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Fifth Grade Internet Activities by Story
(The activities listed directly under the themes and not under the stories are to be used as desired during the time your students are working on that theme.) Proofreading Makes Perfect has two different kinds of activities. One is online. It has practice exercises for Capitalization & Punctuation, Spelling, Usage, and Putting it Together. *The other are downloadable sheets for some of the stories below. Homework Helper has a five day list of activities for each story including a list of story words, spelling words, and activities to do for a given story.
Theme 1 Look InsideWriting Detective-Personal Narrative
Grammar Park Practice-Sentence Sea Park; Subject Slide; Predicates in Space
Go for Grammar Gold! Sentences; Subjects/Nouns; Predicates/Verbs; Quotation Marks & Colons
Homework Helper for Look Inside
The Hot and Cold Summer
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Test Tutor-Prefixes/Suffixes/RootsSees Behind Trees
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Narrative Elements
Test Tutor-Narrative Elements
Proofreading Makes PerfectYang the Third and Her Impossible Family
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Prefixes/Suffixes/Roots
Test Tutor-Prefixes/Suffixes/RootsDear Mrs. Parks
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Make JudgmentsElena
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Narrative Elements
Test Tutor-Narrative Elements
Proofreading Makes Perfect Theme 2 TeamworkWriting Detective-How-to Essay
Grammar Park Practice-Sentence Power; Spotlight on Clauses; Sentence Sort; Noun Dunk; Noun Explorer
Go for Grammar Gold! Simple & Compound Sentences; More About Sentences; Commas; Phrases & Clauses; Complex Sentences; More About Nouns
Homework Helper for Teamwork
We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Draw Conclusions
Test Tutor-Draw ConclusionsFolk Tales from Asia- Who Is Best? and Virtue Goes to Town
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Summarize/Paraphrase
Test Tutor-Figurative Language
Summarize/Paraphrase
Proofreading Makes PerfectIditarod Dream
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Draw Conclusions
Test Tutor-Draw ConclusionsWoodsong
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Summarize/Paraphrase
Test Tutor-Summarize/Paraphrase
Figurative Language
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Narrative Elements
Test Tutor-Narrative Elements
Figurative Language
Proofreading Makes PerfectTheme 3 Changing PlanetWriting Detective-Persuasive Writing
Grammar Park Practice-Possessive Noun Desert; The Pronoun Clubhouse; Mixed-Up Pronouns; Exploring the Pronoun Reef
Go for Grammar Gold! Possessive Nouns; Pronouns; More About Pronouns
Homework Helper for Changing Planet
Everglades
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Prefixes/Suffixes/Roots
Test Tutor-Prefixes/Suffixes/RootsSummer of Fire
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Sequence
Proofreading Makes PerfectOceans
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Main Idea/Details
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Main Idea/Details
Text Structure: SequenceSeeing Earth from Space
Author's and Illustrators
Building BackgroundThe Case of the Flying Saucer People
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Main Idea/Details
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Main Idea/Details
Text Structure: Sequence Proofreading Makes Perfect Theme 4 Express YourselfWriting Detective-Compare/Contrast Essay
Grammar Park Practice-Exploring the Pronoun Reef; On the Trail of Adjectives and Adverbs; Verb and Contraction Forest
Go for Grammar Gold! More About Pronouns; Adjectives & Adverbs; More About Adjective & Adverbs; Main Verbs & Helping Verbs
Homework Helper for Express Yourself
Hattie's Birthday Box
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Word Relationships
Test Tutor-Word RelationshipsWilliam Shakespeare and the Globe
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Fact/Opinion
Test Tutor-Fact/Opinion
Classify/Categorize
Proofreading Makes PerfectThe World of William Joyce scrapbook
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Word Relationships
Test Tutor-Word Relationships
Classify/catagorizeSatchmo's Blues
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Fact/Opinion
Test Tutor-Fact/Opinion
Evelyn Cisneros: Prima ballerina
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Main Idea/Details
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Main Idea/Details
Classify/Categorize
