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Links

Here are some of my favorite links for student use!

Regions WebQuest
http://kseregions.weebly.com/

Immigration
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/young_immigrants/

U.S. Regions Research Websites
http://www.ducksters.com/geography/us_states/us_geographical_regions.php
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/united-states/#united-states-golden-gate-bridge.jpg
http://mrnussbaum.com/united-states/united_states_landmarks/
http://mrnussbaum.com/united-states/regions/
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Category.aspx?CategoryID=3324

Sistine Chapel for our Renaissance Thinking ELA Unit
http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html

Geography Practice (Continents and Oceans and Key Parts of a World Map)
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm
http://www.quia.com/rr/35895.html
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/findContinent/default.htm

U.S. Regions Quiz
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/social_studies/united_states_map/quiz772.html
Colonial Jobs
http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm

Civil War Research Links
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/civilwar.htm
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/history/civilwar.htm
http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war.php
http://mrnussbaum.com/civil-war-for-kids/

Transcontinental Railroad Game
http://cprr.org/Game/Interactive_Railroad_Project/indexy.htm

Play Oregon Trail!
http://www.globalgamenetwork.com/westward_trail.html

Allowance Room
https://www.cibc.com/ca/youth/index-html.html?1,1

Government Website
http://www.congressforkids.net/

Government Webquest
http://pbskids.org/democracy/govandme/

Excellent website for math facts practice!
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://members.learningplanet.com/act/mayhem/free.asp

The following two websites were found by a student and they are also great for praciticing the location of the continents!
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/world_G0_Click.html
http://yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/continents-puzzle.html

Christopher Columbus Game
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_columbus.html

Williamsburg Website
www.history.org/kids/games

Articles of Confederation Website
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/articlesofconfederation.htm

Branches of Government  Website
http://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_threebranches.htm

State vs. Federal Government
https://pod51004.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=c1bc7091a95344779745a65143019988&URL=http%3a%2f%2fbensguide.gpo.gov%2f3-5%2findex.html

Bill of Rights Games
http://www.quia.com/cc/67829.html
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz8242f4c78.html
http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-39492

Underground Railroad
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/
Immigration Interactive Website
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/

Math Links
Prime Factorization with Exponents
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-5/prime-factorization-with-exponents

Division
http://www.math4children.com/Grade4/games/classgames/bravo/Division/index.html

Order of Operations Practice
http://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/mathfrog/english/kidz/order.shtml
http://www.softschools.com/math/order_of_operations/games/
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-5/simplify-expressions-using-order-of-operations-and-parentheses

Factors & Prime Factorization Practice
http://www.mathplayground.com/factortrees.html
http://www.quia.com/cb/8436.html

Place Value Practice
http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html
http://www.math-play.com/place-value-games.html
http://www.gamequarium.com/placevalue.html
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/math/compare_and_order_decimals/quiz1373.html
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/math/decimals_place_value/quiz3269.html
http://www.softschools.com/math/ordering_numbers/ordering_decimals/

Fraction Practice (Adding and Subtracting Fractions & Mixed Numbers)
http://www.quia.com/cb/62195.html
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/math/add_and_subtract_unlike_fractions/quiz3230.html
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/fractions/add-sub-unlike-denom.htm
http://superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Mar201011/game1268685936.php

Fraction Practice & How To (Multiplying and Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers)
http://www.mathplayground.com/fractions_mult.html
http://www.mathsisfun.com/mixed-fractions-multiply.html
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/index.html (Scroll to the bottom 4 fractions lessons for review)

Family Letters Available Online to Help with Each Everyday Math Unit
http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/homework_help/5th_grade/

Extra Practice, Instruction, and Games for Everyday Math Skills
This is organized by unit as well!
http://www.littletonpublicschools.net/Default.aspx?tabid=539

Funbrain for Facts and Skills Practice
http://www.funbrain.com

CoolMath
http://www.coolmath.com

Measurement Practice Using Metric System
http://quizlet.com/6006969/metric-system-prefixes-and-root-words-flash-cards/

Polygons Practice Website
http://www.math-play.com/types-of-poligons.html

Angles Practice Website
http://www.math-play.com/Angles-Jeopardy/Angles-Jeopardy.html

Geometry Flashcards
http://www.aplusmath.com/cgi-bin/flashcards/geoflash

Lots of Geometry Games
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/mathgeom.html

Polygon Matching Game
http://www.mathplayground.com/matching_shapes.html

Math Practice of Any Kind
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade/fifth/
*This site only allows a limited amount of practice each day without a subscription, but it is a fabulous site to practice literally any math skill we are learning!

