Civil War Tiki-Toki

As you remember, we have been learning about different ways to present information in class. I mentioned Tiki-Toki, and figured I should show it to you. This is another good thing to use for presentations. Especially if it can help with our History Unit. I have prepared a Tiki-Toki for you to see covering the first few years of the Civil War. It only goes to the Emancipation Proclamation which is where we have gotten to in class. I didn't cover everything in this presentation, just some important things. Please look at your text book for the things I missed. I even included a short video about the Emancipation Proclamation. 

Please click here to see my Tiki Toki


Standard 4
Students will understand that the 19th century was a time of incredible change for the United States, including geographic expansion, constitutional crisis, and economic growth.

 Objective 3
Evaluate the course of events of the Civil War and its impact both immediate and long-term.

1. Identify the key ideas, events, and leaders of the Civil War using primary sources (e.g. Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation, news accounts, photographic records, diaries).
   
2. Contrast the impact of the war on individuals in various regions (e.g. North, South, West).
   
3. Explain how the Civil War helped forge ideas of national identity.
   
4. Examine the difficulties of reconciliation within the nation. 

 Standard 5
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

Revolutionary War

I LOVE History!! And I want you to love it too!! The Revolutionary War is one of my favorite things to teach and learn! I made this little presentation so you can can remember some important parts of the war. We're going to start talking about some of these things next week, so I would like you to familiarize yourself with some of the things on this presentation. If you have any questions, don't be afraid to e-mail, call, or talk to me in class.
Below is both the standards being used and the presentation. Enjoy!


Prezi is a great way to show information in a new way. We are doing persuasive presentations in two weeks. This is a good thing to use for those presentation.

Standard 2
Students will understand the chronology and significance of key events leading to self-government.
Objective 1
Describe how the movement toward revolution culminated in a Declaration of Independence.
Objective 2
Evaluate the Revolutionary War's impact on self-rule.


 Standard 8
Use technology resources (e.g., calculators, data collection probes, videos, educational software) for problem-solving, self-directed learning, and extended learning activities. (5, 6)

Multiplication Assessment

As you may know, we have been working on Multiplication this week. We have just started, so you may still have questions. I have written a quick assessment I would like all the students to take. That way I will know where we are as a class. I've listed the standards we're using below. Please take the assessment that is under the standards. 



Google forms is a good way to gather information of every kind. Maybe even for surveys. You can use surveys in our upcoming project.



3. OA.A Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.

1.
Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 × 7.

Standard 5 
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

Earth and Its Moon

This week in Science the whole third grade has been learning all about Earth, It's moon, and how they both move! 
Ms. Jones and I have created an at home quiz to take about the things we have learned!
Go here to find the quiz. 









Standard 1
Students will understand that the shape of Earth and the moon are spherical and that Earth rotates on its axis to produce the appearance of the sun and moon moving through the sky.

 Objective 1
Describe the appearance of Earth and the moon.

 Objective 2
Describe the movement of Earth and the moon and the apparent movement of other bodies through the sky.

 Standard 5
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

September Newsletter

We have a lot of exciting things happening in the month of September; mostly in our reading.

This month we will be talking about themes in a story and summarizing.

I have given an example in our class newsletter which can be found here!

Look for the newsletter in your students' backpacks, but if it's not there please feel free to use the one posted. Please contact me with any questions!
I also read all comments left on the class blog, if  you feel the need to leave one.




The core standards being covered for Language arts in this project are:

 Reading: Literature Standard 2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.


Our EdTech standard being covered is:
 Standard 5
Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (3, 4)

The Water Cycle

Don't forget that we're talking about the Water Cycle in Science this week!
Be sure to familiarize yourself with it for our in class activity!
You can see a bit about it here.




This program I used is called Glogster, It may be a good thing to look into using for your upcoming book reports.




 Standard 1
Students will understand that water changes state as it moves through the water cycle.

 Objective 2
Describe the water cycle.


 Standard 7
Use telecommunications and on-line resources (e.g., email, online discussions, web environments) to participate in collaborative problem-solving activities to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (4, 5)