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.

Read This! Flyers

Let's finish your Read This! flyers today.  Click on the link to Smore.com.  Click Login with the following:

Email: cmiller@htsdc.org

PW: titans

Click on YOUR FLYERS at the top of your screen.  Scroll down and open the flyer you started last week.

Create Flyers - Read This!

Your book flyer must include the following:

1. Title of the book you are recommending
2. Author of the book
3. Your name
4. WHY you enjoyed this book.  Give at least one specific example.
5. Your favorite character in the book and WHY.  Give at least one specific example.
6. WHY you would recommend this book to others.  Give at least one specific example.

www.smore.com

Login: cmiller@htsdc.org

Password: titans

Click: Start A New Flyer

Click: Start From Blank