5th Grade

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Search Tools for Older Elementary

Fifth Grade Skills - interactive sites (caution: content has not been checked on all of the links on this page)

KidPort Several subjects to practice at all grade levels

MI Test for Children

 

Typing Practice

     Learn to Type a great BBC website - DANCE MAT TYPING lessons

     Type for Fun a space game from Type to Learn - SPACE ROCKS game

     Typing Practice one line at a time

     Bubbles Typing Game letters float up

     Typing Test uses a high level vocab

     Typing practice a site from the UK

     Peter's Online Typing Course a very cool LEARNING site

 

 

Math

  Interactive Maths (UK) for students 7-11 yr olds

  Rainforest Maths (Australia) K-6 grade levels

  Equivalent Fractions (NCTM)

  Math Words Look up definitions! Do activities!

            Awesome site from the land down under! G'day mate!

AAA Math (math drills for K-8 organized by grade and by topic)

A Plus Math (flashcards, games for + - x /)

ArithmAttack (math drills + - x / with a timer)

Math Mayhem Math Competition (use a nickname - not real name)

Math Brain on Funbrain... can you win all 25 games?

Fraction Frenzy match equivalent fraction - beat the clock!

Visual Fractions An On-Line Fraction Tutorial

Math Words

Math Slices

Place Values **do 20 correct**

  Coordinate Grid

Billy Bug - level 2 - Feed Billy Bug! (-5,-5) through (5,5)

    Hurkle - Find the Hurkle (uses grid points and compass arrow)

Graphs/Charts

Create A Graph - Create bar, pie, and area charts

 

WEEKLY MATH INTERACTIVE ASSIGNMENTS

April 13:

Reading Measures  **do minimum 20 correct of the FOUR topics in the game**

Area & Perimeter **do ONE game on EACH of three levels**

Weight: How Far Along? **do minimum 20 correct of topic**

Who wants to be a Mathionaire? **do three games**

CHALLENGE: Train Race (mean median mode)

April 6:

Metric Measurement from AAAmath **do minimum 20 correct of these 4 topics**

Fence Me In Find the perimeter of a rectangle **READ and follow directions!**

Finding the area and perimeter of rectangles and squares

                          **scroll over and down to center the game. CLICK PLAY**

 

 

 

Language

Grammar Blast quizzes on grammar

Proofreading Makes Perfect Capitalization/Punctuation, Spelling, Usage, Review

Go for Grammar Gold Grade 5 quizzes

PlanetZug game show style vocabulary quiz

 

Reading     

     Online Tutorials: Comprehension Strategies

     REVIEW WORK FROM MRS. SCHOTT <-click here

     HATCHET: Hatchet Enrichment Unit

    BUD, NOT BUDDY

        Bud, Not Buddy - Newspaper Activity

        Bud, Not Buddy - Student Resources

    ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHIN STUDY

          Bottlenose Dolphins Seaworld

        Pelagic Cormorant USGS

        Sea Otter Seaworld

        Elephant Seal WhaleTimes

        Island of the Blue Dolphins Novel Exploration

 

Art

    The Fine and Applied Arts in Civilization - Weaving

    The History of Weaving

 

Social Studies

    A Walk Through History

    Scholastic's "The First Thanksgiving"

    Friends of the Hunley

    Field Trips - Civil War Albums

    PBS - THE WEST - People Index

    Goldrush

    Geography Skills:

     Place the State (intermediate)

    More States and U.S. Regions Games (all levels)

    Tennessee Information and Games Sites

    Governor Bredesen's Tennessee Site for Kids
    Tennessee State Museum's Kids' Corner  
    Tennessee state facts and games

   

Science

GENERAL

         Science Clips

 

MOTION

Forces in motion

Design your own rollercoaster

Amusement park physics 

Your weight on other worlds – mass

Science vocabulary hangman

SPACE

          The Solar System (Trackstar site)

 

VARIOUS

 Science Textbook Site (5th grade)

 Rocks and Minerals

 YUP Rocks Gallery

 Great Plant Escape - Case brief

  

FUN!!!

 

    Cyberchase Games Central! Click all games to get a list.

 

    JIGSAW SUDOKU  - great for students - a customizable logic puzzle!

use the OPTIONS button to set up different sized boards and

to pick numbers, colors, or symbols for your Sudoku game!