Practice Your Math Facts First

https://xtramath.org/signin/classroom

3rd Grade Classroom Code: DMZHBXTB

Goals for 2015

When you are finished, you may play the following Christmas games to exercise your brain.

http://www.abcya.com/ball_ornaments_puzzle.htm

http://www.akidsheart.com/math/mathgames/untie.swf

http://hoodamath.com/games/sugarsugarxmasspecial.html

http://www.multiplication.com/games/play/holiday-fun

http://www.thekidzpage.com/freekidsgames/games/whack_a_grinch/grinch-christmas-game-for-kids.html

http://www.noradsanta.org/

CLICK ON GAMES THEN TRY GAME #5 AND #6 AND #13

Advent Poems & Verbs Tenses

Before we get started today, click on this link: http://b.socrative.com/login/student/ to vote for your favorite Christmas song.  The classroom number is:  aaaaaa

Everyone will create an acrostic poem in PowerPoint using the word ADVENT

When you have finished your acrostic poem, practice verb tenses by playing these games:

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/verb-tenses-interactive-grammar-game-for-esl-jeopardy-quiz-game/

http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-3-games/ela-games/choose-the-past-tense-verb.html

http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/jigword/jigpast1.html

Destination Impossible - Instructions Game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english/games

Model Drawing of Addition - Screencast

Hour of Code!!!

http://studio.code.org/hoc/1

https://holidays.madewithcode.com/project/lights


Play Puppy Adventure, Candy Quest or Trailblazer

http://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/


Learn 10 More Steps

http://studio.code.org/s/playlab/stage/1/puzzle/1


Learn some Java Script

http://www.crunchzilla.com/code-maven

Helping Verbs & Summarizing

A helping verb always stands in front of a main verb.

Shyla can ride her sister's bicycle.  The helping verb is can and the main verb is ride.

More than one helping verb can be used in a sentence.

Shyla has been walking to school.  The helping verbs are has and been.

Sometimes a word (such as not) separates the helping verb from the main verb.

Shyla does not want a new bicycle.  The helping verb is does and the main verb is want.

Identify the Main Verb and the Helping Verb

http://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-4/identify-main-verbs-and-helping-verbs

Contraction? Main Verb? Helping Verb?

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/verb_power/index_pre.html

Helping Verbs

http://www.quia.com/rr/121293.html

What is the summary of the passage?

http://www.tv411.org/reading/understanding-what-you-read/summarizing/activity/1/2

Summarize a list

http://www.tv411.org/reading/understanding-what-you-read/summarizing/activity/3/2

What can you INFER from reading the passage?

http://www.tv411.org/reading/understanding-what-you-read/strategies-better-reading/activity/1/4

What can you PREDICT from reading the passage?

http://www.tv411.org/reading/understanding-what-you-read/strategies-better-reading/activity/2/2

Finish Animal Trading Cards

Everyone will finish their Animal Trading cards today.  You must follow these directions in order to open your document:

1. Click on the Start button
2. Click on Computer (in the right side column)
3. Double click on your personal drive (example: jestm, winsorj, etc.)
4. You will see your Animal Trading card document - DOUBLE CLICK ON IT TO OPEN

If you have finished, you will work on Greg Tang's Thanksgiving Math Challenge.  Click on the link below to start playing the games.  

http://gregtangmath.com/games

Internet Research & Create Animal Trading Cards

Today, we will begin by spending some time exploring the National Geographic Creature Features website. You will need to choose two animals (make sure they are from two different classifications - mammals, fish, birds, insects, reptiles or amphibians), then do a bit of research about those animals.  Fill in the worksheet provided and then we will begin to create animal information cards with photos and facts about our animals!

The National Geographic site can be found here:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/

Computer Coding

Today, we will practice a bit for the upcoming Hour of Code at HTS in December.  Click on the link below and begin by choosing the Puppy Adventure game.  If you finish, go back to the home page and select another game to try.  Good luck!

http://www.tynker.com/hour-of-code/

Spelling City - Create Your Own List

Today, everyone will create a spelling list in Spelling City.  You will type your own spelling words for this week (List 1 or List 2).  After you finish typing your words, you will play spelling games to practice for your test on Friday.

Everyone will need to login to Spelling City with your username and password:
Username: last name followed by first initial followed by hts (ex. iselerlhts)
Exception: cgehts
Password: titans

Mathletics Is Back!

Today, everyone will work on Mathletics!

Click on the link to get started: www.mathletics.com

Grammar Games & Internet Scavenger Hunt

Word Builder for the beginning sounds "kn" and "wr" and ending sound "-tch"

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordbuilder/index.html?grade=3&unit=9

Word Sort

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordsort/index.html?grade=3&unit=9

Is the Adjective before or after the Noun in these sentences?

