My new word problem page is here. I will post the daily warm ups. Parents
can give similar problems
at home to reinforce skills.
Word Problems for the Young at Heart
Here is a Six Plus One Site for Second Grade
http://web.hcpss.org/~theresa_trail/Grade%202
A very cool site that reads quality books to students. (Thank you Ms. Bare).
Stories Online
Fractured Fairy Tales
Fractured
SIRS Discoverer- a wonderful research tool. The user id is MD1570H.
The password is 21042. Please use it.
http://discoverer.sirs.com
Fractured Fairy Tale Site
Fractured Fairy Tale Publishing
Mr. Cole is having the privilege to being involved with DI (Destination
Imagination) this year. He is a novice at this and has much to learn. But
it looks very, very interesting. If you are curious about it too, check out
this web site.
http://www.destinationimagination.org/
Here is a very cool site with links to other very cool sites dealing with
math skills and computation. Please check it out.
http://www.howard.k12.md.us/wray/compute/index.html
This site has a lot of interesting articles about how to be a successful
parent in a very complicated world.
http://www.ParentSmart.com/
I'm not even totally sure how to describe this site. It is sort of cross
curricular and interesting.
http://www.brainpop.com/
Here is a great site full of links for kids.
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm
Howard County uses Excel as a means of recording data from
assessments. The Excel templates can be found at this website. For
parents, it would give you idea of the scope and sequence of math in all
the various grades. It is helpful.
http://www.howard.k12.md.us/math/elem.math/MARS/
One additional resource for teachers and parents alike in math is the
MIG site. There is so much there.
http://www.howard.k12.md.us/math/elem.math/migs/
I just discovered this site. It is too cool. The Maryland Library system
has a twenty-four hour answer question service. It is like a permanent
reference librarian at your call. Please check it out. You do need an
email address for this.
http://www.askusnow.info
This is another cool math site. It has virtual manipulatives. The age is
cybermath has arrived!
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/
Illuminations is a site put out by NCTM. It also has a number of
interesting virtual manipulatives. We need to give Jon Wray, our math
guru, some credit for guiding us to these sites. Thank's Jon.
http://Illuminations.nctm.org/imath/index.html
The Hubble Telescope site is one used as part of the fourth grade
science curriculum. It also is very interesting to explore. It is out of
this
world!
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/
Mr. Cole's class is in the process of becoming pen pals (or technically
key pals) with an American school in Beruit, Lebanon. You can see their
web site at this TeacherWeb link.
http://TeacherWeb.com/LB/ACS/BarbaraBashour/
If you have PowerPoint and would like to learn more about the English
language, check out this site.
http://208.183.128.8/la/activities/pptresources.html
Here are a few Internet scavenger hunts. One of them deals with Native
Americans which by coincidence we are studying right now.
http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/internethunts.html
This is a cool site for teachers, parents, and kids who like to play
school. You can make quizes and puzzles. You have to sign up for it.
But it is completely free.
http://my.school.discovery.com/MyDiscovery/login.html?loginmsg=logout&c=4&dest=school_cc
Contains worksheets, puzzles and games to reinforce mathematical
concepts.
http://edhelper.com
A St. Mary's Site
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.stmaryscity.org/LearningActivities/Colonial%2520Kids/images/dove.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.stmaryscity.org/LearningActivities/Colonial%2520Kids/GuidetoSMC/&h=210&w=150&sz=9&tbnid=a6bEA9on3awJ:&tbnh=99&tbnw=
A word problem page that is a wonderful resource for practice.
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/grade5.html
People Patterns is challenging for anyone who looks for patterns. There
are three levels, beginning,
intermediate, and advanced.
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/people/
Practice with number patterns can be found here.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_185_g_2_t_1.html
Practice with color patterns can be found here.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_184_g_2_t_1.html
A good site for the Preamble of the Constitution
The Constitution Kids would enjoy this site.
Here is the study sheet for the Fourth Grade Number Relationship and
Computation
Test. Put in
your name and practice. You can take it as many times as you want. The
real test will
be given
during the week on October 3. Probably on Friday. (Mr. Cole's Class)
Fourth Grade Study Guide for Number Relationship/Computation Test
Fifth Grade Study Guide for Number Relationship/Algebra Test
Just type in your name as your ID. Take it as many times as you need
to.
First Fifth Grade Test Study Practice
A good way to practice your math facts.
