Math Practice Idea

Bedtime Math is a great way to practice math with your whole family. 
Check out their daily math activities.  Your parents can even download the app.

Capitalization Rules

Santa Drawing Contest 2018

Click here to vote for your favorite Santa Claus drawing.

Long Division with Remainders Song | 1 Digit Divisors

Practice your math facts every day.

Bill Nye -- Waves

If the video doesn't work above, try this link.

Mr. Lee - Multiples rap

Prime Numbers and Divisibility Rules

Try out these games:
Number Ninjas (prime factors)
Fruit Splat (prime numbers)

Quiz Yourself

Prime numbers | Factors and multiples

California Academy of Sciences

Learn about the California Academy of Sciences before we go there on our field trip.
Check out their website.
Try out their Apps & Interactives page to learn more.

What do you want to see when we get there?

Christmas Music For Your Recorder

December is here.  Many of you learned quite a bit in your recorder class this year.  I found quite a few Christmas Carols for the recorder, if you want to keep practicing your skills.  Print them out and start playing.

• Deck the Halls
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• Up on the Housetop
• Oh Christmas Tree

There are several more songs on this website.  Have fun playing!

Long Division

Thanksgiving Drawing Projects

Happy Thanksgiving!  Try out one of these drawing projects for fun holiday art.

How to draw the Mayflower.

5 ways to draw a turkey.

How to draw a cornucopia.

How to draw a pilgrim.

Basic Division Review

Practice Division Facts

Multiplying: 4 digits times 1 digit

Of course this skill is extremely difficult if you have not mastered your basic multiplication and division facts.  Practice!  Practice!! Practice!!!

1. Multiplication Grand Prix
2. Multiplication.com -- multiply
3. Multiplication.com -- divide
4. Math Playground

Hibernation and Migration

We have studied these two animal behaviors this week.  Choose one of these videos and summarize the main ideas of the video on Kidblog.

Multiplying: 4 digits times 1 digit (using grid) | 4th grade | Khan Academy

CA Symbols for the Bucket Project

Eureka!  You are now able to find CA symbols!

Please use these links to find information for your bucket project.

California State Library

State Symbols USA

Strategies for multiplying multiples of 10, 100 and 1000

Spiders!

This is a good follow up video to the Mystery that we explored today.  Enjoy.

4th Grade: Introduction to Area

Area and Perimeter Introduction

Symbols of California -- The Golden State

Click on this link to learn about the symbols of California.

Myth -- Left Brain vs Right Brain

Watch this video explaining how the left brain vs. right brain idea is a myth.


Summarize the main ideas of this video on Kidblog.

Metric System -- Bonus Video

Take your knowledge up to the next grade level with this video about the metric system.  You don't need to know all of this for 4th grade, but the information will be needed next year.

Metric System: Units of Volume

Metric System: Units of Mass

Run-on Sentences

How Your Eyes Work

Read about your eyes here.

Multi-Digit Addition

1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Read about the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.

Write a one paragraph summary of this article on Kidblog.  Don't forget to write a good topic sentence.  Please proofread your work.

The Human Body -- Bones

Which of these two videos was more useful in understanding how the skeletal system in the human body works?
Which was more interesting?

Bones & Muscles -- Bill Nye

Bill Nye on SchoolTube link.

Rounding to the Nearest Thousand

Try out some practice and watch more videos on rounding at this link.

Introduction to Geography Webquest

When you have watched the video above, use this link to work on your geography webquest.  Make sure you record your answers on your worksheet.

Comparing Place Value

Practice more on Khan Academy's page.

Understanding Place Value

Take a place value quiz to test yourself.

Dividing whole numbers by 10

Practice dividing by 10.

Practice multiplying and dividing by 10.

The Scientific Method

As an introduction to science this year, we will learn about the scientific method.  Read these two articles about the scientific method.
Biology4Kids -- Scientific Method
Ducksters -- The Scientific Method

Once you have read the two articles, think about these three things:

1. What are the different steps of the scientific method and how do they work?
2. Which article does a better job of explaining the scientific method?  Why?
3. Why is the scientific method important and useful to scientists?

Multiplying whole numbers by 10

Now use Khan Academy's practice page.

Multiplication part 2

Easy practice.

Harder practice.

Multiplication fact practice

Multiplication Part 1

Once you have watched the video above, leave a comment to let me know you have completed it.

Practice your multiplication facts.

How To Make A Paper Bag Book Cover

 Please remember not to use tape on the actual book. Keep the tape on the paper bag only.

Classroom Recycling This School Year

As a class this year, we will be recycling many common classroom items.  We already have paper recycling at our school.  However, I would also like to have us start recycling common classroom items.

