Storybird Today!!

Today, everyone will login to www.storybird.com and create their own story.  Considering you are working on a fantasy unit in Language Arts, your stories should have an element of fantasy in them.  Everyone's story must include:
- A beginning
- A middle (the problem in the story)
- An end (the resolution or solution to the problem)

Your Language Arts teacher has given us a graphic organizer that you will use as a guide while you are writing your story.  The graphic organizer includes:
- Title for your story
- Setting
- Characters
- Problem
- Resolution

You must also use:
- Strong, descriptive words for your verbs and adjectives
- Proper upper case and lower case letters
- Correct spelling
- Complete sentences

I can't wait to read your stories!

Pixie Geometry Drawings

Your challenge today is to use a variety of lines and angles to create a Pixie drawing.  Mrs. Khanijoun and Mrs. DeFoor would like you to practice using the following geometry terms:

You can be wildly creative, and use them in many ways to illustrate a picture.  I would like to see you USE and LABEL at least five of the terms above.  Here are a few of examples from last year's class:

More Ocean Animal Research & Prefixes

Today, I would like you to continue to research websites for your Ocean Animal Project.  Continue to fill out your sheet with as many interesting facts as you can find.  If you haven't already printed an article from one of the websites, then please choose one today.  You can also read the articles you have printed and highlight the important facts.

Once you have finished with your research, click on the link below to play Jeopardy Prefixes:

http://www.quia.com/cb/221179.html

Prefixes beginning with in- and im-
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/crstcast/crstcastle.htm

Prefixes AND Suffixes
http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames/prefixsuffix.html

Prefix Millionaire
http://www.quia.com/rr/37717.html

Ocean Websites for Research

Hello Third Graders,

You are about to embark on research for your Ocean Life project, so we have put together a bank of resources to help you.  It is always wise to begin with online Encyclopedias, such as Britannica and Groliers, then move to the other websites. You will spend today exploring the following sites, and filling out information on your fact sheets. Have fun!

Mrs. Miller

Britannica Online

http://school.eb.com/

 Groliers Online
http://go-elem.grolier.com/

Baltimore Aquarium
http://www.aqua.org/explore/animals#location=.l01

 Enchanted Learning Ocean Animal printouts
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/ocean/animals.shtml

National Geographic – Animal Fact Sheets

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

 Shedd Aquarium – Explore by Animal
http://www.sheddaquarium.org/explore_by_animal.html

 Sea World Animal Bytes
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/

 New England Aquarium
http://www.neaq.org/animals_and_exhibits/index.php

Measurement Games Today!

1. http://www.softschools.com/measurement/games/ruler/measuring_length_in_cm/

2. http://www.funbrain.com/measure/
Play both Medium Centimeters and Medium Inches

3. http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/math/length_measurement/quiz2107.html
THIS IS A LENGTH QUIZ!

4. http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-2/which-unit-of-volume-is-appropriate

5. http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/math/volume_measurement/quiz2109.html
THIS IS A VOLUME QUIZ!

6. http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/math/weight_measurement/quiz2108.html
THIS IS A WEIGHT QUIZ!


7. http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/math/temperature_measurement/quiz2112.html
THIS IS A TEMPERATURE QUIZ!


8. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/math/measurements.html

Grammar Day

Word Builder

Practice spelling words with the -ou and -ow sound:
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordbuilder/index.html?grade=3&unit=10

Word Find

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordfind/index.html?grade=3&unit=10






Word Sort

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/wordsort/index.html?grade=3&unit=10



Crossword Puzzle

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/crossword/index.html?grade=3&unit=10




E-Word Game

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/sv/applications/ewordgame/index.html?grade=3&unit=10




When you have finished all 5 games, you may work on Type to Learn.  Exit out of my blog and open Type to Learn on your desktop.

St. Patrick's Day!

First, we will watch a couple of videos about St. Patrick's Day, the first from BrainPop:

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/culture/stpatricksday/

And a pair of videos from the History Channel, one titled: Bet You Didn't Know: St. Patricks Day, and one on the New York City St. Patricks Day Parade:

http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/videos#bet-you-didnt-know-st-patricks-day

http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/videos#nyc-st-patricks-day-parade

And let's take a quick peek at Irish step dancing from Riverdance:

 The we'll do a bit of research from The History Channel, where you can find this great infographic: