October+Happenings

Welcome to October! Check back frequently as I add new links. Be sure to go back to review links from previous months.

Happy Learning!

somethingis to practice, practice, practice and this is how we are becoming better READERS and WRITERS! || Personal Narrative: You will select one of your "seed" stories following a conference with me. Then,you will begin to work through the entire writing process. || Investigations Online Games and Activities Parents: Make sure your child selects an activity that is most appropriate for where they are with their mathmatical ability and understanding. Reading Math Words Practice Johnnie's Math Page Place Value to Thousands Making Arrays for Multiplication || Describe the life cycle of plants, including seed, seed germination, growth, and reproduction. -Describing the role of plants in a food chain · Describing how plants occupy space and use light, nutrients, water, and air · Classifying plants according to their features Examples: evergreen or deciduous, flowering or nonflowering · Identifying helpful and harmful effects of plants Examples: helpful—provide food, control erosion; harmful—cause allergic reactions, produce poisons || Text to Self Text to Text Text to World Online Practice ||  || **__3rd Grade Suggestions:__** Higher and Lower Multiplication Counting Backwards (after master of counting up) || FactMonster - Seed Plants Plant Videos and Quizzes National Geographic Kids Plants Interdependence of plants and animals Internet4Classrooms-Plant Links
 * Reading || Writing/Grammar || Math || Social Science ||
 * The only way to get better at
 * READERS:
 * Make Connections
 * Author's Purpose
 * __3rd Grade Suggestions:__****Spooky Sequences:**

Plant Links

Biology of Plants

Biology4Kids

Soil-net.com

Plants

Thinkquest-Plants Info.

Plants Module

New York Botanical Gardens-Plant Hunter

The Science of Spring

Leaves-Interactive Map || [|Homophones and Homonyms] ||  || **Sum Stacker**: Subitizing Promotes fluency for all facts. (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division) || Identifying plant and animal cells
 * Spell City
 * Subitizing** is "instantly seeing how many."

Pollination Pollination Videos

Identifying photosynthesis as the method used by plants to produce food || Dolch Kit Divided into smaller lists 1200 High Frequency Words in order || Grammar Links: Nouns and Pronouns Singular and Plural Intro Singular and Plural from Roy Singular and Plural Quiz from Funbrain || **Close to 100 - Online version** || State Science Objective: Life Science: [|__How the Body Works (Kidshealth)__] [|__Kids Biology-Human Body__] Click on Media then Audio Stories [|__BrainPOP__] : || Time for Kids || Smyface.com - How do you feel and why? Wordle ||  || Our study of Maps and Geography will __continue__ all year with periodic assessments and projects. || Crayola ColorCycle Digital Wish - Recycle Toner/Ink Cartridges ||
 * High Frequency Words
 * 1) 6. Identify structures and functions of the muscular and skeletal systems of the human body.
 * Check it out!
 * National Geographic Explorer ||  ||   || Helping the Environment
 * ||  ||   || Discovery Kids

Try Science Online Experiments ||

__about any of the suggestions below:__ We read everyday for work or pleasure. Enjoying reading is the first __step__ to opening doors to the world. __about any of the suggestions below:__ Madlibs Word Games like Scrabble, UpWords || __Ask someone at home to talk with you__ __about any of the suggestions below:__ Parents: Math Fact Fluency What is math fact fluency? Can your child respond in 3 seconds or less when random combinations are called out? (Combinations up to 10, then __continue__ with combinations that equal/make 11, then add combinations that make 12, 13, 14 - all the way through 20.) When driving in the __car__ or doing household chores, call out random facts to your child. Can you teach someone to play Guess My Number? Digit Place? Practice skip counting by 10's adding and subtracting. For example: 87, 97, 107, 177, etc.... 203, 193, 183, etc.... || __Ask someone at home to talk with you__ __about any of the suggestions below:__ (Parents, these are for extra practice and your child should not necessarily be able to do these things independently.) Look at a map, atlas and/or a GPS. Discuss how it works. Practice finding your favorite place to eat or visit. Can you find the school, grocery store, library? ||
 * __**Reading**____**Hints for Home**__ || __**Writing/Grammar**____**Hints for Home**__ || __**Math**____**Hints for Home**__ || __**Social Science**____**Hints for Home**__ ||
 * __Ask someone at home to talk with you__
 * Talk to others in your home about the different ways they use READING everyday.
 * Reading the newspaper, magazines, books, cooking a __new__ recipe || __Ask someone at home to talk with you__
 * Do you have a writing journal or Writer's Notebook for home?

Special Visitors so far for the month!Singular and Plurals Quiz