Crayon Recycling

Marker Recycling

Why should we recycle in our classroom and in our everyday lives?
Ocean Plastic by the Numbers

Reduce, Reuse & Recycle

Recycle This!

Welcome Back to School!!!

Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year.  We are going to have a fantastic time learning and exploring this year.  Please come to school ready to talk about your favorite books and summer activities.

Here is a copy of our school supply list for the year.

Prep Your Math Skills Before School Starts

There is just over a week until school starts.

Time to sharpen up your math skills.

Try out these websites:

4th Grade:

Khan Academy

Doctor Genius

Math Games

5th Grade:

Khan Academy

Doctor Genius

Math Games

6th Grade:

Khan Academy

Doctor Genius

Math Games

Summer Reading Challenge -- 2nd Post

I hope your summer reading is going well.  Don't forget to post a comment with each book you read so I can update your status on the Summer Reading Challenge page.  If you need a few ideas, check these out:

1. 4th Grade Book List
2. 5th Grade Book List
3. 6th Grade Book List

Summer Math Practice for the Whole Family

This summer you should check out Bedtime Math.  It is a website with great summer math practice that you can do with your whole family.  Get your brothers, sisters and parents involved.  Work on one problem every day together.

Bedtime Math is awesome!


Don't forget about the Summer Reading Challenge while you practice math.

Summer Reading Challenge -- 2018

Teacherp wants you to join the Summer Reading Challenge!

Your goal for this summer is to read at least 5 good chapter books.  Leave a comment on this page if you wish to join the challenge.  I will add you to the official Summer Reading Challenge page.

How does it work?

I'm glad you asked.

Each time you finish a new book, write the title and author's name in the comments section of Teacherp.  I will then update your status.  That's it.  Keep reading and keep sending me updates.

Categories:

1. Participant:  Complete 5 chapter books.
2. Champion:  Complete 10 chapter books.
3. Elite:  Complete 15 chapter books.

Anyone from the school can join.  Tell your friends and get your siblings to participate too.

Happy Reading!!!

The 3 Branches of Government

Read about how our government works:

1. USA.gov
2. USA Government for Kids
3. BrainPop
4. Mr. Donn
5. Fact Monster

Summer Vacation Math Practice

Don't sit around all summer playing video games.  You should make sure that your math skills are sharp and ready for next school year instead.  Create an account at Khan Academy and review all of your 5th grade skills. (Or you could sneak a peek at what you might learn in sixth grade.)  You can use your school account and Clever to sign in to Khan Academy.

Build Your Number Sense

Build your number sense with this new website that was recommended to me by Mrs. J.  I will be asking for feedback as to how you think I should use this in my class.

Greg Tang Math

Bill Nye Food Chain & Food Web

Link to this video

National Geographic has a ton of information about this topic.

Lesson 6 Math Homework Help

Follow this link for more math help on Lesson 6:
https://www.mathnook.com/math/skill/coordinategridgames.php

Check out this new website and let me know what you think.  There is a ton of math practice on this site.
http://gregtangmath.com/

Coordinate plane: graphing points | Geometry | 5th grade | Khan Academy

American Revolution PBL

How did the major battles, leaders, and events of the American Revolution affect the outcome of the war?

This will be our driving question for this project.  All of your work in this unit should be based on this question.  As a culminating task, you will create a slideshow about this with your Google account.

Your slideshow should include:

1. A cover slide that includes the driving question.
2. Five to seven slides with information about the battle, leader or event.
• What happened?  Why?  (Or who was this person and what did they do?)
• Who won?  Why?  (Or what did the leader accomplish?)
• How did this person or event affect the outcome of the war?
• How did this battle/leader/event change history?
• How did this person or event change the war?
3. A bibliography slide with links to resources that you found useful.
4. Relevant pictures and images that support your information.

Useful resources:

Battles and Events of the Revolution

People of the Revolution

Land of the Brave -- Revolutionary Battles

American Revolution for Kids

Quadrilateral Properties

Watch more videos and try out some practice on Khan Academy's website.

Math Antics - Quadrilaterals

Quadrilaterals practice quiz.
Quadrilaterals challenge quiz. (advanced)

Introduction to the coordinate plane

Try out some more videos and practice on Khan Academy.

Quadrilaterals Introduction

How to Find Area and Perimeter

The Solar System

Check out these videos and links for bonus work on the Solar System.



Learn more about your planet below:
Kid's Astronomy
What Is a Planet?
Dwarf Planets
NASA planets
National Geographic

Grade 5 Module 5 Lesson 11 (updated)

Volume - Rectangular Prisms

Now take this volume quiz that involves multiplying by fractions.

What you might not know about the Declaration of Independence

Volume: measuring as area times length | Measurement

Watch more videos and try out some practice.

