May 1- 5

Two months and counting! We are on to our last science unit of the year, and still have a fair amount of math to cover. Grade 5s will be studying wetlands for science, and we will be moving on to triangles, shapes and angles in math. Grade 4s are working on their plant unit.
This upcoming week should be exciting, as they say a change is as good as a rest. Our school staff will be at a fantastic conference on Wednesday - Friday this week. The Reaching & Teaching conference is a fantastic experience with very famous author/speaker/educators all in the same place at the same time.
Below are some useful websites that we will be using in class, and that you can also play around with at home. Have a super week!

Wetlands

http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/wetlands/chclass.htm
Wetlands types found in Canada. This website can be used to do our writing assignment comparing/contrasting two different types of wetlands.


Plants

http://www.page.gc.k12.va.us/public/presentations/downloads/Plants.ppt
The plant life cycle powerpoint

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/06_act.shtml
This plant page talks about the basic parts of plant and their function.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/life_cycles.shtml
This is a virtual flower dissection we will be using it in class to look at flower parts and answer questions.

Study for your science test!!

Grade 5 Electricity
Use these websites to review our electricity unit!

http://www.pwcs.edu/mullen/sol/grade5electric.htm
This is a multiple choice on-line quiz that reviews many things we did in class.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/physical/11_act.shtml
An on-line website that reviews many electrical concepts, including bulbs in series.

http://www.quia.com/mc/319639.html
This matching game will help to review electicity vocabulary.

http://www.epcor.ca/elec_safety_world/index.html
We used this website in class to learn about electrical safety. Use it again to review!

Grade 4 Science Simple Machines Review

http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/
Students used this website as an introduction to simple machines. It has great examples and is fun to use.

http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/science/science_lessons/scienceles1/finalhome.htm
Use this to see examples of simple machines and take a quiz.

http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm
Gives some definitions of simples machines, examples, and activities.

http://www.fi.edu/pieces/knox/automaton/plane.htm
Very informative! Has pictures, definitions, explanations, etc... (Is fairly intense reading)

Math Websites

Here are some cool math websites for our next unit on fractions!

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_103_g_1_t_1.html
Explore fractions (Introductory)

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/equivalentfractions/equivalentfractions.html
This website explores equivalent fractions.

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content-pz/mathematics_5_math_5_live_4.01/html/math5.html
This is a whole series of interactive lessons that cover the grade 5 math curriculum.

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractions/index.html
Explaining Fractions with Pizza