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=msmith5adjectivesfind

Internet Scavenger Hunt
You will hunt for the answers to the 9 questions listed on the handout.  You can find all of the answers on the following websites:

Geography.about.com
Kids National Geographic Animals
Inventors.about.com
NASA Mission Apollo 11
Weather.com
Animal Planet
African Wildlife Foundation
Animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/
Biography.com/people
Whale-world.com

Lots To Do Today!

Please complete these assignments in this order:

1. Finish typing your Quilt Square sentences.
2. Read the suggestions I have made to your sentences and then make those changes in Google Drive.
3. SHARE your Quilt Square sentences with me at: cmiller@htsdc.org
4. Go to Tagxedo and create a Word Cloud using Halloween-themed words.

5. Finish your Plant Life Cycle drawing in Pixie.

6. Practice adjectives by playing the 2 games listed on my blog on October 21, 2014.

Making Graphs Online

During Math class today, everyone will get to make a graph on the computer using the information gathered from HTS students about their favorite type of pet.

The title of your graph should be:

HTS Favorite Pets by _________________ (your name)

Click on the link below the picture to begin creating your graph.

Our data:

Dog: 213

Hamster: 59

Cat: 148

Snake: 34

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/classic/

Google Drive & Life Cycle Drawings

I will show everyone how to login to Google Drive
Click on Google Chrome
Open a new tab
Click on the square with 9 dots on the top right of your screen
Click on Drive
Go to Google Drive
Type your email address: last name followed by first initial @htsdc.org
Example: graya@htsdc.org
Password:  titans1325
I Accept. Continue to my account.
Create a new password, type it 2 times: reader3rd

Everyone will Create a New Document and type their Quilt Square

When you have finished typing your Quilt Square, please SHARE it with me at my email address:
cmiller@htsdc.org

For those that have not yet finished their drawing of the Life Cycle of a Plant, please open Pixie and finish up today.
For those that have finished their Plant drawing, they may choose something from the 3rd Grade Technology Blog.

Life Cycle of a Plant & Practice Adjectives

1. Click on this link: http://b.socrative.com/login/student/ to record your favorite type of pet.  I will write the Classroom number for you on the board.

2. Draw the life cycle of a plant using Pixie.  You must include 4 or 5 steps in the life cycle process.
For example,
- Seeds are scattered
- Seed shell splits and plant sprouts
- Roots, stem and leaves develop
- Flowers bloom
- Flowers form seeds and .... (WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?)

YOU MUST INCLUDE A TITLE AND YOUR NAME!

3. When you have finished your drawing, practice adjectives by playing these 3 games:

http://www.ezschool.com/Games/English/Adjectives/index.html

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/bugs/index.html

http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-3-games/ela-games/identify-adjectives-in-sentences.html

PRESS PLAY THEN CLICK IDENTIFYING ADJECTIVES

Geography & Estimating Sums

Today, you will play a few games to help you practice the location of the earth's continents and oceans.  Then, you will play more games to practice estimating sums.

First, click and listen to the names of continents and oceans

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_GL.html


Test yourself...

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/world_G0_Click.html

Drag the continents & oceans to their correct location

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/world_G1_drag_drop.html

http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/continentNames/continentJig.htm


This one is a little tougher...

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/continents-puzzle.html


Try these 2 games to practice estimating sums

https://www.mangahigh.com/en-us/games/iceicemaybe
CLICK PLAY
THEN CHOOSE EASY
THEN SELECT EMPEROR PENGUINS (PATH 1)
THEN CLICK X? TO GET STARTED



Round the numbers to the nearest 10 and then add

http://www.aaamath.com/est27bx2.htm

Spelling Review

This week is a spelling review of all the spelling patterns you have studied during the first five weeks of school.  Today, you will login to Spelling City and choose the list called "3rd Grade Review List 10-14-14".  Play spelling games using this list!

Spelling City Logins
Username: last name followed by first initial followed by hts (ex. grayahts, jestmhts, etc.)
Exception: cgehts (Eilish's username)
Password: titans

Print Your Flyers! Grammar Games

After you have printed your Read This! flyer, you will practice grammar and spelling by playing the following games:

Comma Use In A List

http://www.quia.com/ba/38272.html

Word Builder With Long i Words (using igh, i or ie)

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordbuilder/index.html?grade=3&unit=5

Word Sort With Long i Words

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordsort/index.html?grade=3&unit=5

eWord Game Using Vocabulary from The Keeping Quilt

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr06/ewordgame/index.html?grade=3&theme=2&selection=1

If you finish, the two choices are Typing Club or Raz-Kids.