Finish Olympics Poster and Grammar Games

1. Finish Winter Olympic poster.

2. Practice spelling words with silent letters by playing these games:

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en01soun-game-silent-invaders
2. http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Y3Spelling/silentletters1.htm
3. http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/72.html

3. Practice using quotation marks:

1. http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/quotation_marks/quiz1632.html
2. http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=tandersoquotes

4. Practice using exclamation points:

1. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/g/exclamationmarksp.cfm
2. http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=msmith5punctuation

5. Login to HTS Typing Club and practice keyboarding.

Username:  last name followed by first initial (ex. mohrn)

Password:  htstype

The Winter Olympics!

Today, everyone will create a poster about the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.  First, you will need to do some research using the websites that I have provided below.  Everyone will open the blank Olympic poster that is located in your network folder. Your poster must include the following information:

1. The name of your favorite Winter Olympic athlete and WHY this is your favorite athlete.
2. List your favorite Winter Olympic events.
3. Include at least 3 fun facts about the history of the Winter Olympics.
4. Insert 1 or 2 photos in the spaces provided.  I have saved some photos for you in your network drive that you can use.

Athletes to Watch:
http://www.timeforkids.com/photos-video/slideshow/athletes-watch/142876

Fun Facts About the Olympics:
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0771580.html
and
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/

Winter Olympic Events:
http://www.timeforkids.com/news/winter-olympic-events/137746

Grammar Games Today

Vocabulary games involving words from The Keeping Quilt

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/ewordgame/index.html?grade=3&unit=4

http://www.quia.com/jg/939228.html

Vocabulary game for Grandma's Records

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

Practice spelling words with the hard and soft “c”.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/activities_y5/activity3.shtml

Word Sort for the soft "c" and soft "g":

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordsort/index.html?grade=3&unit=20

Word Builder using the soft "g" and the soft "c":

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordbuilder/index.html?grade=3&unit=20

Sort the words for soft and hard "g" and soft and hard "c":

Hard c and soft c (3 games)

http://216.255.77.73/sort-it-out-sounds-c-1-game
http://216.255.77.73/sort-it-out-sounds-c-2-game
http://216.255.77.73/sort-it-out-sounds-c-3-game

Hard g and soft g (3 games)

http://216.255.77.73/sort-it-out-g1-game
http://216.255.77.73/sort-it-out-g2-game
http://216.255.77.73/sort-it-out-g3-game

Blogging About The Keeping Quilt

1. Open the 3rd Grade Technology Blog.

2. Open 3rd Grade Kidblog

3. Select your name, then type your password:  ________

4. Read the assignment on Kidblog.  Choose one of the questions to write about.

5. Once you have Published your response, read some of your classmate's posts and provide a thoughtful, academic Comment.  You must use one of the sentence starters that we discussed last week (I will put them up on the Smartboard).

Grammar Games Today - We Had A Snow Day :(

Spelling games involving long - o words

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordbuilder/index.html?grade=3&unit=4

and

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordfind/index.html?grade=3&unit=4

2 vocabulary games involving words from The Keeping Quilt

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/ewordgame/index.html?grade=3&unit=4

and

http://www.quia.com/jg/939228.html

Quiz involving verbs (is, are) (was, were):

http://www.softschools.com/quiz_time/language_arts/grammar/theme15.html

Things to Consider Before You Comment

This morning, we will discuss appropriate ways to comment on your classmates’ blog posts.

The following slides are from the Langwitches Blog and they will help us review the difference between social commenting and academic commenting.  In school, we will ALWAYS use academic commenting.

I will need to approve all your comments, so please be sure to follow these guidelines!  During Technology class today, I will ask you to respond to a question on Kidblog.  Once you have finished writing your response (your post), you will read some of your classmate's posts and choose one on which to comment.  Your comment must be thoughtful and academic. 

3rd Grade Kidblog