Room 229

FOSS Science Links

Here is a link to our newest unit, Environments…this unit will cross over into Social Studies.  There are some interesting simulations you can try.

Click on the “Media” button on the left side of the screen to find images, movies, read alouds of the articles in the textbook, as well as a number of great web sites to visit.

Foss Environments

And for those of you who would like some more work on Living Systems, here is a link you can follow:

Foss Living Systems

FRACTIONS PRACTICE

Math Playground is a great site for math practice in general. Here are a couple games focused on fractions.

This game has you match fractions to their equivalent percents:

http://www.mathplayground.com/matching_fraction_percent.html

This lets you practice recognizing multiples (useful when you are working with fractions!):

http://www.mathplayground.com/multiples.html

Here are many topics that you can work on:

http://www.mathplayground.com/computation.html

In Saloon Snap, you have to recognize equivalent decimals, fractions, and percents.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/saloonsnap.html

Here is some practice comparing fractions. There are also some good review lessons if you click on “Revise Wise”.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/fractions.shtml

Fresh Baked Fractions helps you to find equivalent fractions.

http://www.funbrain.com/fract/

This game helps you to practice working with fractions greater than one.  It took me some time to get the hang of, but it made me think!

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/icecream/index.html

The “Coolmath4kids” site is a great way to check your understanding or even challenge yourself to learn something new.  The concepts are explained really clearly.

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/index.html

This site has tutorials and practice with fraction concepts such as equivalent fractions, simplest form, and adding fractions.

http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html

Test what you know about fractions by going through the activities on this site.  Some questions are harder than you think!

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractions/index.html

Here’s a challenge…learn about how Ancient Egyptians expressed fractions, and see if you can do the same.

http://www.mathcats.com/explore/oldegyptianfractions.html

This site is good for practicing decimal-fraction equivalents.

http://www.quia.com/mc/65724.html

Here are some Geometry and Measurement Games and Activities to try.  As you explore each link, think about what kind of skill it helps you to learn about or practice.

http://www.funbrain.com/poly/index.html

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/perimeter_and_area/index.html

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ShapeExplorer/

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/soda.htm
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/meas.cgi?A1=s&A2=1&A3=2&COBR=2

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/meas.cgi?A1=s&A2=0&A3=2&COBR=2

http://www.teachingmeasures.co.uk/length/makegame/makeaM.html

http://www.teachingmeasures.co.uk/length/matchgame/equivKM.html

General Math
Many of you would like to practice your multiplication and division combinations, so that you know them automatically. Here are some sites to sharpen your skills with operations:
• Meteor Multiplication Multiplication fact practice. If you like this kind of game, click on “More Arcademic Games” to practice other operations. There are even a few word games.
• Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Good for multiplying by multiples of 10, and using estimation to select the best answer.
• Sum Sense This is a good game for division facts. You have to place the cards to make a true division sentences.
• Moles Fun multiplication facts practice (but not from the point of view of the moles!) For better practice, choose the “enter mode”, but you have to be fast!
• Math Facts Choose a level (up to 10 or up to 20 can be done mentally; otherwise, you’ll need pencil and paper), click all the operations you want to practice, and choose a time limit. (2 or 3 minutes are plenty.)
• Math Baseball This one is fun for practicing multiplication or addition. A pencil and paper come in handy if you want to hit home runs!
• MathMagician This site is great for timed math fact practice. You should choose Level 2, and mixing the operations is more interesting. You have to answer 50 questions as quickly as you can, and you’ll get your score when you are finished.
• Millionaire This multiple choice game allows you to practice solving a variety of types of problems.
• Jeopardy This is Jeopardy, math-style!
• Bowling In this game, you are bowling. Click on pins greater or less than a certain answer to get a strike.
• French Fries This one has you eating french fries that give a certain answer. It has a fun soundtrack!

What do you think of these web sites, Grade 5? Feel free to share your thoughts below!