Mrs. Wong's 2nd/3rd Grade classroom website in Sacramento, California.
We are now doing all of our homework for the rest of the year out of the green Story Telling Book along with the extra math pages.3RD GRADE PLEASE practice the multiplication facts, Times Tables. Here is a link to a great math site IXL. Please continue to work on the dinosaur reports and turn them in when they are finished http://www.kidsdinos.com/
Here is a copy of the directions:
May 10, 2011 Name__________________
Dinosaur Report
Choose your Dinosaur: name__________________________________
Research and fill in your six note cards (Research must include at least one book and one website url. (Due May 16th).
Website: ____________________________________________________________________
Book (title and author): ________________________________________________________
Please check off each card as it is completed:
Note card 1: What period did the dinosaur live in?_____
Note card 2: What was the environment like?_______
Note card 3: What did the dinosaur eat?__________
Note card 4: Describe what the dinosaur looked like._________
Note card 5: Tell at least one interesting fact about the dinosaur.________
Note card 6: Is the dinosaur extinct, and if it is, what caused its extinction (e.g. the Dodo bird laid its eggs on the ground).________
Outline of the Report, Due on Tuesday May 17th
A. Dinosaur
I. Why I chose it.
B. Period
I Other animals alive at the time
II. Climate
III Environment-Water or Land
D. Appearance
I Height and Weight
E. Food
I. How did the dinosaur catch or find its food?
F. One or more interesting facts about the dinosaur.
Rough Draft (due Thursday, May 19th) should include at least one paragraph of at least four sentences long for each letter or Roman numeral in the outline. There should be a topic sentence and at least three details in each paragraph. Each sentence needs to have a capital letter and end punctuation please!
An illustration which shows the dinosaur in its environment is due on Friday, May 20th.
A Final copy, which has the corrections made and is a neat copy of the dinosaur report, is due on Tuesday, May 24th.
Please feel free to add anything extra you would like to add to the report.
Thanks so much for your help with this report. I think it will be lots of fun. I am looking forward to seeing how the children write their reports and their beautiful illustrations.
Love,
M.W.
Love. M.W.
Homework begins again this week. It goes home Monday and is due on the following MONDAY, March 21st.
We will have another State Practice Test this week on Tues., Wed., and Thurs. in language arts. Next week, again on Tues., Wed., and Thurs., we will have State Practice Tests in math.
I will be absent Wednesday afternoon for a dental appointment. Sorry! It is an emergency and can’t wait until Summer. Read the rest of this entry »
Yes we have finished the math book. Homework from now on will be on a day to day basis. If you have any questions as to what it is do not hesitate to call the school during the day and they can put you through to Room 17. My email is ihartsacto@gmail.com Our spelling this week is Lesson 6.3. We are working on the California Missions too. i hope you find time to construct one with your child. M.W.

Sea Sea Otters Holding Hands Video
We will be learning about all kinds of communication on many different levels. Our first story is about how whales communicate with each other. On that note, please enjoy this video of two little sea otters that my sister E.I. sent us.Talk about comunication…M.W.