Welcome to the third grade page
Sarah Stran Dayle Kirby Theresa Getz Erin Bowling
In third grade, we are working to build a bridge between the primary and intermediate years. Students are developing a greater sense of independence from their teachers and their families in this year, and taking responsibility for completion of homework and other tasks. During this year they become more competent readers and begin to develop critical thinking skills. We focus on responding to questions across the curriculum. Content areas become more important, and along with that, study skills begin to be developed. Technology and other tools become more available to students to enhance their learning experience and background knowledge.
The third grade team at North Bend strives to work in partnership with the families of their students to develop a life-long love of learning.
Sea Turtle Information - Check out this link for up-to-date information, pictures and facts about sea turtles.
Mummy Web Sites |
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Pirate Web Sites http://www.piratesinfo.com/ http://www.geographia.com/bahamas/pirates02.htm http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/pirates.htm |
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Weather Links
| me-te-o-rol-o-gy noun [F or Gk; F météorologie, fr. MF, fr. Gk meteÖrologia, fr. meteÖron + -logia -logy] (1620) 1 : a science that deals with the atmosphere and its phenomena and especially with weather and weather forecasting 2 : the atmospheric phenomena and weather of a region |
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Weather Wiz Kids – a wonderful site from meteorologist Crystal Wicker from Indianapolis, Indiana. This site has lots of information about all types of weather, including graphics and animations. It also includes information about keeping safe in extreme weather.
Dan’s Wild Weather Page – This site has lots of great information, links, quizzes and facts. This is a great place to learn about clouds, tornados, wind, and other weather happenings.
NOAA’s KidsPlay web page about weather – This site has great information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency and links to other sites with good information.
The Weather Dude – Lots of great information presented in a fun-filled way! Check out this page for Nick Walker’s information on forecasting and the water cycle.
The Weather Channel presents this wonderful site with lots of information about severe weather Check out the Severe Weather Challenge
Hurricanes
How Hurricanes Work - Check out these animations that explain, step by step, how hurricanes work.
How hurricanes are formed - simple graphics showing the beginning of a hurricane
The brave men and women of the Hurricane Hunters! - all about the hurricane hunters
How hurricanes are named Check out this page for inforamtion on how names are selected, lists of previous names that have been retired, and other hurricane name information.
Hurricane Math– a short quiz about hurricanes and numbers
Hurricane Science and Safety for kids
Tracking Hurricane Katrina - Check out this link for interactive maps of the route of Hurricane Katrina which hit the gulf coast in 2005.
General Links
We have found the following links to be used by students or parents. As always, when your child is on the Internet, parent supervision is advised.
WordCentral is a kid-friendly dictionary. Type in your word and find out what it means! There are many other activities to choose from, too.
Scholastic Homework Hub - This site has lots of great activities to help students learn new skills and practice old ones.
Enchanted Learning - This site is written in kid-friendly language. Explore the world around us.
IxQuick.com - This is a terrific search engine - use it to find age appropriate resources.
Yahooligans - Use this page to find information on many different subjects. Its the web guide for kids!
Parent Links:
American Library Association Parent and Families page has lots of information about reading and students, from birth to the teenage years. Book lists and other links can be found on this page.
SEIR Tec - Parents page has a huge amount of information on reading and children.
Vocabulary Links:
Four blocks Information - Use this four blocks resource site for many activities and graphic organizers.
Word Central children use program as a dictionary
California Teachers Graphic Organizer Collection - graphic organizers for teacher and student use.
Vocabulary Games - This is a site with motivating vocabulary games-lots of fun!!!
Lot's of Vocabulary Activities - This website has stories and games that promote vocabulary development across different curriculum areas.
Voculary Games Collection This site gives teachers great ideas to enhance instruction with games that will get students up and moving with vocabulary
Quia Vocabulary Concentrationl - This website is a concentration game using math vocabulary and definitions.
Talking Glossary for Math Vocabulary- This website is a talking glossary for math terms from 3rd grade.
Math Word Find Creator - A word find that can be created for different math units.
Make Your Own Math Flashcards - math flashcards for different units.
http://www.learningplus.com.hk/l_res_games/P1-3_vocab_quiz.htm - a crossword puzzle for primary grades
http://www.quia.com/hm/41342.html- a hangman game with clues
http://www.fkcs.net/kingsolver/Vocabulary%20Activities.htm#Third%20Grade%20Unit%201 – different activities for third grade stories using vocabulary from the stories
http://www.factmonster.com/games.html- a variety of word games for math and ILA. Uses parts of speech, idioms, etc…
http://www.quia.com/hm/41342.html Students play hangman to identify vocabulary words from a given definition.
http://www.quia.com/jg/359862.html This website allows students to work with various vocabulary words to determine meaning by utilizing games such as matching, flashcards, concentration, and word searches.
http://www.factmonster.com/games.html This website has a variety of word and math games for students to explore including idioms, parts of speech, and others.
http://www.teachnet-lab.org/miami/2001/vazguezb2/lesson%209.htm This website has lesson ideas for Ramona Quimby, Age 8, a current trade book being read by students.
Links for Balto Project:
PBS Balto site. . .the true story of Balto |
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| The making of a sled dog. . . | |
| All about the Balto Statue | |
| Tilt of the earth causes the seasons | |
Experiments to show the change of seasons and the tilt of the earth |
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| Watch the sun move across the earth: | |
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Detailed map of Alaska |
Information about native people of Alaska |
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Lewis and Clark Links:
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