Pi Day, Saturday, 3-14-15 (3.1415...)

It's the Pi Day of the century! Read on to see why.

Right now, you are learning to measure and identify shapes.
Next year, you will learn to measure a circle using Pi.
The beginning digits of Pi are: 3.1415.
Actually, the number of digits of Pi are endless (infinite).
Notice how Pi's digits coincide with the date? 3.1415... (3-14-15) Neat, huh?
That's why this Pi day is called, "The Pi Day of the Century."
Every other year will be just 3.14...
You can still enjoy Pi Day and all of the activities that go along with it.
How many digits can you remember? Someone broke a record memorizing the most digits!

Here's some pi and St. Patrick's Day info:
Click:
Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi - read aloud A Math Story About Pi :)
Pi activity
A Mile of Pi video-Past the World Record breaker!
Ed.gov Pi Day activities for all ages
http://youtu.be/AtgfsRH3H3U. Pi song

St. Patrick's Day and Irish Culture
World Famous, Riverdance
World Record for Longest Riverdance!
Mrs. Murphy's Chowder
The Irish Rovers-The Umicorn Song-different version. Ugh, Unicorn, not Umicorn!
Lyrics to The Unicorn Song
Irish Rovers song: Puff the Magic Dragon (Originally: Peter, Paul and Mary) :)
Irish Rovers: Titanic
The Potato Famine

TitanicPast and Present:
titanicbelfast.com-Birthplace of Titanic
Belfast, Ireland
titanicexperiencecobh.ie
Northern Ireland-Titanic
Titanic walking tour
Titanic-museum
Stories
Take the Titanic Tour via YouTube
Titanic-original footage, Then and Now
http://youtu.be/helqlWBF0fU
http://youtu.be/kGQ1dhLfqFg

Stone Soup and Skills, Root Words, Affixes and Linking Verbs

Unit 4, Week 1 (attached has the current /oo/ spelling pattern)

Spelling: er, it, ur, wor, ear
Cliff Hanger cartoon: 'ir/ur' "The Dirty Purple Shirt"

/oo/ Spelling:
Quizlet-Practice your spelling. :) Fun!
More /oo/ words       Even more /oo/ words
oo Pronunciation
oo sound (moon)    oo sound (book)
Cambridge Challenge /oo/ words - Pint out

Root Words and Affixes:
Print "Build a Word" to play with Root Words and Affixes! A fun way to learn
Print and Play "Root-O" a root word game
8 pages of PRINTABLE Root Words with meanings
The Largest Amount of Root Words
Suffix: 'ly video
Prefixes: "Un" People - Between the Lions cartoon
Affixes song by The Bazillions
Suffix: 'tion - Electric Company Song
The three sounds of 'ed' sorting video
Affix match - print out- It's great!
Root It! Game - print out
Affix game - print out

Linking Verbs:
Linking Verb Song by Melissa-YouTube
3rd grade class sings Linking Verb song
School House Rock, VERB, video
Linking Verb lesson - In case you forget
Easy Linking Verb worksheet
Circle the Linking Verb worksheet
Linking verb video with suffix 'ing'
Take the Linking Verb quiz - Challenge yourself! :)

Folk Tales:
Kids gen Folk Tales
Between The Lions: Folktales and Fables
Aaron's Stories - Folk Tales
Pitara-Folktales
Famous American Folktales-like the Jersey Devil (click on 'j')
Funny Folk Tales
Chicken Little (English Folktale)

Stone Soup Versions:
The original Stone Soup story from 1808! (How old is it?) :)
Short Version with moral of the story included
Nail Soup - A Swedish Folktale

Amazon: Stone Soup book (my book)
Amazon: Another version with 2 travelers
Amazon: A flip book version with CD
Amazon: A 1947 version!
Amazon: Nail Soup - A Swedish Folktale
Amazon: Cactus Soup - a Mexican version
Amazon: Bone Button Borscht (alliteration) - Another version of Stone Soup
Walmart: A Stone Soup Story With Matzoh Balls
Walmart: A Spectacular Stone Soup - A classroom makes Stone Soup
Amazon: a Chinese version with 3 Monks traveling after a war in China
Amazon: The-Real Story of Stone Soup - A Chinese Folktale (From class)
Nail Soup play by kids - YouTube

February - Black History, Valentine's Day (See Right Side for Presidents and Poetry)

Click for your project:
Biography: Black Inventors
PBS African-American World
Do You Know These People? Black History slideshow
History for Kids-Black History
TFK Inspiring African Americans slide show-Read all about it!
Fun Family Education-Black History
Black Heroes
History.com-Black History
Reading Rockets - Black History
TFK Black History

Valentine's Day activities and poems

Moonshot, Apollo 11, KSC Info

Here's launch information:
KSC Space X Falcon 9 Launch
KSC
Rocket Garden Live Web Cam
Florida four-pack of tickets $139 to KSC

Apollo 11:
Kidport - Moon landing
Science Kids - Moonlanding video
Discovery - Moon Landing videos
Launch video
The Eagle Has Landed video
Apollo 11-YouTube
Brian Floca Moonshot links
Brian Floca's Blog
Brian Floca's Twitter
Order Moonshot from Walmart
Order Moonshot from Amazon

Download: Space-shuttle-mission flight simulator
Name the craters

Expository Text

Point of View
The TRUE Story of the 3 Little Pigs - told by the wolf (WHOSE point of view r u?)

Possessive Nouns: apostrophe -s
Good Ol' Apostrophe S    Myrna   Prankster Cam - Annie   Captain Cluck   The Mummy's Turn  Song

Vote!  Unit 2 Week 3
School House Rock, Sufferin' 'til Suffrage (19th Ammendment- Voting for Women)
We the People video - The Preamble to the Constitution (as per your request)

Saving wildlife, cranes     Saving pufflings     Miami CBS News, Florida Endangered Species
Save Manatees.    Manatee facts.     Florida's Endangered Species List

Alliteration
Alliteration poem-Betsy's Room. Writing with alliteration.
Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porkey (Can you say this?)
Can you find the alliteration? My Fair Lady clip 2

Assonance
The Rain in Spain Falls Mainly on the Plain MFL clip 3

The Foundation of Phonics
My Fair Lady song: "Why Can't the English Learn to Speak?" Professor of Phonics
Hiring the professor My Fair Lady clip 1
She's Got It! 4
Before the Queen's ball My Fair Lady clip 5
Speaking with the queen at the ball My Fair Lady clip 6
After the ball... My Fair Lady clip MFL clip 7

Disney's Princess Diaries

Syllables
Open and Closed Syllables  Understanding syllables: scroll down to view pictures  Syllable poster
Syllables: -ed; doubble consonants  Syllables: Long and Short Vowels
Similes and Metaphors
Similes and Metaphors song by The Bazillions

Immigration Stories

Immigration Stories

This week's skills and concepts. Spelling words are different.
Unit 2, week 2.
Quia: Castle on Hester Street
Theme

Long /e/ sound: ee, ea, ie
Prankster Danny video-ee,ea
Prankster Danny, ea
Ee rap video
Ea cartoon

Spell Zone
Are you up for the challenge?
My Fair Lady song: "Why Can't the English Learn to Speak?" Professor of Phonics

Ed, er, est
Quizlet-endings-er-ed-ing-est-flash-cards
Between the Lions - Homophones
-ed Commercial (Chicken?)

Cliff Hanger-Sheep cartoon
Double e song by "Fonix" haha

Metaphors, Similes, Theme
Brain Pop: Similes
Similes and Metaphors in music
Theme

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