Puritan Song

BIS Holiday Dress-up Week December 12-16, 2016

Practice Social Studies!

Social Studies Online Practice

Same Login and Password as Lexia

www.mobymax.com/KY2401

Interjections Song

The Story of "The Lost Colony" of Roanoke

Conquistadors Song

Jamestown Song

Roanoke Song

Direct Quotations

Online Practice: 

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/quotation_marks/quiz1632.html

https://www.quia.com/quiz/1255538.html?AP_rand=1317996421

Main Idea & Supporting Details

Online Practice: 

https://www.quia.com/quiz/1169917.html?AP_rand=649336535

http://www.roomrecess.com/pages/MainIdea.html

https://www.quia.com/pop/120023.html?AP_rand=1213361848

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/rosie/skill_pre.html

Interjections

Online Practice: 

https://www.studyladder.com/games/activity/interjections-22764

https://grammaropolis.com/interjection.php

Greek & Latin Roots

http://www.playkidsgames.com/member-homepages.php?d=1828

https://www.quia.com/jg/65969.html

https://www.studystack.com/matching-14490

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/root-words/video/

Inferences/Drawing Conclusions/Generalizations

https://www.quia.com/rr/332704.html

http://www.pspb.org/blueribbon/games/detective/DetectiveGame.html

https://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=478217#.WCkZ8Xc-KRs

http://roomrecess.com/pages/DrawConclusions.html

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/inferencesp.cfm

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/drawing_conclusions_reading_comprehension/quiz1286.html

Explorer Rap

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/age-of-exploration/video/

Point of View Games

https://www.quia.com/rr/665547.html

https://quizlet.com/9584179/point-of-view-5th-grade-flash-cards/

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/point-of-view/video/

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/maintainpointp2.cfm

Earth System Games

https://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es0103/es0103page08.cfm

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/play/

https://www.quia.com/jg/1778254.html

http://www.psd1.org/Page/2774

Multiplication & Division Games

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

http://www.multiplication.com/games/division-games

Author's Purpose

Analyzing Characters

European Explorers

Explorer	Country of Origin	Date	Discovery
Lief Ericson and the Vikings	Norway	1001	Newfoundland
Christopher Columbus	Spain	1492	San Salvador and West Indies
John Cabot	England	1497	Greenland, Labrador and Newfoundland
Amerigo Vespucci	Spain	1497 to 1502	South America and West Indies
Vasco de Balboa	Spain	1513	The Pacific Ocean
Ferdinand Magellan	Spain	1509 to 1522	First to sail around the World
Juan Ponce de Leon	Spain	1513	Florida
Hernando Cortez	Spain	1519 to 1521	Mexico
Jacques Cartier	France	1535	The St. Lawrence River
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo	Spain	1542	California
Sir Francis Drake	England	1577 to 1580	Explorations around the World
Samuel de Champlain	France	1603	The Great Lakes and Quebec
Henry Hudson	The Netherlands	1609	Hudson Bay

http://europeanexplorers.weebly.com

http://mrnussbaum.com/explorers/explorersflash2/

http://explorers.mrdonn.org

http://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/explorers/

http://www.harcourtschool.com/ss1/Grade5/interactives/gr5_unit2.html

http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/spicetrade/begintrip.html

Personal Narratives

EXAMPLE FROM CLASS:

Kayak Tip-Over

Cold waves lap at my back.  The wind roars.  The capsized kayak bobs crazily like a runner’s short ponytail.  My arms and legs tingle with the thought of an underwater creature dragging me down into the watery depths.

“This is just like T.V.,” I think as I anticipate a shark jumping out from the water and eating us.  I shiver involuntarily.

“Help!” I cry, small-voiced.

Earlier, that day had started out like any old vacation.  The weather was warm, and there was a pleasant breeze licking at the waves in the lagoon.  My mom’s book club invited my brother, sister, mom, and me, along with two other families, to a beach house.  The house was on a tranquil lagoon with rippling water.  No one else was in the water that day.  The house had kayaks, body boards, and a paddle boat!  Perfect for us kids!  All was going well until the two boys got bored.