Math Fact Game
Information on the Eastern Woodland Indian
Eastern Woodlands
A very cool web quest dealing with Native Americans
Eastern Woodlands Web Quest
Regrouping in subtraction can be a challenge even for the brightest of
students. Many
students
regroup without really understanding what they are doing. This website
helps make
this concept
clear.
Regrouping in Subtraction
A study (virtual) sheet for the fifth grade Number Relationships and
Computation Test
during the
first quarter. Sign in with your name. Take it as many times as you like.
Virtual Study Sheet for Multiplication and Division-Fifth Grade-First Semester
A virtual study sheet for the fourth grade patterns test.
Virtual Study Sheet for Patterns 4
Here is an online BCR that goes with the October 10 Scholastic News.
Dogs on Duty
Here are some of the icons that students have drawn for our
newspaper, "The Pesky
Penguin".
Icons for our newspaper
Power Football- a fun way of practicing the manipulation of decimals
(+-X and division)
Power Football
Digital History- If you are a fan of history like I am, you will love this page.
Digital History
Katherine Patterson is the author of one of the books we are studying. If
you would like to learn
more about her, click on the following link.
Bridge to Terabithia
Here is the link to the fifth grade decimal practice test. Take it as many
times as you like. Have
mom or dad create more similar problems for you. Study hard. The test
is on Friday, December 16.
Fifth Grade Decimal Practice Test
Here is the fourth grade practice test for decimals. Feel free to take it as
many times as you need to.
By the way, a test is only as good as the creator of the test. So if you ever
find a mistake in one of my
test pilots, email me right away so I can fix it. Mr. Cole is fallible. But
everyone else is too.
Fourth Grade Practice Decimal Test
I'm beginning to put some of the songs Mr. Umla (the music teacher)
and my kids do. You can go to
this link and listen to them. The first song I've posted is "Get
Ready" on
the recorder. Enjoy!
Get Ready, the song
Of course there is also the famous Bandana song by MD and JS. I will
eventually have to take it off line
because it is too large of a file. But for now it stays because it makes me
laugh.
The Bandana Song
We are beginning to create a digital archive of pictures from West
Friendship's eighty year old
history. You can find some of these pictures on this page. We plan to
eventually place many of
these on a web page linked to West Friendship's homepage. Enjoy.
West Friendship History
Here is a wonderful word problem page created by a fourth grade class.
Perhaps we should consider doing something like this.
Word Problems for Practice
We are all learning about head lice this year, even those of us without
much
hair. If you would
like to learn more, the following site is a good one.
Everything you wanted to know about head lice but were afraid to ask
Of course, if you are fascinated by the topic of head lice and need to
read
even more, here is
one more page.
Even more from the world of head lice
Here is an awesomely cool dictionary for mathematics. Not only is it a
dictionary but it has
learning activities as well. Please check it out. (Is awesomely a word?)
Mathematical Dictionary for Kids
Here is the fifth grade practice test for fractions. I haven't tested it on
anyone, so please email me if you find errors. I'll try to have the fourth
grade test up by Tuesday night.
Fifth Grade Practice Test for Fractions
Here is a cool science site. Enjoy!
Cool science site
We are currently updating the West Friendship website. If you haven't
had a chance to few it, please
checkout this link. If you have suggestions or questions about the
website, don't be shy. It takes a
village to raise a website.
West Friendship Elementary
If you have a question involving mathematics, this is a wonderful
website.
Ask Dr. Math
If you enjoy geometry (like I do) and enjoy history (like I do) this site is a
wonderful combination
of the two.
History of Geometry
Pythagoras was one of the first great mathematicians of ancient Greece.
This website has
information on him for kids.
Pythagoras for Kids
This site gives you practice with anglels.
Angles for fun and profit
Here is a virtual geoboard. We will get you into shape.
Virtual Geoboard
If you would like to manipulate a polyhedron or two, this is the place to
go.
Virtual Solids
Virtual Tangrams
Virtual Tangrams
We are reading a very challenging book called The Westing Game. There are a
number of
excellent sites that deal with this book. Here is a site created by kids.
The Westing Heirs
A Westing Game Quiz- Don't take this until you finish the book.
A Westing Game Quiz
Another book we are reading is called Hatchet. Here is a webquest on Hatchet.
Hatchet
Here is a second webquest on Hatchet. Which one do you think is better?
