Week of Dec.13th-17th

I don't know about you, but I am super excited about Christmas break! Let's enjoy this week with some fun but educational games......maybe a little more fun than educational though. ;)

Book worm
Interactive math site (you can play anything on this website)
Zuma
Bejeweled

Last, Christmas is quickly approaching and that means a lot of fun times with your family and friends. I found the cutest website I would like for you to visit and enjoy. These two activities are completely optional. They are meant for fun, not for a grade. If you complete the "naughty or nice" activity, let me know what you scored and I will tell you what I scored. :)

Letter to Santa
Naughty or nice

Week of Dec. 6th-10th

This is such an exciting time of year! I love getting ready for Christmas break. Please complete the following activites. Remember the more you complete these, the better you will get!

Space Racer (Only play this game if you think you are REALLY good at your multipliction facts)

Power Proofreading (Please click on "The Big Cleanup") This game will not play on the laptops, you will need to use the desktop computers for it.

Cows Context Clues

Dino Hunters

Week of Nov.30th- Dec.4th

Only 3 weeks until Christmas break. We will have MAP testing next week so I want you to work real hard to get ready for it. Please complete the following activities for this week's contract.

Spelling City
Vocabulary match
Antonyms
Analogies quiz
Piant by idioms (It would probably be best for you to play any of the "easy" level games)

Week of Nov.15th-19th

This week we will be preparing for our Thanksgiving holiday! I am placing some fun acitivites that I hope you enjoy.


You are the Historian (We will be using this site in reading this week and then you will come back to this site in order to complete another activity. You do NOT have to do this for your contract.)

Turkey Surprise (This is just a fun little interactive story!)

Interactive Pilgrim Puzzle

Widgets (I would like for you to play all of the "Easy" puzzles. When you click on one, you will have to click "remind me later" instead of registering on the site.)

Week of Nov.8th-12th

Only 2 weeks until Thanksgiving break! I want you to work hard though. Below are some activities I would like for you to complete. :)

possessive noun play (some of you have already played this game, but it won't hurt to play it again)

singular possessive noun quiz

Chubz Diner (follow the directions that lead you through this site. When you get to the operations, you MUST choose multiplication. Then you MUST do the levels at the bottom that serves as a review) Ask me if you need help!

Fall down (this is just a fun game to play!) See how high of a score you can get. Bet you can't beat mine......

National Geographic for kids (you will use this site for Miss Burdett's lesson)

Week of Nov.1st-5th

This week you will be involved in a biography unit with Miss Schaffer. You will not have any Spelling City activities or vocabulary activities on my blog. However, you will still have other activities to complete. :)

It's Greek to Me (try to play all 4 levels)
Clean up your Grammar (play both levels)
Thanksgiving poems (pick one of the poems from this site and you and a friend will recite it for the class and maybe at the retired teachers luncheon)
Sports Match Game
Patty's Paints (you can play all the levels OR the three cans at the bottom right that give a review)

week of Oct.11th-15th

Feels like fall finally doesn't it? You have early dismissal this week, but we still have plenty to do in our classroom. :)

Spelling City
Vocabulary
word structure practice
drawing conclusions (This site may have some trouble loading. If it does, you will need to find a desktop that can successfully load it. I want you to complete this activity!)
guess the setting

Week of Oct.4th-8th

Remember to study your spelling words, even though they are the same as last week. I have put some activities on here for you to complete.

Spelling City
Vocabulary
Word Central (click on the "Alpha-bot" game when you enter this site)
Inference Riddle Game
Gnomes Fishing games (when you get the chance, you will need to click "all rules" on the plural rules game)
Plural Play

Week of Sept.27th- Oct.1

We will begin a new story this week. We will work on dictionary skills and common/proper nouns. Please complete the following activities to help you practice.

Spelling City
Vocabulary Match
Dino Hunters
typing level 1 (You will need to play this game and level 2 many, many times. The more you play, the better your typing skills will become)
typing level 2

Week of Sept.20th-24th

Another week of "What Jo Did".... We will continue working on common/proper nouns so I have added another game to help you practice. We will also be working on drawing conclusion in reading. Make sure you read your story this week, study your spelling words and look over your D.O.L.

Spelling city
Vocabulary
Rusty Rat
Drawing conclusions quiz
Cows in context
Prefixes/suffixes

Week of Sept.13th-17th

I am allowing 2 weeks for the story I will introduce tomorrow. We will be working on cause/effect, prefixes, and drawing conclusions. I am linking some activities I would like for you to complete. Remember, the more you practice, the better you will get at these skills. :)

Parents: I love for the children to complete these activities at home, but please remind them that they are still expected to do them again when I have class time for them as well.

Spelling City
Vocabulary
Noun Dunk
Cause and Effect

Compound Subject/Predicate quiz (Thursday)

We will continue the same story this week. I would like for you to play a different game on Spelling City when you visit that site. You are still required to complete the following activities. Have a great week!

Spelling City
Vocabulary
Subject speedway
Penguins on Ice

Week of August 30th-Sept.3rd

You all did a GREAT job working on your contracts last week. I am placing some more activities for you to complete this week. :)

Spelling City
Vocabulary Matching
Fact and Opinion
World puzzle
Planting Sentences

Week of August 23rd-27th

We will continue working on our contracts this week. Complete the following activities to help practice your skills. :)

Spelling City
Vocabulary matching
GeoSpy (after your type in your name, make sure you click the continent game)
Sentence Power

Week of August 16th-20th

This week we will begin working on contracts. I am placing the following activities on my blog for you to complete. Remember, this is for your benefit so you need to take your time and learn from them.
Spelling City
Sequencing (easy)
sequencing (harder)
Main Idea
Vocabulary matching
Professor Garfield

Week of August 9th-13th

Welcome to my blog! Every week you will find activities that I would like for you to complete. The more you practice, the better you will do on these skills. All you have to do is click on the activities below and it will link you to the fun!!!!!

