Social Studies
California: The Golden State
Click on the button to see a sample of the website we are creating in social studies. Students will use the model to update and edit their website up until STOP POINT. Change my words into yours; no copying please.
Science
Essential elements of the Next Generation science and engineering curriculum:
1. Asking questions and defining problems
2. Developing and using models
3. Planning and carrying out investigations
4. Analyzing and interpreting data
5. Using mathematics and computational thinking
6. Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering)
7. Engaging in argument from evidence
8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
1. Asking questions and defining problems
2. Developing and using models
3. Planning and carrying out investigations
4. Analyzing and interpreting data
5. Using mathematics and computational thinking
6. Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering)
7. Engaging in argument from evidence
8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
This is the essence of Common Core engineering.
Click here to play some fun science games.
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To view the Next Generation Science Standards click the button.
Electricity - circuits
https://youtu.be/VnnpLaKsqGU www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Vb6hlLQSg www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLuPNThw0RE |
Click here to go to the plant structures webpage. |
Bobsled Racers: StudyJams Quiz
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Click here to see the StudyJams sound video.
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Click here to see the Where Music Meets Science video. |
Click here to see the Transmission of Sound video.
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Click here to go to the senses BlendSpace. |
Light
StudyJams Light:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MbyMx4ZRlU
Video: Bill Nye Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMVY33cZ9To
Video: What is the Electromagnetic Spectrum?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4t7gTmBK3g
Reading: Ducksters Physics for Kids:
http://www.ducksters.com/science/light_spectrum.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MbyMx4ZRlU
Video: Bill Nye Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMVY33cZ9To
Video: What is the Electromagnetic Spectrum?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4t7gTmBK3g
Reading: Ducksters Physics for Kids:
http://www.ducksters.com/science/light_spectrum.php
Layers of the Earth: https://youtu.be/Yf4YtDlA1oQ
How the nose works: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzOSzX_HXE4&t=7s
How the ears work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMXoHKwWmU8
Hearing: http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/learning-activities/science/the-brain-and-senses/how-the-ear-works/
Hearing 2: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/humanbody/ear.html
Sound Activity 1: Bill Nye sound
Sound Activity 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lINs7eCTZq0
Sound Activity 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27a26e2CnuM
Sound Activity 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQJw95-H9mM
Sound Activity 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Bi1iY12UQ&feature=youtu.be
Sound Activity 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMLTF_0PAQw
How the Eyes Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syaQgmxb5i0
Study Jams Sight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij4unP6g_bk
How the ears work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMXoHKwWmU8
Hearing: http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/learning-activities/science/the-brain-and-senses/how-the-ear-works/
Hearing 2: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/humanbody/ear.html
Sound Activity 1: Bill Nye sound
Sound Activity 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lINs7eCTZq0
Sound Activity 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27a26e2CnuM
Sound Activity 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQJw95-H9mM
Sound Activity 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Bi1iY12UQ&feature=youtu.be
Sound Activity 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMLTF_0PAQw
How the Eyes Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syaQgmxb5i0
Study Jams Sight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij4unP6g_bk
Reading Tips for Parents
- Students should read every day for 30-60 minutes. Practice makes perfect.
- Read to your children daily from birth through 5th grade. This does not have to take very long. One 5-10 minute picture book at bedtime will improve your child’s reading. Reading aloud to your child facilitates a positive attitude about reading. They will associate warm feelings with reading books. They also benefit from hearing a fluent reader.
- Books before screens. Reading must be a priority. How many children will want to read a book after enjoying screen-based entertainment?
- Choice: let your child pick the book. Think about it. Would you want to go into a bookstore and have the clerk pick your book? Choice empowers your child and gives them a stake in the game. Whatever they want to read, let them read (including comic books) as long as its appropriate for their reading level.
- Get a library card and go to the library at the same time every two weeks. The library is a wonderful, free resource. Even if your child loses a book once in a while (as mine do), you’ll still spend less money than if you purchased a few books at the store or online. Your child can choose from thousands of books for free!
Reading
Students will read classic children's literature, modern fiction, and nonfiction texts in reading groups designed for their level of reading comprehension. They will share their ideas verbally, respond deeply in writing, and meet with the teacher.
Students will move up in their reading level when they have shown proficiency through their written and verbal understanding of the leveled reading group text.
Achieve3000 link: www.achieve3000.com
user name: school number
password: school number + 2 letters
Stay Alive: Crash video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCsnEsvlDiQ
Snow Treasure link:
www.natgeokids.com/au/discover/history/general-history/world-war-two/
Students will move up in their reading level when they have shown proficiency through their written and verbal understanding of the leveled reading group text.
Achieve3000 link: www.achieve3000.com
user name: school number
password: school number + 2 letters
Stay Alive: Crash video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCsnEsvlDiQ
Snow Treasure link:
www.natgeokids.com/au/discover/history/general-history/world-war-two/
Man vs. Wild Alaska: https://youtu.be/BCsnEsvlDiQ
Math
I require that students use higher order thinking skills in math. This takes the form of problem solving, word problems, explaining how you arrived at the answer, and using math in real world situations.
