Terrific Thursday

Hello Room 613! Remember to study your spelling words. I hope you have had a chance to do the Region Match that was attached to your homework. If not, maybe you can play it over the weekend.

Mystery Question: What region do you live in? __________________

Mystery Question: Is a newspaper article fiction or nonfiction? ____________ How do you know?

Here is the website we did in class on related words: http://www.quia.com/pop/5125.html?AP_rand=80528900

Wet Wednesday 9/29/10

What a rainy day! I hope you all got home safely and you are nice and dry!

Mystery Question: Would a story about a dragon that saves a princess be fiction or nonfiction? How do you know?

Mystery Question: Nonfiction uses headings, s____________, and c_________.


Practice possessive nouns using this neat website:
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/possessive_nouns/quiz327.html


Kid friendly site on rocks and minerals, fossils, and animals!!  If you click on the subheadings - it will take you to another page...great pictures and diagrams for you to check out when you are looking for something to do.
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/index.htm

Tremendous Tuesday

Hello Room 613! Hope everyone has had a chance to rest, eat a snack, and have a little family time. Remember to bring in your field trip money if you haven't done so yet. Our trip is next Wednesday. Make sure you give your parents the letter about our field trip and your interim report.

Mystery Question: Piedmont means ________________.

Mystery Question: Sally had $5.00. She went to the store and bought 2 hot dogs for $1.25 each. How much did she spend? How much change will she get back?

Here is a great link to read about the 6 regions of South Carolina: http://sciway3.net/2001/sc-geology/blue_ridge.htm

P.S. The picture above is a monadnock called Caesar's Head in South Carolina.

Rainy Day Monday

What a rainy day! Hope you are nice and dry at home! Remember to give your parents your papers and newsletter, practice your spelling words, and read for 15 minutes.


Mystery Question: What is the smallest region in South Carolina?

Mystery Question:
Is the following sentence correct? Why or why not?
My three sister's cars are all red with a white stripe.

Here is a site you can practice possessives:http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/exploring_possessives/index.html

Terrific Thursday

Happy Thursday everyone! Remember to study your spelling words and your science study guide. Picture day is tomorrow so look your best! (like you always do!)

Mystery question one: What soil is made up of tiny bits of rock, holds water, and is great for making pottery? ______________

Mystery question two: The best soil for planting a garden is l_____, because it has four types of soil included in it.

Happy First Day of Fall!

Happy Wednesday to everyone! Remember we have PE tomorrow- you know what that means- tennis shoes!

Remember to study your spelling words and study for your minerals and rocks test.

Mystery question: Rocks formed from heat and pressure that were another kind of rock before are called _____________.

Mystery Question:The rocks that are formed in layers from broken pieces of         matter are called __________________.

Fun site to practice input/output machine:

http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/amy/algebra/3-4/activities/functionmachine/functionmachine3_4.html

Rocking Tuesday!

I hope everyone enjoyed the Rock Man today! He had some awesome rocks to share with you! Don't forget your permission slip for our trip on Oct. 6th.


Remind your parents that picture day is Friday.
Mystery Question: What are rocks made up of? __________

Mystery Question: Is 4+7=11 and 7+4=11 an example of the cummutative property? Why or why not!

Learn more about rocks:

Remember you can comment here or send the mystery question answers to kcampbell@horrycountyschools.net.

Love you and sweet dreams!

Happy Monday

Happy Monday! Remember to complete your homework.

Mystery Question: Which kind of rock is a melted rock that has cooled?

Mystery Question: Give me an example of a fact family using 3, 9, and 12.



Have a poem for you to read:
http://mathstory.com/Poems/someonestole.html
Let me know if you like it or not.

Remember you can email me your answers at kcampbell@horrycountyschools.net or comment on the blog page.

New Look

Our blog page has a new look! Hope you like it.

Thinking Thursday

Hello! Make sure you study for your spelling test! I want everyone to make 103! Don't forget that http://www.spellingcity.com/ is a great way to study your words.

