Using Your Wits
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5th Grade Common Core Standards
Activities and Practice
Brainteasers.org
Riddles and Brainteasers
Sharp Brains
BrainBashers.com
The Problem Site Reinforce basic math principals with this collection of games and puzzles.
Spelling and Vocabulary Practice and Activities by Stories
The Catch of the Day, A Trickster Play
The Golden Mare, The Firebird, and the Magic Ring
Tricky Tales
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The Unbreakable Code
Research Toolkit Unit 3: Using Your Wits
Big Question: How can you use your intelligence to outwit others?
Research Activity
In this unit, you will learn about using your wits to solve problems. Research a person or group of people who used their intelligence to solve a problem in a creative way.
Suggested Web Sites for Research
http://www.kidsface.org/ (Kids for a Clean Environment is an organization begun by a 9-year-old boy who became concerned about the future of Earth’s environment.)
Frederick Gardner Cottrell, Inventor (Frederick Gardner Cottrell was a scientist and inventor. He was born in Oakland, California in 1877. As a child he had many hobbies, including photography, studying electricity, and publishing a newspaper.)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/pasteur_louis.shtml (Brief bio/story about Luis Pasteur’s process of purification to fight disease.)
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/edison.html (Thomas Edison’s invention ended the reliance upon candles for light.)
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/ford.htm (Henry Ford’s invention allowed humans to travel as never before.)
Extension Activities
Fables
1. Connect to this link: http://www.fablevision.com/place/library/index.html.
2. Choose a fable that looks interesting to you. Beneath its title, click on a version to download depending on whether you’re using a Mac or Windows computer. Choose Open, then double-click on the file that appears. Click on the title screen to begin.
3. Read the fable you selected. Select the right page to continue.
4. Many fables are meant to teach a lesson, or moral. Did your fable have a moral? If so, what was it?
5. Can you think of another fable or story that teaches the same moral? Think about any book or movie you have read or seen, or something that has happened to you in real life.
To read more about fables, go to http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/aesop.htm.
Cinderella Tales
1. Connect to this link: http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/cinderella/other.html#WICKED.
2. Click on The Wicked Stepmother. Read the Indian version of the Cinderella tale. Write a summary of the events in the tale.
3. Go back to the first page and scroll up to the heading Cinderella (Italian). Click on the hyperlink to read this version. Write a summary of the story events.
4. Compare and contrast the two tales. Tell how they are alike and how they are different.
5. Write a paragraph explaining which tale you prefer and why.
Corridos
1. Connect to this link: http://www.corridos.org/.
2. Click the Enter button. Then click on the Listen button at the top of the page.
3. Click on each link to read about corridos’ history. What are corridos? Why do you think they exist? Who listens to them?
4. Listen to some examples of corridos. How have corridos changed over time?
5. Pretend that you are a writer of modern-day corridos. What would you write about? Who would be your target audience? Write the words to one verse of your song and share it with a partner.
Rancho Life
1. Connect to this link: http://www.rancholoscerritos.org/history.html.
2. Read the passage on the page. Then answer the questions below.
a) What was a rancho?
b) What happened on a daily basis on Rancho Los Cerritos?
c) Who owned Rancho Los Cerritos? Why?
d) Why was Rancho Los Cerritos eventually sold? What happened to the need for
cattle and the ability to provide them?
3. Pretend you were a worker on Rancho Los Cerritos. Write a diary entry describing one day in your life on the rancho. Then share your entry with a classmate.
Cinquains and Other Kinds of Poems
1. Connect to this link: http://members.optushome.com.au/kazoom/poetry/cinquain.html.
2. Read the page to learn about the similarities and differences between traditional cinquains and modern cinquains.
3. Scroll down the page and read the poems.
4. On a blank sheet of paper, assign a number to each poems on the site. Then identify each as a traditional or modern cinquain.
5. Brainstorm a subject you'd like to write about. It could be nature, sports, someone you know, a pet or anything else that interests you.
6. Write a cinquain about the subject you chose. Identify it as traditional or modern.
To read more examples of poetry in different styles, click on http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html.
Other resources from our 3rd grade "Storytelling" Unit
Re-read and listen to Folk Tales
Remind yourself of tales you've heard before or learn new ones! Remember when you recorded a podcast?
GRIMM STORIES - Read or listen to tales saved by The Brothers Grimm
AESOP'S FABLES - Re-read or listen to some favorites or learn new ones
CANDLE LIGHT STORIES - Podcasts of some favorites and some new tales (opens in iTunes)