The boys were evidently going to go crazy if they didn’t do something soon.  They had been lying in the sun for too long, and they were swiftly accumulating girly tans.  Suddenly, Josh had a marvelous idea!  Why didn’t they let one floaty go drifting downstream and then go chasing it in the paddle boat?!  The idea was perfect.  There was only one catch: the pleasant breeze that had been blowing gently was now a gushing whirlwind of energy, and the floaty was rapidly growing smaller and smaller, with the boys close in tow.

“Tino!  Joshua!”  Madison, Ana, and I screamed and yelled, but it was to no avail.

“JOSHUA BURCH!  COME BACK HERE!”  Madison hollered.  Our mothers came up behind us.

“Looks like they’re going to need a rescue team,” Madison’s mom said.  We looked at her for a second, and then jumped into action.  Ana manned the one-person kayak while Madison and I took the two-seater. We pushed off, soldiers on a mission!

Ana reached Tino and Josh before Madison and I did.  The situation was worse than we had thought.  Tino and Josh were flailing about in the water.  In trying to reach the floaty, they had fallen out of the paddle boat.  Ana had tied the kayak and paddle boat together, hoping to give it a tow because the current was too strong to paddle the boat back.  The boys were still in the water, unable to get in the boat.  Ana, realizing her plan wasn’t working, untied the kayak.  Finally, Josh managed to get in the paddle boat, leaving Tino to fend for himself.

Meanwhile, Madison and I struggled with our kayak.  We had moved away from the others and into the middle of the lagoon.  Seeing Tino swimming towards us, we made room for him on board.  He reached us and heaved himself on.  I threw my weight on the opposite end so we wouldn’t capsize.  Madison and Tino sat with their legs dangling, resting.  I knew they shouldn’t do that, but before I could warn them, we tipped over, and we all went spilling into the lagoon!

The cold water hit me like a wall.  I surfaced, sputtering water.  I prayed to God, thanking Him that we had life jackets.  My first concern was that we had to right the kayak.  Unfortunately, this was easier said than done.  After our fifth try, the kayak reluctantly flipped over with a loud squelching sound.  I felt as if we should get a gold medal for that!  All I wanted to do was get out of there, but the lagoon wasn’t finished with us.  Our paddles had floated away!  Luckily, Ana, the hero of the day, brought the paddles to us.  Thank you, Ana!

During that time, Ophie, Josh and Madison’s mom, arrived to help.  She joined Josh on the paddle boat, relieved Tino from us, and took him to shore.  Madison and I managed to arrive at the shore safely without any more tip-overs.  Hip, hip, hooray!  I watched Ana battle her way home and thought it would have gone much differently if she hadn’t been there.  I looked back at my friends, then at the water, and I knew this wouldn’t keep us out of the water.  No way!

The whole experience helped me learn that you have to be calm in scary situations even if you aren’t calm at heart.  Things look much worse when you’re scared, so sometimes you just need to pause, take a deep breath, and I promise things will look much brighter!  My advice to kids like me would be to listen to your parents when they insist upon wearing life jackets.  Those jackets really do live up to their name.  They can save lives.  They helped save mine!

MORE EXAMPLES: 

http://msmcclure.com/?page_id=945

Newsletter Oct. 10-14

Punctuating Dialogue in Writing

Practice:
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/punctuating-dialogue
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-3/punctuating-dialogue
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-4/punctuating-dialogue

Nouns

Practice: 

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/identify-nouns-with-abstract-nouns

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/identify-common-and-proper-nouns

Sequence of Events

Online Practice:

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-3/identify-time-order-words

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-3/order-sentences

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-3/determine-the-order-of-events-in-informational-texts

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/order-sentences

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-5/determine-the-order-of-events-in-informational-texts

Comparing Native American Cultures

Native Americans of the Northwest

Idioms Practice

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/idioms/more-idioms-game.html


http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/idioms/animal-slang-game.html


http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/idioms/feelings-slang-game.html


http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/idioms/food-slang-game.html


http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/idioms/money-slang-game.html

Native Americans of the Southwest

Journey's "Off and Running" by Gary Soto

Online Textbook: 

http://blogs.egusd.net/eettalfonso/files/2014/08/Off-and-Running-163dz0c.pdf

Native Americans of the Plains

Super Secret Code #2

The Super Secret Code for September 21, 2016 is HOGWARTS!

