February+Happenings

Writing and researching a Big Idea
 * **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 || Nonfiction Writing:

Black History Biography Project on Google Drive || *Understanding the meaning of fractions and decimal fractions combine and manipulate fractions Begin with #1 and work your way up Fractions on a Numberline || 1.Sc Classify substances as soluble or insoluble.Examples: soluble—sugar in water, powdered drink in water; insoluble—sand in water, oil in water 2.Sc Identify physical and chemical changes of matter. Examples:physical—chopping wood, chemical—burning wood Links for Matter (Solids, Liquids, Gases) States of Matter Detective || Character Traits
 * Using multiple representations to
 * Identifying equivalent fractions Johnnie's Math Page Fractions
 * Scholastic News Online

Black History Month Alabama Black History BrainPop Black History Month || Houghton Mifflin Grammar Adverbs || http://www.ixl.com login and password in front of planner

ONLY assigned areas: Multiplication Skill Builders F.1-F.13 Money N.1-N.8 Telling Time 0.1-0.9 || Earth Materials Schedule Vulcan Materials Field Trip 11.ScDescribe Earth’s layers, including inner and outer cores, mantle, and crust. KidsGeo.com [|Foss Rock and Mineral Database] NEO K12 - Earth Materials/Rocks and Minerals/Rock Cycle Intro to Rock Cycle and Types of Rocks www.learner.org || || Road to Grammar Excellent site for practice Parts of Speech More Practice || *Measuring with standard units Johnnie's Math Page with Measurement  *Understanding and finding perimeter and area  *Describing and classifying || 9.ScDescribe how fossils provide evidence of prehistoric plant life. Example: plant fossils in coal or shale providing evidence of existence of prehistoric ferns Learning Science.org Fossils for Kids Science Kids Kids Dinos.com NEO K12 - Fossils || Ideas Our Blog Class Newsletter || 2- dimensional figures *Describing and measuring angles
 * Features of Nonfiction Text
 * [[image:http://www.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="file:cmarchant/Nonfiction reading and writing.pdf"]] [[file:cmarchant/Nonfiction reading and writing.pdf|Nonfiction reading and writing.pdf]] || Writing with a purpose:

Johnnie's Math Page Measurement ||  || McGraw-Hill- Vocabulary || Write a letter || Flips, Slides, Turns Virtual Manipulatives Free Tetris || Portraits of the Presidents The Presidents from The Whitehouse.gov || High Frequency Words Dolch Kit Divided into smaller lists 1200 High Frequency Words in order || Storybird || **__3rd Grade Suggestions:__** Multiplication Multiplication Video Johnnie's Math Page || Current Events: Scholastic News Online || Scholastic's Global Literacy Campaign ||  || Online Math Manipulatives Rectangle Multiplication-Arrays Help understand multiplication is a group of numbers || Ongoing - Maps and Geography Understanding GPS Geocaching Google Earth KidsGeo.com Understanding Maps National Geographic - Interactive MapMaker || Storyline Online Bookflix Brainpop - Truflix - ||  ||   || Sci4Kids PBS ZOOM - Science Activities from Chemistry to Engineering || Grimm's Fairy Tales ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Roy the Zebra-Word Study
 * Spell City
 * Check it out!
 * Online Stories:
 * We Give Books ||  ||   || Try Science Online Experiments ||
 * Fables and Fairy Tales

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: