Lon Po Po Internet websites http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/reading/lonpopo.htm Week of 1-26 Specials Start Day 5 Lon Po Po*, articles, Tangram stories, Compare and Contrast Essay Topic 8- Lesson 8-1 Relating Multiplication and Division, 8-2 Fact Families with 2, 3, 4 and 5, 8-3 Fact Families with 6 and 7, 8-4 Fact Families with 8 and 9, Quick Check review Quiz ______________________________________________________________________________________

INTERNET SAFETY ASSEMBLY WEBSITE

http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexFL.htm

Civil War Websites

Civil War sites and games

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/civwar.html

PBS kids Social Studies

http://pbskids.org/historydetectives/games/social_quiz/quiz_01.html

Military Channel Civil War Quiz

http://military.discovery.com/holidays/memorial-day/quizzes/civil-war-quiz.html

Look at a map of the Civil War

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/

Civil War from Fact Monster

http://www.factmonster.com/search?fr=fmtn&query=civil+war

Week of January 5th

Papa Tells ChitaA Story

Websites-

http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/reading/papatells.htm

http://www.quia.com/quiz/344513.html

http://westallegheny.k12.pa.us/donaldson/reading_activities/grade%203/papa_tells_chita_a_story.html

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_3_16.htm

Spelling Words

http://www.transylvania.k12.nc.us/schools/pfe/staff/third/Harcourtspellinglinks/Papa%20Tells%20Chita%20a%20Story.htm

Vocabulary Words

summoned- called to come

fortunate- lucky

generation- people who all grow up at about the same time

persistently- repeatedly, without giving up

faithful- loyal

illuminated- lit up; made brighter

Spelling Words

Words with /är/ (like stair)

bear airplane stare

tear compare glare

haircut repair sharing

stairs pear fairy

wear prepare* aware

Challenge Words

16. steady*

17. balance

18. regular

19. constant

20. slowpoke*

* Selection Words

http://www.fablevision.com/place/index.html

http://editec.net/

http://www.fables.co.uk/stories.htm

http://www.quia.com/quiz/718435.html

http://www.umass.edu/aesop/

http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop/

http://westallegheny.k12.pa.us/mckee/reading_activities/grade%203/sayings_we_share.html

http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/cc/vp_gle/3rd/homework/reading/th3/sayings.htm

http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/cc/vp_gle/3rd/ela/trophy3/quiz/vocabulary/th_3/sayyings/saying_cloze.htm

http://www.quia.com/jg/664787.html

Armadillo From Amarillo

Earth Day Sites

http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/

http://funschool.kaboose.com/globe-rider/earth-day/index.html

http://holidays.quiz.kaboose.com/60-kids-what-s-your-earth-iq

Rocking and Rolling- activity page http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/reading/rockingandrolling.htm

ROCK AND FOSSIL sites

http://www.rockhoundkids.com/

http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/index2.html

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/faqs.html

http://dph1701.tripod.com/geology/

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow4/nov98/games/quiz.html

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/floatingrock/a1.html

http://www.desertusa.com/Thingstodo/geo/geology.html

http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/create/index.html

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explorations/tours/fossil/

Slideshow- http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Slideshow/Slideindex.html

Rock Cycle Song
(Sing to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat")

SEDIMENTARY rock
Has been formed in layers
Often found near water sources
With fossils from decayers

Then there's IGNEOUS rock
Here since Earth was born
Molten Lava, cooled and hardened
That's how it is formed

These two types of rocks
Can also be transformed
With pressure, heat and chemicals
METAMORPHIC they'll become.

( Don't forget to sing this as a "Round"; after all, it is the Rock "Cycle"!

Volcano Websites-

http://www.fema.gov/kids/volcano.htm

http://kids.discovery.com/games/pompeii/pompeii.html

Minerals

Game- http://www.miniclip.com/games/motherload/en/

http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/minerals/

Mineralogy for kids-

http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/K12/K_12.html

Math website https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp

Your log in is your first initial and last name. The password is your school password.

