Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Wednesday, Dec. 1

Happy first day of December! Our McDonalds trip is scheduled for Dec. 15th. I will be sending home a permission slip for each parent to sign. Thanks again to everyone that sent in cans!

Christmas Brain Teaser: Can you find Santa's shadow? http://www.thepeacefamily.force9.co.uk/shadow.html

Mystery Question: Where do you find guide words?

Mystery Question: Comparative or Superlative?
My sister is the smallest girl in her class.

Enjoy this video if you have time tonight:

Monday, November 29, 2010

Tuesday, Nov. 30

Ho, ho, ho- it's me! (not Santa-- me, Mrs. Campbell) Hope everyone has completed their homework. Don't forget to work on learning your multiplication tables.

Christmas Riddle: Who says "Oh, Oh, Oh!"? Answer: Santa walking backwards! ha ha

Mystery Question #1: The king divided the Carolina settlement into what 3 states?

Mystery Question # 2: Why did the settlers want to have a royal colony?


Try this website to work on the phonics sounds we are working on this week:
https://www.sraimagineit.com/te_demo_player.html?PHPSESSID=5e2fd4adea6fef01f9243490c228512f&a=1645

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Monday, Nov. 29th

Hello Room 613. I hope you are having a good night. Mrs. Long is working on which day is our "going to McDonalds" day for next week- so I will let you know as soon as she gets back with me!!!

Mystery Question: What is a royal colony?

Mystery Question: What is an export?

Here is a math link for you to practice. The highest you can score is 80. See how you do!

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/testprep/gr3/0101/00.html?qseq=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7&at=0&curq=0&score=0

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Monday, Nov. 22

Boys and Girls,




I wanted to tell you how THANKFUL I am to you and your parents for a wonderful half of the year! Each one of you brings me so much joy with your own little personalities! I tell people how lucky I am all the time for the blessing of such a great class!  I love you all more than you will ever really know! Years from now, I will look back at this class and remember that this was the class that ROCKED!!! Once again, thank you! I love you all and I really mean it!!!

Mystery Question: Name two things that you are thankful for on this Thanksgiving.

Two of my favorite Thanksgiving videos:





Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Wednesday, Nov. 17

Happy Wednesday! We have a field trip tomorrow! Make sure you bring your lunch and wear a jacket. Here is the link again to where we are going: http://www.captdicks.com/exp.htm

Mystery Question: Where was the first successful settlement in South Carolina?

Mystery Question: If Mary has 7 Pilgrims coming to her house for Thanksgiving and each Pilgrim wants 3 ears of corn, how many ears of corn should she fix for the Pilgrims?

Practice your multiplication: http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/windows/washup.htm

EveryDay Math we played today:
https://www.emgames.com/launchdemo.html?Activity=M2A050&media=dcr

Monday, November 15, 2010

Tuesday, Nov. 16


Happy Tuesday! We are counting down the days until our field trip! Remember to bring any canned goods you have by Friday. It is a great cause and we would love to win the trip to McDonalds!

Mystery Question: In the number 543, 298, what digit is in the ten thousands place? How much is that digit worth?

Mystery Question: Cash crops are crops that are grown to be ____________.


Sunday, November 14, 2010

Monday, Nov. 15

Hi Room 613. Hope you had a good day! Remember to do your homework and read. Our field trip to Captain Dick's Marina is Thursday. Make sure you dress warmly and wear tennis shoes. Also remember to bring your lunch unless you asked for one from the cafeteria.


Mystery Question by Landon Walters: The Pilgrims had 7 boxes of candles. There were 7 in each box. They also had 6 extra candles that were not in a box. How many candles do they have in all? ( Thanks Landon~ great question!)

 Mystery Question: Mrs. Campbell put a turkey in the oven at 10:05 a.m. The turkey needs to cook for four hours and fifteen minutes. What time will the turkey be ready?


Canned good drive ends Friday!! Bring all the cans in that mom and dad will let you! It is for a great cause!

Here is a fun Thanksgiving clip from Charlie Brown! Enjoy!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Thursday, Nov. 11

We had a great Veteran's Day show today. Thank you to all our men and women in the service that protect our country!

Mystery Question: What was the main reason several settlements failed?

Mystery Question: Mrs. Smith has to split her apples into groups for each pie she is going to bake. She has 21 apples. Each pie needs 3 apples each. How many pies can she bake?


Multiplication Practice Site: Here is a website to practice your multiplication. http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/PattyPaints.htm

Have fun practicing!

Here is a great song to practice your fours:

Wednesday, Nov. 10


Hello Room 613!


Joke of the Day: How can you make a turkey float? (Answer at the bottom of the page)


Mystery Question: (by Ana-Caroline) What is a Lord Proprietor's job?


Mystery Question: (by Ana-Caroline) If your mother is 36 years old, how much land would she get if she came over to the New World?


Game to practice your multiplication:http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/FishShop.htm





Answer to the joke: You need 2 scoops of ice cream, some root beer, and a turkey!

Love you!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Tuesday, Nov. 9

Happy Tuesday! Make sure you complete your homework and read for at least 15 minutes. Don't forget your field trip money this week if you haven't brought it in yet.

Mystery Question: If a circle's diameter is 7 inches, what is the circle's circumference? (remember the magic number 3)

Mystery Question: As Europeans settled South Carolina, how were Native Americans affected?

Joke of the Day: What key has legs and can't open doors? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer)

Schoolhouse Rock for your threes:

 
Answer to the joke:  A turkey! :-)



Sunday, November 7, 2010

Monday, Nov. 8

Hi! Remember to bring in canned goods for our holiday food drive. The class that brings in the most cans wins lunch at McDonalds. (and Mrs. Campbell loves McDonalds) It is for a great cause so bring in what you can!

Mystery Question: How much land would you have been given if you came over to the New World? Remember you are under the age of 16.


Mystery Questions: How much land would Mrs. Campbell have been given? (Remember I am a couple of years older than 16.) Check your social studies newspaper if you have forgotten.
 
Here is a video to watch about settlers coming over to the new world.


Thursday, November 4, 2010

Thinking Thursday, Nov. 4

Hope everyone made it home nice and dry today. Study your spelling words and complete your homework tonight.

Thanksgiving Riddle of the Day: Why do turkeys always go "gobble gobble" at the dinner table? Answer is at the bottom of the blog.

Mystery Question: What are the four things living things need? f____, w_____, g______, and s_________

Mystery Question:  Mary has 16 marbles and wants to divide them into 4 groups. How many marbles will she put in each group?

Disco Dino website to practice multiplication: http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/DiscoDino.htm

Answer to joke: They never learned good table manners. Ha ha!!

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Wednesday, Nov. 3

Happy Wednesday! Make sure you have completed your homework. Read for at least 15 minutes tonight.
Mystery Question: It was a cold and chilling night, and the cattle were restless. As the sun dropped behind the mountain range, the animals all started to come alive with anticipation. This was a night of the hunter and the hunted. The wolves were on the prowl for a meal, and the cattle knew they were being watched.
Choose the word that is an antonym for restless.

a. excited b. tired c. anxious d. moving



Mystery Question: If Mrs. Campbell watches television for 3 hours everyday for 8 days in a row, how many hours of television has she watched in all? (You know I really didn't!!)



Be a Multiplication Super Star! Go to this website and practice your multiplication!

http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/SuperStars/superstars.htm