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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

Classification of Living Things Web Quest

Today and tomorrow, you will visit the website Classification Challenge to complete a living things web quest. Your directions on your handout vary a little from the directions on the site SO BE SURE YOU READ CAREFULLY AND DO WHAT I AM REQUIRING! You will travel through the site as a biologist.

Your task is to assist Professor Plananimingi with your team of biologists in training (the members of your station.) Each member will specialize in different areas. You will have to research and classify 6 different living things and then you will use the characteristics of each group to create you own imaginary living thing. (See your handouts for step by step directions.) REMEMBER! READ CAREFULLY AND WORK COOPERATIVELY. If you and your fellow biologist cannot work harmoniously, you will be given an alternative assignment! Good Luck!

FRACTIONS, FRACTIONS, FRACTIONS!

We are finally here - it is time for the FRACTION UNITS for GPS! We are starting today with equivalent fractions. Equivalent fractions are fractions that are equal. Visit Fraction Frenzy at the www.learningplanet.com for some practice making equivalent fractions and also Cyberchase's Melvin's Make a Match.

Divisibility

Check out this cool game to help you learn your divisibility rules at vectorkids.com!

BrainPOP Assignment

You are going to view the following videos on BrainPOP:
ATOMS
ATOMIC MODEL
COMPOUNDS AND MIXTURES
MATTER CHANGES STATES
PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS

After you finish the video INDIVIDUALLY take the quiz and print your results. Make sure that you put your NAME on your quizzes. Hold on to all quizzes until you have completed each one of them, then you will staple them in the order above and place the packet in the Science basket for your class. DO YOUR BEST!

When everyone at your station has completed all of the quizzes you may, as a group, agree on a video to watch for fun. Do not print the results for the one video you view for fun.