Welcome to Fifth Grade

Being in 5th grade at Winton is a fun and challenging way to learn. There are opportunities for you to be a member of Special Chorus, Marimba or Strings, and receive Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.).

We study the U.S.A. and the history of our country in Social Studies. In Science some of our most challenging units are weather and matter, as well as an ongoing unit on the human body and health. To learn we use textbooks, do experiments and projects, and write research papers.

We focus on reading and literature studies. Learning to write well and spell correctly are critical skills for every learner. Thinking strategies and problem solving are incorporated in our activities throughout the day.

Students are encouraged to take their learning home by reading at home every day. We also encourage our students to write, edit, and share their writings with family at home. Students will need to spend time memorizing spelling words each week. They also need to spend time memorizing math facts as this will help them be successful in our fifth grade mathematics program.

We are a community of learners with many rights and just as many responsibilities. Our goal is always quality and excellence. We are living proof that hard work, done well, feels good!

Yahooligans This is a search engine for children to find information. Click on News to find current events.
Google This is another great search engine for children to find information. You can look for information, images and more!

On-line Dictionary Use this site to find the definitions of words. You will also find a thesaurus, an encyclopedia and other word reference web sites.
Internet Public Library In this resource you will be able to search and read about a variety of different topics, access resources like dictionaries and encyclopedias, and link to different books, newspapers and magazines.

Time for Kids Check this site for weekly news from Time Magazine.
The New York Times Learning Network Connect your classroom to the world at this site.
Careers Use this web site to locate different information about any career you can think of!
Student Zone This page contains links to grade level resources and activities to help students with their academic learning.

Social Studies for Kids Click here to learn about history, play fun learning games, and link to other great history web sites.
50 States and Capitals Use this site to find information about each of the fifty states.
Explorers This site contains information about all the different explorers from all parts of the world.
13 Colonies This site contains information about the original 13 Colonies. Learn all about the first states in our country.
Revolutionary War This site has a complete timeline of events occurring in the Revolutionary War. This site was created by a group of students and includes details of their research into the Revolutionary War.
Government Click here to read about all of the important parts of our government and learn how the system works.
Geography Bee This site will take you to games and quizzes that will help you prepare for the Geography Bee at Winton.
Martin Luther King Jr Click here to learn about this important Civil Rights Leader and how he made a difference in our world.

Brainpop! This site has mini-movies on topics in Science and Health. Games and quizzes too!
Weather Click here to link to a website filled with all different types of information about weather.
More Weather Click here to link to a geography website that covers all different kinds of weather topics.
Coeur d'Alene Weather Here you will find the current weather conditions and five day forecast for Coeur d'Alene from Weather Underground.
Human Body Quiz Test your knowledge of the human body with this fun quiz.
Tour of the Human Body Here is a great site where you get a virtual tour of the human body.
Matter Click here to learn all about the different states of matter, atoms and everything you would want to know about chemistry!

Cool Math 4 Kids This website is filled with fun games and activities.
Virtual Manipulatives and Games A fun website with many kinds of math manipulatives to work with and fun games to practice your math.
Addition and Multiplication Baseball Practice your math facts and play a game of baseball!
Fun Brain All kinds of fun math activities and games.
Multiplication.com Great ways to practice multiplication facts!
Math Surf Links to different web sites with fun math activities.
AAA Math More fun activities in all different kinds of math topics.

Brain Teasers Click here to find the math question of the week.
Math Challenges Click on this site to find the Math Problem of the Week!