Animal Research!

Today, we will begin learning about the classification of animals using BrainPop. 

We will then spend some time exploring the National Geographic Creature Features.  You may choose a few animals of your choice, then do a bit of research about that animal.  Next week, we will begin to create animal information cards with photos and facts about our animals!

The National Geographic Site can be found here: Creature Features

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Across the Wide Dark Sea Vocabulary Game

In Language Arts class today, we will play a game to help us learn the new vocabulary from the book "Across the Wide Dark Sea."

The link is here:  http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr06/ewordgame/index.html?grade=3&theme=5&selection=1












Then, you may take the rest of the class time to play on Ticket to Read:

http://www.tickettoread.com/

Exploring the Mayflower

Today, we will explore the Mayflower in a few different ways.

First, we'll watch a BrainPop video about the First Thanksgiving.

We'll then explore a Webquest on The Voyage of the Mayflower.

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/tour_fs.htm

Both will tie into a Language Arts story 3rd graders will start tomorrow, titled: "Across the Wide, Dark Sea."

A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing

Hello Third Graders!

This week, we are going to play a series of games to help us review nouns.

Please play each game at least twice - and remember to be sure to click on the link - not the picture - to play the game.

  Basketball – common noun vs. proper noun

Clean up your grammar – Nouns vs. Verbs

Grammar Blast One

Grammar Blast Two

Grammar Blast Three

Noun Ice Cream Catch

Quia Noun Review

When you are finished, you can play Ticket to Read:


www.tickettoread.com

Plant Life Cycle

Today we will watch some quick videos about various seed dispersal methods from the website Gamequarium, then each child will draw an image of one of the methods using the program Pixie:

To play the videos, click on this link: http://www2.bgfl.org/bgfl2/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/science/plants_pt2/

Let's Draw a Map of the World!

Today, we'll review the continents of the world with the program Brainpop:

Then, we will play a series of games to drill where each Contient is on a map:

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

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

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

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

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

Next, we will open Pixie, and draw a map of the world!  I will give each student a list of the Continents, Oceans, and other terms to place on the map.

Happy Exploring...

Mrs. Morell

Fun with Consonant Blends

Today in the combined Language Arts/Technology Block, we will play a series of games to work on consonant blends...

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/pg_106/blends.htm

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1literacy.html

http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/phonics/clusters/interactive/squares/clusters.htm

http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/phonics/clusters/interactive/final/final.htm

http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/phonics/clusters/interactive/initial/initial.htm

http://www.firstschoolyears.com/literacy/word/phonics/clusters/interactive/complete/clusters.htm

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