Ecosystems

Video's

Game one

Build-a-Prairie
This site offers the "Build-a-Prairie" interactive game for students. Restoring a prairie is a great challenge, requiring knowledge of biology, ecology, and even economics.

Rainforest Action Network: Kids' Corner
The Rainforest Action Network developed this site for kids with easy-to-read information about indigenous people, plants, and animals with the goal of empowering them to help save the rainforests.

lesson plan one

lesson plan two

Ecosystems, Biomes, and Habitats

Pond

PowerPoint slide shows on animal classifications can be found at "Animal Classifications by Mr. Taylor's Class" located at: http://www.wcs.edu/ses/Taylor/Animals_files/frame.htm
Another site can be found at: http://www.carsoncity.k12.mi.us/~dking/presentations/sld003.htm
Video clips of animal classifications can be found at Public Television 19 inc. located at: http://www.mkn.org/Handbook/splash_assets/html/A/AnimalClassification/animal_classification.html
EnchantedLearning.com at: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/pond/pondlife.shtml
Animal Info at: http://www.animalinfo.org
Canterbury Environmental Education Centre's Exploring Pond Habitats at: http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/pondexplorer/pond-cross.html
Science and Technology Education in Primary Schools' Virtual Ponding Trip at: http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/steps/students/3-4years/water/pond.htm
Life in a Pond at: http://www.yvw.com.au/newed/juniors/pond/life_in_a_pond.html
Mrs. Seagraves' Quest Class's Create a Pond at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/5924/createapond.htm
ExplorA-Pond's Virtual Pond at: http://www.uen.org/utahlink/pond/virtpond2.cgi


http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/exploring_ecosystems/

http://www.quia.com/custom/515main.html

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/living-things.htm

Unit 2:5 A Dangerous Feudal World

The Middle Ages were a dangerous and hard time.
The Feudal system was a system of protection for service and labor.
Christianity was the dominant faith of Europe.


Keywords
Charlemagne
feudalism

The Middle Ages were a hard time for people. There was a lot of fighting and disease. People built castles during the Middle Ages. They built big churches called Cathedrals.

History 2:3 Remebering Rome

Romans adopted many Greek ideas.
Latin was the language of ancient Rome.
Cicero and Virgil were great Roman writers.

Keywords
Athena
Cicero
Minerva
Pantheon
republic
Zeus

Virgil was a poet in Rome. He went to Rome to see Cicero. Virgil wrote in Latin. The Romans got many great ideas from the Greeks.

Whole number Sense Unit 1

Identify the place value for each digit in whole numbers through 10,000.
Count aloud whole number through 10,000.
Identify odd and even numbers and describe their characteristics.
Read whole numbers through 10,000.
Write numerals through 10,000.
Write number words through 10,000.
Use expanded form to represent numbers through 10,000.
Demonstrate understanding of place values as cumulative multiples of 10.
Compare whole numbers through 10,000.
Order three or more whole numbers through 10,000.


Keywords
boundary number
compare
digit
divide
even number
expanded form
greater-than symbol
less-than symbol
multiple
odd numbers
place value
place-value chart
place-value mat
place-value pepriod
round (v.)
standard form

lesson 1-Numbers through 10,000
Identify the place value for each digit in whole numbers through 1,000
Count aloud whole numbers through 1,000
Identify the place value for each digit in whole numbers through 10,000
Count aloud whole numbers through 10,000


Worksheets-
http://www.math-salamanders.com/math-worksheets-place-value.html

lesson 2-Odd and Even Numbers

Count by 2's through 100

Use a number line to count even and odd to 100

Scope & Sequence

# Third Grade Language Arts
# Third Grade Math
# Third Grade Science
# Third Grade History
# Elementary Spanish 1

Math 3 6:5 Multiplying Fours

Flashcards
http://www.mathfactcafe.com/view/viewflash.aspx?vid=1&g=3&f=s_m_mul4

Timed Multiplication
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/times-tables/Timernator-multiplication.html

Spelling List Unit 5

Spelling City
http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=2555947

Spelling List Unit 4

Spelling City
http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=2040530

Math 3

Math 3 5:9 Regrouping thousands as hundreds
http://printables.scholastic.com/printables/detail/?id=24176
Math 3 5:10 Subtracting larger numbers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPb2SDBUGns
Math 3 5:11 Problem Solving Strategy:Choose the operation
Math 3 5:12Problem Solving Applications
Math 3 5:13 Subtraction Review and Assessment
Math 3 6:1 Understanding Multiplication
Math 3 6:2 Zero and One as Factors
Math 3 6:3 Multiplying Twos
Math 3 6:4 Multiplying Threes
Math 3 6:5 Multiplying Fours

Math: practice Mental Math
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yws_Re5nlcM&feature=fvw

Finger Math Addition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2tkp5x1llY

How to Count to 10 in Chinese
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3TEc3OkF68

Mental Math Strategies-excellent
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/de/math1-3/p-mentalmath.html

PRINTABLES
Math-Drills.com
http://www.math-drills.com/addition.shtml

History Unit 2 Lesson 9

Keywords
humanism: The ideal that humans are good and capable of great things.
Petrarch

Narration
Petrarch like to write letters. He wrote poems, too. He liked the Greeks and Romans. He believed that people were good and could do great things.

History Unit 2 lesson 8

Keywords
Giotto di Bondone

Narration

Giotto was a shepherd. He liked to paint pictures of the animals like sheep. He went to Florence and Rome and painted in new ways. His paintings looked more real than the ones people painted before.

History Unit 2 lesson 7

Keywords
Dante Alighieri
Virgil


Narration
Dante was sad because he had to leave his home. He wrote a poem call the Divine Comedy. It was about life after death. In the poem, he meets Beatrice in heaven.

History Unit 2 Lesson 6

Keywords
Aristotle
Baghdad
Islam
Muhammed
Muslim
Thomas Aquinas

Narration
Thomas Aquinas was a good student, but he was quiet. He lived during the Middle Ages. When he grew up, he liked to read old books by Aristotle. Thomas Aquinas wrote books, too.

History Unit 2 lesson 5

Keywords
Charlemagne
Feudalism: A political or economic system in which people exchanged land, loyalty, and service in return for protection.

Narration
The Middle Ages were a hard time for people. There was a lot of fighting and disease. People built castles during the Middle Ages. They built big churches called cathedrals, too.

History Unit 2 lesson 3

Keywords
Aeneid
Athena
Cicero
Minerva
Pantheon
republic
Virgil
Zeus

Narration
Virgil was a poet in Rome. He went to Rome to see Cicero. Virgil wrote in Latin. The Romans got many great ideals from the Greeks.