New Zealand Bloggers

Hi Grade 5,

Here are some Grade 5 bloggers from New Zealand. Click here 

http://e3eclat.blogspot.com

A Cool Challenge

Check this out Grade 5 Questionaut

Grammar Practice

Captain Underpants

Hi Grade 5,
I found this comic maker on the web. Why don't you try it? Send me your comic when you have finished.
http://apps.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/comic/play.htm

The Billy Cart Movie (adapted for web)

Billy Cart Project Grade 5 from Jane Ross on Vimeo.

Dreamworld (A peek at Q4)

Mapping your country

compass rose -- 5 points
country boundaries -- 5 points
country name -- 5 points
capital city -- 5 points
five cities -- (2 points for each city) 10 points
scale of kilometers -- 10 points
landforms -- (at least five different ones, five points each) 25 points
icons to show five natural resources found in the country -- 5 points each (25 points)
neatly color the map -- 10 points

Create a fact sheet or an almanac page for the imaginary country. This sheet might present a wide variety of information and statistics about the country.

Create graphs to show information related to the imaginary country (for example, populations of the largest cities, population or income growth over the last century, or value of goods produced by major industries).

Students can use art supplies to create colorful graphs, or they might use graphing software or the online Create a Graph tool. http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

Invent a currency for the country and create a chart to show equivalencies between the country's currency and U.S. dollars.

Here are some of the activities that you will do for Dreamland.

An Easter Game

Here is a great Easter game with a quiz. Put your score in the comment box.
Here is the link http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/easter/eggswapq.htm

Concerning Mike Teavee

Hi Grade 5,

Here it is - the POEM! 

White = All

Green = Mothers

Purple = Kids

The most important thing we've learned,

So far as children are concerned,

Is never, NEVER, NEVER let

Them near your television set - 

Or better still, just don't install

The idiotic thing at all.

In almost every house we've been,

We've watched them gaping at the screen.

They loll and slop and lounge about, 

And stare until their eyes pop out.

(Last week in someone's place we saw

A dozen eyeballs on the floor.)

They sit all stare and stare and sit

Until they're hypnotized by it,

Until they're absolutely drunk

With all the shocking ghastly junk.

Oh yes, we know it keeps them still,

They don't climb out the window sill,

They never fight or kick or punch,

They leave you free to cook the lunch

And wash the dishes in the sink -

But did you ever stop to think,

To wonder just exactly what

This does to your beloved tot?

IT ROTS THE SENSES IN THE HEAD!

IT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD!

IT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND!

IT MAKES A CHILD SO DULL AND BLIND

HE CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND

A FANTASY, A FAIRYLAND!

HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE!

HIS POWERS OF THINKING RUST AND FREEZE!

HE CANNOT THINK - HE ONLY SEES!

"All right!" you'll cry. "All right!" you'll say.

"But if we take the set away,

What shall we do to entertain

Our darling children! Please explain!"

We'll answer this by asking you,

"What used the darling ones to do?

How used they keep themselves contented

Before this monster was invented?"

Have you forgotten? Don't you know?

We'll say it very loud and slow:

THEY ... USED ... TO ... READ! They'd READ and READ,

AND READ and READ, and the proceed 

TO READ some more. Great Scott! Gadzooks!

One half their lives was reading books!

The nursery shelves held books galore!

Books cluttered up the nursery floor!

And in the bedroom, by the bed,

More books were waiting to be read!

Such wondrous, fine,

fantastic tales

Of dragons, gypsies,

queens and whales.

(Kevin, Suah and Ristia)

And treasures isles,

and distant shores

Where smugglers rowed

with muffled oars.

(Mich P, Beni and Raymond)

And pirates wearing

purple pants,

And sailing ships

and elephants,

(Alizka, Andrew and Jennifer)

And cannibals crouching

round the pot,

Stirring away at something hot.

(It smells so good what can it be? Good gracious, it's Penelope.)

(Mandy, Hansen and Jinju)

The younger ones had Beatrix Potter

With Mr. Tod, the dirty rotter,

(Mich P, Jesslyn and Brodie)

And Squirrel Nutkin,

Pigling Bland

And Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and -

(Mich T, Raymond and Mandy)

Just How The Camel 

Got His Hump

And How The Monkey

Lost His Rump,

(Hansen, Kevin and Mich T)

And Mr. Toad

and bless my soul,

There's Mr. Rat and Mr. Mole -

(Ristia, Suah and Beni)

Oh books, what books they used to know,

Those children living long ago!

So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,

Go throw your TV set away,

And in its place you can install

A lovely bookshelf on the wall

Then fill the shelves with lots of books,

Ignoring all the dirty looks,

The screams and yells, the bites and kicks,

And children hitting you with sticks -

Fear not, because we promise you

That, in about a week or two

Of having nothing else to do,

They'll now begin to fell the need

Of having something good to read.

And once they start - oh boy, oh boy!

You watch the slowly growing joy

That fills their hearts. They'll grow so keen

They'll wonder what they'd ever seen

In that ridiculous machine, 

That nauseating, foul unclean,

Repulsive television screen!

And later, each and every kid

Will love you more for what you did.

Online Spelling

Hi Grade 5,
I am going to try using this online spelling with you next quarter. Here is the link



You will be able to practice for your tests using the games and other learning tools via this site. Why don't you try one of the Grade 5 lists now? I have started the registration process and will let you know when we have approval.

Concerning Mike Teavee

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Another Spelling Bee (Hard)

Here is another one that is from America.

http://www.msnbc.com/modules/DL_spelling_bee/game/

Other resources:

http://www.myspellit.com/need2know.html ( a list of words that you need to know)

Online Spelling Quiz

Hi Grade 5 Spelling Bee contestants!

Here is that online spelling bee for you to practice with.

Click on this link

http://www.ozspeller.com/