Technology / Websites

Typing Tutorials

  • Typing tutorial for 5th grade: 
    • This is the website that we are using in the interim, prior to switching to the Type to Learn 4 program.  Students should continue working on their proper hand position and typing speed for the final lessons dealing with home-row keys.
    • Goal-Setting:
      • 1 minute timed test all keys: 25 words per minute

 

  • Typing website with fun games for 5th graders; build speed and hand-eye coordination with these games.
 

English and Reading

Reading

  • Use the hyperlinked Accelerated Reader (AR) search engine AR Book Finder to determine Basal Level (BL) [the grade and month level that corresponds to the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)].

Vocabulary

  • [click here] Advanced vocabulary quiz website for those who really want to develop their language skills (challenging).
 

U.S. History and Geography

U.S. History

  • [click here] Review the events leading up to the Revolutionary War with Schoolhouse Rock!
  • [click here] Review the beginning of the Revolutionary War with Schoolhouse Rock!
  • [click here] Review the Preamble of the Constitution with Schoolhouse Rock!

Economics

  • [click here] See this amazing claymation organic farming (advertisement)

Geography

  • [click here] Test your knowledge of countries and capitals, etc. on this fabulous page of online games that all students will enjoy. Start at the lower levels and work your way up. I challenge all parents to try the upper levels.
  • [click here] Identify the major mountain ranges of the world
 

Technology Classroom Resources

  • MS Excel exercise (simple shapes): IWBAT take a column of data and find percentages; click on simple shapes tutorial, SAVE AS to desktop.