5th Grade Language Arts

1. Web School: Language: Daily Language: Possessive Nouns - Identify the possessive nouns in each sentence. Can be printed with student name for teacher review.

2. EduPlace:Power Proofreading- The following grade level folders contain passages to review possessive nouns: Grade 3: Friday Night Schedule, E-Mail from Josh. Grade 4: Wild About Animals, Memo to News Writers. Grade 5: Memo to Staff Members, The Travel Bug.

3. BBC Skillwise: Apostrophes - Select Fact Sheet, Quiz, Game, or Worksheet.

4. Matching Opposites - Ten matching games ranging from easy to hard.

5. Apostrophes - Click the sentence that shows the correct use of the apostrophe.

7. Possessives Practice - Click the next button to begin an excellent tutorial on the rules for adding -'s, -s'. Tutorial is followed by an interactive quiz.

9. What Possessed You? - Designed for 3rd graders, this Internet viewable slide show from Jefferson County School District introduces the rules for forming possessives and provides guided practice.

10. Singular Posssessive Nouns Practice - At this Wisconsin Online Resource Center site, find a ten question quiz that provides instant feedback and allows for personalized results to be printed or emailed. This site requires Flash plug-in.

11. Plural and Possessive - This site has an overview of the rules for forming plurals and possessives, along with a tutorial/quiz.

These are resource links for teacher use. Choose the activities for your class that would be the most appropriate for your grade level.

1. Power Proofreading - Choose grade level and passage. A great activity for grammar reinforcement for all grade levels.

7. Web School: Reading: Reading for Facts - Vocabulary, passage reading, comprehension questions.

8. Test Tutor: Reading Comprehension - Designed to help prepare students for end-of-level testing, this site offers tips for answering comprehension questions along with short passages and comprehension questions. Good for grades 3-5.

16. Context Clue Cows - Read each sentence and select the best answer to the question.

18. What Are They Selling? - Students critically evaluate six advertisements and answer comprehension questions.

19. Reading Headlines - Read eight headlines and try to determine what the article is about.

20. Mr. Nussbaum: Reading Comprehension - Read the selected passage then answer ten questions. Reading levels from 1st through 5th and above. Multiple topics.

21. Mr. Nussbaum: Cloze Reading - Select a theme and complete the gap-fill exercise. Click "Check" when you're finished to check your answers.

2. Reference Sources - Colorful, interactive lesson on different kinds of reference materials. Designed for fourth graders, there's a brief explanation of each of the following: almanac, atlas, dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, card catalogue and newspaper. Click on the flower at the bottom of the page for some questions about where certain kinds of information would be found.

5. Using a Dictionary - Interactive Guide Words Practice

6. Dictionary and Thesaurus PowerPoint - A short presentation on how to use a dictionary and a thesaurus.

7. Dino Hunter - Select the correct dictionary guide word for each word given.

8. Dictionary Exercises - Printable worksheet

9. Quia: Reference Skills - Choosing which to use: almanac, encyclopedia, atlas, periodical, biographical dictionary, thesaurus or dictionary.

10. Quia: Guide Words to the Stars - Modeled after "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Test your knowledge of dictionary guide words.

11. Why Use a Dictionary? - This web site explains the uses of a dictionary. Also includes vocabulary words you need to know to use a dictionary and definitions of parts of speech.

12. PBS Kids: Dictionary Game - An idea for a game played with a dictionary, pencil, and paper.

13. Road to Grammar - Grammar quizzes, puzzles and games that will challenge and stimulate your brain!

1. Frequently Confused Words - A listing of frequently used and confused homonyms with sentence examples.

3. In Step With Idioms - Read the story, then take the idioms quiz.

4. What is an Idiom? - A short definition of an idiom with examples. From English-Zone.

5. All About Idioms - Nine categories of idioms, some with lessons and quizzes. Topics range from animals to sports. From English-Zone.com

6. Quia: Interesting Idioms - Can you complete the idiom? For example, you put your foot in your ________ (mouth). Each correct answer is worth 100 points. For one or two players.

7. Paint by Idioms - Help Salvabear Dali finish his paintings by identifying the correct expression.

6. Reading Text: Lesson - Asking questions before reading will help focus attention while reading.

7. Plural Play - For one or two players. A tic-tac-toe style game where players drag words to their proper plural ending. From Harcourt School.

