All you need to know about Area and Perimeter!

Math5Live!

Math5Live reviews all kinds of 5th grade skill that will be on the CRCT! Some of the games are free and they are terrific! YOU MAY ONLY PLAY THE FREE GAMES! Enjoy studying!

Measurement!

We are now beginning measurement - this is a huge portion of the math section of the CRCT! Use the sites below to help you get ready to blast that test!
Measure it! at FUNBRAIN
Customary Unit Quiz - very important!
How Many Pearls - You've just stumbled on a treasure chest filled with pearls and you want a quick estimate of the number, without having to count them one by one.Area Explorer - Students are shown shapes on a grid after setting the perimeter and asked to calculate areas of the shapes.
Perimeter Explorer - Students are shown shapes on a grid after setting the area and asked to calculate perimeters of the shapes.
Shape Explorer - Students are shown shapes on a grid and asked to calculate areas and perimeters of the shapes.
Estimator - Practice estimation skills by determining the number of objects, length, or area. (parameters: error tolerance)
Comparison Estimator - Similar to Estimator but compares two sets of objects.
More or Less Estimator - Similar to Estimator activity but states a quantity and asks the user to estimate whether the set of objects is more or less than the number given.
Units of Mass - Scroll to the middle of the page for many quizzes on this concept.

Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators

Today we are going to add and subtract with unlike denominators with Mr. D (Mr. Denominator!) First, try some practice problems at Coolmath4kids.com! Don't scroll over the answer until your stations has worked the problem together on paper!

Then you may try adding unlikes and subtracting unlikes!

Percent

Visit Cyberchase to practice percent! You can also make your own circle graphs using percentages at the National Library of Virtual Math Manipulatives!

• And also, challenger yourself at Math Goodies on your percent conversions!

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Genetics and Heredity

Today and tomorrow we will be looking at Genetics and Heredity. Click on each BrainPop video, view it as a group. Pay close attention! Take the quiz as a group, answering out loud. Do not print your quiz results - we are doing an alternative assessment.

Videos:
Genetics
Heredity
DNA
Behavior