Mrs. Anderson ~ 5th Grade |
Mastery Club
Caution: This club is only for students wishing to step above and beyond the normal classroom experience, and take a chance in exploring the joy of learning. If this applies to you please proceed.
How can you participate? To become a member all you have to do is learn about a topic below during free time, as a reward, or when you finish your work early. Once you have researched your topic come tell Mrs. Anderson your answers from memory during your recess, Band time, Strings time, Special Chorus time, or after school. Topic challenges do not have to be completed in any specific order. Pick what interests you! When you successfully complete a challenge you will earn a mastery club star. Once you get all 84 stars (the maximum), you will have the special privilege of conducting research and developing new questions to be added to the mastery club. Have fun and good luck! You can print a copy of the challenges to keep if you would like to.
Challenge |
Social Studies | Research Help |
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1
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Name the 7 continents. | Continents |
2
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Name 15 world countries and tell which continent they are in. | Countries |
3
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Name 15 major world cities and tell where they are located. | Capital cities of the world |
4
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Name 15 types of dwellings. | Dwellings |
5
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Name 10 South American and Central American countries. | South America Map Central America Map |
6
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Name 10 countries bordering the Pacific Ocean . | World Map |
7
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Name 10 countries in Europe. | Quiz Game European Map |
8
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Name 10 countries in Africa. | Quiz Game African Map |
9
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Name 10 major bodies of water. | Oceans and Seas |
10
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Name 10 major world rivers. | Rivers of the World River Sytems |
11
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Name 10 large deserts of the world. | Desert Maps Deserts of the World |
12
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Name 10 large lakes in the North America . | Lakes of the World |
13
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Name the 50 states. | State Quiz Game |
14
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Write the names of the 50 states on a map. | Explore the States |
15
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Name the state capitals. | State Capitals |
16
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Name 10 Native American tribes. | Native American Nations |
17
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Name 10 Explorers and what they explored. | North American Explorers |
18
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Name the 13 colonies. | 13 Colonies Homepage List of the 13 Colonies |
19
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Name 10 Native American Tribes. | Native American Nations |
20
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Name the states that make up the Louisiana Territory. | |
21
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Name the 1 st - 10 th presidents in order. | American Presidents |
22
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Name the 11 th - 20 th presidents in order. | American Presidents |
23
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Name the 21 st - 30 th presidents in order. | American Presidents |
24
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Name the 31 st - current presidents. | American Presidents |
Challenge |
Science | Research Help |
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25
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Name 15 kinds of fish. |
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26
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Name 15 marine creatures. | |
27
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Name 8 types of clouds. |
Types of Clouds |
28
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Name the stages of the water cycle. | Kids Water Cycle Watercycle |
29
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Name Newton's 3 Laws of Motion. | Issac Newton All World Knowledge |
30
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Name 10 organs in the human body. | Tour of Human Body - Think Quest Interesting Information About the Human Body |
31
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Name 5 human body systems. | Virtual Body Body Systems |
32
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Label the major bones of the body. | |
33
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Describe all the colors in the visible spectrum. | Electrogmagnetic Spectrum Wavelengths Color |
34
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Name 5 male inventors and their inventions. | Inventors Invent Now Hall of Fame |
35
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Name 5 female inventors and their inventions. | Inventors Invent Now Hall of Fame |
36
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Find an exeriment and demonstrate it to the class. Make sure you have practiced it at home first. | Science Experiment Website Lists |
37
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Name the order of the planets in the solar system. | |
38
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Name 15 mammals . | |
39
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Name 15 vertebrate animals. | Animal Index |
40
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Name 10 amphibians. | Animal Index |
41
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Name 10 reptiles. | Animal Index National Geographic |
42
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Name 10 types of birds. | National Geographic |
43
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Name 10 dinosaurs. | Dinosaur Pictures T.Rex |
44
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Name 10 deciduous trees. | What is deciduous? What Tree Is It? |
45
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Name 10 chemicals and their chemical symbol. | |
46
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Name 10 constellations. What do they look like? | Choose a constellation then "constellation lines" Constellations |
47
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Name 5 igneous rocks. | Mineral Gallery - see photosRock Hounds - How Rocks are Formed |
48
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Name 5 sedimentary rocks. | Mineral Gallery - see photosRock Hounds - How Rocks are Formed Rocks & Minerals |
49 |
Name 5 metamorphic rocks. | Mineral Gallery - see photosRock Hounds - How Rocks are Formed Rocks & Minerals |
Challenge |
Language Arts & Linguistics | Research Help |
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50
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Name 20 verbs. | What is a Verb? Play the "Nouns or Verbs? game |
51
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Name 15 adjectives. | |
52
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Name 15 adverbs. | Adverbs |
53
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Name 15 prepositions. | Prepositions Preposition Game |
54
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Name 10 common nouns and 10 proper nouns. | Nouns |
55
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Name 10 famous authors. | Authors |
56
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Give 2 examples each of alliteration, personification, simile, metaphor, and onomatopoeia. | Figurative Language |
57
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Count to 20 in French. | Click "Ecoutons" to listen to the numbers & then click "Repetons" and finally, "Praticons" to play a game |
58
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Count to 20 in another language besides English or Spanish. | Counting |
59
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Use sign language to sign the alphabet and count to 20. | Sign Language game |
60
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Score 100% on your spelling words and 100% on the bonus words. | |
61
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Get 400 points on book adventure. | Book Adventure |
62
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Name the signal words for the problem/solution text structure. | Text structure examples. Time order is sequence. |
63
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Name the signal words for the sequence text structure. | see 62 |
64
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Name the signal words for the cause/effect text structure. | see 62 |
65
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Name the signal words for the compare/contrast text structure. | see 62 |
66
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Name the signal words for the description text structure. | see 62 |
67
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Name the meaning for the 5th grade prefixes. (bi-, co-, de-, en-, tri-) | Prefix/Suffix More prefix/suffix |
68
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Name the meaning for the 5th grade suffixes. (-able/-ible, -ance/-ence, -ate, -ish) | see 67 |
69
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Do a book report for a book you have been reading indepedently. | You may search the internet for book report ideas or see Mrs. Anderson for ideas. |
Challenge |
Math | Research Help |
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70
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Draw the lines of symmetry for the capital alphabet. | Symmetry |
71
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Compute the area of squares, rectangles, circles, and triangles. | Area formulas |
72
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Name the perfect square numbers up to 225. | Square numbers |
73
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Write in Roman Numerals up to 100. | Roman Numerals Know Your Roman Numerals Roman Numeral Quiz |
74
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Name 5 famous mathematicians. | A long list of Mathameticians |
75 |
Find a recipe and make half of what it calls for. Write about how it turned out. | Cooking by Numbers |
76
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Watch a brainpop movie on a math topic that you would like to learn more about. Explain a problem and work it out. | Brainpop |
Challenge |
Miscellaneous | Research Help |
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77
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Research a topic that interests you and make a podcast. Be sure to make a script before recording. | |
78
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Research a topic that interests you and make a poster or informative video on it.. | |
79
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Create a musical instrument that can change pitch. Bring it to school and play a song. | |
80
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Name one career for each letter of the alphabet. | Careers |
81
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Name 12 winter or summer Olympic events. | Olymics |
82
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Name the 3 Presidents who were facing impeachment. Why? What was the outcome? | President information Impeachment |
83 |
Name 10 instruments in a marching band. | Instrument Encylcopedia |
84
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Name 10 instruments in a symphony orchestra. | Sounds from the Orchestra |
* A special thanks goes out to Mrs. Heather Renz in Redmond, Oregon for allowing us to use this Club in our classroom!