Write this word on a sticky note by Friday and place it on my desk. SHHHHHH!!!! Don't tell a soul! A reward awaits!

Compound Sentences

Online Practice:

https://www.studyladder.com/games/activity/compound-sentences-22744


https://www.grammarflip.com/quizzes/lesson-48-practice-simple-and-compound-sentences/


https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-7/is-the-sentence-simple-compound-complex-or-compound-complex

Conjunctions: Conjunction Junction

http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames/conjunction.html

https://www.studyladder.com/games/activity/conjunctions-22763

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/wheel/conjunctions_wheel.html

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/what-is-a-conjunction.html

Comparing & Contrasting Characters

Online Learning:

https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/8338

Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands

Verdi by Janell Cannon

Super Secret Code

If you see this message, write a post-it note that says "Mischief Managed" and stick it to her desk. SHHHH!!! Don't tell anyone else. A surprise awaits you.

Food Chains & Food Webs

Online Resources:
https://sciencebob.com/what-is-the-difference-between-food-chain-and-a-food-web/

http://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/food_chain_and_web.php

http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/webfieldtrips/food_chains/


Online Games:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/food-chains.html

https://www.brainpop.com/games/foodchaingame/

http://coolclassroom.org/cool_windows/home.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/be_an_explorer/map/line_experiment14.swf

Adding and Subtracting Decimals

Online Practice:
http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_Hungry_Puppies_Decimals.html

http://www.math-play.com/soccer-math-adding-decimals-game/adding-decimals-game.html

http://www.math-play.com/adding-decimals-game.html

http://www.coolmath.com/prealgebra/02-decimals/decimals-cruncher/addition

http://www.math-play.com/subtracting-decimals-game.html

http://www.math-play.com/baseball-math-subtracting-decimals/subtracting-decimals.html

Elements of Drama

Online Lessons:

http://study.com/academy/lesson/elements-of-drama-characters-plot-setting-symbolism.html

https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/5563-explain-how-a-playwright-tells-a-story-by-examining-structural-elements-of-a-drama

Revisiting - Finding the Theme, Moral, Central Message or Lesson in a Text

Online Practice:
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz32080024b9c08.html

https://www.quia.com/rr/934941.html

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/plotp.cfm

http://www.learningfarm.com/web/practicePassThrough.cfm?TopicID=1086


Online Re-Teaching:
https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/tx_lit/student/levelup/lit227/shell.html

https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/8947-determine-the-theme-of-a-story

Geography Resources

Online Practice Games:

http://mrnussbaum.com/world-geography-for-kids/

Social Studies Native American Unit Online Games

Native American Groups:
http://mrnussbaum.com/flash/indians3.swf


Design a Totem Pole:
http://mrnussbaum.com/totem1/Totem.swf


Pueblo People:
https://www.nps.gov/webrangers/activities/bandelier/bandelier.swf


Native American Dwellings:
https://www.quia.com/mc/584971.html

http://mrnussbaum.com/native-american-dwellings/

Hoop & Darts:
http://www.usmint.gov/Kids/games/hoopDarts/


What's for Dinner?
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/kids/imagine.html


Native American Languages:
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/kids/talking/index.html


Virtual Weaving:
http://www.nativetech.org/beadwork/wampumgraph/index.html


Virtual Paper Dolls:
http://www.nativetech.org/games/paperdolls/index.html


Virtual Beadwork:
http://www.nativetech.org/beadwork/beadgraph/index.html


Online Quiz:
https://www.quia.com/rr/209927.html


Native American Stories:
http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/stories/index.html


Tribes:
http://mrnussbaum.com/tribes/


Famous Native Americans:
http://mrnussbaum.com/famous/