Analyzing Character Traits

Read the story: Funny Faces and respond to this question in your post. After classmates have answered, you may respond to their responses also.

"Describe one character trait of Liz or Mr. Mason. Give examples from the text to support your answer."

Function Tables Practice and Challenge

Try this for practice with function tables

More function table practice!

Try this for a CHALLENGE with function tables

You may also comment on this post stating what else you would like a challenge with or what else you would like more practice with.
Multiples, LCM, Factors, GCF, Prime Factorization, Divisibility Rules, Equations, Expressions, PEMDAS

Book Review

Read the book review and write a post stating if this is a realistic fiction book or not and how you know providing examples from the book review.

Go Long! Book Review

Math Practice through games!

Order of Operations (PEMDAS)
Equation Word Problems

Text Structures Practice

Read the article from Time for Kids about a new frog species .Then answer the question below by posting a comment. After posting your comment, you may want to write another comment about whether you agree or disagree with your classmates' thoughts.

Question: What text structure did the author use to write this article about frogs? Give examples from the text to support your answer.

Multiples Practice

Multiples Practice
Use color tiles to find multiples of a number

Factor Practice!

Factors Game!
Test your knowledge of factors by playing this game by yourself or against a friend!

Learn more about factors!

Brain Pop video on Factors, GCF and Prime Numbers
Test your knowledge of factors after watching the video by taking the quiz.

Test your knowledge of Divisibility Rules

Use the website below to practice your 5th grade knowledge of divisibilty rules! Go for the Gold!
Divisibility Rules Practice
Then, comment and let your classmates know how you think you are doing with this challenge topic. Are you a master? Need some more practice? Need a lot more practice? Let us know so we can help you!

Practice your Basic Facts!

Become a master of multiplication! Use this website to test your facts!
Math Facts Practice ( +, -, x, and divide)

Text Features in the News

View one of the news websites for kids by clicking here. You may use Natural Reader if you think that will help you in reading the article. Remember to choose what interests you the most. After reading, comment on this post by answering this question:

Which text feature helped you understand the article the most? Explain your answer with support from the text.

Text Features in Informational Text- Pictures

Please visit the Sports Illustrated for Kids website and read a news article. Answer the question by commenting on this post.

How do pictures in an informational text help you to better understand the text? Give examples from the text.

Angles in our World

Check out the photos our class took to show how angles are everywhere around us. Click here for the link to our Flickr page! Angles photos!

Sqworl...Bookmarking Website

Sqworl Click here to locate resources we will use in the classroom.

Consumers and Producers in Our Ecosystems

Click below to view our class ecosystem pictures. We have labeled them and told the relationhips between the consumers and producers living in the aquarium and the terrarium.
Class Ecosystems Photos- Flickr

Classifying and Measuring Angles

Practice classifying angles after watching the Brain Pop video . Test your knowledge by taking the quiz afterwards. Next, follow the Unit 1 Practice at the bottom of the blog to practice your skills!

Lines

Watch the BrainPop video to learn about parallel, perpendicular and intersecting lines. Then take the quiz to test your knowledge.
Different Types of Lines

Choosing the Appropriate Graph

Please use the data sets given to you or 10 Day Weather forecast and the Illuminations Data Grapher website to create the appropriate graph for the data set. Work with a partner to do this and please print so we can showcase your work!

Comparing Fantasy and Fables

After reading many fantasy stories, you have learned the characteristics of fantasies. Please view the video The Lion and The Mouse and then use the Venn Diagram to compare the two genres. Venn Diagram

Graphs

Brain Pop video- Graphs

Watch this video on line graphs, bar graphs and circle graphs and take the quiz at the end to compare the differences between them. Post a comment telling one difference that you learned.

Surveys and Bar Graphs

Watch this video to learn about how to conduct a survey and use it to make a bar graph. We will be doing this activity in class so pay close attention! Leave a question you still have about bar graphs in the comments space.
Brain Pop Jr. Bar Graphs

Reflecting on Fantasy- Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Answer this question by commenting on this post. 


How do you know this book is a fantasy? What elements of fantasy are part of this story? Give examples from the book. 

A few more math videos you will enjoy...

Discovery Education Bar Graph video

Brain Pop video- Different types of Graphs and How we Use them

Videos for Place Value

Brain Pop Jr. Place Value video

Check out this video to learn and review place value. You can also quiz yourself after the video by clicking on the "quiz" button on the bottom. Have fun!