Little Grunt and the Big Egg Spelling Words Words with oi (like coil) 1. joyful 6. spoil 11. soil 2. choice 7. royal 12. loyal 3. voice 8. annoy 13. boiled 4. joint 9. noise* 14. destroy 5. moist 10. employ 15. pointy Challenge Words 16. earthquake* 17. volcano* 18. hurricane 19. weather 20. rumble Vocabulary Brunch- a meal that comes between breakfast and lunch Peaceful-calm and quiet Omelet-eggs that are beaten with other ingredients and cooked Erupting-blowing out lava, rocks, and gases from a volcano Lava-hot, melted rock that pours from an erupting volcano Escape-to get away from danger Grammar- Plural Nouns Tomie DePaola http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity_collections_preview/auth_ill/gr3/tomie_de_paola. html http://www.tomie.com/main.html Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/reading/quizzes/gruntcross.htm Spelling and Vocabulary http://www.quia.com/quiz/316791.html http://www.quia.com/jg/394422.html http://www.quia.com/jq/21316.html http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/cc/vp_gle/3rd/ela/trophy3/quiz/vocabulary/th_2/grunt/grunt _cloze.htm Egg Sites http://www.skillsware.co.uk/eggs/index1.htm http://www.crackingeggs.co.uk/ http://www.aeb.org/kidsandfamily/table_of_contents.htm http://www.aeb.org/ http://www.hickmanseggs.com/ Dinosaur Sites http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/ http://www.billybear4kids.com/dinosaurs/long-long-ago.html http://www.dinofun.com/ http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/dinosaur/index.html http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/activities/radiobuttonquiz/ http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/ Volcano Sites http://www.fema.gov/kids/volcano.htm http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/science/volcano.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/ http://www.westallegheny.k12.pa.us/mckee/grade3/Volcano%20Tour.htm Plural Nouns http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/plural_noun/index.html 4255

Log on using your user name and passowrd

User name is your first initial, last initial, first three letters of your last name, last three numbers of your id.

Your password is your lunch/library number.

Samuel Champlain http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/champlain.shtml

http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/champlain.html

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/samuel-de-champlain.htm http://www.answers.com/samuel%20champlain

Henry Hudson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hudson

http://www.ianchadwick.com/hudson/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/hudson.shtml

http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/hudson.html

http://www.hrmm.org/halfmoon/halfmoon.htm

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/E/newnetherlands/nl1.htm

John Cabot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/john_cabot.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/cabot.shtml

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/kiexp.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/john-cabot

Jacques Cartier

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/jacques_cartier.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/jacques-cartier

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial/cartier_1

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1143.html

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/jacques-cartier.htm

Ponce DeLeon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ponce_de_Le%C3%B3n

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/deleon.shtml

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/ponce_de_leon.htm

http://fcit.usf.edu/Florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm

Hernando De Soto

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/desoto.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto

http://cybersleuthkids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Hernando_de_Soto/index.htm

http://www.notablebiographies.com/De-Du/de-Soto-Hernando.html

http://www.answers.com/topic/hernando-de-soto

This week we are reading Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome

Spelling Words

shot

chance

match

watch

showed

shock

pushed

such

crash

chew

batch

hitched

sharp

mush

speech

medicine

crutch

nurse

hospital

equipment

Vocabulary Words

splinters sharp, thin pieces that have been broken off something

telegraph a device used to send words in code from one place to another

trail a path through the wilderness

guided led others to where they needed to go

drifts large piles of snow heaped up by the wind

temperature the measure of how hot or cold something is

Read about the author http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/balto/author.html

Slideshow of the Iditarod Race http://www.iditarodtours.com/slideshow.htm

Tribute http://fluke.theicecave.org/realbalto.shtml

Harcourt http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/balto/building.html

Activities http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/reading/balto.htm

Dog Race http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/alaska/iditarod/

Iditarod http://www.westallegheny.k12.pa.us/mckee/horizons/iditarod/iditarod.htm

Iditarod Websites http://www.workingdogweb.com/Iditarod.htm

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/

http://www.cabelasiditarod.com/index.html

Vocabulary Practice http://books.quia.com/jg/398710.html

Matching http://books.quia.com/cm/28040.html

This week we are reading Turtle Bay

Spelling Words-

known written laugh sphere wreck writer

wrong wrap wrench knocked knot wring

enough rough wrinkle tortoise dolphin whale

sea horse coral

Vocabulary words

eager (adjective) - full of excited energy and interest

litter (noun) - trash that has been dropped on the ground and left there

message (noun) - information passed on to a person by written words or by sound

patiently (adverb) - without fussing or complaining even after a long time

trained (verb) - taught people or animals to do something well by having them repeat the

task over and over; instructed

wise (adjective) - able to understand why things happen in life as they do and to make good decisions based on that understanding

Practice vocabulary words

http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/cc/vp_gle/3rd/ela/trophy3/quiz/vocabulary/th_2/turtle/turtle_cloze.htm

