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=Dr. Seuss' Birthday March 2nd= =Read Across America Poem=

You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, To pick up a book and read with a child. You're never too busy, too cool, or too hot, To pick up a book and share what you've got.

In schools and communities, Let's gather around, Let's pick up a book, Let's pass it around.

There are kids all around you, Kids who will need Someone to hug, Someone to read.

So join us today In your own special way And make this America's Read to Kids Day.

=Diamond Poem:= We are experimenting writing Diamond Poems. First Line: 1 Noun Second Line: 2 Adjectives Third Line: 3 Verbs Fourth Line: 4 Nouns about the 1st and last noun Fifth Line: 3 Verbs about the last noun Sixth Line: 2 Adjectives about the last noun Seventh Line: A Noun the opposite of the first noun


 * ||  || Teacher ||
 * ||  |||| Young, |||| Smart ||   ||   ||
 * |||| Teaches, |||| Silly, |||| Fun ||  ||
 * Class, |||| Read, |||| Write, |||| Math ||
 * |||| Listen, |||| Work, |||| Attentive ||  ||
 * ||  |||| Learning, |||| Playful ||   ||   ||
 * ||  ||   |||| Student ||   ||   ||   ||

Bonnie Cabbage Plant Project Johnnie's Math Page Practice reading a clock/Telling Time/ Elapsed Time Measurement Measurement 2 Money and Making Change || Eagle Cam || Houghton Mifflin Grammar Functional Writing: Parts of a Letter media type="custom" key="22379690" Write a letter || [|Fractions-Naming] More Fractions-Huge List of Links ||  || || Road to Grammar Excellent site for practice Parts of Speech More Practice || Sheppard Math Review Interactive Fun Games for learning and review Select an area, begin at the beginning of the unit and work through. Do not skip around within a unit. The information builds as you work. || 13. Science-Describe ways to sustain natural resources, including recycling, reusing conserving, and protecting the environment. || Ideas ||  || Identify conditions that result in specific weather phenomena, including thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Identifying cloud types associated with specific weather patterns  Identifying positive and negative effects of weather phenomena Examples: positive—flooding deposits good soil when waters recede, negative—flooding kills crops  Identifying technology used to record and predict weather, including thermometers, barometers, rain gauges, anemometers, and satellites  Explaining symbols shown on a weather map  Organizing weather data into tables or charts || Scholastic Weather Watch Weather Wiz Kids || High Frequency Words Dolch Kit Divided into smaller lists 1200 High Frequency Words in order || Poetry4Kids @Giggle Poetry Write Poetry Instantly Diamante Poems ||  || Current Events: Scholastic News Online || Long, Long Time Ago ||  || Our study of Maps and Geography will continue all year with periodic assessments and projects. Be sure and revisit Reading Maps-National Geographic GPS Latitude and Longitude iTouchMap Latitude and Longitude || Storyline Online Bookflix and Trueflix Available at school || Fairy Tales Storybird ||  || Sci4Kids PBS ZOOM - Science Activities from Chemistry to Engineering ||
 * **Reading** **We ARE Readers!** || **Writing/Grammar** **We ARE Writers!** || **Math** **We ARE Mathematicians!** || **Social Science** **We ARE Scientists and Historians!** ||
 * READERS:
 * Make Connections
 * Visualize
 * Make Inferences
 * Wonder and Ask Questions || Writing and researching a Big Idea || Excellent Review
 * Scholastic News Online || Grammar Goofs
 * Features of Nonfiction Text
 * [[image:http://www.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image pdf.png" link="file:cmarchant/Nonfiction reading and writing.pdf"]][[file:cmarchant/Nonfiction reading and writing.pdf|Nonfiction reading and writing.pdf]] || Writing with a purpose:
 * Roy the Zebra-Word Study ||  ||   || HCES Lab Weather Links
 * Spell City
 * Main Idea Practice || American Folklore
 * Online Stories:
 * ||  ||   || Try Science Online Experiments ||

International Children's Digital Library Actual Books in print in numerous languages. Project Gutenberg ||
 * **Hints for Home** ||
 * __Ask someone at home to explore and talk about any of the links__ from this month and previous months. CONVERSATIONS ARE SO VALUABLE! ||
 * Discovery Education: Parent Resources Student Resources ||
 * Free Online Books:

I hear there have been some new gadgets purchased so I thought I would start a recommendation list. Here are some apps we are using in class or I have found recommended. Let me knokw if you find a good one too! ||
 * ~ Fun Learning Apps:
 * abc Pocket Phonics: || iPhone || iPad || $1.99 ||
 * BrainPOP: A new free movie everyday! || iPhone || iPad || free ||
 * Coin Math || iPhone ||  || $1.99 ||
 * Flashcards Deluxe (I've used for my 14 year old with Quizlet online) || iPhone ||  ||   ||
 * Mad Libs || iPhone ||  || free ||
 * Mad Libs || iPhone ||  || free ||