Fling the Teacher!!!!!

For your computer lab time this morning, I would like you to play Fling the Teacher!  Click on the link below to get to the site.  Have fun!

Fling the Teacher!

Compounds Words

A compound word is a word composed of two or more words. There are many compound words in our novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.  A few are firetruck, doughnut, mailman, and toolhouse.

For your IPAD time today, please click on the following links to play some games working with compound words. You will need to use the trackpad for #3.

1. http://www.kico4u.de/english/uebungen/paitcher/compounds.htm

2. http://www.janbrett.com/piggybacks/compound.htm#activity

3. http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html#compound-words

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Please click on the link below to enjoy "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving". Happy Thanksgiving!!

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

History of Thanksgiving

Please click on the link below to watch a short video on the history of Thanksgiving.  

When you are finished, log into your Google account and post a comment on 1 thing you learned or found interesting.

History of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Interactive Site

Please click on the links below to play interactive Thanksgiving activities.

1. http://www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL/interact/thanksgiving-interactive-you-are-historian

2. http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/

Greek and Latin Roots

Please click on the link below to practice working with Greek and Latin roots.

Greek and Latin Roots

Veteran's Day

Please click on the link below and watch the first 2 videos about Veteran's Day. Then, sign in and post a comment about one or both of the videos. What did you learn? What did you find interesting? Do you have any relatives that are veterans?

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-veterans-day/videos-and-activities.html#prettyPhoto

Friday, November 8th

After your reading quiz, please go to the following link to play a math game.

http://www.gamepuzzles.com/pparlor/puzzleparlmm.html

BATS

Today for our computer lab time, I would like you to click on the following link in order to answer the questions about bats.

Bat Conservation International

If you finish, click the next link for some Halloween history....

http://www.halloweenhistory.org/

IPAD Time for Thursday, October 17th

Please click on the link below to watch a short video to review similes and metaphors. Then, post a comment on your favorite simile or metaphor you heard in the video. 

Simile and Metaphor video

Columbus Day Scavenger Hunt

As you know, there is no school on Monday because it is Columbus Day. So for your computer lab time today, you are going to complete a Columbus Day Scavenger hunt to see what interesting facts you can find out about Christopher Columbus!Please write your answers on the worksheet provided. Don't forget to put your name on it!!

Columbus Day Scavenger Hunt

Could You Survive??

As you all know, our novel Hatchet is a book about survival. Brian, our main character, has to learn many survival skills. Do you think you could survive on your own in the wilderness? 

Please click the link below to take your own survival quiz and find out!! When you are finished, sign in, comment on this post and let me know how you did!!

Wilderness Survival Quiz

Transcontinental Railroad

For your IPAD time today, please watch the following video on the transcontinental railroad.  If you have time, leave a comment one one interesting fact you learned from the video.

Coloring Contest Winners

Here are our Mallardfest coloring contest winners!! Congratulations to Adam and Charlie!!

Satchel Paige

Please watch the following videos and post a comment. Please talk about both videos in your comment. Did you learn any new facts? What did you find the most interesting about Satchel Paige?

Antonyms

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. Today during your computer lab time, you will be working with antonyms. Please click on the link below to practice working with antonyms.

http://quizlet.com/20069877/antonyms-flash-cards/


If there is time, please visit the following sites on fact and opinion.

1. http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/factsopinions.html

2. http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/factoropinion.shtml

3. http://www.quia.com/pop/39102.html?AP_rand=386393850

Biomes Exploration!

Please click on the link below. Explore this website about Biomes and work on the worksheet passed out to you. Don't forget to click on the pictures to learn more about the different biomes. We will be learning about Biomes next week in Science, so I would like you to explore and read about the world's different environments.


http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/

IPAD time

Click on the link below to play Oregon Trail. If the first link doesn't work.... use the second one!!

1. http://www.globalgamenetwork.com/westward_trail.html

2. http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/oregon-trail/links/675714/title/web-based-version-oregon-trail-with-updated-graphics

Bullying Survey

Click on the link below to take the bullying survey.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RiverRidgeSchool

Pioneers

Please watch the following video during your IPAD time today.

Mahalia Jackson

This week we read Mahalia Jackson. Mahalia Jackson was a famous gospel singer who brought the blues feeling into her music. Click on the links below to listen to some of her music.

1. This first link is Mahalia Jackson singing at the Martin Luther King Washington March:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT0SUMSjMWw

2. This second link is the song that Mahalia Jackson sang at Martin Luther King's funeral service because it was his favorite gospel song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as1rsZenwNc

3. This last link is just another song of Mahalia's for you to enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPZuWzZvoYQ

Mahalia Jackson

For today's computer lab time, please listen to the following links on Mahalia Jackson.

1. This first link is Mahalia Jackson singing at the Martin Luther King Washington March:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT0SUMSjMWw


2. This second link is the song that Mahalia Jackson sang at Martin Luther King's funeral service because it was his favorite gospel song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as1rsZenwNc

3. This last link is just another song of Mahalia's for you to enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPZuWzZvoYQ

Sailboats

For today's computer lab time, please watch the following video on sailboats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqwb4HIrORM

Dr. Seuss

Below you will find a link to a Dr. Seuss site I would like you to visit today for our IPAD time. On this site, there is some information on Dr. Seuss and a few videos. Feel free to browse the site, read the information, and watch the videos!!

http://papahere.com/dr-seuss-book-list/tongue-twisters/

Inventors

Please click on the link below to watch a short video on inventors. When you are finished, then click on the next link to learn more about inventors and inventions.

1. http://www.glencoe.com/video_library/index_with_mods.php?PROGRAM=9780078777127&VIDEO=2000&CHAPTER=19&MODE=2

2.http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/

ISAT practice

 Today, you will work on an ISAT reading prep test. Please click on Interactive ISAT test below to access the interactive ISAT practice. Once there, click on 5th grade 2013 ISAT Reading Sample Questions.

Interactive ISAT test

Valentine's Day Question #3

Name 3 foods often served at Valentine's Day parties.

Valentine's Day Question #2

What is the most common of all Valentine's Day customs?

Valentine's Day Question #1

Name 5 different kinds of love.

Valentine's Day!

Below is a video about some fun Valentine's Day facts.  Please click on the link to watch the video. When you are finished, answer the questions in the posts following this one.

The Lost Colony of Roanoke and Jamestown

Please watch the video below on the Lost Colony of Roanoke and then post a comment to the following questions:

1.What did White find when he returned to Roanoke in 1590? 
2. What were some of the rumors of what happened to the "lost colony"?

Next, watch the video below on Jamestown. Then answer the questions on your worksheet and hand it in to the social studies tray.

Vocabulary

Please click on the link below to practice your vocabulary.

http://quizlet.com/7097534/a-lion-to-guard-us-chapters-13-17-flash-cards/

Jamestown

Please watch the following video on Jamestown, VA.

Good Afternoon!  Your task during your 20 minute computer time is to find 3 interesting facts on Christopher Columbus and post them! Here are a couple of links to help:

1. http://voices.yahoo.com/15-interesting-facts-christopher-columbus-4636349.html

2. http://www.thekidswindow.co.uk/News/Christopher_Columbus

3. http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/thevoyagesofcolumbus/tp/Ten-Facts-About-Christopher-Columbus.htm

4. http://www.biography.com/people/christopher-columbus-9254209

Have fun!
Mrs.