Hatchet 2
The children of the fourth grade have been working on biographies. I am
beginning to copy and paste
some of these biographies onto my webpage. My goal will ultimately be to
teach at least some of the
kids how to edit and upload these webpages themselves using Netscape Composer.
Biography Page
Here is another good site for practicing area and perimeter.
Area and Perimeter
Finding the area of a rectangle is easy. Finding other areas can be a bit
harder. This website gives you insight into the more challenging findings.
How to find the area
Everything you have ever wanted to know about Pi but were afraid to ask.
Have a Piece of Pi
Here is a very cool link on the Chesapeake Bay.
Bay Watch
Here is the fourth grade practice test for measurement. Take it as many times
as you need to. Type in your name. If you need a password, type math.
Fourth Grade Measurement Practice Test
Here is the fifth grade measurement practice test. Type your name in. If you
need a password, type math.
Fifth Grade Measurement Practice Test
The new spelling programs have online activities that will help you with the
words. This link has
crossword puzzles. Just go to the link and pick the unit you are on. The
crossword puzzle will
help you with word meanings.
Spelling Crossword Puzzle
We are taking a virtual field trip to California (in math). We will be driving
our virtual cars. One resource
we are going to use is the virtual distance finder. You can find it right here.
Virtual Distance Finder
On June 4, 2006 there will be a track and field event for kids ages 9-14 at
Long Reach High School. For
more information, please check out this link.
Hershey Track and Field Meet
This is an interesting site about what it's like to be a kid in colonial times.
Colonial Kids
Here is the study/practice test for the division test (both fourth and fifth).
Type in your name.
The password is divide.
Division Practice Test
This is an incredibly cool game for teaching or working with ratio.
Fish Farm
Have you ever been in the creative moment of writing a beatiful poem, and you
couldn't find the right
word to rhyme? Well those days are over. This website helps you find the
rhyming word needed. Move
over Robert Frost and Shel Silverstein, there is no stopping us now!
Finding the Rhyme
A while back Mr. Cole's class had stuffed animal day. The kids brought in
their favorite stuffed animal
and wrote about it (in an Indian in the Cupboard manner). The following are a
few of the stories they
wrote.
Stuffed Animal Stories
For understanding decimals and place value, this is a good site. Click on
Base Ten Blocks.
Math Activities
Here is the practice test for the statistics test (both 4th and 5th). Type in
your name. The
password is math On Wednesday night, it hasn't been tested yet (so there
may be mistakes).
Hopefully, by Thursday night, it will have all the kinks out.
Statistics Practice Test-4th and 5th
This link is good for practicing with identifying decimals. Use it to help
you study.
Identifying Decimals
This is a fun sight for comparing decimals and fractions.
Death to Decimals
Fraction and Decimal Math
Fraction and Decimal Math
More decimal practice of various sorts.
Decimal Play
These are the technology objectives for grades 3 to 5 in Howard County.
Howard County Technology Objectives
Here is a cool site from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra which is ideal for
music teachers and music
oriented children (as well as their parents).
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Here is a clever presentation of the strategies for reading. The Ilchester
Fifth grade team came up with
it. I like it, so I pass it on to you.
Reading Strategies
Here is one example of a well known Grimm Brother's Fairy Tale. Enjoy.
Bremen Town Musicians- a Fairy Tale
Washing hands before eating is something we all need to get better at. Here
is a funny song to go with
the concept.
Doing the Handwash!
Here is information on the Triceratops.
Triceratops
Here is a wonderful math glossary. It is good for both parents and kids.
Math Glossary
Here is information on the Anatosaurus.
Anatosaurus Link
Here is information on the T-Rex
T-Rex
The Great Story Starter Site- This is a Scholastic Site that I think is really
kind of fun for writing stories. Check it out.
Story Starter Site
Tiny Seed 2008-09
Tiny Seeds
This is a site that I discovered through Mr. Haskins. It could be ideal for
story creation.
Kerpoof
You Tube is blocked in Howard County Schools but Teacher Tube is available. I
will try to use this more during the 2010 school year.
Teacher Tube
You may have to search some to find the right set of words. But it looks very
helpful.
Word Wisdom Games and Practice Tests
Google Docs allows you to collaborate on a class story. I've never done this
before. It could be interesting.
Spring Break Adventure by Mr. Cole's Class