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 Posted December 18, 2015
Here are some holiday games you might like to try:
http://www.coolmath-games.com/holiday-Christmas-games-puzzles/
http://www.gamesgames.com/games/christmas
http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/christmas/games.php
http://akidsheart.com/holidays/christms/chgames.htm
http://www.abcya.com/christmas_lights_holiday_game_for_kids.htm

Today is Polar Express Day!

Posted December 14, 2015

Please fill out this survey.  When you finish, you may engage in the Polar Express on-line games that I have posted on the Language Arts tab.


 
Posted October 1, 2015

 Click HERE for a link to our Social Studies Vocabulary Presentation
Posted July 6, 2015
I am starting to collect useful websites for next year.  Below are some links that you might enjoy testing out for me!
Educational Activities for Parents and Students:
  • Math Magician
    Online games from Oswego City School District that teach math.
  • Granny Prix
    Granny Prix is a fun activity that helps students work on fluency.
  • Diaper Derby
    Diaper Derby is a fun activity that helps students work on fluency.
  • Math Apps for the Ipad
    iPad apps for teaching math.
  • Dare to Compare
    Dare to Compare, a part of the Kids’ Zone website, contains questions from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), the Civic Education Study (CivEd) and National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP).
  • New York Online Virtual Electronic Library (NOVEL)
    NOVELNY is an online library of hundreds of magazines, newspapers, maps, charts, research and reference books that are available to every New Yorker, free of charge.
Learn Coding with these websites!
Code.org
Tynker Hour of Code
Lightbot

Play Kakoooma on Greg Tang Math and compete against another player on-line
Kakooma
Other Greg Tang Math Games

 Go through the design process and create your own video game with and iPad and Pixel Press
Floors
Game Wizard

 Create some music!
Incredibox

 Create an online bulletin board
Padlet

 Create a piece of art out of a photo and words ($1.99 app)
Wordfoto

 Create a Haiku Deck
Here is an example using the word "Gratitude"




Table 1 and 2 click HERE 

Table 3 and 4 click  HERE

Table 5 and 6 click  HERE

Group A     Anna, Nadia, Emily

Group B     Mia, Lucy, Serena

Group C      Brad, Matt, Avery, 

Group D      Twyla, Justin, Max, Josh, Luke

Group E      Fiona, Mayli

Group F     Alexa, Eve, Amanda

Group G    Teddy

Group H    Andrew, Sebastian, Michael

Group I      Sierra

Group J

Group K

Hour of Code

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LINK TO AR BOOKFINDER
ALEKS - Assessment and Learning

Posted May 9, 2015
Here are a few suggestions for summer activities on the computer.
Learn how to code at https://bitsbox.com or click HERE

 Posted April 29, 2015
Here is a video of our trip to History San Jose.



Posted March 16, 2015
We have finished our Biography Oral presentation.  Here are our timelines of our famous person's life. 


Posted March 2, 2015
Below is a video of our visit to the Oakland Museum of California!






Posted February 23, 2014

 Our Classroom is decorated for Mardi Gras.  Today we watched this video to learn more about this tradition that is celebrated in a BIG way in New Orleans.



Biography Timeline Example

Posted February 13, 2015

Here are a two examples from last year's class and a checklist to use as you create your own famous person's timeline.
  • Is your famous person's name posted in an important place?
  • Is the timeline a straight line?
  • Does your "paper doll" character resemble your famous person?
  • Did you plan ahead?  Two captions above the line and two below, so they all fit?
  • Are your important events in order from left to right? 
  • Did you put your name on the paper?  Small writing in a corner would be best.
  • You may add items associated with your famous person to add to the effectiveness of your presentation.  The ball on the top example informs the reader that Pele must be from Brazil and....he must be a soccer player.  The addition of Pele's face provides additional important information.




Posted February 12, 2015
We are reading "The Trumpet of the Swan" by E.B. White in class.  Here are some videos that we will watch to learn more about this amazing bird species.







Posted February 6, 2015
Below are some division game that you may play during Math Lab today!
Division Bingo
That's a Fact
Math Magician (Division)
Division Derby 
Drag Race
Tug Team Pony Pull
Demolition Division
Rectangle Division


Posted January 28, 2015
Today is the 100th Day of school!  Let's celebrate by doing 10 movements 10 times, which equals 100!