We employ the Standards for Mathematical Practice continuously. They are:
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
4. Model with mathematics.
5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure.
8. Look for and express regularity in reasoning.
We employ the Standards for Mathematical Practice continuously. They are:
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
4. Model with mathematics.
5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure.
8. Look for and express regularity in reasoning.
Multiplication Timed Test
https://www.multiplication.com/quiz/multiplication-self-correcting-quizzes
Skill Builders
http://mrnussbaum.com/warpretzels/
http://mrnussbaum.com/geniusboxing
http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_IslandChaseSubtraction.html
http://mrnussbaum.com/geniusboxing
http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_IslandChaseSubtraction.html
Multiplication Games
www.mathplayground.com/ASB_SpaceRaceMultiplication.html
www.mathplayground.com/multiplication_snake.html
www.mathplayground.com/ASB_MeteorMultiplication.html
www.mathplayground.com/ASB_GrandPrixMultiplication.html
www.mathplayground.com/ASB_PenguinJumpMultiplication.html
www.mathplayground.com/ASB_TugTeamMultiplication.html
www.mathplayground.com/multiplication_snake.html
www.mathplayground.com/ASB_MeteorMultiplication.html
www.mathplayground.com/ASB_GrandPrixMultiplication.html
www.mathplayground.com/ASB_PenguinJumpMultiplication.html
www.mathplayground.com/ASB_TugTeamMultiplication.html
I can round a number to any place.
http://www.mathnook.com/math/bike-racing-math-rounding.html
http://www.math-play.com/rounding-numbers-pirate/rounding-numbers-pirate.html
http://www.math-play.com/rounding-numbers-pirate/rounding-numbers-pirate.html
I can add numbers up to 1 million.
I can subtract numbers up to 1 million.
http://www.arcademics.com/games/island-chase/island-chase.html
http://www.arcademics.com/games/mission/mission.html
http://www.arcademics.com/games/ducky-race/ducky-race.html
http://www.arcademics.com/games/mission/mission.html
http://www.arcademics.com/games/ducky-race/ducky-race.html
I can use a variable to represent an unknown number.
I can show a multiplication equation as a comparison.
I can multiply or divide to solve word problems.
http://www.arcademics.com/games/meteor/meteor.html
http://www.arcademics.com/games/swimming-otters/swimming-otters.html
http://freerice.com/#/multiplication-table/17491
http://www.arcademics.com/games/swimming-otters/swimming-otters.html
http://freerice.com/#/multiplication-table/17491
I can solve problems using multi-digit multiplication.
Equivalency and Ordering Fractions
I can add and subtract mixed numbers.
http://www.mathplayground.com/fractions_improper.html
http://www.mathplayground.com/fractions_mixed.html
http://mrnussbaum.com/grade5standards/572-2/
http://www.mathplayground.com/fractions_mixed.html
http://mrnussbaum.com/grade5standards/572-2/
Various Fraction Games: Extension
http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=4148
http://www.math-play.com/division-with-remainder-game.html
http://www.math-play.com/adding-and-subtracting-fractions-game.html
http://www.math-play.com/simplifying-fractions-game/simplifying-fractions-game.html
http://www.math-play.com/division-with-remainder-game.html
http://www.math-play.com/adding-and-subtracting-fractions-game.html
http://www.math-play.com/simplifying-fractions-game/simplifying-fractions-game.html
Decimals
http://www.arcademics.com/games/hungry-puppies/hungry-puppies.html
http://www.arcademics.com/games/puppy-chase/puppy-chase.html
http://www.arcademics.com/games/puppy-pull/puppy-pull.html
http://www.arcademics.com/games/puppy-chase/puppy-chase.html
http://www.arcademics.com/games/puppy-pull/puppy-pull.html
$ Games
http://www.arcademics.com/games/dolphin-dash/dolphin-dash.html
http://www.arcademics.com/games/dolphin-feed/dolphin-feed.html
http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_Puppy_Pull_Decimals.html
http://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/unit-price-game.html
Customary Units of Weight Measurement
Graphs
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/data-analysis/line-plots.htm
https://www.mathgames.com/skill/4.19-interpret-line-plots-with-numbers-up-to-40
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me3us/flash/lessonLauncher.html?
lesson=lessons/15/m3_15_00_x.swf
http://mrnussbaum.com/lpf/
https://www.mathgames.com/skill/4.20-create-line-plots
https://www.mathgames.com/skill/5.12-interpret-line-plots-with-up-to-5-data-points
https://www.mathgames.com/skill/5.13-create-line-plots
https://www.mathgames.com/skill/4.19-interpret-line-plots-with-numbers-up-to-40
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me3us/flash/lessonLauncher.html?
lesson=lessons/15/m3_15_00_x.swf
http://mrnussbaum.com/lpf/
https://www.mathgames.com/skill/4.20-create-line-plots
https://www.mathgames.com/skill/5.12-interpret-line-plots-with-up-to-5-data-points
https://www.mathgames.com/skill/5.13-create-line-plots