Spelling city
The Sentence Trail
Lewis and Clark adventure
Vocabulary practice

Week of May 24th-28th

This is the last week of school.....I know you are excited. However, I still have some activities I would like for you to complete. :) Have a great summer!
Vehicles
Isoball 2
The Worlds Hardest Game
Skywire 2
Little Furry Things World

"Holes" quizzes
Chapters 36-40
Chapters 41-45
Chapters 46-50

Week of May 17th-21st

Only 2 weeks of school left, here are some activities I would like for you to complete please.
Fling the Teacher (I know you love this game so I thought I would include it one last time)
Wall of words (You should be able to play the 7 word version by now) This will NOT run on the laptops.
Word search
Typing of ghosts(How good are you at keyboarding?)
Bloxorz

Holes quizzes
Chapters 21-25
Chapters 26-30
Chapters 31-35


My math class only:
Operation snowman
Math man
Fraction Fun
Find Grampy
Geometry puzzle

Week of May 10th-14th

Almost over! Only 3 weeks left, we still have to work though. Please complete the following activities this week.

Robopacker
Rock Hopper
VectorKids(you may choose addition the first time you play this game)
Operation Order(choose easy)
Categories

Holes quizzes (this is for Owens and Blythe homerooms only)
Chapters 1-5
Chapters 6-10
Chapters 11-15
Chapters 16-20

Week of May 3rd-7th

We are almost finished! I am putting some fun activities on your contract this week. :) Remember to work hard in MAP testing and reach for that goal!
Zuma
Rebus puzzles
Ball separation
Mad Moves

April 26th-30th

If you did not complete last week's activities, you need to complete those as well as the following activities.
Measure it (you can play either "super brain inches" or "hard inches"
Guess the Number (you can play either 1-5 or 1-10 on the easy column)
Word confusion(play the harder game)

Week of April 19th-23rd

This week you will be playing some activites to help you review for your CRCT test, enjoy and have fun!

Grammar Gorillas( you can click the beginner game)
Word Invasion
Types of Sentences
2Bee or Nottoobee

week of April 12th-16th

Please complete the following activities:



Wizards and Pigs (you MUST have headphones to complete this activity or you will need to complete it in computer lab)
Squanky the Tooth Taker (a game about synonyms)
Parts of a book
Types of Texts (make sure you record your grade on your contract)

Week of April 5th-9th

Only 2 weeks before testing, now is the time to work harder not take it easy and slack off. Please complete the following activites, remember.....the more you practice, the better you will do!

Fling the Teacher
Wall of Words
The sentence
Author's Purpose
What's the big idea?

Week of March 22nd-26th

Please complete the following activities for this week's contract. I am also adding a few links for CRCT practice. Feel free to practice as much as you like....the more you practice, the better you will do.
CRCT practice #1 (This site is a little confusing. See me if you would like to practice using this site. )
CRCT practice #2 (This is a VERY good site to practice from!)

Brainchild test
Get the Idea
Fact/Opinion

March 15th-19th

Since we will not have a story this week, we are going to do some reviewing for the CRCT test.
Reference sources



Reference sources II



Adjective movie and quiz



Adjective Detective

Encyclopedia Brown

Please make sure you complete all of the activities this week.

Spelling City

Vocabulary game

Fish Tanks

Homophone challenge

Sequencing with Simon (you MUST have headphones on to play this game, I would begin with the easy game first)

Seeker of Knowledge

I am excited about this week. Our GSU students will be with us fulltime for about 6 weeks!

Make sure you complete the following activities this week:

Spelling City

Vocabulary Game

Possessive Pronouns

Shape Surveyor (this game could be a little difficult if you don't remember how to find area and perimeter) Pay attention to the instructions because you switch around, sometimes you will find area and sometimes you will find the perimeter.
Remember :
Area= length X width
Perimeter = add ALL the sides

Pronoun Battleship

Rebus Stories

King in the Kitchen

Very Vivid Vocabulary (use the podcast below to help you review our vocabulary words)



Rags to Riches (dictionary skills)

Rags to Riches (glossary skills)

Spelling City

Vocabulary game

Shape Challenge

tangrams

Encantado

Try the following activities to see how well you understand the concepts we have been working on.

Pronoun game

Spelling City

Vocabulary match

Subject/Object Pronouns

The Houdini Box

Please make sure you are practicing all the activities on my blog!



Spelling City



Vocabulary match



Pronoun Clubhouse



Predicting

Eye of the Storm (week 2)

We will continue reading Eye of the Storm this week. Please complete the activities I have posted. Take your time and really use these activities to improve your skills.


Verb tense #1

Verb tense #2

Prediction game (This is a SUPER easy game about predicting. You MUST play all 12 puzzles, the key is to guess what picture is under the squares but revealing a few as possible)

Snowman Builder( You must play all 3 games on this site, there are only 10 questions on each game so I am not asking too much of you)

Geometry Games (only for my math class, not for contract)

Eye of the Storm

Although this is a shorter week, please complete the following activities for your contract.

Spelling City

Vocabulary Match

Verb Tense Train

Verb Frontier

Interactive Protractor

How Night Came from the Sea

Welcome back kids! We are now in the second semester, the countdown begins to the CRCT! We will be working very hard to prepare for it. Please make sure you are finishing all of your blog activites every week. :)

Spelling City

Vocabulary Quiz

Subject/verb agreement

Math baseball ( You MUST chose division, but I will allow you to chose the level you play) Remember, taking the easy way out of things only hurts yourself, not me!