Proofreading Makes Perfect Theme 5 School RulesWriting Detective-Research Report
Grammar Park Practice-Action Verb Tree House; Subject and Verb Mix-Up; Principal Parts Picnic; Batter Up with Verbs
Go for Grammar Gold! Action Verbs & Linking Verbs; The Simple Tenses; More About Verb Tenses; Irregular Verbs; More About Punctuation
Homework Helper for School Rules
Off and Running
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Compare/Contrast
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Compare/Contrast
CharacterizationLittle by Little
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Author's Purpose & Perspective
Test Tutor-Author's Purpose/Perspective
Proofreading Makes PerfectDear Mr. Henshaw
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Compare/Contrast
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Compare/Contrast
CharacterizationFrindle
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Author's Purpose & Perspective
Test Tutor-Author's Purpose/PerspectiveThe Fun They Had
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Draw Conclusions
Test Tutor-Draw Conclusions
Proofreading Makes Perfect Theme 6 American AdventureWriting Detective-Expressive Writing
Grammar Park Practice-Perfect Verb Match; Puzzling Pathways; On the Trail of Adjectives and Adverbs; Canoe Comparison; Preposition State Fair
Go for Grammar Gold! The Perfect Tenses; Main Verbs & Helping Verbs; Usage Problems; Adjectives & Adverbs; More About Adjectives & Adverbs; Prepositions
Homework Helper for American Adventure
Across the Wide Dark Sea
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure:Connotation/Denotation
Test Tutor-Connotation/Denotation
Locate Information: Reference SourcesName This American
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Cause/Effect
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Cause/Effect
Proofreading Makes PerfectWhat's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Connotation/Denotation
Test Tutor-Connotation/DenotationLewis and Clark
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Cause/Effect
Test Tutor-Cause/Effect
Locate Information: Reference Sources
Black Frontiers
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Summarize/Paraphrase
Test Tutor-Summarize/Paraphrase
Locate Information: Reference Sources
Proofreading Makes Perfect
Fifth Grade Internet Activities by Story
(The activities listed directly under the themes and not under the stories are to be used as desired during the time your students are working on that theme.) Proofreading Makes Perfect has two different kinds of activities. One is online. It has practice exercises for Capitalization & Punctuation, Spelling, Usage, and Putting it Together. *The other are downloadable sheets for some of the stories below. Homework Helper has a five day list of activities for each story including a list of story words, spelling words, and activities to do for a given story.
Theme 1 Look InsideWriting Detective-Personal Narrative
Grammar Park Practice-Sentence Sea Park; Subject Slide; Predicates in Space
Go for Grammar Gold! Sentences; Subjects/Nouns; Predicates/Verbs; Quotation Marks & Colons
Homework Helper for Look Inside
The Hot and Cold Summer
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Test Tutor-Prefixes/Suffixes/RootsSees Behind Trees
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Narrative Elements
Test Tutor-Narrative Elements
Proofreading Makes PerfectYang the Third and Her Impossible Family
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Prefixes/Suffixes/Roots
Test Tutor-Prefixes/Suffixes/RootsDear Mrs. Parks
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Make JudgmentsElena
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Narrative Elements
Test Tutor-Narrative Elements
Proofreading Makes Perfect Theme 2 TeamworkWriting Detective-How-to Essay
Grammar Park Practice-Sentence Power; Spotlight on Clauses; Sentence Sort; Noun Dunk; Noun Explorer
Go for Grammar Gold! Simple & Compound Sentences; More About Sentences; Commas; Phrases & Clauses; Complex Sentences; More About Nouns
Homework Helper for Teamwork
We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Draw Conclusions
Test Tutor-Draw ConclusionsFolk Tales from Asia- Who Is Best? and Virtue Goes to Town
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Summarize/Paraphrase
Test Tutor-Figurative Language
Summarize/Paraphrase
Proofreading Makes PerfectIditarod Dream
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Draw Conclusions
Test Tutor-Draw ConclusionsWoodsong
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Summarize/Paraphrase
Test Tutor-Summarize/Paraphrase