Practice spelling and vocabulary words

http://www.quia.com/jw/61350.html

Activities

http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/reading/turtlebay.htm

Learn about sea turtles

http://www.turtles.org/kids.htm

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/education/turtles.htm

http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/sea_turtles.php

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/9911/turtle/

http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/54/27/

http://www.projectaware.org/kids/html/seaturtles.asp

August 2009

Our first story was Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman. Visit the author's site at http://www.peggyrathmann.com/officerbuckle.html

Spelling Words Words with short a (like cat) and short e (like net) sat,felt,last,send,next,best,went,hand,stand,past,grand,stamp,belt,lend,checked,else,guest attention,heard,listen

Vocabulary words department- a separate part of a large organization, such as a government or business audience- a group of people who gather to see or hear a performance, such as a play obeys- carries out wishes, orders, or instructions commands- directions or orders expression- a way of speaking that shows feeling accident- something bad that happens without being planned noticed- became aware of: saw for the first time

Disney online safety http://home.disney.go.com/guestservices/safety

McGruff safety http://www.mcgruff.org/ School bus safety http://www.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/Kids/kid-schl.htm#top Fire safety http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/kids/flash.htm http://www.sparky.org/

Bike and Wheel Sport safety http://www.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/Kids/kid-bike.htm

Food safety http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/default.htm http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/html/wash__hands.htm

Internet safety http://www.safekids.com/kidsrules.htm

Emergency- FEMA http://www.fema.gov/kids/index.htm

September 1, 2009

This week we are reading Pepita Talks Twice. The spelling words are: slip, fish, pick, rocks, lunch, gift, thing, inch, truck, pond, from, jump, socks, dish, thump. Bonus words are: frown, expression, surprised, emotion, smirk

Also this week we are: Reviewing statements and questions in grammar. Working on Ideas and Organization in writing. Practicing using a dictionary. Decoding words with inflected endings. Identifying narrative elements.

Upcoming events: There is no school on September 7th. Mystery Book reports are due on September 17th.

September 8, 2009

This week we are reading Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat. Students are also working on Mystery book reports due 9-17-09

Spelling words are easy, pail, gain, found, grade, these, theme, investigate, meet, reach, scream, late, name, mystery, seat, raise, solve, saved, leave, search

Vocabulary words are detective, positive, case, returned, definitely, assistant, and specific

Visit the website at http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/natethegreat/ or get some activities to do at http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/natethegreat/activities.html

Test your knowledge of Nate at http://www.kidsreads.com/funstuff/trivia/nate-triv.asp

Read about bridges at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/bridge/

Use the camera to see the Golden Gate Bridge live at http://www.goldengatebridge.org/

Have fun solving mysteries at http://kids.mysterynet.com/

See pictures and learn about the history of the Golden Gate Bridge at http://www.inetours.com/Pages/SFNbrhds/Golden_Gate_Bridge.html

9-14- 09 This week we are reading Allie's Basketball Dream.

9-21-09 This week we are reading The Olypmic Games.

Greek Government http://www.greeceindex.com/political-system/greek_political_system_powers.html

Greek Art http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/art/greekart.htm

Greek architecture http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/architecture/greekarch.htm

Socrates for kids http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/socrates.htm

Plato for kids http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/plato.htm

Aristotle for kids http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/aristotle.htmhttp://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/aristotle.htm

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/index.shtml

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/goplaces/0,12405,227674,00.html

http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/

http://www.quia.com/hm/106441.html

Spelling words

least, stick, strong, fast, strike, start, just, artist, blast, burst, almost, straw, strip, student, street,

events, competition, stroke, teammate, distance

Vocabulary Words

ancient- very old

host- one who provides the place for an event

stadium- an area or building with rows of seats built around a field

compete- to take part with others in a contest of skill

earned- gained as the result of effort

record- the best performance ina competition

ceremonies- formal acts of performed in honor of an occasion

medals- small, flat pieces of metal given as awards

Week of December 8^th

Sayings We Share- Proverbs and Fables

December

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Test your knowledge about the continents and oceans

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http://www.iq.poquoson.org/continentsoceans.html

