December 11th

1. Log in to Google

• Go to your DRIVE
• Click CREATE
• Click DOCUMENT
• Title your new document the name of your poem
• Then SHARE IT WITH ME!! at tconstantine@hcs-students.net

 now type your poem, if you do not have all of your poem memorized type what you can then you can let me know and go to the room and get yours or open up the document with all of the poems on December links.

Make sure and type FOR KIDS, and find a good picture to add to your poem AFTER YOU TYPE IT.

Type your name at the bottom.

Print and give to me.

2. If you get done with everything above, go have some fun on December Links!

Perimeter December 3

1. Watch this study jams on Perimeter and take the test  http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/measurement/perimeter.htm

2. Play this perimeter game on ixl...sign in http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/perimeter

3. Find the perimeter of the missing side on ixl..sign in http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/perimeter-find-the-missing-side-length

4. Pick 3 perimeter games from this site. http://www.dovewhisper.com/4th_C_C_files/page0015.htm

December 2

1. Last chance to finish your Thanksgiving word assignments on Spelling City.

2. Go to History Alive ONLINE. Click on Chapter 9 ans see how you do.

3. Next week you will make a power point on the Causes of the Revolutionary war. Go ahead and start a Power Point in google, Name the first slide THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, choose a background (needs to look like a news article from long ago, and share it with me. Title your Power Point with your name and "The Revolutionary War"
4. Choose level one and Play Factors, Multiples, Prime

5. Check out December Links!!

November 25th

1. You have a new Responsibility Room log that I shared with you. It is called My Responsibility and Recess Log 2013. Delete the old ones, then open the new one and click file make a copy, then change the name of your file by changing the word COPY to your name. Then share it with tconstantine@hcs-students.net.

2. Work on your Spelling City. Get at least 3 activities done.

3. Go to Thanksgiving links, read the directions at the top of that page.

November 20

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all doing your best work and being good for the substitute. For content time today, we are going to dig deeper into the 13 colonies and become experts on one of the regions. You will only complete PART 1 of the web quest on the link below and you will work by yourself. We know enough about the colonies now that you CAN do this alone. Your substitute will give you the sheet that you need to write your research on. Remember, only do PART 1 and have fun being a historian!

Here is your webquest: http://tconstantine.wikispaces.com/13+Colonies+Web+Quest

November 18th

1. Take this division quiz, put your name and number, print out and bring to me when you are done.

2. Open your Gmail. You should have an email from me where I shared the Document THEN NOW with you. You will not be able to type on this one since I need everyone to type on their own page. Ok, this is how you will do that.

• Open the Then Now document I emailed you.
• Click on FILE then click MAKE A COPY.
• Now go back to your drive and open the copy, this is the one you can type on. Fill in the THEN NOW chart.
• Type your name into the title, for example mine would be Mrs. C copy of Then Now
• Share your document with me. Click SHARE, and in the INVITE PEOPLE box type, or copy and paste my google email tconstantine@hcs-students.net
• Make sure the CAN EDIT to the right of my email stays selected.
• Click DONE
• Congratulations, now you know how to share a google doc!

3. If you get finished, you can continue to check out the Thanksgiving sites here:

 http://tconstantine.wikispaces.com/Thanksgiving 

November 4th

1. Take this division quiz, put your name and number, print out and pring to me when you are done.

2. Log into voki.com and start making your voki. Remember to publish when you are finished and name it with your Explorer's last name and your first name.

October 28

1. Finish Ten Marks

2. Typing Club

October 21

1. How well do you know your 12's, bring to me when done

2. Go to the Typing Club and get going on learning to type correctly!!!


3. Do this when I let you know we are ready: Sign in to your Google account go to your mail. I shared a document with you. Open the document, read the directions, and complete the assignment. Then you can come back and finish 1 and 2.

October 14

1. Do you know your 7's? Click here and see. Print and give to me when you are done. If you get 100 in 3 minutes or less, go on to number 2. If not go to 7's on math magician and show me your screen when you get 100 on 7's.

2. Log in to IXL, Click level F and do A1, A2, A3 and A5

3. Go to the Typing Club and get going on learning to type correctly!!!

4. Do not do this until I tell you, we are doing this one together. Go to Google and log in with your username and password.  We are just making sure we can log in today. Once you have logged in fill out this form, type in your email carefully!!!

Typing Club

https://hcsssces.typingclub.com/

October 7th

1. Let's see yow well you know your 9 tables. Put your name and number, print and bring to me when you're done.

2. Review what we learned about similes by watching this brainpop video, you will also learn about something called metaphors that are like similes. See if you can find out how metaphors are different than similes.

Play Super Similes

Play games 1-7

Now Play Fling the teacher and see if you can tell the difference in a Simile and a Metaphor, remember a Simile uses like or as to compare 2 things, and a metaphor compares 2 things without using like or as.

