Fifth+Grade+Holding

Spelling Activities

Try these spelling games and other activities to review your Spelling Lists:


 * [|Words with Vowels Before r]
 * [|Words ending in -el, -al, -il, or -le]
 * [|Words with Silent Letters]

Create a word search for your spelling words using [|Make Your Own Word Search Puzzle]


 * __P__** __** art Three (5th) **__

Use your spelling words to Create a Shape Picture using [|Image Chef]

Declaration of Independence


 * 1) Blog Post: Write a diary entry for July 4, 1776 from the point of view of a member of the continental congress. Do you need more information? Visit [|Factmonster]
 * 2) **(for Friday)** Download this Graphic Organizer.[[file:Graphic Organizer.docx]] After you download it, use SAVE AS in MSWord to save it with your name onto your P: drive.
 * 3) Use this site: [|U.S. Signers of the Declaration of Independence] Find information for four signers: Date of Birth and Death,.

World Geography

==== __Places Around the World__ ====

Map Puzzles:


 * ** [|Continents] **
 * ** [|World Features] **
 * ** [|North America] **
 * ** [|Africa] **
 * ** [|South America] **
 * ** [|Middle East] **
 * ** [|Europe] **
 * ** [|Asia] **

==== __How Far Is It?__ ====

Measure the distances between West Grove, PA and places around the world.


 * [|How Far is It?] from Indo.com
 * [|How Far Is It Between?] (back-up source)
 * [|State Abbreviations](if you need to know)

**Blogging**

We will be working with a Blog at Kidsblog during our 5th grade computer class.

Read our **Blogging Guide** to using the blog.

__Instructions for the First Blog Post:"Technology Terms!"__

Welcome to the Web 2.0! Web 2.0 is a new term used to describe using the web to CREATE content instead of just READING content. In our fifth grade computer class we will be creating content using this BLOG.

Our Blog will focus mostly on writing about current events, topics we are working on in class, and some other forms of writing.

Blog Post #1: Technology Terms


 * 1) Use your crossword puzzle or [|THIS list] to choose a technology term.
 * 2) Write the word and definition on your blog.
 * 3) Tell why that is an important term to know.

When you have finished, read other's posts and make QUALITY and RESPECTFUL comments.

Remember BLOGGING ETIQUETTE and write your post using **Academic Language**.

__**Our Blogs:**__

[|Gallagher]

[|Rinehimer]


 * Computers and Technology Games**


 * [|Computer Hardware Online Quiz]
 * [|Computers and Internet Terminology: Jeopardy]
 * [|Technology Terms: Hangman]
 * [|Keyboarding Rags to Riches]
 * [|Computer Vocabulary Hangman]
 * [|Parts of the Computer Matching Game]
 * [|Parts of the Computer Memory Game]

=**Online Typing Activities**=


 * [|Dance Mat Typing]
 * [|Bubble Typing]
 * [|Keyboarding Practice]
 * [|Typing UK Typing Lessons]
 * [|Power Typing]
 * [|Typing Tutorial Lessons]
 * [|Games Zone Typing Games]


 * [|Word Find]
 * [|Noun Dunk]
 * [|Synonym Toast]
 * [|Spelling Match (choose grade)]
 * [|Magnetic Poetry]
 * [|"It's Greek to Me" (learning roots of words)]
 * [|Robo-Packer]
 * [|Roman Numerals]
 * [|The Gold Coin]
 * [|Puzzled States]
 * [|Place the State]
 * [|U.S. Geography Map Game]
 * Map Puzzles:
 * [|Continents]
 * [|World Features]
 * [|North America]
 * [|Africa]
 * [|South America]
 * [|Middle East]
 * [|Europe]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Asia]

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** Signers of the U.S. Constitution Power Point **
View our completed projects: [|A107], [|C105]

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">[|U.S. Constitution Brainpop Quiz]

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Research Sites:


 * [|Colonial Hall]
 * [|InfoPlease.com]
 * [|Government Archives]
 * [|National Park Service]
 * [|Constitution Center]
 * [|"Find a Grave"]
 * [|Wikipedia List of Signers of the U.S. Constitution]



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