Main Idea Game

Click on the following link to play main idea games. You may choose the game once you get to the site.

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skill_builders/main_idea_language_arts_fifth_5th_grade.htm

Homophone Game

Click on the following link to play a game with homophones.

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/homophones-games/homophones.html

The 2012 Iditarod

ATTENTION 5TH GRADE STUDENTS: Get ready to take an incredible journey through Alaska with a musher and his or her dog team. The study of the Alaskan Iditarod was a favorite among many students from last year! I love teaching about the Iditarod and enjoy this unit of study. I can't wait to experience this amazing journey through rugged terrain and bone chilling temperatures with all of you. The official site of the Iditarod can be found here: http://www.iditarod.com/. We are starting the Iditarod in January because when the race begins in March, you will be doing the ISAT. I wanted you to have a little background knowledge of what to expect before the time arrives. We will study it for two days and then return to it after the ISAT.

Tuesday, January 3

Iditarod- http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/iditarod-sneak-peek.html

A Musher's Life- http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/iditarod-a-mushers-life.html

Doggy Sweaters- http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/iditarod-insider-doggy-sweaters.html

Wednesday, January 4

Choose your musher! Go to this site to choose your musher and remember to print a picture:http://www.iditarod.com/race/musherlisting.html

Mushing Terminology- http://www.iditarod.com/learn/terminology.html

Irregular Verbs

Click on the following link to play a game using irregular verbs.

http://www.quia.com/cb/8111.html

Subject/Verb Agreement Preassessment

Students click on the following link to take a preassessment on subject/verb agreement. Give Mrs. Albrecht your score when you are finished.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/sv_agr_quiz.htm

Cause and Effect

We will be using this Curious George video to discuss and learn about cause and effect.

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=20516

Thanksgiving

We will be reading a book in class called Plymouth Colony before we celebrate Thanksgiving. The following are some links we will be referring to throughout the Thanksgiving unit. It is important for our students to understand why Thanksgiving is such an important holiday.

Letters-http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/letters.asp

First Person Videos-

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/video.jsp?pID=1649964947&bcpid=1649964947&bclid=648832233001&bctid=648467399001

Voyage on the Mayflower- http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/

Daily Life- http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/daily_life/

The Thanksgiving Feast- http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/feast/

John Henry

Here are two Disney video links to John Henry.

Part 1: http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=117466&title=John_Henry___Part_1_of_2

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SfAJ739rgg

The Legend of John Henry's Hammer by Johnny Cash

Click on the following link and listen to Johnny Cash's song about John Henry's hammer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI0D44zYP-Q

Antonym Songs