Sunday, September 30, 2012

Week of Oct. 1st-5th AND 8th-12th

I am continuing this post, I think we need a little more work on the following activities.

Language Arts:
Prefix jeopardy
Building prefixes
Building words
suffixes
Short circuit
Sentence clubhouse
Fact/opinion quiz
synonym matchup
What's the main idea

Math:
Drag and Drop math (I want you to choose subtraction and do 10 problems)
Great American Math challenge (you can compete with other states and countries to see if we know more multiplication facts)
Grand Slam Math
Powerlines
Teacher Dodgeball (once you get through the first round, it will get a little harder)

Interesting stuff:
Make you own totem pole
Interactive buffalo (ever wonder how the Native Americans used the buffalo, use this link to find out)

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Hi everyone!  I am planning on finishing Stone Fox this week. I am loving the book and you are doing a great job with the book.  I think I will begin literature circles really soon....I will know if you read my post if you ask me questions about what we will do in literature circles. :)

Please complete  the following activities this week.

Language Arts:
Vocabulary
"Stone Fox" word search
"Stone Fox" test ( will will take this later this week, don't go here until I tell you to do so)
Type of sentences practice
Sentence Clubhouse

Math:
Dynamite multiplication ( I will be adding the 7's to this week's test, when you play this game you MUST practice the 6's, 7's, 8's and 9's)
Division Dragons
Algebraic reasoning (If you are up for some harder work, this is the game for you)
Pumpkin Multiples
Weigh the Wangdoodles (I love this game)

Interesting stuff:
Star gazing
Virtual Solar System
Hopi Indians

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Week of Sept.17th-21st

     We will be reading Stone Fox for the next two weeks, I think you are really going to enjoy this book. I wanted to take a break from the nonfiction we have been reading. You will not have activities on spelling city this week.

Reading:
Vocabulary Match
"Stone Fox" word search


Math:
Who wants to be a Millionaire?
Subtraction with a grid
Subtraction with a grid #2
Prodigi math
Subtraction blast (make sure you read this directions)

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Week of Sept.10th-14th

We will continue to read our story about the Wright Brothers this week. We will have a reading, spelling and D.O.L. test this Friday. Our words are a little hard so make sure to visit Spelling City often this week. The following activities will help you with all the skills we are working on this week.

Spelling City
Vocabulary Match
Generalize
Making generalizations (this is a little difficult) You will need to click on the "making valid generalizations" link

Math
Estimation game
Estimating sums
rounding numbers
Estimating Valley Golf
properties of addition (scroll down to play the game)

Interesting reading:
Cerebral Palsy
History of Flight
History of Flight timeline
The Nine Planets

Monday, September 3, 2012

Week of Sept.3rd-7th

Hope you had a nice day off of school. We are going to read a new story this week, one that I think you will really enjoy. It is about the Wright brothers. I am going to post some activities for you to complete.

Reading/Language Arts:
Spelling City
Vocabulary Match
Generalize
Planting Sentences
The Sentence Trail


Math:
bar graphs
more bar graphs
data picking
Patty's Paints

The sites below are not games, however, if you are interested in learning new things.....you will like these.
The Moon (use this site if you want to learn some new things about the moon)
The 1903 Flight (can you tell me the graphic source used on this page?)
The First Flight
Kwakiutl Indians