Volume: how to measure it | Measurement | Pre-Algebra | Khan Academy

Watch more videos and practice volume on Khan Academy.

The Sun’s surprising movement across the sky

Astronomy -- The Sun

Read more about the sun on the following websites:
Astronomy for Kids
Nat Geo for Kids

The Story Behind the Boston Tea Party

Watch another video from National Geographic.

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

Patriots vs. Loyalists

Watch the video above to learn more about Patriots and Loyalists during the American Revolution.  You can use this information as well as your social studies book to help you with this week's homework. 

Read more about Patriots and Loyalists.

Reciprocals and Dividing Fractions

Dividing by Fractions

Weather Project Introduction -- Weather PBL 2018

How does weather affect the lives of human populations throughout the world?

This is our driving question for this project.  This week you will be creating Google Slideshow presentations on this question.  You will need to pick one climate or weather problem that has an effect on humans.  We will be presenting these slideshows to the class.

Suggestions:
Climate Change
Blizzards
Droughts
Floods
El Nino
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Thunderstorms

Your Google Slideshow will need to include the following:

1.  A cover slide with your topic and the driving question.

2.  At least 10 slides which explain the following:

• What causes your weather event?
• What are the characteristics of this weather event?
• What kind of damage can be caused by it?
• How does it affect people?
• How do humans react and respond to protect themselves?

3.  A final slide with a list of links and resources that you used to gather information.

Check out your project groups here.

Fraction Multiplication as Scaling

Converting Fractions into Decimals with Division

When you want to convert a fraction into a decimal, you divide by the denominator. Watch this video to review this.

Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party

Read about the Boston Massacre and watch another video.



Watch another video about the Boston Tea Party.
Read about the Boston Tea Party.

Your history assignment is to decide which of these two events did more to cause the American Revolution.  Which event made people angrier?  Which do you think made the upcoming war more likely?  Defend your opinion with reasons and examples.

Review -- Converting Base 10 Fractions

Fractional Recipe Assignment

You math assignment over the February break is to find a recipe with at least 3 fractions in it and post it on Kidblog.

• Type the oringinal recipe on Kidblog.  Include the cooking instructions and how much it makes.
• You will then need to triple the recipe and type in the new measurements.  
• After that, you need to take the original recipe and cut it in half.  Post the new measurements.

Here is my example that I posted on Kidblog.

Don't forget to include the instructions for the recipe and the amount that the recipe makes.  For extra credit, you can make the recipe and post a picture of yourself making it. (You don't actually need to cook unless you want the extra credit.)  This is a good way to share a favorite family recipe.  Have fun!

Valentine Origami Heart Envelope

Feel free to try out this heart envelope as an extra art project on Valentine's Day.  I also found this short history lesson on Valentine's Day if you are interested.  (Of course I did!)

Got water ? - Into the Outdoors episode

Got water ? - Into the Outdoors episode

What is Groundwater?

You can try out many extension activities on KQED's website on groundwater.

Colonial Williamsburg

This week we are studying Colonial Williamsburg.  Watch the video above and take a virtual tour at this link.

Colonial Williamsburg Trades
Colonial America Trades
Colonial Apprenticeships

Multiplying Fractions

Now check out how to do this with cross cancelling.

If you think you have mastered this, take a quiz.

The World's Water -- Oceans and Ice

When you have watched both of these videos, pick one and summarize it in a paragraph on Kidblog.  What did you learn from this video?  Use your own words.

Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions (review)

Watch the two videos and then practice these review concepts.
Khan Academy practice.
Math Playground practice
Math Man Practice

Quiz yourself.

Fractions as Division Review

Now try out some practice on Khan Academy.

Water Cycle Diagram

As a project this week, you need to make a diagram of the water cycle.

1. Include full color pictures to represent evaporation, condensation, precipitation and runoff.
2. You should connect each picture with an arrow.  
3. Each picture should also be explained with a caption.  
4. I should be able to understand each stage of the water cycle by reading your captions.

Use these links to help you understand the water cycle better.  You should also go back to your science book and reread the sections about the water cycle.

Water cycle basics by Kidszone.

Diagram & explanations from Science Kids.

Read this more advanced article about the water cycle.

Interactive water cycle diagram from the USGS.

Debate Topics -- Which side are you on?

Check out some of our debate topics for the week.  Read about them and form your own opinion.
1.  Are books better than television?
2.  Should junk food be banned in schools?
3.  Should it be legal to keep animals in cages or zoos?
4.  Is year round school a good idea?
5.  Should kids wear uniforms to school?
6.  Should skateboarding be banned in public places?
7.  Should the driving age be raised to 18?
8.  Should animals be used for scientific experiments?

Check out some debate topics that I posted for my students last year.  Look here and here.