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/contquiz.htm

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/worldquiz.html

Centerfield Ballhawk

Spelling Words

Words with /ôô/ (like shoot) and /ŏŏ/(like book

1. boots 6. hood 11. loose

2. grouped 7. choose 12. soot

3. shook 8. brook 13. understood

4. school 9. zoomed* 14. cartoon

5. looked 10. balloon 15. afternoon

Challenge Words

16. season*

17. umpire

18. diamond

19. average

20. pitcher

* Selection Words

http://westallegheny.k12.pa.us/mckee/reading_activities/grade%203/centerfield_ballhawk.html

http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/reading/centerfield.htm

http://www.quia.com/quiz/127717.html

The Talent Show

Spelling Words

song    law    because    soft    dawn
crawl lost taught long    pause
frost lawn hawk laundry author
sausage cafeteria    mustard    tablecloth    service

http://westallegheny.k12.pa.us/mckee/reading_activities/grade%203/talent_show.html

The Stories Julian Tells

Plurals- brother, uncles, sisters, girls

Singular Possessive- brother's, sister's, uncle's, man's, child's, girl's

Plural Possessive- sisters', men's, girls'

mine, yours, friendship, tease, polite, wiggle, nuisance

Vocabulary-

mustace, fastened, beyond, cartwheel, seriously, collection

Activities

http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/reading/thestories.htm

http://www.quia.com/rr/131847.html

Reading/Grammar sites

http://westallegheny.k12.pa.us/mckee/reading_activities/grade%203/julian_gr3.html

Words with /ou/ (like pound)

1. crown 6. around 11. howl

2. proud* 7. south 12. growl

3. however 8. loud 13. bounce

4. count 9. house 14. fountain

5. crowded 10. shouted 15. sound

16. special*

17. trust*

18. companion

19. trained*

20. behave

Vocabulary-

appointment (noun) - a time to be somewhere or to meet someone; arrangement for a meeting at a certain time

approach (verb) - to come closer to; to move toward

comfortable (adjective) - at ease; content

confident (adjective) - sure of something or oneself; certain

equipment (noun) - things used for a special purpose

firm (adjective) - not giving in; stern or commanding

program (noun) - events or activities organized to help or teach others; structured activities or training

Activites

http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/reading/rosie.htm

About the author

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/rosie/author.html

Decoding Long Words

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_3_8.htm

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade3/skill5/rosie.html

Possessive Nouns http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/go_for_gold/content_builder/dswmedia/g3_possessive_nouns/nadia.htm

Working Dogs

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0301/articles/mainarticle.html

Game http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0301/games/game.cgi

Little Grunt and the Big Egg Spelling Words Words with oi (like coil) 1. joyful 6. spoil 11. soil 2. choice 7. royal 12. loyal 3. voice 8. annoy 13. boiled 4. joint 9. noise* 14. destroy 5. moist 10. employ 15. pointy Challenge Words 16. earthquake* 17. volcano* 18. hurricane 19. weather 20. rumble Vocabulary Brunch- a meal that comes between breakfast and lunch Peaceful-calm and quiet Omelet-eggs that are beaten with other ingredients and cooked Erupting-blowing out lava, rocks, and gases from a volcano Lava-hot, melted rock that pours from an erupting volcano Escape-to get away from danger Grammar- Plural Nouns Tomie DePaola http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity_collections_preview/auth_ill/gr3/tomie_de_paola.html http://www.tomie.com/main.html Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/reading/quizzes/gruntcross.htm Spelling and Vocabulary http://www.quia.com/quiz/316791.html http://www.quia.com/jg/394422.html http://www.quia.com/jq/21316.html http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/cc/vp_gle/3rd/ela/trophy3/quiz/vocabulary/th_2/grunt/grunt_cloze.htm Egg Sites http://www.skillsware.co.uk/eggs/index1.htm http://www.crackingeggs.co.uk/ http://www.aeb.org/kidsandfamily/table_of_contents.htm http://www.aeb.org/ http://www.hickmanseggs.com/ Dinosaur Sites http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/ http://www.billybear4kids.com/dinosaurs/long-long-ago.html http://www.dinofun.com/ http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/dinosaur/index.html http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/activities/radiobuttonquiz/ http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/ Volcano Sites http://www.fema.gov/kids/volcano.htm http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/science/volcano.htm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/ http://www.westallegheny.k12.pa.us/mckee/grade3/Volcano%20Tour.htm Plural Nouns http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/plural_noun/index.html

This week we do not have spelling words. I will give a review quiz on past words.

We are also not reading a story. Our main focus is on our explorer unit. Students will research and write about explorers.

We are also working on math.

Monday- No School

Tuesday- Preview the book fair and Bobby and Baxter show

Wednesday- Home fall tradition paper for homework

Thursday- Early release 12:05 p.m. Conferences

Friday- Early release 12:05 p.m.

Conferences Monday-

Conferences Tuesday-

Friday- Fall celebration party 2:45 p.m.

Samuel Champlain