Monday, November 28, 2011

Bully-Free at Discovery!


Special shout out to Ben Schumacher for putting together this amazing video for us!

Being Organized!

We all know how important it is to be organized.  It is also important to be organized when writing.  Make sure your Weird Animal Adventure story has a great beginning, solid middle, and a fantastic ending!

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Thanksgiving is...

This Thursday, we will celebrate Thanksgiving.  In the post, please tell me what Thanksgiving means to you... in other words, what are you thankful for?

Friday, November 18, 2011

Adaptations

Today we have learned a lot about animal and plant adaptations within each ecosystem. Make sure to click on the adaptations links under the Science resources for more learning fun. You should also check back there for more resources for your upcoming Science test on Tuesday.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Deep thoughts

GoAnimate.com: Is there life out there? by degraffr

Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!

Family Movie Night and Bully-Free @ Discovery

The Discovery PTO will host Discovery students and families for "Family Movie Night" on Friday, November 18th.  The fun begins at 7:00 pm. 

The main feature will be Gnomeo and Juliet. Make sure to make it for the previews as you might see the Bully-Free at Discovery videos!

Friendly Letter to a Book Character

Hello 304!  Please write a friendly letter to one of your fictional characters from your Read to Self books. 

You may want to include what you like about the character, your favorite part of the story, and anything else that you infer.

You should also ask two or three questions to the character in an attempt to get to know them better.

Please use correct spelling and punctuation.  Good luck and happy posting!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Ecosystems

Biomes

 

                               


                                       

Fun Inferring Song





Be sure to practice your inferring skills by going to the reading resources and playing some inferring games.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Helping Hershey

Hello third graders!

My dog, Hershey, needs some serious science help!  He is going to take a food chain quiz this weekend and he still does not understand how a food chain works.   Would you please explain food chains to Hershey?

Try to include the following terms:  decomposer, consumer, producer, Sun, nutrients, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, soil

Honoring our Veterans

 Hello 304!  On November 11th, we honor the brave men and women who have served or are actively serving in our nation's military.  For Veteran's Day, please write a letter of thanks to a Veteran that you know or have known.  If you do not personally know someone who has served in the military, please write Dear Veteran in your greeting.  Please include reasons why you are thankful for their service.





Friday, November 4, 2011

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Food Chains and Food Webs



Pay attention to all of our vocabulary terms from our Food Chains and Food Webss lesson.  I think these videos are amazing!




303's song of choice, it sures gets you rocking out for science!

Story Elements

Throughout this week, we have read stories involving mathematical riddles like One Riddle, One Answer and One Grain of Rice.  We focused on identifying the elements of a story, then we compared and contrasted those elements.



In this post, please write a comment about a story you have read during Read to Self time.  In your comment, please include the key elements to a story.  These elements include: Title, Characters, Setting, Problem, and Solution.  As always, please use complete sentences when typing.  Happy Posting!