5th+Grade

=5th Grade=

Reading:
 * Reading Rockets
 * Website that provides resources for both young and struggling readers
 * Show Me
 * an online learning community that allows you to create video lessons, or use pre-made lessons.
 * could be used in guided reading groups to allow for teacher to insert notes
 * Zoo Burst
 * allows students to create online books
 * students can add text as well as clip art
 * a QR code turns the book into a 3D flip book

Math:
 * Place Value Pirates
 * online practice game to teach the concepts of place value, both with and without decimals
 * Math Night
 * a list of math activities for group games
 * includes PDF of rules and printable materials for each game!

Science:
 * Explore
 * website with several different live web cams
 * students can watch polar bear migration, brown bear and salmon cams, many types of birds, and many others
 * Virtual Owl Pellet
 * exactly what the name implies: students can dissect owl pellets without the mess and smell
 * may work with kids that don't want to touch it, or as an additional lesson in the unit

Social Studies:
 * The First Thanksgiving
 * website provided by Scholastic with teaching resources about the first Thanksgiving
 * Provides a virtual field trip to Plymouth Plantation with lesson plans, pictures, and other documents