Selinsgrove Area Intermediate School

Fifth Grade

Reading

To get to any of these sites, click on the blue words when the little hand appears.

 

Our new reading series by Harcourt School Publishers has a web based skills section that can be done at home to reinforce skills learned in school. Begin at the following web site.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menu/principal.html?from=series_select&seriesID=11&back=/menus/reading.html

Go For Grammar Gold, Reading Skills Rocket, and Grammar Practice Park are all good games to start with. Notice the parent section at the bottom right.

 

 

Catastrophe News Article Project

To begin your project, choose a catastrophe and begin with this site:

Hurricanes - http://www.atl.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/kids.html

Tornados - http://www.tornadoproject.com/

Blizzards - http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/winter/history.html

Tsunami - http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/general/historic/historic.html

Earthquakes - http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/

Volcanoes - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/volcano2.html