Brain Pop

What's your favorite thing to do on the BrainPOP website?

What is your favorite thing to do on the BrainPop website? OMG where do I begin? I use BrainPop on a daily basis in the classroom .  It really is informative, interactive, and interesting .  

                           



Here are some of the fantastic ways
We use Brain PoP in the classroom:
Besides watching the great movies
and taking the quizzes, we always use the
 graphic organizers on the site!                                                             

Character Map

Complete the Cause

Description/ Prediction Chart

Details and Main Idea

Tell us about things you like to do on BRAIN POP!

 What am I doing this weekend?

 1. Shopping around for some
      classroom read-a-louds.
I found a very appropriate 3rd grade book to share with the class.
summary:
 The new school year brings standardized testing to every school and Miss Malarkey's is no exception. Teachers, students, and even parents are preparing for THE TEST-The Instructional Performance Through Understanding (IPTU) test-and the school is in an uproar. Even though the grown-ups tell the children not to worry, they're acting kind of strange. The gym teacher is teaching stress-reducing yoga instead of sports in gym class. Parents are giving pop quizzes on bedtime stories at night. The cafeteria is serving "brain food" for lunch. The kids are beginning to think that maybe the test is more important than they're being led to believe. Kids and adults alike will laugh aloud as Finchler and O'Malley poke fun at the commotion surrounding standardized testing, a staple of every school's year.


2. Showing Isabella & Francesco a great                           
              BRAIN POP 
video about Christopher Columbus. click below: http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/christophercolumbus/preview.wem
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3. Today we are getting ready to have some family fun at
White Post Farm.
                             

What have you been doing this weekend?  


Join our classroom BLOG, and let me know what you are up to!
See you Tuesday- remember to wear suitable dance & gym attire!

Meet Kevin Henkes

                                      
     

          Visit The Kevin Henkes Web Site..
   http://www.kevinhenkes.com/meet/fun.asp
                                         

writing workshop

We've begun writing workshop in our third grade classroom and to my delight, my students are way into it!
We have set up our sourcebooks and writing portfolios and students are loving writing while listening to classical music. To my surprise, no one yet has said they can't think of anything to write about. I begin our writing block with a writing mini lesson and right now we're working on learning how to write a story in the style of Kevin Henkes . I'll share them soon!

 I have created the board with a special spot reserved for each student. We will change out their writing to showcase their PUBLISHED work in a few weeks. For now I  put up their...
               

                                Our Names Are Special. .
They were interesting to read and gave me insight into their personalities, interests and hobbies.

ixl practice math skills

 Link up with ixl.com these free and fun math practice pages that are  aligned to the NY State standards!
Click on the link below and start to practicing!

3.NBT.1 Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100. Estimation and rounding: Rounding (Third grade - L.1) 3.NBT.2 Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. Place values: Value of a digit (Third grade - B.3) Place values: Identify the digit with a particular place value (Third grade - B.4) Place values: Convert from expanded form (Third grade - B.7) Addition: Add two numbers up to three digits (Third grade - C.1) Addition: Add two numbers up to three digits - word problems (Third grade - C.3) Addition: Complete the addition sentence - up to three digits (Third grade - C.4) Addition: Balance addition equations - up to three digits (Third grade - C.5) Addition: Addition patterns over increasing place values (Third grade - C.8) Subtraction: Subtract numbers up to three digits (Third grade - D.1) Subtraction: Subtract numbers up to three digits - word problems (Third grade - D.3) Subtraction: Complete the subtraction sentence - up to three digits (Third grade - D.4) Subtraction: Balance subtraction equations - up to three digits (Third grade - D.5) Subtraction: Subtraction patterns over increasing place values (Third grade - D.6) Properties: Properties of addition (Third grade - J.3) Properties: Solve using properties of addition (Third grade - J.4) 3.NBT.3 Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 (e.g., 9 × 80, 5 × 60) using strategies based on place value and properties of operations. Place values: Value of a digit (Third grade - B.3) Place values: Identify the digit with a particular place value (Third grade - B.4) Multiplication: Multiply numbers ending in zeroes (Third grade - E.8) Multiplication - skill builders: Multiply by 10 (Third grade - F.11)

october writing calendar

October Writing Prompts Calendar http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/media/images/free_resources/teachers_corner/printables/octoberWritingPrompts11.pdf

 In class we have been working with our October Writing Calendar.  When students finish assignments they can visit the
                               writing center!
This month we are working on creative writing prompts.
using a calendar with "spook-tacular" ideas.
Please let your child enjoy the wonderful writing ideas at
home too.

Great Word Study Ideas

  A GREAT activity for children!
  You can create your own 
        customized puzzle!
  Ms. Vecchio's Favorite is the
         Word Search Maker!
             











Using  Our New Word Words:
WORD STUDY WORDS SORT #3:
chew,cry,stay,grow,high,play,sight,
stew,sky,flow,try,blew,throw,
bright,tray,fight,hay,shy,flew,know,
dew,slow,sigh,clay,fly

PRINTABLES FROM THE TEACHER'S CORNER!Visit our new Seasonal Printable Worksheets page...you will find resources for the upcoming holidays. And don't forget to check out the Printable Math Worksheets page where you can create your own customized worksheets for your kids
Other free printable worksheets offered by The Teacher's Corner include: Sudoku Puzzles, Brain Teasers, Word Searches, Word Scrambles, Match-up Worksheets, Crossword Puzzle Maker, Time Worksheets, Money Worksheets, Coloring Pages, Printable Calendars, Printable Maps, Cloze Sentence, Fill in the Blank, Maze Maker, and Graph Worksheets! And remember:

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• You can also print pre-made word searches!