Sunday, April 12, 2015

Political Movements

Political movements have shaped America into what it is today. If you have a just cause and want to see change, you too can start a movement. The following videos will give us a brief introduction to political movements, and 3 of the major movements of America.



This activity completes fifth grade Social Studies Standard 5 Objective 2: Assess the impact of social and political movements in United States history.

Educational Technology Standard 7: Routinely and efficiently use on-line information resources to meet needs for collaboration, research, publications, communications, and productivity.

Parentheses in Mathematics

Today we will learn about parentheses in mathematics. We will use the presentation below to help us learn this.




This activity covers 5th grade mathematics: Write and interpret numerical expressions.

Educational Technology Standard 7: Routinely and efficiently use on-line information resources to meet needs for collaboration, research, publications, communications, and productivity.

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Explaining a Text

Part of the joys of reading is to break apart the text and apply it to your own life. The following presentation has portions of books that you will have the opportunity to read this year. For each of the quotes, write a one paragraph explanation of the text using references from the quote.

Explaining a Text

This activity accomplishes fifth grade literature standard 1: Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

Educational Technology Standard 7: Routinely and efficiently use on-line information resources to meet needs for collaboration, research, publications, communications, and productivity.

Health Adventure!

Today we are going on a health adventure. Make sure you chose the safe/healthy choice. At the end, you can reach your pot of gold. Make sure to play the game multiple times so you can learn all the facts, and try all the paths in the game. Good luck and always remember to be safe/healthy!

Health Adventure!

This activity fulfills fifth grade health standard 1 objective 1, standard 2 objective 2, standard 4, and standard 5 objective 1.

Educational Technology Standard 7: Routinely and efficiently use on-line information resources to meet needs for collaboration, research, publications, communications, and productivity.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

The Key to Volleyball

You probably have heard of volleyball, but today we will learn the key to success. Use the graph below to learn the rules and techniques to playing the game. We will be practicing these techniques and playing volleyball this month during our PE time. Good luck, and have fun.


This covers Fifth grade, Physical Education, Standard 2 Objective 2: Follow rules and procedures while participating in activities.

Educational Technology Standard 7: Routinely and efficiently use on-line information resources to meet needs for collaboration, research, publications, communications, and productivity.