Posted January 16, 2015
Tomorrow we will make snowflakes with our buddies.  Here are some videos we will watch to inspire us.
Everyone is special and different--just like the snowflakes!

 To see some beautiful photographs, go HERE










Posted December 18, 2014
Here are some holiday games you might like to try:
http://www.coolmath-games.com/holiday-Christmas-games-puzzles/
http://www.gamesgames.com/games/christmas
http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/christmas/games.php
http://akidsheart.com/holidays/christms/chgames.htm
http://www.abcya.com/christmas_lights_holiday_game_for_kids.htm
Posted December 15, 2014
Here is the Word Cloud from your responses to "What I asked Santa to bring me for Christmas."

or do you like it better as a tree?


Posted December 15, 2014
Here is the Word Cloud that I created from 5 important words from "The Polar Express" that the students submitted in the Google Survey form when we were in the Computer Lab today.
Can you see your words?
Want to make a word cloud yourself?  Go to Tagxedo.com

Today is Polar Express Day!

Posted December 15, 2014

Please fill out this survey.  When you finish, you may engage in the Polar Express on-line games that I have posted on the Language Arts tab.





Posted December 5, 2014
You may play any game on this website during Math Lab today. 
Multiplication Games 
Posted November 25, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving from Room 14! 






Posted December 3, 2014
Halloween fun!

Posted November 18, 2014
Here is a video of our Friday Math Labs.











Posted November 6, 2014
Below are some fall games you may play in the Computer Lab tomorrow IF you have completed your 30 minutes of ALEKS homework this week!

 Pumpkin Patch Multiplication
Ghost Blasters Multiples of 10
Ghost Blasters Even Numbers
Ghost Blasters Odd Numbers
Spooky Sequences Counting by 2s
Spooky Sequences Counting by 5s
Spooky Sequences 3 Digit Numbers
Ghost Blasters II (two players)
Ghost Blasters III(two players)
Thanksgiving Dinner Problem

Thanksgiving Spot the Differences Game
Cone Crazy: Multiplication Flurry  
Deep Dive: Multiplication
Cone Crazy: Division Flurry
Posted October 20, 2014
There will be a partial solar eclipse this Thursday afternoon and WE WILL OBSERVE IT!
For more information click HERE and HERE

Fall Leaves

Posted September 30, 2014

Tomorrow we will write some fall haikus and create some autumn leaves for our door using instructions from HERE.
 This Kadinsky leaf also looked interesting, but we will stick with fall colors.
Here are some of the the leaves the class made last year.

Posted September 25, 2014

 We LOVE our Kinder Buddies  Here's a video about two of our Buddy sessions with Ms. Ray's class.





Posted September 19, 2014


Here are some links that we will use during our first Math Lab!


Posted September 14, 2014
 Below is a video of our day experiencing Ohlone traditions in Henry Cowell Park.

Posted September 2, 2014

 We don't yet have all of the school forms returned yet, but the students were eager to be on our class BIG screen.  Here is a video of our self portraits that we made as illustrations for our Back-to-School Bio poems.  Do you recognize anyone?


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Posted August 14, 2014
Welcome to our class website!
I hope you are excited to begin a new year! Here are some books that we might read together during the first weeks of school.












Posted August 14, 2014
Third Grade is a VERY exciting year! There are so many things to learn and do!
Here are some of the highlights. You will...

Learn cursive
Get to be a "big friend" to a kindergarten student 
who will look up to you!
Read longer and more challenging chapter books!
Learn multiplication and division
Create some interesting "Think About It" projects
Make a California Salt and Flour map
Read, read, read!
Run, run, run!
Learn about California Native American Tribes
Read a biography and give an oral book report
Collaborate on Google Docs and Presentations!
Earn miles as we "Sail" to Hawaii--
and predict WHEN will we get there
Do internet research
Learn about Caine and his arcade
Have an opportunity to become a more independent learner
Keep our classroom clean
and hope to win the "Scrap-of-the-Day"
Learn some new songs and raps
Have a "Star Party" and spend the night at school!
...and MORE!

