Computer- Solar System

Click the link and log on to BrainPop.

http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/solarsystem/

Username:  madisoncrs
Password: liberty

Search solar system and watch the video.  Answer the questions while watching the video.  You may write on your paper.  You may watch the video as many times and you need in order to answer the questions.

When you finish, you may watch videos about the planets. 

Shutting Out the Sky- Technology Station

Click on the link below to take an interactive tour of Ellis Island.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/index.htm

Jackie Robinson- Book Flix

http://bkflix.grolier.com/pb/node-32751

Scholastic Book Orders

For anyone interested in ordering online-
Here is the class activaction code and ordering instructions!
Online Ordering Information


Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs

Class Activation Code: GK6FZ



Dear Parent,



Now it's easier than ever to find the right books for your child — and help us earn FREE books for our classroom library at the same time!



With new online ordering from Scholastic Book Clubs, you can choose from a much wider selection of books than in the printed flyer. Plus, you can send your orders directly to me online and use your credit card.



Best of all, our class earns a FREE book every time a parent places their order online.



It's so simple! Here's how it works:



SIGN UP at www.Scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, click the "Don't have a User Name and Password?" link, then register for your own username and password. When prompted, enter the one-time Class Activation Code shown above. This code ensures that your order is sent to me.





SELECT the books you'd like to order from over 500 titles available online...and take advantage of online-only specials and discounts.





SEND your order to me online by the due date. Books will be delivered directly to our classroom, as always.



Of course, you can still order using the form from the printed flyer. But why not experience for yourself how convenient it is to order online?



Ordering online is fast, easy, and secure. Plus our whole class benefits thanks to the FREE books we'll earn with every parent online order.



Go to www.Scholastic.com/bookclubs now to get started.

Technology Station- Thunder Rose

Find your reading group color below.  Play the cause and effect games under your color group during the technology station this week.

Green:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/flippy.html

Yellow:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/flippy.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade2/skill3/boa.html

Red:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/flippy.html http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade2/skill3/boa.html

Blue:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade2/skill3/boa.html

Computer 8/25/10

Thunder Rose, our reading story for the week, is a tall tale.  Today you are going to learn what a tall tale is, and how to identify a story as a tall tale.  Listen to a new spin on an old tall tale about flapjacks (pancakes) and Paul Bunyan.
Click the link below and follow the directions on your handout.
http://www.animatedtalltales.com/flash/story/?s=785218e34c6b344b14783
After you complete your handout, you may play the games.

Week 2! :)

What a busy week!  Here is a quick list of things your child is learning this week:
Math:  distance conversions (inches, feet, and yards), comparing and ordering 7 digit numbers, reviewing capactiy conversions (quiz on Wednesday)
Language:  overview of the three modes of writing that we will cover this year:  narrative, expository, and descriptive, spelling VCV and VCCV words
Social Studies:  we are beginning a mini-unit on physical geography, focusing on major ports, rivers, mountains, states, etc to the east of the Mississippi River
Science:  reviewing the Scientific Method, atoms, molecules, 3 states of matter
Reading:  character and plot, suffixes, and we are reading the story Frindle