3. Once you are finished with everything above, you can play and learn on any of the electricity  sites below!!

Electricity and Circuits Game
Make a circuit Choose conductors
The Blobz Guide to Electrical Circuits
Electricity Games
More Electricity Games
Electricity Videos
Online Videos on Electricity
Quiz on Electricity Vocabulary
Name It
Study Jams 1
Study Jams 2
Electricity Book Simple Circuits, predict if bulb will light, print
Electro City Build your city’s and see if you can control its growth, electricity needs and jobs!!

September 30

1. Take a quiz on the 8's tables. Type your name number and start. Print and bring to me when you are finished.

2. If you did not get a hundred, click here and practice the 8's until you get 100!! If you got 100 work on another table that you need to work on.

3. Watch this brainpop video on static electricity.

4. Play Factors, Multiples and Primes, choose level 1 and see how you do, then choose a higher level if it's easy.

September 23

1. Take this multiplication quiz, make sure to type your name and number, press start. When you are done, click finished, print your quiz and bring it to me.

2. Practice the 4 types of sentences, play this game.


3. In science we going to learning about electricity and magnets. Read the sites below to learn about how to be safe around electricity. In your science notebook, write 5 important safety rules everyone should follow. When you are done, you will type your 5 important safety rules here. Click here to see everyone else's rules!

Learn about electricity safety from the following websites:
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0211500/electricity.html
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/safety.html
http://fi.edu/franklin/safety.html
http://www.alliantenergykids.com/PlayingItSafe/ElectricSafety/000552

4. In English we will be learning about subjects and predicates. Watch this video to learn about subjects and predicates of a sentence.

5. Only when you are done with everything above, play some safety games here:
Safety Games
Safety Games 2

And check out Sum Dog

September 16th

1. Take this multiplication quiz, make sure you type your name on the sheet, press start when you begin and click finish when you are done. Print your quiz and bring it to me. http://www.krimsten.com/quiz/quickquiz1-8/quiz1-8.htm

2. Open Microsoft Word, title your page The Top 10 Things about Me, number and type a top ten list about you. You can use any font and size, just make sure it fits on one page. Print it out and write your name on the BACK of the page. Save it in the public drive, constantine folders, find your number, then save it in MY WORK folder.

3. If you have not, watch the video for step 6 of Edmodo Scavenger hunt and complete the step.

4. Finished with everything above?? Play some Space Games!!
Space Games
Solar System Fun
Fun and Games
Space Memory Game

Wednesday , September 4th

Think about your reading and fill out this form for me!  :)

Tuesday. September 3rd

We will be using a site this year called Edmodo. We will be using it in class a lot, but you will also need to know how to use it from home. You need to make sure that you go to the HOOVER Edmodo site, not just Edmodo. The address is:  https://hoovercity.edmodo.com/home  Carefully complete the scavenger hunt below with your parents so they will know about Edmodo too! Pause the videos and listed to them many times so that you are sure you understand. Let your parents know I will send home a parent code so they can always see what we are doing and learning about on Edmodo! Have fun!! Click here for the Scavenger Hunt!

August 26

1. Fill out and submit this form then come back here and do number 2.

2. Log in to Edmodo and join these groups, you should already be a member of Reading Writing Cyberkids.

Current Events brqv5d

Social Science Cyber Kids kphmqh

Math Cyber Kids pmrqr7

Reading wdhdxg

3. Log into Spelling City and do your first assignment.

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4. o  Go to this link and follow the directions below.

  http://hcselabs.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/

o   Typing Club-

§  Go to lab home page (link above)

§  Choose J- Keyboarding

§  Scroll to the bottom of the page where it says TYPING CLUB ACCOUNTS BY SCHOOL. 

§  Click South Shades Crest.

§  Login with your username and password. 1 number and $.

5. Watch these videos on how to be safe and polite online!

Digital Etiquette

Online Safety

CyberBullying

August 19th

Hi Mrs. Constantine's Class!! I'm so excited about this year. This is our LAB LESSONS blog. It is a place where I post many things that we need to do on the computer. The first thing I would like for you to do is to fill out this ALL ABOUT ME form. Just click on the link below, fill out the form, and click submit when you are done. If you need help, raise your hand or quietly ask a friend next to you.

Click Here for Form

When you are done, EXPLORE our class website!!!

Space Technology Project

Make a SPACE TECHNOLOGY powerpoint on your NOOK using your science notes and these links:
Curiosity
Hubble
Kepler
Webb

Be sure to follow these guidelines:

* Title slide: Title your powerpoint Space Technology and add your name and a picture of anything related to space

* Slide 1: Title this slide - Mars Curiosity Rover
Write at least 3 facts about this rover
Add at least 1 picture (Google Images)

* Slide 2: Title this slide - Hubble Space Telescope
Write at least 3 facts about this telescope
Add at least 1 picture

* Slide 3: Title this slide - Kepler Space Telescope
Write what the specific purpose of this telescope is and then at least 3 more facts about this telescope
Add at least 1 picture

* Slide 4: Title this slide - Webb Space Telescope
Write what the specific purpose of this telescope will be and then at least 3 more facts about this telescope
Add at least 1 picture

* Last slide: Title this slide - What I think is the COOLEST thing I learned about space techonology. Write AT LEAST 3 sentences telling WHAT you think is great and WHY.
Add at least 1 picture.

