Marion Fifth Grade Blog

Once you’re in the “park”, you should find our current theme and select the activity for the skill we are working on for our current story.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/trophies/activities/grammar_practice/gr5.html

If you’ve practiced in Grammar Park you may be ready to GO FOR THE GOLD.  Click the site below and find our current theme and skill.  Good luck!  Be sure to tell Mrs. Deighton or Mrs. Bell if you get a gold medal!!

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/trophies/activities/grammar_gold/gr5.html

Go to the site below to practice OUR fifth grade spelling words on the computer.  Games and activities galore!

http://www.spellingcity.com/

Vocabulary from the book:

  matching:  http://www.quia.com/mc/82931.html

concentration:  http://www.quia.com/cc/82931.html

Use this website to prove you are a “pro” with pronouns.

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/pronouns.html

Use the protractor to measure the angles, and then check your answer!

http://www.mathplayground.com/measuringangles.html

Learn some new things about forces (gravity, air resistance, and friction).  We use these forces every day (especially when we ski)!  Then save the amusement park from disaster!

http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/parkworldplotlink.htm

Good luck and may the “forces” be with you!

Go on a Jamestown adventure!

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/interactiveadventures/john-smith/

You are the captain of the Jamestown Colony!  Try your hand at making choices for the colony.  Would you do any better than they did?

http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/

http://www.funtrivia.com/newflash/trivia.cfm?qid=277277

Test your knowledge of Christmas trivia!

http://www.12days.com/

Try this site for all things Christmas!

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/using_similes/eng/Introduction/default.htm

Use this site to practice using similes and metaphors.

This link is where you can create a story map by using the outlines provided for any story.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/storymap/