Deserts Webquest - Pt1 - 2MP - Assignt 4

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(This was a handout from last week's classes)

3^rd Grade Deserts Webquest  - PART 1

You will use the Internet or Library resources to research desert animals.

Most desert animals are nocturnal or active at night when the temperature is cooler. Some desert animals are diurnal or active during the day. Desert animals have adapted to life in the deserts. Adaptations are characteristics that plants and animals have that help them to survive or changes a plant or animal makes to fit new conditions or new environments.

In this WebQuest you will learn how these desert animals survive in the desert.

You will research an animal and discover:

• the class or group it belongs to (classification)
• the covering on its body (appearance)
• where it makes its home (habitat)
• the food it likes to eat (diet)
• its enemies and how it protects itself (defenses)
• the adaptations these animals have

Pick one of the following animals please:

Desert Tortoise                           Elf Owl                           Fringe-toed Lizard

Gila Monster                           Ground Squirrel                  Hawk

Horned Lizard                           Jackrabbit                           Kangaroo Rat

Kit Fox                                    Prairie Dog                           Rattlesnake

Roadrunner                           Scorpion                           Sidewinder

DUE:  November 28-29, 2012 (For class 3/204 only)
           December 7 (Class 3/201 only)

Thank you,

Ms. Silverberg

Technology

Shake, Rattle, But Don't Roll!! 2MP Assignment 3

Shake, Rattle, But Don't Run: A Rattlesnake Warning By Erin Horner

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¹     The sound was hard to miss. It was a very loud buzz. Where was it coming from? Did someone have a rattle in his backpack? No, but someone had a rattle on his tail! There was a rattlesnake in the bushes!
 ²     Rattlesnakes are reptiles. They are long and narrow like many other snakes. But, they are different in one major way. Rattlesnakes are the only snakes with rattles on their tails. No other snake has this special tool. These rattles are made up of sections. Every year between one and three new sections grow onto the rattle. While in theory, a snake's rattle should tell you how old it is, it doesn't. Most rattles break off when they get too long. Usually even the oldest snakes only have between seven and eleven sections on their rattles.
 ³     Rattlesnakes use their rattles to warn people. A rattlesnake uses his rattle to tell humans and big animals to stay away. When a rattlesnake wants to warn someone or something, he begins to shake his tail. He shakes it very fast! A rattlesnake can shake his rattle up to fifty times per second. This makes a loud buzzing sound. The buzz can be heard up to sixty feet away.
 ⁴     If you find yourself in rattlesnake country, be sure to look and listen for these venomous snakes. If you see one shake, or you hear a rattle, make sure you don't run. Instead, back up slowly and walk away. This is exactly what the rattlesnake would want you to do.

Task 1:  Go to Wallwisher and identify your first experience with a snake.
Task 2:   Go to the FORM and answer the questions from the story!
Task 3:  HW:      Write a funny poem about a Ssssssnake!!!  LINK  2MP Assignment 5  


NOTE:  Class 3/201 missed a week of class and deadline for Task 1 & 2  is December 6, 2012.
              Deadline for Task 3 is December 12, 2012

Dear parents,

I'm wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving.  Enjoy your family and try to get some much needed rest. 
Linda Silverberg

BBC Bitesize!

Greetings Third Graders,

Every few days, you will be using part of the class time to explore mechanics (how-to) of writing.
Each day you will get a different section to study.

We will be studying how to write:
1. arguments
2. explanations
3. instructions
4. leaflets
5. letters
6. newspapers
7. reports
8. recounts
9. story planning and
10. vocabulary

You will NEED your notebook to write notes.  Follow all teacher directions.

Begin here

Email questions to me:  go2tekkids85q@gmail.com

Wallwisher Practice. 2MP - Assign. 2

Hi Guys.
Here's the wallwisher code for the page I showed you in class.  Click on the link below.

Wallwisher

3-201

Dorcas Gazelles 2MP - Assign. 1

Dorcas Gazelles

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¹     The Sahara Desert is very hot and very dry. Dorcas gazelles are well-suited to live there. They aren't bothered by very hot temperatures. These animals also don't need to drink water to survive. They can survive by getting moisture from the plants they eat. Dorcas gazelles like the leaves and flowers of acacia trees. Sometimes they stand on their back legs to reach the leaves.
 ²     Dorcas gazelles are not very big animals. The average size of a Dorcas gazelle is two feet tall, and the average weight is about 35 pounds. Dorcas gazelles usually have pale beige coats with white bellies. Dorcas gazelles have long ears. They also have long, curved horns.
 ³     Dorcas gazelles can run very fast. They can run as fast as 50 miles per hour. If they are scared, Dorcas gazelles may leap high into the air. What scares Dorcas gazelles? Cheetahs, lions, and leopards that like to eat them.
 ⁴     Dorcas gazelles mainly live in northern Africa and western Arabia. They like the desert but also live in savannas or grasslands. Their population is declining, but they are not threatened with extinction.

Part 1:  Answer the following questions on in this Dorcas Gazelles.  LINK