Figurative Language
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Narrative Elements
Test Tutor-Narrative Elements
Figurative Language
Proofreading Makes PerfectTheme 3 Changing PlanetWriting Detective-Persuasive Writing
Grammar Park Practice-Possessive Noun Desert; The Pronoun Clubhouse; Mixed-Up Pronouns; Exploring the Pronoun Reef
Go for Grammar Gold! Possessive Nouns; Pronouns; More About Pronouns
Homework Helper for Changing Planet
Everglades
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Prefixes/Suffixes/Roots
Test Tutor-Prefixes/Suffixes/RootsSummer of Fire
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Sequence
Proofreading Makes PerfectOceans
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Main Idea/Details
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Main Idea/Details
Text Structure: SequenceSeeing Earth from Space
Author's and Illustrators
Building BackgroundThe Case of the Flying Saucer People
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Main Idea/Details
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Main Idea/Details
Text Structure: Sequence Proofreading Makes Perfect Theme 4 Express YourselfWriting Detective-Compare/Contrast Essay
Grammar Park Practice-Exploring the Pronoun Reef; On the Trail of Adjectives and Adverbs; Verb and Contraction Forest
Go for Grammar Gold! More About Pronouns; Adjectives & Adverbs; More About Adjective & Adverbs; Main Verbs & Helping Verbs
Homework Helper for Express Yourself
Hattie's Birthday Box
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Word Relationships
Test Tutor-Word RelationshipsWilliam Shakespeare and the Globe
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Fact/Opinion
Test Tutor-Fact/Opinion
Classify/Categorize
Proofreading Makes PerfectThe World of William Joyce scrapbook
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Word Relationships
Test Tutor-Word Relationships
Classify/catagorizeSatchmo's Blues
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Fact/Opinion
Test Tutor-Fact/Opinion
Evelyn Cisneros: Prima ballerina
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Main Idea/Details
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Main Idea/Details
Classify/Categorize
Proofreading Makes Perfect Theme 5 School RulesWriting Detective-Research Report
Grammar Park Practice-Action Verb Tree House; Subject and Verb Mix-Up; Principal Parts Picnic; Batter Up with Verbs
Go for Grammar Gold! Action Verbs & Linking Verbs; The Simple Tenses; More About Verb Tenses; Irregular Verbs; More About Punctuation
Homework Helper for School Rules
Off and Running
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Compare/Contrast
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Compare/Contrast
CharacterizationLittle by Little
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Author's Purpose & Perspective
Test Tutor-Author's Purpose/Perspective
Proofreading Makes PerfectDear Mr. Henshaw
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Compare/Contrast
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Compare/Contrast
CharacterizationFrindle
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Author's Purpose & Perspective
Test Tutor-Author's Purpose/PerspectiveThe Fun They Had
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Draw Conclusions
Test Tutor-Draw Conclusions
Proofreading Makes Perfect Theme 6 American AdventureWriting Detective-Expressive Writing
Grammar Park Practice-Perfect Verb Match; Puzzling Pathways; On the Trail of Adjectives and Adverbs; Canoe Comparison; Preposition State Fair
Go for Grammar Gold! The Perfect Tenses; Main Verbs & Helping Verbs; Usage Problems; Adjectives & Adverbs; More About Adjectives & Adverbs; Prepositions
Homework Helper for American Adventure
Across the Wide Dark Sea
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure:Connotation/Denotation
Test Tutor-Connotation/Denotation
Locate Information: Reference SourcesName This American
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Cause/Effect
Test Tutor-Text Structure: Cause/Effect
Proofreading Makes PerfectWhat's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin
Author's and Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Connotation/Denotation
Test Tutor-Connotation/DenotationLewis and Clark
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Text Structure: Cause/Effect
Test Tutor-Cause/Effect
Locate Information: Reference Sources
Black Frontiers
Author's and Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-Summarize/Paraphrase
Test Tutor-Summarize/Paraphrase
Locate Information: Reference Sources
Proofreading Makes Perfect