Graham Bell Victoria School

Grade 5, Room 6 (Mr. Penner's class)

 

Today's Date:

"Report cards only show what you've shown, not what you're able to do."
--Austin B., Grade 4

Health and Phys. Ed.
     Healthy Kids
     Dietitians of Canada (Make a Meal)
     Canada Food Guide
     The rainbow approach to the Canada Food Guide

Language Arts
    Dictionary
    Word Origins (Etymology)
    Spelling Helper
    Fun with words: Palindromes, hangman, tongue twisters, etc.
    Anagram maker What city is "Go, learn, live?"

Math
    Make a snowflake
    M.C. Escher: really interesting patterns, and really cool pictures
    Make a Graph
    Multiplication Table Practice 
   
Social Studies

    Canadian Government    
          Government of Canada
          Pictures of Canada from Space
         
    Ancient Civilizations
          Pyramids, the inside story
          Pyramids: Houses of Eternity
          Ancient Egypt Projects (by other grade 5 students!)
          How to make a Mummy
          The "Clickable" Mummy (Click on parts of the mummy to see more!)
          Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
          Map of Ancient Egypt (click on cities to see sites and pictures)
          Egypt: Picture of the Day

Science

    Weather
          Weather Office (Environment Canada)
          National Hurricane Center
          Scientists in School 

    Our Environment
          Great Acts for the Great Lakes
          North American Bear Center
          Polar Bears International
          Grizzly Bear Project   
          Hinterland Who's Who
          Switcheroo Zoo

   Human Body
          Your Gross and Cool Body
          Tour of the Human Body
          Human Body Resources  (Gander Academy, Gander Newfoundland)
          Real Skeleton Pictures
          
Visual Arts
     How does a prism work?
     Colour Wheel
     Geometric patterns. Print these pages and colour them in.   

Real-Life Heroes in the News

September
Terry Fox
, a Canadian hero who never gave up

October
Rosa Parks
(1913-2005), the mother of the civil rights movement. 

November
Canadians James Loney, 41, and Harmeet Singh Sooden, 3 who were kidnapped Nov. 26 as they were working with Christian Peacemaker Teams, a Canadian-based organization that has investigated allegations of abuse against Iraqi prisoners.

December
The pilots of Midwest flight 210 who safely landed their plane after their landing gear got jammed. None of the 90 people on board were injured.

January
Canadian diplomat Glyn Berry is killed and two Canadian soldiers critically injured by a bomb blast in Afghanistan. He is the first Canadian diplomat to be killed on duty.

February
Our Olympic athletes! Pick one, any one. They made sacrifices and trained and focused on the goal of being the best they can be.

March
Police officers everywhere who work tirelessly to make our streets and the internet safe for children, Detective Sgt. Paul Gillespie of the Toronto Police Service is one individual out of many who deserve our appreciation.

April
Craig Kielburger, who began his fight for the rights of children as a 12-year-old, was awarded the "Children's Nobel Prize." Voted on by young people around the globe, the Children's Nobel goes to a person or organization judged to have made an outstanding contribution to the defence of children's rights

 

 

 

 

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