Mystery Question: When do you change the y to an i and add es or just add an s to a word that ends in y?

Great game for plural practice:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/plurals/pluralrules/game.shtml

Wonderful Wednesday!

Hello everyone! Don't forget to study for your "Where we live" test tomorrow. You also have PE so don't forget your tennis shoes.


Mystery Question: South Carolina is located in the ___________ part of the United States.

Mystery Question: We live on the continent of ________________ in the country of the __________________ in the state of __________________.

Here is a fun game that helps you practice making change:

http://justkidsgames.com/play.php?MakingChange

Love you all! See you in the morning!

Tremendous Tuesday

Tuesday went by very quickly. Remember to look over your spelling words and the information for your "Where we live" test on Thursday.

Mystery Question: Singular means _____ and plural means more than ___________.

Mystery Question: How do you make 96 cents using the fewest coins?

Here is a fun video to watch on making change and counting money:

Marvelous Monday

Happy Monday everyone! Remember to complete your homework. Study your social studies sheet on "Where we live." We will have a test on that information on Thursday.

Mystery Question: Who are some of the characters in "Nate the Great" and what is their problem?

Mystery Question: If Mrs. Campbell has 2 quarters, one dime, 3 nickels, and 2 pennies, how much money does she have? ______________

Singular/Plural Practice:

http://www.funbrain.com/plurals/index.html

Fun with Continents:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/geographygames/geospy/

Thinking Thursday

Hello Room 613! I hope you remember to study your spelling words tonight. Your first spelling test is tomorrow! I know you will all do great!

Banana splits and ice cream sundaes to celebrate collecting 15 class SOAR cards from specials and other teachers tomorrow! Yum!! Proud of you all for being such a great class!

Mystery Question # 1: Can you identify the proper and commom nouns in the following sentence?

My teacher, Mrs. Campbell, jumped rope with Mrs. Webb on Saturday at the park.

Mystery Question #2: Mrs. Campbell forgot her lunch money so she borrowed some from Room 613. They collected 3 quarters, 4 dimes, one nickel, and 3 pennies to give her. How much money does she have now?

Have a wonderful night full of sweet dreams! Love and hugs to you all!

Wonderful Wednesday

What a great Wednesday! We are so lucky to have such a great class!!

*Remember to complete your homework tonight. P.E. tomorrow- wear your tennis shoes.

*Mystery Question: What are the four properties we use to tell minerals apart?
C-----, S----, L-----, and H--------.

*Mystery Question: What is the hardest mineral of all?

Great website to practice character and setting:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_3_2.htm

Sweet dreams! See you in the morning!

Happy Tuesday and welcome back! I hope you had a great Labor Day weekend! Remember to read 20 minutes tonight in your library book and complete your homework sheet. Also, give your parents your tests and papers for them to go over with you.

Mystery Question: What does equivalent mean? Is 10 + 12 equivalent to 25 - 4? Why or why not?

Here is a website where you can practice common and proper nouns. http://www.learningplanet.com/act/rats/rats3.htm?rats_compropnouns

Have a great night! See you in the morning! I love you all!

Thinking Thursday

Happy Thinking Thursday! Hope everyone had a great afternoon! Remember to review the four types of sentences. Use this website to practice.

http://www.quia.com/quiz/106467.html



Mystery Question: What are five ways to rename 36? (Think about what we did in math today)


Here is the Officer Buckle vocabulary practice that we did today in class:

http://www.quia.com/rr/170553.html





Have a great night! See you in the morning! Love you!

Happy Wednesday

Happy Wednesday to everyone!

Hope you have all completed your homework. We had a great day today and learned a lot of things.

Who remembers what a character trait is? Here is an example- Officer Buckle is a very caring person. Clementine is wild! :-) See if you can think of a character trait to describe yourself.

Mystery Question:
What kind of sentence is this?
Get off of the phone and clean your room.

Mystery Question #2:

Complete the sequence.

49, 44, _____, ______, 29

Love you to the moon and back!!!