You Are Mulan - Write a Letter to Your Parents

Today, we are going to practice writing in a friendly letter format.  You will use the ReadWriteThink letter format which includes the following parts of a letter:

• Today's date
• The greeting (Dear Mom and Dad)
• The body of the letter (see below for more details)
• The closing (this is used to end the letter)
• Your signature

You must use your imagination and think about how Mulan must be feeling.  The body of your letter should include the following:
1.  What is happening in your (Mulan's) life right now.
2.  How you are feeling while you are away from home (as if you were Mulan).
3.  What you/Mulan are hoping for.

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO START TYPING YOUR LETTER!
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/letter_generator/

Map of the World!

Today, we will play six (6) different games to practice locating each Continent and Ocean on a World Map:

(1)

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

(2)

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

(3)
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/world_G1_drag_drop.html

 

 

(4)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_G4_name_input.html

 



 

 

(5)

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

(6)
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/continents-puzzle.html

Next, we will open Pixie, and draw a map of the world! On the Smartboard, I will list the Continents and Oceans you should place on your map.

Spelling City Today

Each student will type their own spelling words in the boxes provided on www.spellingcity.com

Don't forget to click the Enter key to add more boxes.  Practice your spelling words by playing the following games:

• Which Word?
• Missing Letter
• Alphabetize
• Audio Word Match
• Sentence Unscramble
• Word Search
• HangMouse

Grammar Day!

Today, we will begin by working with Telling Sentences vs. Asking Sentences. Click on the link below to start the first game.

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/statement_or_question/quiz1525.html

In the next game, you have 3 choices, is it: 1) a telling sentence, 2) an asking sentence or 3) an exclaiming sentence?  Give it a try by clicking on the link below.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/penguins_on_ice/small_no_sound/standard2.shtml

Continue to play the following games to practice your grammar skills.  Don't forget to click on the link (the title directly ABOVE the picture) and not on the picture.
During the last 15 minutes of class, you may login to Mathletics.  Look up your user name and password in the 3rd grade list on my blog and then click the Mathletics link.

Clean up your grammar – Nouns vs. Verbs

Grammar Blast One

Grammar Blast Two

Grammar Blast Three

Noun Ice Cream Catch

Quia Noun Review

Christopher Columbus and Contractions

Today, we will do a few online activities related to Christopher Columbus.  To refresh your memory, we will watch the BrainPop video again (it's only 4 minutes long).  Click on the following link (http://www.brainpopjr.com//socialstudies/holidays/columbusday/) and complete these activities:

1.  Put the events in order.

2. Take the Easy Quiz (5 questions).

3. Take the Hard Quiz (5 questions).

Once you have completed these 3 activities, click on each of the links below to practice contractions:

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/word_games/vocabulary-games/contractions-card-flip.html

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/contractions/where-does-the-apostrophe-go.html

http://www.quia.com/jg/410335.html

Introduction of Mathletics

Yesterday, I introduced Mathletics to 3rd grade.  Everyone had the opportunity to login with their individual user name and password, create their own avatar and start playing math games.  The highlight for them seemed to be playing Live Mathletics which is where the student races to answer math facts while competing against another student somewhere in the world!  I hope that 3rd graders will continue to work on Mathletics while at home.  Please click on the following link:  www.mathletics.com

Spelling City!

Today, we will work with your spelling words (related to Christopher Columbus) in a website called
www.spellingcity.com
Open the website (click on the link above) and begin by typing your 10 spelling words into the empty white boxes.  When you need more boxes, click Enter to add another box. When you finish typing your spelling words, click the green circle that says Play Games.  Play the following games: 

• Which Word?
• Missing Letter
• Alphabetize
• Audio Word Match
• Sentence Unscramble
• Word Search
• HangMouse

Spelling Words

America

island

sailor

natives

discovery

voyage

journey

Spain

New World

Atlantic Ocean

Common Nouns and Proper Nouns

This game offers practice in differentiating between common nouns and proper nouns. Click on the link below.

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