8. Irregular Plurals #1 - A two-player game. Find the matching pairs by clicking on the cards. Every match earns 10 points and another guess. Incorrect matches lose 2 points.

11. One and Many: Plural Nouns - Type the plural form of the noun in the box. After clicking "Score and Show Answer(s)", click the "Try another set" button at the bottom to get a new set of questions.

2. Fizzy Funny Fuzzy - Poetry for Kids

3. Giggle Poetry - A very fun poetry site for kids! Definitely check this one out!

4. PoetryTeachers.com - Learn how to teach poetry, have a poetry theater,
poetry activities, and fun ideas galore!

5. Limerick Factory- Write a humorous limerick!

6. Poetry4Kids.com - Everything from poetry lessons to poetry games!

7. Reading Planet: Poetry Splatter - Get ready to create poems! Start by splattering words onto the screen and drag them into your poem.

8. Fish Tanks - Type the correct prefix, base and suffix for each word to fill the tank with colorful fish!

1. Power Proofreading - Choose grade level and passage. A great activity for grammar reinforcement for all grade levels.

2. Edit Dan's Copy! - Choose level one to correct capitalization and punctuation errors.

4. Punctuation Tutorial - Periods, exclamation marks, question marks, quotation marks, and commas.

7. Punctuation Quiz - Read the sentence and insert any missing punctuation. Check your answers and see an explanation of the correct answer.

2. Interactive Commas Exercise #1 - Choose the correctly punctuated versions of the phrases or clauses from the drop down lists in order to complete the sentences. Click on the check your answers button to check your answers.

3. Interactive Commas Exercise #2 - Choose the correctly punctuated versions of the phrases or clauses from the drop down lists in order to complete the sentences. Click on the check your answers button to check your answers.

4. Interactive Commas Exercise #3 - Choose the correctly punctuated versions of the phrases or clauses from the drop down lists in order to complete the sentences. Click on the check your answers button to check your answers.

5. Interactive Commas Exercise #4 - Choose the correctly punctuated versions of the phrases or clauses from the drop down lists in order to complete the sentences. Click on the check your answers button to check your answers.

6. Interactive Commas Exercise #5 - Choose the correctly punctuated versions of the phrases or clauses from the drop down lists in order to complete the sentences. Click on the check your answers button to check your answers.

7. Comma Confusion - Click on the spaceship that needs commas in its sentence. If you are correct, the sentence reappears with commas.

8. Using Commas with Introductory Phrases - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text area. Insert any necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary).

9. Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence will appear in the top text area. Insert the necessary comma or commas (being careful not to insert commas where they aren't necessary). When you are finished with each sentence (or, if you wish, wait until you've done them all), click on "Grammar's Version," which will reveal how we would have punctuated the sentence. Don't cheat by looking at Grammar's Version first.

10. Welcome to Commas: Fill in the Blanks - Place a comma in the box if one is needed; an x if a comma isn't needed. Check answers when you're finished.

1. Exclamation Marks and Question Marks- Interactive Quiz

2. Interactive Punctuation Practice - Question marks, exclamation marks, periods.

3. Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Marks - You insert the needed punctuation.

4. ABE Florida: Quotation Mark Lessons

READING STRATEGIES:

1. ThinkQuest: The Keys to Success in Reading - Written by students for students! For those who struggle with reading! Definitions and skill practice in Cause & Effect, Details, Figurative Language, Main Idea and Sequence.

2. Bookmark - A PDF file with a colorful bookmark that will assist students in learning good reading strategies.

3. Good Readers: Read this list of reading tips that will help you become a better reader. The tips were written specifically for children who are having trouble learning to read.

4. Strategies Good Readers Use in 5th Grade - Actually written by a fifth grade class!

5. Strategies for Reading Novels - Recognizing these story elements will help you better understand and enjoy a story, remember the story facts, and appreciate different writing styles used by authors.

6. Know It All: Reading Skills - Choose one of the links to learn about reading skills, efficient reading, and reading on screen.

7. Contrasting Good and Poor Readers - This is a graph that contrasts good reading habits and poor reading habits.

8. Know It All: SQ3R - Survey. Question. Read. Recall. Review. These are the steps in this reading technique.

9. Know It All: Types of Reading - Learn about rapid survey, sampling, and skim reading.

10. Reading Strategy Checklist for Students

RESEARCH SKILLS:

1. Printable Worksheet: People from American History - Use a dictionary or encyclopedia to answer questions about famous Americans.