*** SAVE your powerpoint on the P: drive in the Space Technology Folder

Geometry Scavenger Hunt

Geometry Scavenger Hunt

Objective:

You are on an internet scavenger hunt looking for Geometry.  You will complete this project with a partner. You will find photos on the internet of these shapes in the real world and add the photos to your Power Point. At the conclusion of your search, you will present your findings in the form of a power point presentation on your nook.

 Guidelines:

·        Only one geometry object per slide.

·        Objects must be appropriately LABELED!

·        Include the mathematical definition of each object on your slide. (Get definitions from Google)

·        Don’t forget a cover slide with team members’ names. Once complete, you should have seven slides.

·        Each image captured may be used only ONCE. For example, if you get a picture of something that represents a square, you cannot use it again to represent a quadrilateral. You must find a second image.

·        Both partners must participate in the hunt and presentation. This is a team effort!

What to Collect:

You must have SIX items from this list:  

Circle	Square	Rectangle
Trapezoid	Hexagon	Octagon
Quadrilateral	Parallel Lines	Intersecting Lines
Rhombus	Pentagon	Triangle

How Will You Be Graded?

Criteria	Points
Six objects from the list are captured	12
Each object is accurately labeled	6
Each object includes a mathematical definition	6
Presentation includes a cover slide	2
Presentation is organized	2
Presentation is free from spelling and grammatical errors	2
Total Points	/30

May 13

Play on Force and Motion Links!!!

Force and Motion
Simple Machines
Compound Machines
Build a Roller Coaster
Line Rider
Free Rider-Draw your track and ride it!
Wolfe's Simple Machines
Force and Motion Song
Bill Nye Simple Machines
Bill Nye Newton's 3rd Law
Bill Nye Momentum
Bill Nye Gravity
Newton's 1st Law-Inertia
Newton's 2nd Law Force, Mass, Acceleration
Newton's 3rd Law-Action and Reaction
Who was Newton and how did he think of his laws?
Design and Compare 2 Race Cars
Future Cars!

April 22

1. Watch this Study Jam so you will remember how to put a fraction into simplest form!

2. Click here and click on ADDITION, then click CREATE WORKSHEET. Add the fractions, make sure they are in lowest terms OR simplest form, type your answer, then click get answers. Print your sheet, (remember to print, hold down control and press P) write your name, and bring it to me. Take the quiz a 2nd time before you print if you want to.

3. Play the Food Chain Game.

4. After you have decided as a group what animal you are researching and what your role is, use the links below to begin researching and finding the information for your role.

Top 5 Animal Defenses
10 most bizarre animal defenses
Examples of Animal Adaptations
More Information on Animal Adaptations
Oakland Zoo
Animal Adaptation and Survival
Animal Habitats
Animal Defense
National Geography Kids

And of course research the animal links on our web site!

April 15th

1. Watch this video on decimals

2. Practice adding decimals.

too easy??? Try this one!!!

3. Click here and then click CREATE WORKSHEET. Add the decimals, type your answer, then click get answers. Print your sheet, (remember to print, hold down control and press P) write your name, and bring it to me. Take the quiz a 2nd time before you print if you want to.

4. Fast Math

5. Go and observe some animals live!
Penguin Cam
Eagle Cam
Deer Cam
Owl Cam

Or choose any of these animals to watch live!

April 8

1. Watch this Study Jams on Equivalent Fractions

2. Practice equivalent fractions by putting these fractions in "lowest terms".

3. Click CREATE WORKSHEET then reduce the fractions into their lowest, equivalent form. then click GET ANSWERS, print, write your name on the sheet, and bring it to me.. You can take this quiz a 2nd time before you print if you want to.

4.. Fast Math

4. Explore these links on animals, see if you can figure out what kind of frog we have in our classroom. (Soon you will do a scavenger hunt on this page so learn lots!)

April 1st

1st  Fast Math

2nd Take this division quiz, don't for get to put your name and press finish when you are done. Print and bring to me.

2nd Take your pretest on Spelling Unit 26, make sure you know what list you are on so you can write your words down when we get back to the room.

3rd Make Mixed Numbers. Get 10 right before you go on. Ask me if you need help.

4th Ask a question to Brock's Gap HERE.

4th  Do each of these decimal games in order:

Decimal tenths
Decimal Hundredths
Addition and Subtraction
Compare
Order
Place Value
Patterns
Rounding
Compare Fractions and Decimals
Decimal Games
Decimal Squares Games

Only when you are done with EVERYTHING above: If you want to watch the baby hummingbirds, click here.
Learn more about hummingbirds in this National Geographic video

Check these out:
* Watch World Record Most Rope Skips
* Watch World Record Dog Who Knows the Most Tricks
* Watch World Record Farthest Eye Squirt
* Watch World Record BMX Jumps