What's Going On in 3rd Grade?
3rd Graders are focusing on reading and analyzing texts. We are using the Teacher's College Reading program. Here are some skills we will be focusing on this year:
* Monitoring our reading
* Visualizing
* Questioning
* Making Connections
* Synthesizing
* Monitoring our reading
* Visualizing
* Questioning
* Making Connections
* Synthesizing
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Research Clubs - Animal Resources
Ants
- National Geographic Video (ants)
- National Geographic Video (deadliest army ants)
- New York Times Video (physics of ants)
- Animal Planet Video (weaver ants)
- Video (Dune Ants)
- Video (Bull Ants)
Bears
- National Geographic Video 1
- National Geographic Video 2
- Grizzly Bears Video
- National Geographic Video (Giant pandas)
- Reading A - Z (Level O)
- StoriaSchool (Level P)
Panda Bears
- National Geographic Video
- Discovering China - What is a Panda
- Reading A - Z (Level I)
- StoriaSchool (Level Q)
Penguins
- Emperor Penguin - Long Winter Wait
- March of the Penguins - Life Under the Sea
- March of the Penguins - Family Reunion
- March of the Penguins - First Steps
- National Geographic Video (Emperor Penguins)
- StoriaSchool (Level M, N, Q)
Sharks
- Great White Shark
- Sharks - Mythbusters (Drop of Blood)
- Animal Planet Video
- Reading A - Z (Level J, L)
- StoriaSchool (Level P, Q)
Spiders
- National Geographic Video
- BBC Video
- Reading A - Z (Level G)
Wolves
- PBS Kids Video
- Wolves - National Park Animals
- Animal Planet Video
- National Geographic Video
- National Geographic Video (gray wolves hunting)
- Wolves (easy)
- StoriaSchool (Level M, Q)
Whales
- Blue Whale
- Humpback Whale - Hunting Technique
- Killer Whales - Playing Underwater
- National Geographic Video
- StoriaSchool (Level P)
Other Animals
Butterflies:
Reptiles (Snakes and Lizards):
Big Cats
Bats
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsTg-rO8JrM
- Moths vs. Butterflies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqFB-C9BZM
- http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/content/kids/en_US/videos. html?videoGuid=ngk-0000-98EC-129D-EE19-0368
- http://www.natgeotv.com/ca/great-migrations/videos/growing-up-butterfly
- http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/life/videos/monarch-butterfly-winter-migration/
Frogs and Toads:
- African Bullfrog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymbe6SSnCv8
- American Toad and Red Back Salamander https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu-Cc8jMIQo#t=35
- Poison Dart Frog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqBc80FiJB4
- http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/malformedfrogs.html
- http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/content/kids/en_US/videos. html?videoGuid=ngk-0000-F3A6-9252-32E5-ADB4
Gorillas:
- http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/animal-planet-presents/videos/
planets-best-yellowstone-wolves/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8vZx3u48Z4
- http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/exploreorg/gorilla-talk-eorg
Insects:
- http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/content/kids/en_US/videos.
html?videoGuid=ngk-0000-44CB-59A4-A69A-5BC1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW3CSMx2bX4
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-ozxpIrdI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esJXJS4G3FM
Monkeys: - Snow Monkeys (8th thumbnail) http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/life/videos/the-world-of-insects/
- http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/macaque_mayhem
- http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/mammal_grooming?source=relatedvideo
- Gelada Monkeys http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/baboon_gelada?source=relatedvideo
- Howler Monkey http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/monkey_howler?source=relatedvideo
- http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/lopburi-monkey-festival?source=relatedvideo
- Maldives octopus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX-YiYHahoo
- Poisonous octopus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFGMPsb0YV0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tcnq2iYJJo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE0QqxwyL_8
Owls:
- Snowy Owls http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/owl_snowy?source=relatedvideo
- http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/worlds-deadliest/deadliest-owl?source=relatedvideo
- Barn Owl (thumbnail 2, in a minute the barn owl) http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/ Barn_Owl#p00hcpdz
- Eastern Screech Owl http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Screech-Owl/videos
- Wild Owl http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=19856&CategoryID=2195
- Burrowing Owl http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/klvx08.sci.klvxowl/burrowing-owl/
Reptiles (Snakes and Lizards):
- http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/king-cobra-vs-water-snake-predation
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/snake_twoheaded?source=relatedvideo
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/cobra_stalksrat?source=relatedvideo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAtGDQkZzZ8
Tortoise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cr268ATOi0
Viper Snake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbpH9FrMAG4
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/lizard_horned_squirtingblood?source=relatedvideo • http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/lizard_frilled_ontherun?source=relatedvideo
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/lizard_frilled_ontherun?source=relatedvideo
Big Cats
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYm_Mn7Hxag#t=220
- Lions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFPD3_nI9jk#t=57
- Cheetahs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYSFS4cFnTk#t=84
- Cheetahs http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/show/cheetahs.html
- http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/content/kids/en_US/videos. html?videoGuid=ngk-0000-1ABC-A251-7B15-04FB
- Siberian Tiger http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/tiger_siberian?source=relatedvideo
Bats
- Reading A - Z (Level M)
- StoriaSchool (Level M)
Guided Reading Levels 2015-2016
Level 1: Below Grade Level Level 2: Approaching Grade Level Level 3: On Grade Level Level 4: Above Grade Level
SEPTEMBER
1=L or below 2=N 3=O 4=P or above |
DECEMBER
1=L or below 2=M-O 3=P 4=Q or above |
FEBRUARY
1=L or below 2=M-P 3=Q 4=R or above |
APRIL
1=M or below 2=N-Q 3=R 4=S or above |
JUNE
1=P or below 2=Q 3=R 4=S or above |
Websites - Fiction and Non-fiction Texts
* Reading A-Z
* Story Books Online
* Time for Kids
* Discovery Kids
* Starfall
* Scholastic Book Wizard (use this to find the level of a book)
* Non-fiction Text Features (use this as a reference to help you read non-fiction texts)
* Magic Tree House
* Biographies
* Wordly Wise 3000 (Vocabulary Practice and Games)
* Book Review Examples (Mrs. Zimmerman's students)
* Story Books Online
* Time for Kids
* Discovery Kids
* Starfall
* Scholastic Book Wizard (use this to find the level of a book)
* Non-fiction Text Features (use this as a reference to help you read non-fiction texts)
* Magic Tree House
* Biographies
* Wordly Wise 3000 (Vocabulary Practice and Games)
* Book Review Examples (Mrs. Zimmerman's students)