2. The Big 6 - Review each step of the research process: Task Definition; Information Seeking Strategies; Location & Access; Use of Information; Synthesis; Evaluation

3. Step-by-Step Form for Grades 3-6 Research Projects

4. Writing Process Organizer for Grades 3-6

5. The Importance of Taking Good Notes

6. How to Impress Your Teacher by Asking Good Questions - Learn how asking the right questions can aid your research!

7. Using Your Computer to Locate Information - Lesson

8. Using Your Computer to Locate Information - Interactive Quiz

9. Using Your Computer to Locate Information - Interactive Quiz 2

2. What's A Root? - In this lesson, you'll work with five roots. Once you know a few roots, you'll see them everywhere.

4. Putting Down Roots - Drag and drop the roots into the blanks to complete the words.

8. Root Words Power Point - Underline the root words in the slides. Circle the prefix or suffix.

9. PowerPoint Jeopardy - Uses the following as categories: Antonyms, Parts of Speech, Analogy, Synonyms, and Root Words

10. Fish Tanks - Fill your tank by correctly typing the prefix, root word and suffix for each word.

4. The Simile Satellite - Write sizzling simile poems with the terrible twins, Like and As As.

1. KidsSpell.com - 6,600 words to practice in over 400 lessons! Download a list and play Spellasaurus, Spellify 500, Cast a Spell, or Letter Drop with your downloaded list.

2. Look, Cover, Write & Check - 30 preset lists that students can use to practice common spelling words. Look at the word, click "Cover," write the word, then click "Check." Teachers can set up their own lists with current spelling words.

4. Smart Crosswords - Each week a new puzzle with Dolch words. Clues and hints included. Excellent first start for children learning to work crossword puzzles! Puzzles are both interactive and printable.

8. Whaddya Know? Quiz Show - Play with a friend or against the computer. Click on the misspelled word.

9. TVOKids:Spelling Bee - Practice your spelling skills with Spelling Bee. Like in a real spelling bee, you can have the word repeated or ask for a definition, but you only have one chance to spell the word correctly!

10. Spell It! - This site selects a limited number of words from the list of availablewords and randomly removes letters from them for you to replace. Each time you load the page, a new set of words and missing letters are used.

2. Web School: Language: Daily Language: Noun/Verb Agreement #1 - Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Write the word in the blank.

3. Web School: Language: Daily Language: Noun/Verb Agreement #2 - Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Write the word in the blank.

4. Web School: Language: Daily Language: Noun/Verb Agreement #3 - Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Write the word in the blank.

5. Web School: Language: Daily Language: Pronoun/Verb Agreement - Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Write the word in the blank.

6. Web School: Language: Daily Language: More Pronoun/Verb Agreement

7. Quiz on Subject/Verb Agreement - Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence. The word you choose should fit the blank in the sentence.

8. A Second Quiz on Subject/Verb Agreement - After each sentence select the verb form that will best fit in the blank.

9. Third Quiz on Subject/Verb Agreement - Select the appropriate verbs from the drop-down menus to complete each sentence correctly.

10. Making Subjects and Verbs Agree - A printable worksheet; not interactive

11. Big Dog's Grammar : Subject/Verb Agreement - Click "Submit" after each answer to have it corrected.

SUFFIXES:

1. Suffixes Quiz - Choose your level.

2. Maggie's Earth Adventures: Fish'Em UP - Drop your fishing line to hook the correct word ending.

3. Prefixes and Suffixes - Sort the cards into two groups: prefixes and suffixes. Click and drag each card into the correct envelope.

4. Suffixes Make New Words - Drag the suffix into the correct oval to complete the word.

5. Using Suffixes - Lesson and Interactive Practice

6. Sadlier-Oxford: Suffixes - Type the word in the box that matches the definition.

7. Suffixes Say a Lot - Pick the best definition of the CAPITALIZED word.

8. Success With Suffixes - Fill in the blank with words ending in "er."

9. Suffixes Make New Words - Drag and drop the suffix to the root word to make a new word.

10. Final -s Word Endings Interactive Practice 1

11. Final -s Word Endings Interactive Practice 2

12. Final -s Word Endings Interactive Practice 3

13. Final -ed Verb Endings Interactive Practice 2

14. Final -ed Verb Endings Interactive Practice 3

SYNONYMS:

1. Synonyms Fill-in-the-Blank - Look at the word shown. The first letter of a synonym is listed. You type the remainder of the word. After checking your answers, click on "Try Another Set."

