Monday, November 14, 2016

Mimicry and Camouflage

There is no Spelling test this week, but we will pick up with Unit 12 after the Thanksgiving break.

Spelling City

Spelling Words

We are reading "Mimicry and Camouflage" this week in Unit 11 from Storytown.  Our story homework on Tuesday will be to reread this selection:

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Mimicry and Camouflage Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxnIrI4LTzQ ***

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5pQg7e_sac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP0ySp-la9Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nb47pO60oc

Sea Life :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB7tqiL-Eqs

Butterfly Camouflage and Mimicry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzIlT2PlbaM

Our Grammar skill this week is identifying nouns.  Here are a few practice games:

https://www.turtlediary.com/games/noun.html or Noun Games


Book Fair and Family Reading Night are THURSDAY.  My Block 1 attends Book Fair at 9:10-9:40, and Block 2 has Book Fair from 1:20-1:50.  After school Book Fair and Family Night is 6:00 - 7:30.  See you there!  I'll be in the library.

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

National Geographic Explorer Links

Here's the link to Unit 11 Spelling Words and Games for the test Friday:

Spelling City

Spelling Words

Tonight's reading homework (due Wednesday) is to read p. 10-17 "Gotcha!" in the National Geographic Explorer.  We will be using this story for a reading project this week.



Margay Cat Facts:

http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/margay_facts/250/

http://kids.mongabay.com/animal-profiles/margay.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhiOJY_1q5E - video

https://vimeo.com/22530225 - video

Mantis Shrimp Facts:

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/mantis-shrimp.htm

http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/mantis_shrimp_facts/620/

https://www.dogonews.com/2014/2/9/the-strange-and-fearless-mantis-shrimp - includes video

Netcasting Spider Facts:

http://australianmuseum.net.au/net-casting-spiders

https://www.creepycrawlies.info/net-casting-spider.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4APjXhBieyc - video

Archerfish Facts:

http://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Archerfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN3fKwAgc0I&feature=youtu.be - video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4G_MeUUZlI - video

Glowworm Facts:

http://oureverydaylife.com/fun-glow-worms-kids-14396.html

http://www.waitomo.com/waitomo-information/Pages/waitomo-for-kids.aspx

http://mothernatured.com/2011/08/14/whats-slimy-tiny-and-glows-out-of-its-hiney/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-gLxOanrfI - video

Humpback Whale Facts:

http://www.audubon.org/news/killer-bubbles-humpback-whales-use-bubble-nets-capture-prey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcdSsNF21Po - video

http://www.arkive.org/humpback-whale/megaptera-novaeangliae/video-08b.html - video

Sunday, November 6, 2016

National Geographic Explorer Links

Here's the link to Unit 11 Spelling Words and Games for the test Friday:

Spelling City

Spelling Words

Tonight's reading homework (due Wednesday) is to read p. 10-17 "Gotcha!" in the National Geographic Explorer.  We will be using this story for a reading project this week.



Margay Cat Facts:

http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/margay_facts/250/

http://kids.mongabay.com/animal-profiles/margay.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhiOJY_1q5E - video

https://vimeo.com/22530225 - video

Mantis Shrimp Facts:

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/mantis-shrimp.htm

http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/mantis_shrimp_facts/620/

https://www.dogonews.com/2014/2/9/the-strange-and-fearless-mantis-shrimp - includes video

Netcasting Spider Facts:

http://australianmuseum.net.au/net-casting-spiders

https://www.creepycrawlies.info/net-casting-spider.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4APjXhBieyc - video

Archerfish Facts:

http://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Archerfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN3fKwAgc0I&feature=youtu.be - video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4G_MeUUZlI - video

Glowworm Facts:

http://oureverydaylife.com/fun-glow-worms-kids-14396.html

http://www.waitomo.com/waitomo-information/Pages/waitomo-for-kids.aspx

http://mothernatured.com/2011/08/14/whats-slimy-tiny-and-glows-out-of-its-hiney/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-gLxOanrfI - video

Humpback Whale Facts:

http://www.audubon.org/news/killer-bubbles-humpback-whales-use-bubble-nets-capture-prey

http://www.arkive.org/humpback-whale/megaptera-novaeangliae/video-08b.html - video

Friday, November 4, 2016

Schedule Conferences, Please!

DON'T FORGET to go online tons schedule your choice of Parent-Teacher Conference times!

Here are some Language Arts games:

Turtle Diary 4th Grade Games

 Preposition Games

Prepositions by the Bazillions

Today we wrote "Thankful" essays. 

Our Unit 10 Spelling Test is today.  It is a review unit.  Here's the link to Spelling City.

Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.  

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Sea Turtles

DON'T FORGET to go online tons schedule your choice of Parent-Teacher Conference times!

Today we worked on learning more about Sea Turtles.  Check out these great videos that are filled with facts and information. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f12OLtGmUbA - Draw a Sea Turtle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS0kXtmXuj8 - Sea Turtle Migration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNlI_R8Vno8 - Endangered Sea Turtles

Our Unit 10 Spelling Test is Friday. It is a review unit.  Here's the link to Spelling City.

We have been learning about Prepositions.  Check out these sites: 

Grammar Games:  Prepositions:  Preposition Games


Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.  

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Turtles and Caves

Ms. Gilbert was here today from Lewis University and was able to teach our class a great lesson about different types of caves.  You can read more about these caves in the National Geographic Explorer that each child is bringing home tonight.  We decided to postpone our Emerald’s Eggs story test until tomorrow.

Underwater Caves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3a9AYu5SUQ&list=LLk_vBTM7EvlXz2lMkRw_jYQ&index=1

Ice Caves

Crystal Cave

General Cave Info

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8eGw1oyYoQ - Baby Sea Turtle video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnl73lZ17n4 - 14 Sea Turtle Facts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIffdbFZMPQ - Sea Turtles and Tortoises

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIffdbFZMPQ - Quick Sea Turtle Video for Kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f12OLtGmUbA - Draw a Sea Turtle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS0kXtmXuj8 - Sea Turtle Migration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNlI_R8Vno8 - Endangered Sea Turtles

Our Unit 10 Spelling Test is Friday. It is a review unit.  Here's the link to Spelling City.

Candy can be sent in for the troops by THURSDAY if you have extra Halloween goodies.

DON'T FORGET to go online tons schedule your choice of Parent-Teacher Conference times!

We have been learning about Prepositions.  Check out these sites: 

Grammar Games:  Prepositions:  Preposition Games



Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.  November Book-it will be sent home tomorrow. 

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Sea Turtles

Our Unit 10 Spelling Test is Friday. It is a review unit.  Here's the link to Spelling City.

Our spelling story this week is Emerald's Eggs.  Students will need to reread this story for homework tonight.  We completed vocabulary words for this class today using workbook page 53.

eBook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8eGw1oyYoQ - Baby Sea Turtle video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xnl73lZ17n4 - 14 Sea Turtle Facts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIffdbFZMPQ - Sea Turtles and Tortoises

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIffdbFZMPQ - Quick Sea Turtle Video for Kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f12OLtGmUbA - Draw a Sea Turtle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS0kXtmXuj8 - Sea Turtle Migration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNlI_R8Vno8 - Endangered Sea Turtles


Candy can be sent in for the troops by THURSDAY if you have extra Halloween goodies.

DON'T FORGET to go online tons schedule your choice of Parent-Teacher Conference times!

We have been learning about Prepositions.  Check out these sites: 

Grammar Games:  Prepositions:  Preposition Games



Book-it is OPTIONAL but highly encouraged.  Please read at home each evening, even if you are not keeping track on the Book-it calendar.  November Book-it will be sent home tomorrow.