
practicing keyboarding.
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/business/keyboarding/
http://www.computerlab.kids.new.net/keyboarding.htm
http://www.wacona.com/keyboardinggames/keyboardinggames.html
Grammar Websites
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/la-grammar.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/grammar/
http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
Spelling Websites
www.spellingcity.com
http://www.kidsspell.com/
http://www.parentchildeducation.com/units/spelling/a_top/activity.php
http://www.sd5.k12.mt.us/elrod/multiage/Spelling.html
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