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FINAL Challenges
Center 1 -Race For Ramses: Review of prefixes and suffixes in this fast pace review.
http://www.fekids.com/kln/games/racetoramses/
Standards: Vocabulary and Concept Development 1.1.3
Center 2 -Divisibility Rules
Use a checklist to practice divisibility rules on large numbers
http://www.vectorkids.com/vkdivisible.htm
Standards: Gr 5 Number Sense 2.1, 2.3
Center 3- Cup Capacity - get the least moves in this matching equivalents game
Center 4- Paintball Punctuation - Edit errors in capitalization, and punctuation including quotes.
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?
Area=Paintball
Standards: Writing Evaluation and Revision 1.10, Written conventions 1.4-1.7
Center 5- Hands on - Measure Treasure Hunt
Estimate, experiment and use proportions to calculate measurements
(From cups to inches, students will choose the level of difficulty and discover whether estimations make sense after experimenting and calculating proportions of measurement units.
Standards: Mathematic Reasoning all 1.0 and 2.0
Center 6- Womp! Compete against computer and other teams my choosing a monster and coming up with the longest words. It's mind "Boggle-ing!"
Standards: Written and Oral Conventions 1.1.5
PREVIOUS CHALLENGE
Part 1 - Create a graph challenge vote
delineate what constitutes an effective graph and tally vote best for another class.
Part 2 -Spang Gang Workshop
learn how to get on the program from any computer, what to do if programs don't work and how to use the program to supplement in class assignments. Students will also free play through areas that align with current class instruction.
Part 3- Mini challenges (3- 10 min challenges)
gr 5 and 6 MathSplat
In this fun bug game, students reach through levels by adding fractions.
Standards: Gr 5 Number Sense 2.1, 2.3
Gr 6 Number Sense 2.1
http://fen.com/studentactivities/MathSplat/mathsplat.htm
Gr 6 - Substitution
Substitute variables with numbers and calculate equations of +/-integers.
http://www.interactivestuff.org/
sums4fun/substitute.html
Standards: Number Sense 2.3
gr 5 and 6 Fraction Frenzy
students develop patterns in matching equivalent fractions
http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/ff/index.asp
Standards: Gr 5 Number Sense 2.1, 2.3
Standards: Gr 6 Number Sense 2.4
Test Prep Workshop - this week's emphasis is on reviewing activities that help assess needs for STAR testing and encouraging practice on pacer pages that match.
Page Emphasis in Test Prep Workshop
Math Pacer: Test Prep (red)
By Grade Level (white)
Homepage: Standards:
Internet for Classrooms Grades 5 and 6 |
Previous Survivor Games
Computer: Math
Computers Who wants to Be a Millionaire
Rags to Riches Division: using mental math, students must work together and earn 100% correct to get the million!
http://www.quia.com/rr/10203.html
Power Football
Click multiplication and hard to Multiply 3 X 2 digits w/decimals
http://www.funbrain.com/football/
Standards: Number Sense 2.1
Mystery Picture game
http://www.dositey.com/addsub/
Mystery11.htm
Standards: Number Sense 2.3
Students calculate all operations of integers
Destination Impossible
Students follow directions using the TIMER to help as many people get to their destination as possible.
The times are recorded. The LOWEST score wins!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar
/texttypes/instructions/game.shtml
Standards: Math Reasoning 2.2.2, 2.2.6
Budgy Buying
http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/
staticactivities/online_activities/budgie_buying/
Students reason through multistep word problems involving money.
Standards: Gr 6 Math Reasoning 2.0-2.7 Builder Ted
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/
shockwave/games/laddergame.html
Standards: Gr 6 Number Sense.1.1
Rank numbers from smallest to largest including decimals and integers (beat level 3)
Fishy Fraction decimals match
Students work in groups of 2-3 to quickly earn points by matching fraction with correct decimal using mental math. *click fraction decimal match and "maybe later" when asked to register
http://www.iknowthat.com/L3?Area=FractionGame
Place Value Pirates
Students work toward getting the best score in this fast paced identification of place value to the million(th)
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/placevaluepirates.htm
Gr 6: Fraction Sorter
Click keep score and change shapes and number. Create up to 4 visual fractions and rank them in order. Highest overall score is calculated.
Standards: Number Sense 1.1
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/FractionSorter/
Create a Graph Competition
The directions are online to create a graph in 30 min. Students are to print graphs and/or email them to their teacher or Mrs. Spang to be entered in schoolwide competition.
http://homepage.mac.com/bobspang/supportteam/
CreateaGraph.htm
5th grade samples
http://homepage.mac.com/bobspang/GraphIt.htm
graph showcase available through
http://homepage.mac.com/bobspang/Graph2.htm
Standard: gr 4 Statistics, Data and Probability 1.0, 1.2,1.3
Standard: gr 3 Math Reasoning 2.3
Hands on: Math
2. Common Conversions
(Students quickly match common conversions of decimal fractions and percents using mental math and calculator).
3. Hands on -- Adding Fractions Square
Students are given like and unlike fractions to add with speed and accuracy.
Standards: Gr 5 Number Sense 2.3
Gr 6 Number Sense 2.1
Place Value Face OFF
Each team is given numbers 1-6 Students choose their own numbers. Starting w/ones, each number gets a chance to play against 1 member of each team.
Teacher reads numbers and have students fill in number correctly on a place value chart up to hundred million. Each player who gets it correct earns a chip. Reading number aloud with accuracy earns another chip.
Standards: gr 5 Number Sense 1.2
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Computer: Language Arts
Happening Homonyms: This fun jeopardy game has students picking the
vocabulary word that edits 2 definitions. The group plays a 2-player game
and score is tracked through the computer. Both scores are added together for points.
http://www.quia.com/cb/7689.html
Standards: Gr 6 Written Language Conventions 1.5
-Fairgrounds Spell Game
Players earn Candy canes. All candy canes are recorded. This game offers many spelling activities including prefixes and suffixes, proofread and edit, posessives, and multisyllable decoding.
Standards: Gr 5 Written Conventions 1.5
Gr 6- Written Conventions1.2,1.3
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites
/F/fairground/game.shtml
"Go for the Gold"
http://teacher.scholastic.com/
activities/athens_games/game.htm#
Identify greek influences on English language.
Standards: Gr 6 Reading Vocabulary Development 1.1.3
G-cubed
Students love this game that mixes trivia and tic tac toe
Total scores from all computers are added at the end of each game.
http://www.professorgarfield.org/GCubed/gcubed.html
Power Proofreading - Level 5 or 6: Noun (Common, plural, plural and posessive practice on first 3 passages.) Students can work in groups of 2-3 to edit documents and scores are rewarded by the computer.
Standards: Gr 5 and 6 -Written Conventions 1.5, Writing Strategies 1.6
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/
proofread/index.html
Tracking Sheets available here
http://www.linktolearning.com/language/proofreading.htm
Centers are ongoing with best score recorded for each passage.
Perp Walk - this interactive game requires math logic and reasoning, and reading details to figure out who dunnit.
Standards: Gr 5 Speaking Applications 2.3
Gr 6- Listening and Speaking 1.6 Math Reasoning 1.0, 2.0
http://www.fffbi.com/games/perp/
Hands on: Language Arts
Hands on: Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Sequence the recipe in order based on instructions. Must have 100% to move on. If 100%, the team moves to 2nd activity: Centaurs and minotaur's, finding the facts.
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