2. I Know That: Alien Word Mine - Whack the aliens that hold the correct synonyms.

3. Ballhogs! - Synonyms, antonyms and more! Speed and greed are the main components of this fun game!

4. Field Trip Adventure - Unscramble the letters of the word in red to find a synonym for each word in black. Then, type your answer into the box and press the answer button.

5. Quia: Synonyms Matching - Match the pairs of synonyms.

6. Word Jungle - Select 4th grade, then match the word with the definition. Many synonyms are reviewed.

7. EZSchool - Match pairs of synonyms by playing this Memory-type game.

8. Synonym Challenge - When you see the word that is a synonym of the given word, click on the button at the bottom left of the screen. Be quick! The choices for each synonym will only cycle through twice. The green bar at the right side of the screen tells you how long you have for each question.

9. Synonyms for Elementary Students (Easy) - Matching game #1

10. Synonyms for Elementary Students (Easy) - Matching Game #2

11. Synonyms for Elementary Students (Lower Intermediate) - Matching Game #3

12. Synonyms for Elementary Students 9 (Lower Intermediate) - Matching Game #4

13. Synonyms for Elementary Students (Intermediate) - Matching Game #5

14. Synonyms for Elementary Students -(Intermediate) - Matching Game #6

15. Synonyms for Elementary Students (Upper Intermediate) - Matching Game #7

16. Synonyms for Elementary Students (Upper Intermediate) - Matching Game #8

17. Synonyms for Elementary Students (Advanced) - Matching Game #9

18. Synonyms for Elementary Students (Advanced) - Matching Game #10

19. Field Trip Adventure - Unscramble the letters of the word in red to find a synonym for each word in black. Then, type your answer into the box and press the answer button.

TRANSITION WORDS:

1. Transition Words and Phrases - A list of commonly used transition words.

2. Writing a Chronological Narrative - Transitional words and phrases can make your story easier to read and understand. Try adding words and phrases to this story. Choose the words that best complete the story.

3. Printable Planning Sheet for Writing a Chronological Narrative

4. Interactive Lesson: How to Write a Chronological Narrative

5. Three Steps to Writing a Chronological Narrative

6. Writing Directions - Did you ever try to tell someone how to get someplace or how to make something? Review the steps with this lesson and interactive practice.

7. Sentence Order in Paragraphs - A fun activity based on the book, How to Eat Fried Worms. Not interactive; will require paper and pencil.

FOR TEACHERS:

Chronological Narrative Rubric

VOCABULARY

1. The Vocabulary Quiz - Choose a category, skill level, timer and number of questions, then go for it! Choose the correct vocabulary word to complete the sentence.

2. Web School: Language: Daily Language: Vocabulary - Choose from 6 activities that include definitions and crossword puzzles.

3. Whaddya Know? Quiz Show - Choose any of the Vocabulary Builder activities. From iKnowthat.com.

4. Word Jungle - Choose correct meaning of given word to swing through the jungle.

7. Smart Crosswords - Each week a new puzzle with Dolch words. Clues and hints included. Excellent first start for children learning to work crossword puzzles! Puzzles are both interactive and printable.

8. Sly Pig Vocabulary - Enrich your vocabulary when you play the "Sly Pig," game. Use this educational and entertaining lesson. Students will gain vocabulary skills while playing!

9. Environmental Rescue - For each sentence, you will be given a list of three words and asked to select the one that best completes the sentence.

10. Houghton Mifflin Spelling & Vocabulary: eWord Game - Select grade level and unit. Match the word with the meaning. You win when you have three skateboards in a row on the game board.

11.Hawkabulary - Read the sentence at the top of the screen. Click on the animal that has the word that best completes the sentence. Each round becomes progressively harder. If you choose an incorrect word three times, the game is over.

12. Mr. Nussbaum: Everglades Spelling - Win a race through the Everglades by typing the missing letters of incomplete words.

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