September

Begin Monthly Writer's Club

Begin Poems of the Month

CA Native American Group Projects

October/NOVEMBER

Pleasanton History

One-Room Schoolhouse Day (If we go to the Columbia State Historic Park, we will simulate the One-Room Schoolhouse experience at that field trip.)

Novel Study:  The Miraculous Adventures of Edward Tulane

December

Hour of Code

Holiday Text Set- https://goo.gl/zWJwKG

Polar Express HyperDoc- https://goo.gl/uDx5Me

January-MAY

BIOMES

Video - Introduction to Biomes

Biome Resource Website

Biome Webquest

Biome Diorama Project (Due in March)

Sample Biome Prezi

More Videos about Biomes

Biome Page with Lots of resources

Movie about Biome then answer a quiz about it. See how you scored!

Plants in Biomes

Animals in Biomes

General Information

1. Blue Planet Biomes

2. Biomes and Ecosystems

3. Earth Floor Biomes

4. Enchanted Learning Biomes

5. Factmonster Biomes

6. MBGnet Biomes of the World

7. NASA Biomes

8. National Geographic Habitats

9. The World's Biomes

10. World Biomes (not really 3rd grade reading level, but great pictures!)

Habitat - Animal - Plant Research

Oceans/Marine Biome

Marine Biome Information 

Coral Reef Information

Freshwater Wetlands

Information about Freshwater Wetlands 

Wetlands 

Seasonal Wetlands

Animal Research Sites

• • Enchanted Learning - Animals (ABC Order)

  • Sea World Animal Bytes (ABC Order)

  • KidsPlanet Fact Sheets

  • Oakland Zoo A-Z (ABC Order)

• Animal Diversity Web (animal info and pictures)

My Biome Song

PREZI PRESENTATIONS

Prezi Presentations for our Biomes

• • What is a Prezi?

  • “Think outside the slide.”

  • Prezi Tutorial (one of many out there)

  • Official Prezi Tutorials

  • A Prezi of a company selling Prezi-making services (no sound)

  • My student’s Informative Writing Prezi (with sound)

  • 5 Ways to Use Prezis in Your Digital Classroom and 5 Awesome Samples (Explore on your own.)