Love in a Lunchbox Part 3

Our Video for Mrs. Bennett

Happy Video

Posted June 4, 2014

 Of course, we HAD to make a class Happy Video.  Enjoy!

"The Best Part of Me" Video

Posted May 27, 2014

 Springtime is always a good time to feel "expressive!"  Here is a video made with descriptive paragraphs and prose inspired by our mentor text "The Best Part of Me" by Wendy Ewald. The wonderful photographs were taken by Tes H. (Aydan's mom).

Build Your Wild Self

Posted May 19, 2014
If you have completed your Animal Report AND your ALEKS 3rd grade pie, then you may 
"Build Your Wild Self."  Start by clicking HERE or on the photo below.

The Crayfish have Arrived!

Posted May 14, 2014

 Today was a BIG day.  We got to meet our crayfish!



Happy Mother's Day

Posted May 11, 2014

 Here's a video of all of the Mother's Day collage cards created by our class.  Inside each card is a Bio Poem of each student's mother.

Let's Vote!

Posted April 29, 2014

My great nephew Justin Whitehead (Mr. Dufort's brother's son's son), has been selected as the Google Doodle finalist for the state of Idaho for grades K-12.  They picked one creation from each state out of over 100,000 entries nationwide.  As a state finalist, he and one of his parents will be flown to Mountain View for a ceremony and a tour of the Google campus.  What a thrill and an honor!  

His family has asked for our assistance to help him gain votes to WIN!  The winner receives a $30,000 scholarship AND a $50,000 grant for his/her school.

Tomorrow in the Computer Lab, we'll vote for Justin's entry in the grade 10-12 category and then you may vote for the entry of your choice in the other grades.  There's a K-3 category!

Perhaps one of you might be inspired to enter NEXT year?????

Click HERE for the link.  Make sure you are voting for "Veggies to Dessert" by Justin Whitehead.

After that, you may explore and vote for the other entries and be INSPIRED!!
Posted April 15, 2016
Tomorrow we will master the distributive property using the Rally Coach technique.  Sound like fun?  Let's see how much we can learn with a partner!

Star Party Video

Posted April 8, 2014

 Here is a video I made of our fun Star Party!


Death Valley Project

Posted April 2, 2014

Tomorrow, we will share our March Project Based Learning (PBL) Challenge.
Our Essential Question (EQ) was: How can we find out information about Death Valley and present it on-line for other students in the United States to see?
Here is a video narrative of our process.  Ask us anything about Death Valley--we know how to find the answer!






Our Whole Class Project

Posted March 29, 2014

What image makes you feel peaceful?
Let's create a class Google Presentation of images of "peacefulness" with your descriptive sentence.
We'll listen to Holst's "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" on Monday for inspiration.

Tellagami Time

Posted March 29, 2014

 Let's try this app next week!  Who wants to be first???
You will upload a photo of your bird and read your Bird Paragraph.  You only get 30 seconds! 
I used Alorah's quail photo because it was the first/only photo on our new class iPad.   
I also would like to have some volunteers post some facts about Death Valley. They all need to be made on the same iPad so I can put them in iMovie and then upload them to YouTube.  

CAASPP Practice Test

Posted March 26, 2014

Before clicking here, read ALL of the instructions.  You might want to open our class website on a separate tab after clicking "here" so that you may refer to the directions.
1) Click HERE
2) Click "Sign In" on the bottom right corner
3) On the next screen, next to grade, select "3"
4) Click "YES" below the grade.
5) On the next screen, click "Start G3 Math Practice Test" (second one down on the left side)
6) On the next screen, you don't have to do anything.  Way at the bottom, click "Select."
7) On the next screen, you don't have to do anything.  Way at the bottom, click "Yes, Start my test"
8) On the next screen, scroll down on the right side to read about the tools you can use.
9) After that, click "Begin Test Now"

North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance

http://www.primatesanctuaries.org
Link to AR

Lucky Charms National Graphing Project

Posted March 16, 2014

 On St. Patrick's Day we will participate in research to prove or disprove the group hypothesis that there are more green clovers in a box of Lucky Charms than any other marshmallow shape.

 We will also determine our own class hypothesis before we begin counting.

 After we count, we will visit the Computer Lab and graph our results using Create a Graph

Here are two videos we might watch with facts about St. Patrick's Day.








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