Mad Minute Practice
*Use this website to create your own mad minutes to do on the computer at home!
http://www.mrsbogucki.com/aemes/resource/apps/madmath/madmath.htm

Graphing Website
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

Add and Subtract Fractions and Mixed Numbers Practice
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/math/add_and_subtract_unlike_fractions/quiz3230.html
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/fractions/add-sub-mixed-numbers.htm


Reading Websites
Context Clues Quizzes
http://www.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/contextclues1pretest.html
http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/vic01.html

Aesop's Fables
Can you find the theme of the story?
http://aesopfables.com/aesopsel.html

Word Study Links
Pluralizing Games
http://www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html
http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/games/singular_plural_nouns.jsp

Comma Quiz
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/punctuation_comma/quiz2140.html

Preposition Quiz
http://www.softschools.com/quiz_time/language_arts/preposition/theme156.html

Conjuntions Practice
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/conjunction/quiz350.html

Contractions Practice Websites
http://www.english-zone.com/spelling/cont-02.html
http://www.mcwdn.org/contract/not/notquiz.html

Pronoun Contractions Practice
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/contractions/quiz307.html
http://www.english-zone.com/spelling/cont-01.html

Mixed Contractions Practice
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz45fck.htm
http://www.mcwdn.org/contract/final/final.html
http://www.englishclub.com/esl-quizzes/grammar-5-contractions.htm
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz1887522c4b0.html

Contractions Games
http://www.quia.com/cc/66105.html
http://www.quia.com/mc/66105.html

Contractions Flashcards
http://www.quia.com/jfc/412.html

Contractions Quiz!
http://webschool.wash.k12.ut.us/language/lessons/contractions.html

Homophone Practice Websites
Homophone Games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones/quiz.shtml
http://www.ezschool.com/Games/Homophones.html
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar5.htm#
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/homophones/<--Great differentiated practice here!
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/word_games/word_games_homophones.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/87619.html

Homophone PowerPoints
http://reading.pppst.com/multiplemeaning.html

Homophone Practice Quizzes
http://alexandria-es10.lausd.k12.ca.us/Staff_Pages/Henry_Anker/Mr_Anker_Tests_New/Language/Homophones/Homophones_Set_11a.swf
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/quiz/homophones.html
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/Resources/ps4glehomy.htm

Adding ed and ing
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar4.htm

Possessive Noun Quiz
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/possessive_nouns/quiz327.html

Comma Use
http://www.towson.edu/ows/modulecomma.htm

Antonyms Quiz
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/vocabulary/antonym/quiz279.html

Synonym Quiz
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/vocabulary/synonyms/quiz281.html

Science Links
The Five Kingdoms of Living Things
http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/index.php

Five Kingdoms Video
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/12575-the-science-of-life-the-five-kingdoms-of-living-things-video.htm

Scienitfic Method Quiz
http://mset.rst2.edu/portfolios/l/lautz_s/Science%20Fair%20Handbook/SFquiz.html

Life as a Scientist
Check out these links to learn about what life is like when you're a scientist!
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/scientists/
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/explorers/interview-with-luke-dollar/

ELA Links
Use the links below to help you gather research on scientists and inventors.
http://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/scientists_and_inventors.php
http://easyscienceforkids.com/biographies/
http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm  <--On this one, be sure to only research inventors or scientists on this website, not presidents or other leaders.
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/index.html
http://peer.tamu.edu/curriculum_modules/storytime/

Test Prep Websites
Want to review your skills or simply prepare for the KCCT?  Check out these links below for some practice tests to review 5th grade content.

Math Test Prep
http://www.mathslice.com/mathmocktest.php
http://www.mytestbook.com/test_questions.aspx?test_id=139&grade=5&subject=Math

Social Studies Test Prep
Geography Skills
http://www.quia.com/quiz/126576.html?AP_rand=125218576

Student Game Websites
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/games.jsp
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/games.jsp
http://www.poptropica.com/
http://funschool.kaboose.com/
http://www.primarygames.com